# Reindex from remote (AWS Service) **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [April 17, 2017, 7:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/reindex-from-remote-aws-service/82616 "2017-04-17T19:23:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 4
**Author:** ![danilo.akamine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/77aa72/32.png) [@danilo.akamine](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/danilo.akamine)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2017, 7:57pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/reindex-from-remote-aws-service/82616/4 "2017-04-17T19:57:18Z")
Yes @dadoonet, but it doesn't work. There is a topic about this where a contributor explains why it shouldn't work: > [@Possibility of modifying "reindex.remote.whitelist" via API call?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/possibility-of-modifying-reindex-remote-whitelist-via-api-call/74693): > > Would it be possible to have the "reindex.remote.whitelist" setting modifiable via the HTTP API instead of having to specify it in the elasticsearch.yml config? I realize this setting currently most likely requires a cluster restart, although it would be great if this could simply be implemented as a settings lookup each time the "/\_reindex" endpoint is called. If you agree and this is a reasonable request, I'd gladly create an issue in the github project to have the included in a future versi… --- _[View the full topic](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/reindex-from-remote-aws-service/82616)._