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name
editname
editThis setting is used by the alias, snapshot, and create_index actions.
The value of this setting is the name of the alias, snapshot, or index,
depending on which action makes use of name
.
This setting may contain a valid Python strftime string. Curator will extract the strftime identifiers and replace them with the corresponding values.
The Python strftime identifiers that Curator currently recognizes include:
-
Y
: A 4 digit year -
y
: A 2 digit year -
m
: The 2 digit month -
W
: The 2 digit week of the year -
d
: The 2 digit day of the month -
H
: The 2 digit hour of the day, in 24 hour notation -
M
: The 2 digit minute of the hour -
S
: The 2 digit number of second of the minute -
j
: The 3 digit day of the year
This option is required by the alias action, and has no default setting in that context.
For the create_index action, there is no default setting.
For the snapshot action, the default value of this setting is
curator-%Y%m%d%H%M%S