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Backup ElasticSearch with rsync
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backup.sh
# TO_FOLDER=/something
# FROM=/your-es-installation
DATE=`date +%Y-%m-%d_%H-%M`
TO=$TO_FOLDER/$DATE/
echo "rsync from $FROM to $TO"
# the first times rsync can take a bit long - do not disable flusing
rsync -a $FROM $TO
# now disable flushing and do one manual flushing
$SCRIPTS/es-flush-disable.sh true
$SCRIPTS/es-flush.sh
# ... and sync again
rsync -a $FROM $TO
$SCRIPTS/es-flush-disable.sh false
# now remove too old backups
rm -rf `find $TO_FOLDER -maxdepth 1 -mtime +7` &> /dev/null
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es-flush-disable.sh
# true or false
DISABLE=$1
curl -XPUT 'localhost:9200/_settings' -d '{
"index" : {
"translog.disable_flush" : "'$DISABLE'"
}
}'
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es-flush.sh
curl -XPOST 'localhost:9200/_flush'
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print-settings.sh
curl -XGET 'localhost:9200/_settings?pretty=true'
@AndrewVos
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Does this actually work?

@ebuildy
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ebuildy commented Feb 23, 2015

Try it!

@lebowitz
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Be careful when setting TO_FOLDER. The last line is dangerous.

@SenthilJothi
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FROM=/your-es-installation

  1. FROM is my installation directory(/usr/share/elasticsearch) or wherever my index is stored>
  2. How to restore this backup?
  3. What things are been backed up by this script?

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