gistfile1.txt

myhost = "localhost"

@es = Elasticsearch::Client.new host: myhost, port: 9200, log: true

@es.create index: "hello",
  type: "world",
  id: "someitem",
  body: {
    text: "yup",
    count: 1
  }

@es.indices.put_alias index: "hello", name: "alias-hello"

@es.search index: "alias-hello"

@es.indices.close index: "alias-hello"

@es.search index: "alias-hello", ignore_unavailable: true ## throws error

@es.search index: "xxxxzzzzwrongindex", ignore_unavailable: true ## doesn't throw error.  Expected behavior.