# Index configuration in file possible? **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [July 12, 2011, 9:02am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-configuration-in-file-possible/4836 "2011-07-12T09:02:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Alexander\_Reelsen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@Alexander\_Reelsen](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Alexander_Reelsen)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2011, 9:02am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-configuration-in-file-possible/4836/1 "2011-07-12T09:02:10Z")
Hi there, I just found out, that it is possible to mappings as files in the filesystem. I like that feature very much, and the operations department even more πŸ™‚ Is there any possibility to store the index configuration (which is done on index creation) as well on the filesystem? I did not find any documentation, or more likely searched wrong. Is this a) possible and b) a good idea except that I like it πŸ™‚ Thanks for helping! --Alexander ---
**Author:** ![Alois\_Cochard](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/alois_cochard/32/3176_2.png) [@Alois\_Cochard](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Alois_Cochard)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2011, 9:08am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-configuration-in-file-possible/4836/2 "2011-07-12T09:08:59Z")
Hi, Yes you can add the mapping in your configuration folder: > **[Elasticsearch Platform β€” Find real-time answers at scale](https://www.elastic.co)** > > Power insights and outcomes with the Elasticsearch Platform and AI. See into your data and find answers that matter with enterprise solutions designed to help you build, observe, and protect. Try Elasticsearch free today. Cheers, On 12 July 2011 11:02, Alexander Reelsen [alexander.reelsen@googlemail.com](mailto:alexander.reelsen@googlemail.com)wrote: > Hi there, > > I just found out, that it is possible to mappings as files in the > filesystem. I like that feature very much, and the operations > department even more πŸ™‚ > Is there any possibility to store the index configuration (which is > done on index creation) as well on the filesystem? I did not find any > documentation, or more likely searched wrong. > > Is this a) possible and b) a good idea except that I like it πŸ™‚ > > Thanks for helping! > > --Alexander -- _Alois Cochard_ > **[Alois Cochard's Blog](http://aloiscochard.blogspot.com)** > > Computer Development [http://twitter.com/aloiscochard](http://twitter.com/aloiscochard) ---
**Author:** ![Alexander\_Reelsen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@Alexander\_Reelsen](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Alexander_Reelsen)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2011, 12:09pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-configuration-in-file-possible/4836/3 "2011-07-12T12:09:28Z")
Hi, sorry for not being clear. I know this works. I meant whether the same is possible for index configuration (analyzers etc) and not only for the mappings. --Alexander ---
**Author:** ![danoyoung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@danoyoung](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/danoyoung)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2011, 12:30pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-configuration-in-file-possible/4836/4 "2011-07-12T12:30:47Z")
you can put your index settings in the elasticsearch.yml in the config directory. > **[Elasticsearch Platform β€” Find real-time answers at scale](https://www.elastic.co)** > > Power insights and outcomes with the Elasticsearch Platform and AI. See into your data and find answers that matter with enterprise solutions designed to help you build, observe, and protect. Try Elasticsearch free today. Regards, Dan On Tue, Jul 12, 2011 at 3:02 AM, Alexander Reelsen \< [alexander.reelsen@googlemail.com](mailto:alexander.reelsen@googlemail.com)\> wrote: > Hi there, > > I just found out, that it is possible to mappings as files in the > filesystem. I like that feature very much, and the operations > department even more πŸ™‚ > Is there any possibility to store the index configuration (which is > done on index creation) as well on the filesystem? I did not find any > documentation, or more likely searched wrong. > > Is this a) possible and b) a good idea except that I like it πŸ™‚ > > Thanks for helping! > > --Alexander ---
**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2011, 12:49pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-configuration-in-file-possible/4836/5 "2011-07-12T12:49:58Z")
To answer to point b) Not sure that is a best practice. I think (not sure about that) that if you put settings in files, you will have to copy it on each node. Sending settings through curl will copy settings on each node. Correct me if I'm wrong... David πŸ˜‰ Le 12 juil. 2011 Γ  11:02, Alexander Reelsen [alexander.reelsen@googlemail.com](mailto:alexander.reelsen@googlemail.com) a Γ©crit : > Hi there, > > I just found out, that it is possible to mappings as files in the > filesystem. I like that feature very much, and the operations > department even more πŸ™‚ > Is there any possibility to store the index configuration (which is > done on index creation) as well on the filesystem? I did not find any > documentation, or more likely searched wrong. > > Is this a) possible and b) a good idea except that I like it πŸ™‚ > > Thanks for helping! > > --Alexander ---
