The system indices have names starting with a dot, like .xxxxxx. And usually, the command GET _cat/indices/_all does not show the system indices, so they are hidden by default.
For learning purposes, we recently went through the entire cluster restoration following this procedure. It seems that the procedure includes steps of changing settings.
The restoration itself was successful. However, we realized the command GET _cat/indices/_all now shows the system indices.
Our Question:
Is there something in the setting to control the visibilities of the system indices?
Sample screen output:
- For the command
GET /_cat/indices, the output is:
yellow open logstash 3k8zxeK9Qs2Ds8Pnb9USAg 1 1 200 0 193.8kb 193.8kb
green open .monitoring-kibana-7-2023.07.06 tRKRFhnkTP2jmr3koSaE0g 1 0 6 0 53.4kb 53.4kb
green open .monitoring-logstash-7-2023.07.06 aMGdx9qVQHiFLcw4woZwjA 1 0 24 0 102.9kb 102.9kb
yellow open my-index-000001 lIwe4OsPRpqvB8uRNx5nfA 3 2 111113 1689 78.1mb 78.1mb
green open .monitoring-es-7-2023.07.06 Hq3AvL4eRUisCDkCa6xfEQ 1 0 76 33 747.4kb 747.4kb
- For the command
GET _cat/indices/_all?expand_wildcards=all, the output is:
green open .ds-ilm-history-5-2023.02.17-000001 025AFMNfQXSxkCZX3D4bew 1 0 9 0 28kb 28kb
green open .kibana_task_manager_8.6.1_001 kfhf654aS7KTrAZIfNHLfw 1 0 25 5993 1mb 1mb
green open .apm-agent-configuration qcOOglD0Szmag6wRUt7VAA 1 0 0 0 225b 225b
green open .monitoring-es-7-2023.07.06 Hq3AvL4eRUisCDkCa6xfEQ 1 0 76 33 1.2mb 1.2mb
green open .kibana-event-log-8.6.1-000001 JAaq-2zHTr2dAS84vWKZhw 1 0 7 0 47.9kb 47.9kb
green open .geoip_databases 8sDPeBfLTfyDriWgEj6Sig 1 0 42 42 40mb 40mb
green open .kibana-event-log-8.6.1-000002 1oK397fMS8eDy-XS6QXXeg 1 0 0 0 225b 225b
yellow open logstash 3k8zxeK9Qs2Ds8Pnb9USAg 1 1 200 0 193.8kb 193.8kb
green open .ds-.logs-deprecation.elasticsearch-default-2023.06.19-000003 f9VNYgiSTHiriRpJVJbaSA 1 0 3 0 24.1kb 24.1kb
green open .ds-ilm-history-5-2023.06.19-000003 _yxj6Mf9Q0uOItYXs9eIOw 1 0 18 0 22.7kb 22.7kb
green open .monitoring-kibana-7-2023.07.06 tRKRFhnkTP2jmr3koSaE0g 1 0 6 0 53.4kb 53.4kb
green open .apm-custom-link QEOZ8Cm4R3-A-PZlB_Z31Q 1 0 0 0 225b 225b
green open .kibana_8.6.1_001 WClCZ-xSREeuCVJE2cAKJw 1 0 335 209 2.5mb 2.5mb
green open .ds-ilm-history-5-2023.05.18-000002 bbo_chYDQI-zM2zItXVaIQ 1 0 21 0 13.5kb 13.5kb
green open .async-search gjDLMRaAQU-cH5N9MobgJQ 1 0 0 0 256b 256b
green open .monitoring-logstash-7-2023.07.06 aMGdx9qVQHiFLcw4woZwjA 1 0 24 0 116.6kb 116.6kb
green open .ds-.logs-deprecation.elasticsearch-default-2023.05.18-000002 ZmXuZAOATj-_mkAxFXEL3g 1 0 2 0 23.6kb 23.6kb
yellow open my-index-000001 lIwe4OsPRpqvB8uRNx5nfA 3 2 111113 1689 78.1mb 78.1mb