# Restore a snapshot to diffrent alias

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/restore-a-snapshot-to-diffrent-alias/108278>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [November 19, 2017, 10:56am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/restore-a-snapshot-to-diffrent-alias/108278 "2017-11-19T10:56:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![Raid\_Rohana](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/raid_rohana/32/24437_2.png) [@Raid\_Rohana](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Raid_Rohana)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2017, 10:56am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/restore-a-snapshot-to-diffrent-alias/108278/1 "2017-11-19T10:56:04Z")

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I have a Jenkins job that restore snapshots based on alias name via curator utility  
However, such action will override the index data !  
Is there a way to restore a snapshot to different alias name ?  
Can it be done via curator ?  
Thanks

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**Author:** ![theuntergeek](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/theuntergeek/32/44961_2.png) [@theuntergeek](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/theuntergeek)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2017, 3:48pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/restore-a-snapshot-to-diffrent-alias/108278/2 "2017-11-19T15:48:20Z")

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Can you restore to an alias via the API? I could be mistaken, but I thought you had to restore to an index name, and then create/update the alias to point to those indices.

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2017, 8:17pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/restore-a-snapshot-to-diffrent-alias/108278/3 "2017-11-19T20:17:38Z")

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You cannot restore to an alias, only an index.

So yes, you need to restore then update the alias 🙂

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**Author:** ![Raid\_Rohana](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/raid_rohana/32/24437_2.png) [@Raid\_Rohana](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Raid_Rohana)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2017, 6:53am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/restore-a-snapshot-to-diffrent-alias/108278/4 "2017-11-20T06:53:26Z")

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Thanks guys  
My mistake was working with aliases and not index names.

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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:** [December 18, 2017, 6:53am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/restore-a-snapshot-to-diffrent-alias/108278/5 "2017-12-18T06:53:30Z")

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