Elasticsearch Cheatsheet using CURL

List open indexes

curl -X GET http:/ES_URL:9200/_cat/indices | grep open

List close indexes

curl -X GET http:/ES_URL:9200/_cat/indices | grep close

List close indexes, display only index name

curl -X GET http:/ES_URL:9200/_cat/indices | grep close | sort | awk '{print $2}'

Delete index starting with index pattern

curl -X DELETE http:/ES_URL:9200/index_pattern\*

Close a list of indexes

for i in `cat ES_INDEX_LIST_FILE`;do curl -X POST http:/ES_URL:9200/$i/_close; done

Delete a list of indexes

for i in `cat ES_INDEX_LIST_FILE`;do curl -X DELETE http:/ES_URL:9200/$i; done

Insert data into Elasticsearch

curl -XPOST 'http://ES_URL:9200/test_index-test/_doc' \                            
\ -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
\ -u user:password \
\ -d '{
    "field1": "value1",
    "field2": "value2"
  }'

Stop / Start cluster rebalancing

curl -X PUT http://ES_URL:9200/_cluster/settings -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d'
    {
      "transient": {
        "cluster.routing.allocation.enable": "none"
      }
    }

curl -X GET http://ES IP:9200/_cluster/settings

curl -X POST http://ES IP:9200/_flush/synced


curl -X PUT http://ES IP:9200/_cluster/settings -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d'
    {
      "transient": {
        "cluster.routing.allocation.enable": "all"
      }
    }'