**Author:** ![danoyoung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@danoyoung](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/danoyoung)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2011, 12:53pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-configuration-in-file-possible/4836/6 "2011-07-12T12:53:56Z")
This is true. we just load ours up from a json file in our rails app when we need indexes with different shard/replica settings. And then we have a default setting that is in the elasticsearch.yml file that is used when an index is created w/o specified settings. Regards, Dan On Tue, Jul 12, 2011 at 6:49 AM, David Pilato [david@pilato.fr](mailto:david@pilato.fr) wrote: > To answer to point b) > Not sure that is a best practice. I think (not sure about that) that if you > put settings in files, you will have to copy it on each node. > Sending settings through curl will copy settings on each node. > > Correct me if I'm wrong... > > David πŸ˜‰ > > Le 12 juil. 2011 Γ  11:02, Alexander Reelsen \< > [alexander.reelsen@googlemail.com](mailto:alexander.reelsen@googlemail.com)\> a Γ©crit : > > > Hi there, > > > > I just found out, that it is possible to mappings as files in the > > filesystem. I like that feature very much, and the operations > > department even more πŸ™‚ > > Is there any possibility to store the index configuration (which is > > done on index creation) as well on the filesystem? I did not find any > > documentation, or more likely searched wrong. > > > > Is this a) possible and b) a good idea except that I like it πŸ™‚ > > > > Thanks for helping! > > > > --Alexander ---
**Author:** ![Clinton\_Gormley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/50afbb/32.png) [@Clinton\_Gormley](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Clinton_Gormley)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2011, 12:54pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-configuration-in-file-possible/4836/7 "2011-07-12T12:54:43Z")
On Tue, 2011-07-12 at 14:49 +0200, David Pilato wrote: > To answer to point b) > Not sure that is a best practice. I think (not sure about that) that if you put settings in files, you will have to copy it on each node. > Sending settings through curl will copy settings on each node. > > Correct me if I'm wrong... Absolutely correct. The danger with using config files is that you need to be sure that all your nodes have the same config. To my mind, much easier to do it in your application via the API. clint ---
**Author:** ![Alexander\_Reelsen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@Alexander\_Reelsen](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Alexander_Reelsen)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2011, 1:14pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-configuration-in-file-possible/4836/8 "2011-07-12T13:14:15Z")
Hi there, if you are starting with a single node it is still somewhat handy to have all configuration loaded on startup instead of calling the HTTP API before being able to pull data in. In case of a clustered setup you are absolutely right of course. --Alexander ---
**Author:** ![kimchy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/kimchy/32/44952_2.png) [@kimchy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kimchy)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2011, 4:59pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-configuration-in-file-possible/4836/9 "2011-07-12T16:59:07Z")
Heya, Regarding index level settings, you can put the settings in the elasticsearch main configuration, but then it will apply to all indices created. You can put mappings per index (or across all indices), in the file system, but not index settings. Its a missing feature. Though I prefer people will configure elasticsearch using an API to make it simpler when they move to a distributed environment, you can open a feature to allow to specify index level settings in the file system, shouldn't be hard to implement. On Tuesday, July 12, 2011 at 4:14 PM, Alexander Reelsen wrote: > Hi there, > > if you are starting with a single node it is still somewhat handy to > have all configuration loaded on startup instead of calling the HTTP > API before being able to pull data in. > In case of a clustered setup you are absolutely right of course. > > --Alexander ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 4:00am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-configuration-in-file-possible/4836/10 "2017-07-06T04:00:57Z")