# Is there a way to save Index Templates?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-there-a-way-to-save-index-templates/284019>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [September 13, 2021, 8:04am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-there-a-way-to-save-index-templates/284019 "2021-09-13T08:04:01Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Shreesh\_Narayanan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/shreesh_narayanan/32/87312_2.png) [@Shreesh\_Narayanan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Shreesh_Narayanan)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2021, 8:04am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-there-a-way-to-save-index-templates/284019/1 "2021-09-13T08:04:01Z")

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Hello,

Is there a way to save index templates , in the UI (under "actions") i don't see an option that lets one save an index template .

I have a few log types that would probably require a few index templates and predefined settings and was wondering if there was a way to save them incase of a machine crash or other problems ? Mine is a single node setup.

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2021, 9:44am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-there-a-way-to-save-index-templates/284019/2 "2021-09-13T09:44:16Z")

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Try looking at the `GET _template` API endpoint to get the raw json.

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**Author:** ![Shreesh\_Narayanan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/shreesh_narayanan/32/87312_2.png) [@Shreesh\_Narayanan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Shreesh_Narayanan)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2021, 11:14am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-there-a-way-to-save-index-templates/284019/3 "2021-09-13T11:14:07Z")

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thank you, will try it out

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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:** [October 11, 2021, 11:14am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-there-a-way-to-save-index-templates/284019/4 "2021-10-11T11:14:24Z")

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