# Reindex api - One ES cluster to another

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/reindex-api-one-es-cluster-to-another/49054
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [May 3, 2016, 12:15pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/reindex-api-one-es-cluster-to-another/49054 "2016-05-03T12:15:29Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author: ![marinoc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/87869e/32.png) [@marinoc](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/marinoc)
#### Post date: [May 3, 2016, 12:15pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/reindex-api-one-es-cluster-to-another/49054/1 "2016-05-03T12:15:29Z")

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Is it possible to use the Reindex api from one cluster to another? Can you use a cluster name or url in the source or dest? Or are all operations constrained to the current cluster?

Thanks!

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### Author: ![jasontedor](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jasontedor/32/66992_2.png) [@jasontedor](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jasontedor)
#### Post date: [May 3, 2016, 2:21pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/reindex-api-one-es-cluster-to-another/49054/2 "2016-05-03T14:21:22Z")

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It's not possible today but there is an open [issue](https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/issues/17447) for it.

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### Author: ![marinoc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/87869e/32.png) [@marinoc](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/marinoc)
#### Post date: [May 3, 2016, 3:09pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/reindex-api-one-es-cluster-to-another/49054/3 "2016-05-03T15:09:26Z")

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Thanks Jason!

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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 5, 2017, 10:54pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/reindex-api-one-es-cluster-to-another/49054/4 "2017-07-05T22:54:23Z")

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