different TTL for parents and children test. Assumes: $ tail -1 /etc/elasticsearch/elasticsearch.yml indices.ttl.interval: 1s

parent_child_ttl.sh

curl -XDELETE localhost:9200/test
curl -XPUT localhost:9200/test
curl -XPUT localhost:9200/test/p/_mapping -d '{
    "p" :{
        "_ttl" : { "enabled" : true, "default": "10s" }
    }
}'
curl -XPUT localhost:9200/test/c/_mapping -d '{
    "c" :{
        "_ttl" : { "enabled" : true, "default": "20s" }
    }
}'
curl -XPUT localhost:9200/test/p/1 -d '{"foo":"bar"}'
curl -XPUT 'localhost:9200/test/c/2?parent=1' -d '{"foo":"bar"}'
curl -XPOST localhost:9200/test/_refresh
echo
curl localhost:9200/test/_search?pretty
sleep 5
curl -XPOST localhost:9200/test/_refresh
curl localhost:9200/test/_search?pretty
sleep 10
echo parent should disappear
curl -XPOST localhost:9200/test/_refresh
curl localhost:9200/test/_search?pretty
sleep 10
echo no hits
curl -XPOST localhost:9200/test/_refresh
curl localhost:9200/test/_search?pretty