list indices http://localhost:9200/_cat/indices?v create index PUT indexName { "mappings" : { "_doc" : { "properties" : { "field1" : { "type" : "text" } } } } } list index mapping indexName/_mapping?pretty delete index DELETE /indexName curl -X DELETE "localhost:9200/indexName?pretty" search /indexName/_search?pretty [FORBIDDEN/12/index read-only / allow delete (api)] .kibana/_settings?pretty # blocks.read_only_allow_delete => false OR _cluster/settings?pretty OR indexName/_settings?pretty PUT /[index_name]/_settings { "index.blocks.read_only_allow_delete": null } OR PUT /*/_settings { "index.blocks.read_only_allow_delete": null } curl -X PUT "localhost:9200/*/_settings" -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d'{"index.blocks.read_only_allow_delete": null}'