Create snapshot

Create snapshot

Introduced 1.0

Creates a snapshot within an existing repository.

To learn more about snapshots, see Snapshots.
To view a list of your repositories, see Get snapshot repository.

Path and HTTP methods

PUT /_snapshot/<repository>/<snapshot>
POST /_snapshot/<repository>/<snapshot>

Path parameters

Parameter	Data type	Description
repository	String	Repostory name to contain the snapshot.
snapshot	String	Name of Snapshot to create.

Query parameters

Parameter	Data type	Description
wait_for_completion	Boolean	Whether to wait for snapshot creation to complete before continuing. If you include this parameter, the snapshot definition is returned after completion.

Request fields

The request body is optional.

Field	Data type	Description
`indices`	String	The indices you want to include in the snapshot. You can use `,` to create a list of indices, `*` to specify an index pattern, and `-` to exclude certain indices. Don’t put spaces between items. Default is all indices.
`ignore_unavailable`	Boolean	If an index from the `indices` list doesn’t exist, whether to ignore it rather than fail the snapshot. Default is false.
`include_global_state`	Boolean	Whether to include cluster state in the snapshot. Default is true.
`partial`	Boolean	Whether to allow partial snapshots. Default is false, which fails the entire snapshot if one or more shards fails to stor

Example requests

Request without a body

The following request creates a snapshot called my-first-snapshot in an S3 repository called my-s3-repository. A request body is not included because it is optional.

POST _snapshot/my-s3-repository/my-first-snapshot

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Request with a body

You can also add a request body to include or exclude certain indices or specify other settings:

PUT _snapshot/my-s3-repository/2
{
  "indices": "opensearch-dashboards*,my-index*,-my-index-2016",
  "ignore_unavailable": true,
  "include_global_state": false,
  "partial": false
}

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Example responses

Upon success, the response content depends on whether you include the wait_for_completion query parameter.

`wait_for_completion` not included

{
  "accepted": true
}

To verify that the snapshot was created, use the Get snapshot API, passing the snapshot name as the snapshot path parameter.

`wait_for_completion` included

The snapshot definition is returned.

{
  "snapshot" : {
    "snapshot" : "5",
    "uuid" : "ZRH4Zv7cSnuYev2JpLMJGw",
    "version_id" : 136217927,
    "version" : "2.0.1",
    "indices" : [
      ".opendistro-reports-instances",
      ".opensearch-observability",
      ".kibana_1",
      "opensearch_dashboards_sample_data_flights",
      ".opensearch-notifications-config",
      ".opendistro-reports-definitions",
      "shakespeare"
    ],
    "data_streams" : [ ],
    "include_global_state" : true,
    "state" : "SUCCESS",
    "start_time" : "2022-08-10T16:52:15.277Z",
    "start_time_in_millis" : 1660150335277,
    "end_time" : "2022-08-10T16:52:18.699Z",
    "end_time_in_millis" : 1660150338699,
    "duration_in_millis" : 3422,
    "failures" : [ ],
    "shards" : {
      "total" : 7,
      "failed" : 0,
      "successful" : 7
    }
  }
}

Response fields

Field	Data type	Description
snapshot	string	Snapshot name.
uuid	string	Snapshot’s universally unique identifier (UUID).
version_id	int	Build ID of the Open Search version that created the snapshot.
version	float	Open Search version that created the snapshot.
indices	array	Indices in the snapshot.
data_streams	array	Data streams in the snapshot.
include_global_state	boolean	Whether the current cluster state is included in the snapshot.
start_time	string	Date/time when the snapshot creation process began.
start_time_in_millis	long	Time (in milliseconds) when the snapshot creation process began.
end_time	string	Date/time when the snapshot creation process ended.
end_time_in_millis	long	Time (in milliseconds) when the snapshot creation process ended.
duration_in_millis	long	Total time (in milliseconds) that the snapshot creation process lasted.
failures	array	Failures, if any, that occured during snapshot creation.
shards	object	Total number of shards created along with number of successful and failed shards.
state	string	Snapshot status. Possible values: `IN_PROGRESS`, `SUCCESS`, `FAILED`, `PARTIAL`.
remote_store_index_shallow_copy	Boolean	Whether the snapshot of the remote store indexes is captured as a shallow copy. Default is `false`.

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