# \[Just Pushed\]: Index Aliases
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/just-pushed-index-aliases/2866
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [March 25, 2010, 12:02am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/just-pushed-index-aliases/2866 "2010-03-25T00:02:55Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@kimchy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kimchy)
#### Post date: [March 25, 2010, 12:02am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/just-pushed-index-aliases/2866/1 "2010-03-25T00:02:55Z")
Hi,
Just added a nice feature, which is basically assigning alias(es) to an
index. More info here:
[http://github.com/elasticsearch/elasticsearch/issues/issue/88](http://github.com/elasticsearch/elasticsearch/issues/issue/88). One of the
nice things one can do with this API is to create a logical name for an
index (the alias) and then replace it on the fly to work against another
index.
-shay.banon
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### Author:  [@Clinton\_Gormley](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Clinton_Gormley)
#### Post date: [March 25, 2010, 11:27am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/just-pushed-index-aliases/2866/2 "2010-03-25T11:27:47Z")
> Just added a nice feature, which is basically assigning alias(es)
> to an index. More info here:
> [Index Aliases · Issue #88 · elastic/elasticsearch · GitHub](http://github.com/elasticsearch/elasticsearch/issues/issue/88). One of
> the nice things one can do with this API is to create a logical name
> for an index (the alias) and then replace it on the fly to work
> against another index.
Superb! That completes a big part of the puzzle.
One thing, in the issue that you link to, you don't specify which type
of REST request that we would use for the aliasing.
ta
clint
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### Author:  [@kimchy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kimchy)
#### Post date: [March 25, 2010, 11:31am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/just-pushed-index-aliases/2866/3 "2010-03-25T11:31:49Z")
Oops... . Update the issue. The REST is host:port/\_aliases
On Thu, Mar 25, 2010 at 1:27 PM, Clinton Gormley [clinton@iannounce.co.uk](mailto:clinton@iannounce.co.uk)wrote:
> > Just added a nice feature, which is basically assigning alias(es)
> > to an index. More info here:
> > [Index Aliases · Issue #88 · elastic/elasticsearch · GitHub](http://github.com/elasticsearch/elasticsearch/issues/issue/88). One of
> > the nice things one can do with this API is to create a logical name
> > for an index (the alias) and then replace it on the fly to work
> > against another index.
>
> Superb! That completes a big part of the puzzle.
>
> One thing, in the issue that you link to, you don't specify which type
> of REST request that we would use for the aliasing.
>
> ta
>
> clint
>
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2017, 4:25am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/just-pushed-index-aliases/2866/4 "2017-07-06T04:25:05Z")