# What is the best way to copy an Elasticsearch index from one instance to another?
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-is-the-best-way-to-copy-an-elasticsearch-index-from-one-instance-to-another/81
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [May 1, 2015, 6:09am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-is-the-best-way-to-copy-an-elasticsearch-index-from-one-instance-to-another/81 "2015-05-01T06:09:03Z")
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### Author:  [@robyn](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/robyn)
#### Post date: [May 1, 2015, 6:09am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-is-the-best-way-to-copy-an-elasticsearch-index-from-one-instance-to-another/81/1 "2015-05-01T06:09:03Z")
The best way is to use the [snapshot/restore feature](http://www.elasticsearch.org/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/modules-snapshots.html).
This is done, for example, to copy an Elasticsearch index from a production instance to a development box.
If you have an NFS mount accessible to both hosts, you can just set that as a repository, take a snapshot, and restore it on the development box.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2017, 12:16am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-is-the-best-way-to-copy-an-elasticsearch-index-from-one-instance-to-another/81/2 "2017-07-06T00:16:21Z")