Clone a snapshot | Elasticsearch API documentation (v8)

Clone a snapshot Added in 7.10.0

PUT /_snapshot/{repository}/{snapshot}/_clone/{target_snapshot}

Api key auth Basic auth Bearer auth

Clone part of all of a snapshot into another snapshot in the same repository.

Path parameters

repository string Required

A repository name
snapshot string Required

The name of the snapshot to clone from
target_snapshot string Required

The name of the cloned snapshot to create

Query parameters

master_timeout string

Explicit operation timeout for connection to master node

Values are -1 or 0.

application/json

Body Required

indices string Required

Responses

200 application/json
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- acknowledged boolean Required
  
  For a successful response, this value is always true. On failure, an exception is returned instead.

PUT /_snapshot/{repository}/{snapshot}/_clone/{target_snapshot}

curl \
 --request PUT 'http://api.example.com/_snapshot/{repository}/{snapshot}/_clone/{target_snapshot}' \
 --header "Authorization: $API_KEY" \
 --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
 --data '"{\n  \"indices\": \"index_a,index_b\"\n}"'

Request example

Run `PUT /_snapshot/my_repository/source_snapshot/_clone/target_snapshot` to clone the `source_snapshot` into a new `target_snapshot`.

{
  "indices": "index_a,index_b"
}