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Switching policies for an index
editSwitching policies for an index
editSetting index.lifecycle.name to a different policy behaves much like a policy update, but instead of just
switching to a different version, it switches to a different policy.
After setting a policy for an index, we can switch out my_policy with
my_other_policy by just updating the index’s index.lifecycle.name
setting to the new policy. After completing its currently executed phase,
it will move on to the next phase in my_other_policy. So if it was on the
hot phase before, it will move to the delete phase after the hot phase concluded.
PUT my_index/_settings
{
"lifecycle.name": "my_other_policy"
}
The change to the new policy will not happen immediately. The currently executing phase
of the existing policy for my_index will continue to execute until it completes. Once
completed, my_index will move to being managed by the my_other_policy.