# Restore saved objects from a remote .kibana index **URL:** \ **Category:** Kibana\ **Created:** [November 10, 2020, 3:22pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/restore-saved-objects-from-a-remote-kibana-index/254933 "2020-11-10T15:22:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Angelos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4bbf92/32.png) [@Angelos](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Angelos)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2020, 3:22pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/restore-saved-objects-from-a-remote-kibana-index/254933/1 "2020-11-10T15:22:02Z")
Hello, I tried to reindex .kibana\_2(latest) of our production elastic to my local elastic. The problem is that Not all the saved objects have been transferred. What kind of data .kibana\_2 includes? Shouldn't all saved objects be included in .kibana\_2? Thank you in advance! /Angelos ---
**Author:** ![rudolf](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/rudolf/32/51200_2.png) [@rudolf](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rudolf)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2020, 5:10pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/restore-saved-objects-from-a-remote-kibana-index/254933/2 "2020-11-10T17:10:54Z")
Hi Angelos, Everything that's visible under "Saved Objects Management" is stored in the index the `.kibana` alias points to. So if `.kibana` points to `.kibana_3` you should reindex `.kibana_3` and after reindexing point your local `.kibana` to the reindexed index. For more background see [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/current/upgrade-migrations.html#upgrade-migrations-process](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/current/upgrade-migrations.html#upgrade-migrations-process) Note, you can also export all your saved objects from your production cluster as an NDJSON file and import this file locally: [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/current/managing-saved-objects.html#managing-saved-objects-export-objects](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/current/managing-saved-objects.html#managing-saved-objects-export-objects) ---
**Author:** ![Angelos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4bbf92/32.png) [@Angelos](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Angelos)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2020, 8:08am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/restore-saved-objects-from-a-remote-kibana-index/254933/3 "2020-11-11T08:08:46Z")
Hello Rudolf, Thank you for you fast response! > [@rudolf](#): > > So if `.kibana` points to `.kibana_3` you should reindex `.kibana_3` and after reindexing point your local `.kibana` to the reindexed index. I did exactly that, **but I don't have all the saved objects locally.** > [@rudolf](#): > > Note, you can also export all your saved objects from your production cluster as an NDJSON file and import this file locally I am aware of that but since we have several spaces in production i have to do it for every space. I should mention as well that after reindex I had 5 failures regarding canvas-workpad-template: ```auto { "index" : ".kibana_16", "type" : "_doc", "id" : "canvas-workpad-template:workpad-template-11111111-qqqq-wwww-2222-333333333333", "cause" : { "type" : "illegal_argument_exception", "reason" : "mapper [canvas-workpad-template.template.pages.elements.position.left] cannot be changed from type [float] to [long]" }, "status" : 400 } ``` Could that be the problem and if yes how can I fix it? /Angelos ---
**Author:** ![rudolf](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/rudolf/32/51200_2.png) [@rudolf](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rudolf)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2020, 9:50am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/restore-saved-objects-from-a-remote-kibana-index/254933/4 "2020-11-11T09:50:55Z")
Yes, I should have mentioned that, but you will need to set the mappings of your local index so that it matches your remote `.kibana_N` index before you start reindexing. Kibana's Saved Objects rely on fixed mappings for the `.kibana_N` index, so if you just create a new index and start reindexing the inferred mappings will be incorrect. ---
**Author:** ![rudolf](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/rudolf/32/51200_2.png) [@rudolf](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rudolf)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2020, 9:53am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/restore-saved-objects-from-a-remote-kibana-index/254933/5 "2020-11-11T09:53:45Z")
Although a remote reindex should work, restoring from a snapshot will be simpler and less error prone, you'll get all the index settings, mappings and aliases from the snapshot instead of having to do this manually. ---
**Author:** ![Angelos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4bbf92/32.png) [@Angelos](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Angelos)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2020, 10:05am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/restore-saved-objects-from-a-remote-kibana-index/254933/6 "2020-11-11T10:05:35Z")
Thank you I will try that! > [@rudolf](#): > > Although a remote reindex should work, restoring from a snapshot will be simpler and less error prone, you'll get all the index settings, mappings and aliases from the snapshot instead of having to do this manually. I tried restoring from snapshot but I had problem with the version since the production is 7.9.2 and I have to use 7.9.1 locally. ---
**Author:** ![Angelos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4bbf92/32.png) [@Angelos](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Angelos)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2020, 10:18am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/restore-saved-objects-from-a-remote-kibana-index/254933/7 "2020-11-11T10:18:03Z")
> [@rudolf](#): > > Yes, I should have mentioned that, but you will need to set the mappings of **your local index** so that it matches your remote `.kibana_N` index before you start reindexing. @rudolf So I should copy the mapping of `.kibana_N` and put the mapping in which "local index"? `.kibana`? Because before reindex I am deleting `.kibana` index from local elastic, shouldn't I? ---
**Author:** ![rudolf](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/rudolf/32/51200_2.png) [@rudolf](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rudolf)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2020, 10:27am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/restore-saved-objects-from-a-remote-kibana-index/254933/8 "2020-11-11T10:27:44Z")
I didn't test these instructions, but hopefully this will help you get it right. The complete steps would be something like: 1. remote: `GET /.kibana/_mappings` 2. local: `POST /.kibana_1 {"mappings": , "aliases": {".kibana": {}}` 3. local: reindex remote `.kibana` into local `.kibana` (using the aliases instead of concrete index will maybe be a little less error prone so you don't accidentally use the wrong index) ---
**Author:** ![Angelos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4bbf92/32.png) [@Angelos](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Angelos)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2020, 12:00pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/restore-saved-objects-from-a-remote-kibana-index/254933/9 "2020-11-11T12:00:33Z")
@rudolf It worked! Thank you very much! ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2020, 12:00pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/restore-saved-objects-from-a-remote-kibana-index/254933/10 "2020-12-09T12:00:33Z")
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