Clone a snapshot | Elasticsearch API (v8)

Clone a snapshot Added in 7.10.0

PUT /_snapshot/{repository}/{snapshot}/_clone/{target_snapshot}

Clone part of all of a snapshot into another snapshot in the same repository.

Path parameters

repository string Required

A repository name
snapshot string Required

The name of the snapshot to clone from
target_snapshot string Required

The name of the cloned snapshot to create

Query parameters

master_timeout string

Explicit operation timeout for connection to master node
timeout string

A duration. Units can be nanos, micros, ms (milliseconds), s (seconds), m (minutes), h (hours) and d (days). Also accepts "0" without a unit and "-1" to indicate an unspecified value.

application/json

Body Required

indices string Required

Responses

200 application/json
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- acknowledged boolean Required
  
  For a successful response, this value is always true. On failure, an exception is returned instead.

PUT /_snapshot/{repository}/{snapshot}/_clone/{target_snapshot}

curl \
 -X PUT http://api.example.com/_snapshot/{repository}/{snapshot}/_clone/{target_snapshot} \
 -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
 -d '{"indices":"string"}'

Request examples

{
  "indices": "string"
}

Response examples (200)

{
  "acknowledged": true
}