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Freeze
editFreeze
editPhases allowed: cold.
Freezes an index.
Freezing an index closes the index and reopens it within the same API call. This means that for a short time no primaries are allocated. The cluster will go red until the primaries are allocated. This limitation might be removed in the future.
Options
editNone.
Example
editPUT _ilm/policy/my_policy
{
"policy": {
"phases": {
"cold": {
"actions": {
"freeze" : { }
}
}
}
}
}