Elasticsearch: Indicate if global state is present is snapshot
When a snapshot is made with include_global_state, the _status endpoint should indicate if state data is present, maybe with some info about what it has.
PhaedrusTheGreek
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Could you give some more information on this? I'm a new contributor.
bawse
on 18 Mar 2017
A snapshot usually contains a backup of some indices, but when you take the snapshot with the include_global_state parameter, then other non-index data is included in the backup, such as templates, persistent settings, and other global state. Then when you go to restore the backup, you can specify include_global_state again in the API call, and that state will be restored along with the indices. It would just simply be useful to be able to see a yes/no flag in the _status endpoint indicating the snapshot includes global state.
PhaedrusTheGreek
on 20 Mar 2017
Hi @PhaedrusTheGreek, do you know any detailed docs about the global_state data and how it can be useful?
wedneyyuri
on 4 May 2017
I sent a PR for this issue. @PhaedrusTheGreek May I ask you to take a review. Thanks in advance. 馃槃
liketic
on 23 Sep 2017
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A snapshot usually contains a backup of some indices, but when you take the snapshot with the
include_global_stateparameter, then other non-index data is included in the backup, such as templates, persistent settings, and other global state. Then when you go to restore the backup, you can specifyinclude_global_stateagain in the API call, and that state will be restored along with the indices. It would just simply be useful to be able to see a yes/no flag in the _status endpoint indicating the snapshot includes global state.