Hello team I have a quick question. If I re-install my elasticsearch cluster via apt like this: sudo apt install --reinstall -o Dpkg::Options::="--force-confask,confnew,confmiss" elasticsearch Will I lose my cluster data in /var/data/elasticsearch?. I mean should I backup that first?

Re-installing elasticsearch

elasticforme (Sachin) December 6, 2022, 3:12pm 2

dpkg does not know anything about your elastic data. it will only reinstall packages in /etc/elasticsearch and /usr/share/elasticsearch

you will loose all your configuration. data will stay as is.

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