elasticsearch snapshot and restore

es_snapshot_restore

# create a snapshot repository

curl -XPUT 'localhost:9200/_snapshot/my_snapshot' -d '
{
  "type": "fs",
  "settings": {
    "location": "/var/data/elasticsearch/snapshots",
    "compress": "true"
  }
}'

# create a snapshot

curl -XPUT 'localhost:9200/_snapshot/my_snapshot/2015-12-03?pretty?wait_for_completion' -d '
{
  "indices": "index1,index2",
  "ignore_unavailable": "true",
  "include_global_state": "false"
}'

# get snapshot status
curl -XGET 'localhost:9200/_snapshot/my_snapshot/2015-12-03?pretty'

# restore a snapshot

curl -XPOST 'localhost:9200/index1/_close'   # close the indices if they are open
curl -XPOST 'localhost:9200/index2/_close'    # close the indices if they are open
curl -XDELETE 'http://localhost:9200/index1/'
curl -XDELETE 'http://localhost:9200/index2/'
curl -XPOST 'localhost:9200/_snapshot/my_snapshot/2015-12-03/_restore?pretty'

# get a list of all snapshots
curl -s -XGET "localhost:9200/_snapshot/my_snapshot/_all?pretty"

# delete a snapshot

curl -XDELETE 'localhost:9200/_snapshot/my_snapshot/2015-12-03?pretty'


NOTE: Since v1.6 one has to add path.repo: ["/mount/backups", "/mount/longterm_backups"] configuration to the elasticsearch.yml file