# Using existing Lucene index

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/using-existing-lucene-index/2959>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [May 19, 2010, 5:54am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/using-existing-lucene-index/2959 "2010-05-19T05:54:31Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![yasha](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/yasha/32/3343_2.png) [@yasha](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/yasha)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2010, 5:54am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/using-existing-lucene-index/2959/1 "2010-05-19T05:54:31Z")

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How can I configure ElasticSearch for using existing Lucene index? Read-only mode will be enough.

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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 6, 2017, 4:23am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/using-existing-lucene-index/2959/2 "2017-07-06T04:23:59Z")

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