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Index shard stores API

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Index shard stores API

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Retrieves store information about replica shards in one or more indices. For data streams, the API retrieves store information for the stream’s backing indices.

GET /my-index-000001/_shard_stores

Request

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GET /<target>/_shard_stores

GET /_shard_stores

Prerequisites

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  • If the Elasticsearch security features are enabled, you must have the monitor or manage index privilege for the target data stream, index, or alias.

Description

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The index shard stores API returns the following information:

  • The node on which each replica shard exists
  • Allocation ID for each replica shard
  • Unique ID for each replica shard
  • Any errors encountered while opening the shard index or from an earlier failure

By default, the API only returns store information for primary shards that are unassigned or have one or more unassigned replica shards.

Path parameters

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<target>
(Optional, string) Comma-separated list of data streams, indices, and aliases used to limit the request. Supports wildcards (*). To target all data streams and indices, omit this parameter or use * or _all.

Query parameters

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allow_no_indices

(Optional, Boolean) If false, the request returns an error if any wildcard expression, index alias, or _all value targets only missing or closed indices. This behavior applies even if the request targets other open indices. For example, a request targeting foo*,bar* returns an error if an index starts with foo but no index starts with bar.

Defaults to true.

expand_wildcards

(Optional, string) Type of index that wildcard patterns can match. If the request can target data streams, this argument determines whether wildcard expressions match hidden data streams. Supports comma-separated values, such as open,hidden. Valid values are:

all
Match any data stream or index, including hidden ones.
open
Match open, non-hidden indices. Also matches any non-hidden data stream.
closed
Match closed, non-hidden indices. Also matches any non-hidden data stream. Data streams cannot be closed.
hidden
Match hidden data streams and hidden indices. Must be combined with open, closed, or both.
none
Wildcard patterns are not accepted.

Defaults to open.

ignore_unavailable
(Optional, Boolean) If false, the request returns an error if it targets a missing or closed index. Defaults to false.
status

(Optional, string) Comma-separated list of shard health statuses used to limit the request.

Valid values include:

green
The primary shard and all replica shards are assigned.
yellow
One or more replica shards are unassigned.
red
The primary shard is unassigned.
all
Return all shards, regardless of health status.

Defaults to yellow,red.

Examples

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Get shard store information for a specific data stream or index

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GET /test/_shard_stores

Get shard store information for several data streams and indices

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GET /test1,test2/_shard_stores

Get shard store information for all data streams and indices

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GET /_shard_stores

Get shard store information based on cluster health

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You can use the status query parameter to limit returned information based on shard health.

The following request only returns information for assigned primary and replica shards.

GET /_shard_stores?status=green

The API returns the following response:

{
  "indices": {
    "my-index-00001": {
      "shards": {
        "0": {                                          
          "stores": [                                   
            {
            "sPa3OgxLSYGvQ4oPs-Tajw": {                 
              "name": "node_t0",
              "ephemeral_id": "9NlXRFGCT1m8tkvYCMK-8A",
              "transport_address": "local[1]",
              "attributes": {},
              "roles": [...]
            },
            "allocation_id": "2iNySv_OQVePRX-yaRH_lQ",  
            "allocation": "primary|replica|unused"      
            "store_exception": ...                      
            }
          ]
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

The key is the corresponding shard id for the store information

A list of store information for all copies of the shard

The node information that hosts a copy of the store, the key is the unique node id.

The allocation id of the store copy

The status of the store copy, whether it is used as a primary, replica or not used at all

Any exception encountered while opening the shard index or from earlier engine failure
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