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Move instances (advanced)

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Move instances (advanced)

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Moves one or more instances belonging to an Elasticsearch cluster, with custom configuration posted in the body

Request

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POST /api/v1/clusters/elasticsearch/{cluster_id}/instances/_move

Path parameters

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Name	Type	Required	Description
`cluster_id`	`string`	Y	The Elasticsearch cluster identifier.

Query parameters

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Name	Type	Required	Description
`force_update`	`boolean`; default: `false`	N	When `true`, cancels and overwrites the pending plans, or treats the instance as an error.
`ignore_missing`	`boolean`; default: `false`	N	When `true` and the instance does not exist, proceeds to the next instance, or treats the instance as an error.
`instances_down`	`boolean`; default: `false`	N	When `true`, the instances specified by `instance_ids` permanently shut down for data migration logic.
`move_only`	`boolean`; default: `false`	N	When `true`, moves the specified instances and ignores the changes for the cluster state.
`validate_only`	`boolean`; default: `false`	N	When `true`, validates the move request, then returns the calculated plan without applying the plan.

Request body

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(TransientElasticsearchPlanConfiguration) (required) Overrides defaults for the move, including setting the configuration of instances specified in the path

Responses

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202: (ClusterCommandResponse) The move command was issued successfully, use the "GET" command on the /{cluster_id} resource to monitor progress
400: (BasicFailedReply) The cluster definition contained errors (code: 'clusters.cluster_invalid_plan' and 'clusters.plan_feature_not_implemented')
403: (BasicFailedReply) The move command was prohibited for the given cluster.
404: (BasicFailedReply) One or more of the instances specified at {instance_ids} could not be found (code: 'clusters.instances_not_found')
449: (BasicFailedReply) elevated permissions are required. (code: '"root.needs_elevated_permissions"')

To perform this operation, you must be authenticated by means of one of the following methods: apiKey, basicAuth.

Request example

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curl -XPOST {{hostname}}/api/v1/clusters/elasticsearch/{cluster_id}/instances/_move \
-u $CLOUD_USER:$CLOUD_KEY \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-d '
{
   "cluster_settings_json" : {},
   "plan_configuration" : {
      "calm_wait_time" : 0,
      "cluster_reboot" : "string",
      "extended_maintenance" : true,
      "max_snapshot_attempts" : 0,
      "move_allocators" : [
         {
            "allocator_down" : true,
            "from" : "string",
            "to" : [
               "string"
            ]
         }
      ],
      "move_instances" : [
         {
            "from" : "string",
            "instance_down" : true,
            "to" : [
               "string"
            ]
         }
      ],
      "move_only" : true,
      "override_failsafe" : true,
      "preferred_allocators" : [
         "string"
      ],
      "reallocate_instances" : true,
      "skip_data_migration" : true,
      "skip_post_upgrade_steps" : true,
      "skip_snapshot" : true,
      "skip_upgrade_checker" : true,
      "timeout" : 0
   },
   "restore_snapshot" : {
      "repository_config" : {
         "raw_settings" : {}
      },
      "repository_name" : "string",
      "restore_payload" : {
         "indices" : [
            "string"
         ],
         "raw_settings" : {}
      },
      "snapshot_name" : "string",
      "source_cluster_id" : "string",
      "strategy" : "string"
   },
   "strategy" : {
      "grow_and_shrink" : {},
      "rolling" : {
         "allow_inline_resize" : true,
         "group_by" : "string",
         "shard_init_wait_time" : 0,
         "skip_synced_flush" : true
      },
      "rolling_grow_and_shrink" : {}
   }
}
'

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