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[[indices-open-close]]
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== Open / Close Index API
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The open and close index APIs allow to close an index, and later on
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opening it. A closed index has almost no overhead on the cluster (except
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for maintaining its metadata), and is blocked for read/write operations.
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A closed index can be opened which will then go through the normal
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recovery process.
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The REST endpoint is `/{index}/_close` and `/{index}/_open`. For
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example:
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[source,js]
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curl -XPOST 'localhost:9200/my_index/_close'
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curl -XPOST 'localhost:9200/my_index/_open'
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It is possible to open and close multiple indices. An error will be thrown
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if the request explicitly refers to a missing index. This behaviour can be
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disabled using the `ignore_indices=missing` parameter.
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All indices can be opened or closed at once using `_all` as the index name
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or specifying patterns that identify them all (e.g. `*`).
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Closing all indices can be disabled by setting the `action.disable_close_all_indices`
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flag in the config file to `true`.
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