# Is it possible to have the settings and mappings in one config file

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-have-the-settings-and-mappings-in-one-config-file/12438>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [June 16, 2013, 12:51pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-have-the-settings-and-mappings-in-one-config-file/12438 "2013-06-16T12:51:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![dantuff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e79b87/32.png) [@dantuff](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dantuff)\
**Post date:** [June 16, 2013, 12:51pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-have-the-settings-and-mappings-in-one-config-file/12438/1 "2013-06-16T12:51:02Z")

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At the moment I have my mapping file in the location  
'ES\_HOME/config/default.mapping.json' and then I have to post my settings  
file containing custom analyzers and tokenizers via a curl command. Is  
there a way to place the settings configuration in the default-mapping.json  
along with the mappings making the configuration a one step process?

I have tried using the following format in the default-mapping.json but I'm  
getting the 'Mapping must have the `type` as the root object' error:

{  
"settings": {  
"index": {  
"analysis": {  
"filter": {  
....  
},  
"tokenizer": {  
....  
},  
"analyzer": {  
....  
}  
}  
}  
},  
"mappings": {  
"document": {  
"properties": {  
....  
}  
}  
}  
}

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**Author:** ![radu\_gheorghe](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/radu_gheorghe/32/556_2.png) [@radu\_gheorghe](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/radu_gheorghe)\
**Post date:** [June 16, 2013, 2:05pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-have-the-settings-and-mappings-in-one-config-file/12438/2 "2013-06-16T14:05:59Z")

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Hello,

Yes, take a look at templates:

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They can contain mappings and index settings, and you can put them in  
configuration files, as well as post them via curl.

## Best regards, Radu

[http://sematext.com/](http://sematext.com/) -- Elasticsearch -- Solr -- Lucene

On Sun, Jun 16, 2013 at 3:51 PM, es newbie [dan.tuffery@gmail.com](mailto:dan.tuffery@gmail.com) wrote:

> At the moment I have my mapping file in the location  
> 'ES\_HOME/config/default.mapping.json' and then I have to post my settings  
> file containing custom analyzers and tokenizers via a curl command. Is  
> there a way to place the settings configuration in the default-mapping.json  
> along with the mappings making the configuration a one step process?
> 
> I have tried using the following format in the default-mapping.json but  
> I'm getting the 'Mapping must have the `type` as the root object' error:
> 
> {  
> "settings": {  
> "index": {  
> "analysis": {  
> "filter": {  
> ....  
> },  
> "tokenizer": {  
> ....  
> },  
> "analyzer": {  
> ....  
> }  
> }  
> }  
> },  
> "mappings": {  
> "document": {  
> "properties": {  
> ....  
> }  
> }  
> }  
> }
> 
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**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, 2:31am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-have-the-settings-and-mappings-in-one-config-file/12438/3 "2017-07-06T02:31:01Z")

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