Is there a way to toggle indexing of data on and off?

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odd question, but is there a way to toggle the ability of elasticsearch to accept data indexing requests?

ie say in a scenario where you are trying to create a new cluster with a specific mappings/settings, and dont want any data to get indexed until you have created those mappings/settings. or where you might need to diagnose an issue and dont want data to change while you are examining it (but have no ability to stop the data flow)

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Not directly.

You could use Shield or a firewall to restrict access up to a point in time I guess.