OpenSearch/docs/reference/index-modules.asciidoc

[[index-modules]]
= Index Modules

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Index Modules are modules created per index and control all aspects related to
an index.

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[[index-modules-settings]]
== Index Settings

Index level settings can be set per-index.  Settings may be:

_static_::

They can only be set at index creation time or on a
<<indices-open-close,closed index>>.

_dynamic_::

They can be changed on a live index using the
<<indices-update-settings,update-index-settings>> API.

WARNING: Changing static or dynamic index settings on a closed index could
result in incorrect settings that are impossible to rectify without deleting
and recreating the index.

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=== Static index settings

Below is a list of all _static_ index settings that are not associated with any
specific index module:

`index.number_of_shards`::

    The number of primary shards that an index should have.  Defaults to 5.
    This setting can only be set at index creation time.  It cannot be
    changed on a closed index. Note: the number of shards are limited to `1024` per
    index. This limitation is a safety limit to prevent accidental creation of indices
    that can destabilize a cluster due to resource allocation. The limit can be modified
    by specifying `export ES_JAVA_OPTS="-Des.index.max_number_of_shards=128"` system property on every node that is
    part of the cluster.

`index.shard.check_on_startup`::
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Whether or not shards should be checked for corruption before opening. When
corruption is detected, it will prevent the shard from being opened. Accepts:

`false`::

    (default) Don't check for corruption when opening a shard.

`checksum`::

    Check for physical corruption.

`true`::

    Check for both physical and logical corruption. This is much more
    expensive in terms of CPU and memory usage.

`fix`::

    Check for both physical and logical corruption.  Segments that were reported
    as corrupted will be automatically removed. This option *may result in data loss*.
    Use with extreme caution!

WARNING: Expert only. Checking shards may take a lot of time on large indices.
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[[index-codec]] `index.codec`::

    The +default+ value compresses stored data with LZ4
    compression, but this can be set to +best_compression+
    which uses https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DEFLATE[DEFLATE] for a higher
    compression ratio, at the expense of slower stored fields performance.
    If you are updating the compression type, the new one will be applied
    after segments are merged. Segment merging can be forced using
    <<indices-forcemerge,force merge>>.

[[routing-partition-size]] `index.routing_partition_size`::

    The number of shards a custom <<mapping-routing-field,routing>> value can go to.
    Defaults to 1 and can only be set at index creation time. This value must be less
    than the `index.number_of_shards` unless the `index.number_of_shards` value is also 1.
    See <<routing-index-partition>> for more details about how this setting is used.

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=== Dynamic index settings

Below is a list of all _dynamic_ index settings that are not associated with any
specific index module:


`index.number_of_replicas`::

    The number of replicas each primary shard has.  Defaults to 1.

`index.auto_expand_replicas`::

    Auto-expand the number of replicas based on the number of available nodes.
    Set to a dash delimited lower and upper bound (e.g. `0-5`) or use `all`
    for the upper bound (e.g. `0-all`).  Defaults to `false` (i.e. disabled).

`index.refresh_interval`::

    How often to perform a refresh operation, which makes recent changes to the
    index visible to search.  Defaults to `1s`.  Can be set to `-1` to disable
    refresh.

`index.max_result_window`::

    The maximum value of `from + size` for searches to this index. Defaults to
    `10000`. Search requests take heap memory and time proportional to
    `from + size` and this limits that memory. See
    <<search-request-scroll,Scroll>> or <<search-request-search-after,Search After>> for a more efficient alternative
    to raising this.

`index.max_rescore_window`::

    The maximum value of `window_size` for `rescore` requests in searches of this index.
    Defaults to `index.max_result_window` which defaults to `10000`. Search
    requests take heap memory and time proportional to
    `max(window_size, from + size)` and this limits that memory.

`index.blocks.read_only`::

    Set to `true` to make the index and index metadata read only, `false` to
    allow writes and metadata changes.

`index.blocks.read_only_allow_delete`::
    Identical to `index.blocks.read_only` but allows deleting the index to free
     up resources.

`index.blocks.read`::

    Set to `true` to disable read operations against the index.

`index.blocks.write`::

    Set to `true` to disable write operations against the index.

`index.blocks.metadata`::

    Set to `true` to disable index metadata reads and writes.

`index.max_refresh_listeners`::

    Maximum number of refresh listeners available on each shard of the index.
    These listeners are used to implement <<docs-refresh,`refresh=wait_for`>>.


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=== Settings in other index modules

Other index settings are available in index modules:

<<analysis,Analysis>>::

    Settings to define analyzers, tokenizers, token filters and character
    filters.

<<index-modules-allocation,Index shard allocation>>::

    Control over where, when, and how shards are allocated to nodes.

<<index-modules-mapper,Mapping>>::

    Enable or disable dynamic mapping for an index.

<<index-modules-merge,Merging>>::

    Control over how shards are merged by the background merge process.

<<index-modules-similarity,Similarities>>::

    Configure custom similarity settings to customize how search results are
    scored.

<<index-modules-slowlog,Slowlog>>::

    Control over how slow queries and fetch requests are logged.

<<index-modules-store,Store>>::

    Configure the type of filesystem used to access shard data.

<<index-modules-translog,Translog>>::

    Control over the transaction log and background flush operations.

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include::index-modules/merge.asciidoc[]

include::index-modules/similarity.asciidoc[]

include::index-modules/slowlog.asciidoc[]

include::index-modules/store.asciidoc[]

include::index-modules/translog.asciidoc[]

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