Index freeze/unfreeze

[rugenl (Len Rugen)]

How do you tell in the api if an index is frozen?

Will freeze/unfreeze be added to curator?

Thanks

[Yogesh_Gaikwad]

Hi @rugenl,

You can use Get Index API (https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/indices-get-index.html) to know if your index is in a frozen state.

The response for the Get Index API would contain the index settings, where you can find the status for frozen setting with a boolean value true in case it is frozen. In case the index is not frozen then the setting might be missing from the response JSON.
Example response:

{
  "_your_index_name" : {
    ...
    ...
    "settings" : {
      "index" : {
        ...
        "frozen" : "true", <- This denotes whether your index is frozen.
        ...
      }
    }
  }
}

I think curator yet does not support freeze/unfreeze API and you may want to open an issue (https://github.com/elastic/curator). You can raise PR for adding the support in case you are interested to contribute.

Hope this helps.

Thanks and Regards,
Yogesh