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Move instances

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Move instances

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DEPRECATED (Scheduled to be removed in the next major version): Moves one or more instances in the Elasticsearch cluster.

Request

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

Path parameters

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Name	Type	Required	Description
`cluster_id`	`string`	Y	The Elasticsearch cluster identifier.
`instance_ids`	`array[string]`	Y	A comma-separated list of instance identifiers.

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) 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) * The cluster definition contained errors. (code: clusters.plan_feature_not_implemented)

Headers

x-cloud-error-codes (string; allowed values: [clusters.cluster_invalid_plan, clusters.plan_feature_not_implemented]): The error codes associated with the response

403

(BasicFailedReply) The move command was prohibited for the given cluster. (code: clusters.command_prohibited)

Headers

x-cloud-error-codes (string; allowed values: [clusters.command_prohibited]): The error codes associated with the response

404

(BasicFailedReply) * The cluster specified by {cluster_id} cannot be found. (code: clusters.cluster_not_found) * One or more of the instances specified at {instance_ids} could not be found. (code: clusters.instances_not_found)

Headers

x-cloud-error-codes (string; allowed values: [clusters.cluster_not_found, clusters.instances_not_found]): The error codes associated with the response

449

(BasicFailedReply) Elevated permissions are required. (code: root.unauthorized.rbac.elevated_permissions_required)

Headers

x-cloud-error-codes (string; allowed values: [root.unauthorized.rbac.elevated_permissions_required]): The error codes associated with the response

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 https://{{hostname}}/api/v1/clusters/elasticsearch/{cluster_id}/instances/{instance_ids}/_move \
-H "Authorization: ApiKey $ECE_API_KEY" \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-d '
{
   "cluster_settings_json" : {},
   "plan_configuration" : {
      "calm_wait_time" : 0,
      "cluster_reboot" : "string",
      "extended_maintenance" : true,
      "max_snapshot_age" : 0,
      "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_snapshot_post_major_upgrade" : 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" : {
      "autodetect" : {},
      "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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