[[cat-indices]]
== cat indices

The `indices` command provides a cross-section of each index.  This
information *spans nodes*. For example:

[source,js]
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GET /_cat/indices/twi*?v&s=index
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// CONSOLE
// TEST[setup:huge_twitter]
// TEST[s/^/POST _flush\n/]
// TEST[s/^/PUT twitter2\n{"settings": {"number_of_replicas": 0}}\n/]
// We flush very early here because the index's size is cached and we sort on
// size below. So to get a realistic sort on size we need to flush here or else
// the size is just whatever portion of the index is pushed out of memory
// during test setup which isn't deterministic.

Might respond with:

[source,txt]
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health status index    uuid                   pri rep docs.count docs.deleted store.size pri.store.size
yellow open   twitter  u8FNjxh8Rfy_awN11oDKYQ   1   1       1200            0     88.1kb         88.1kb
green  open   twitter2 nYFWZEO7TUiOjLQXBaYJpA   5   0          0            0       260b           260b
--------------------------------------------------
// TESTRESPONSE[s/\d+(\.\d+)?[tgmk]?b/\\d+(\\.\\d+)?[tgmk]?b/]
// TESTRESPONSE[s/u8FNjxh8Rfy_awN11oDKYQ|nYFWZEO7TUiOjLQXBaYJpA/.+/ _cat]

We can tell quickly how many shards make up an index, the number of
docs at the Lucene level, including hidden docs (e.g., from nested types),
deleted docs, primary store size, and total store size (all shards including replicas).
All these exposed metrics come directly from Lucene APIs.

[float]
[[pri-flag]]
=== Primaries

The index stats by default will show them for all of an index's
shards, including replicas.  A `pri` flag can be supplied to enable
the view of relevant stats in the context of only the primaries.

[float]
[[examples]]
=== Examples

Which indices are yellow?

[source,js]
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GET /_cat/indices?v&health=yellow
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// CONSOLE
// TEST[continued]

Which looks like:

[source,txt]
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health status index    uuid                   pri rep docs.count docs.deleted store.size pri.store.size
yellow open   twitter  u8FNjxh8Rfy_awN11oDKYQ   1   1       1200            0     88.1kb         88.1kb
--------------------------------------------------
// TESTRESPONSE[s/\d+(\.\d+)?[tgmk]?b/\\d+(\\.\\d+)?[tgmk]?b/]
// TESTRESPONSE[s/u8FNjxh8Rfy_awN11oDKYQ/.+/ _cat]

What's my largest index by disk usage not including replicas?

[source,js]
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GET /_cat/indices?v&s=store.size:desc
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// CONSOLE
// TEST[continued]

Which looks like:

[source,txt]
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health status index    uuid                   pri rep docs.count docs.deleted store.size pri.store.size
yellow open   twitter  u8FNjxh8Rfy_awN11oDKYQ   1   1       1200            0     88.1kb         88.1kb
green  open   twitter2 nYFWZEO7TUiOjLQXBaYJpA   5   0          0            0       260b           260b
--------------------------------------------------
// TESTRESPONSE[s/\d+(\.\d+)?[tgmk]?b/\\d+(\\.\\d+)?[tgmk]?b/]
// TESTRESPONSE[s/u8FNjxh8Rfy_awN11oDKYQ|nYFWZEO7TUiOjLQXBaYJpA/.+/ _cat]

How many merge operations have the shards for the `twitter` completed?

[source,js]
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GET /_cat/indices/twitter?pri&v&h=health,index,pri,rep,docs.count,mt
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// CONSOLE
// TEST[continued]

Might look like:

[source,js]
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health index   pri rep docs.count mt pri.mt
yellow twitter   1   1 1200       16     16
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// TESTRESPONSE[s/16/\\d+/ _cat]

How much memory is used per index?

[source,js]
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GET /_cat/indices?v&h=i,tm&s=tm:desc
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// CONSOLE
// TEST[continued]

Might look like:

[source,js]
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i         tm
twitter   8.1gb
twitter2  30.5kb
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// TESTRESPONSE[s/\d+(\.\d+)?[tgmk]?b/\\d+(\\.\\d+)?[tgmk]?b/]
// TESTRESPONSE[_cat]