Elsaticsearch Index API - Adding Index

Adding Index - autormatic method:

*`# curl -XPUT -u login:password '127.0.0.1:9200/twitter/tweet/1?pretty=true' -d'{`*\
    *`"user" : "elk01",`*\
    *`"post_date" : "2017-09-05T10:00:00",`*\
    *`"message" : "tests auto index generation"`*\
   *`}'`*

You should see the output:

*`{`*\
*`"_index" : "twitter",`*\
  *`"_type" : "tweet",`*\
  *`"_id" : "1",`*\
  *`"_version" : 1,`*\
  *`"_shards" : {`*\
    *`"total" : 2,`*\
    *`"successful" : 1,`*\
    *`"failed" : 0`*\
  *`},`*\
  *`"created" : true`*\
*`}`*

The parameter action.auto_create_index must be set on true.

Adding Index – manual method:

• settings the number of shards and replicas:

  # curl -XPUT -u login:password '127.0.0.1:9200/twitter2?pretty=true' -d'{"settings" : {"number_of_shards" : 1,"number_of_replicas" : 1}}’`*

You should see the output:

*`{`*\
  *`"acknowledged" : true`*\
*`}`*

• command for manual index generation:

  # curl -XPUT -u login:password '127.0.0.1:9200/twitter2/tweet/1?pretty=true' -d'{"user" : "elk01","post_date" : "2017-09-05T10:00:00","message" : "tests manual index generation"}'

You should see the output:

*`{`*\
  *`"_index" : "twitter2",`*\
  *`"_type" : "tweet",`*\
  *`"_id" : "1",`*\
  *`"_version" : 1,`*\
  *`"_shards" : {`*\
    *`"total" : 2,`*\
     *`"successful" : 1,`*\
     *`"failed" : 0`*\
  *`},`*\
  *`"created" : true`*\
*`}`*