Quick links
Overview
Examples
To restore the whole snapshot:
POST /_snapshot/my_backup/snapshot-01-11-2019/_restore
To restore an individual index:
POST /_snapshot/my_backup/snapshot-01-11-2019/_restore
{
"indices": "my_index"
}Notes
- If you are using a security tool like Searchguard, the snapshot restore capability must be enabled in opensearch.yml. Otherwise, it will throw a security exception.
Common issues
- If an index or indices already exist with the same names as those you are going to restore, they need to either be closed or deleted before you can restore from a snapshot. Otherwise, the restore operation will fail due to an error that the index already exists.
