index alias per client example

index_alias_per_client_example.json

# clear out any previous test data
DELETE test*/

# create index 1
POST test.1/test/1
{
  "client_id": 9991
}

# create index 2
POST test.2/test/1
{
  "client_id": 9991
}

# neither index should have aliases
GET test*/_aliases

# add aliases
POST _aliases
{
  "actions": [
    {
      "add": {
        "index": "test.2",
        "alias": "test-update"
      }
    },
    {
      "add": {
        "index": "test.1",
        "alias": "test"
      }
    }
  ]
}

# test.1 => test, test.2 => test-update
GET test*/_aliases

# apply client index alias to test-update, since it gets associated to test.2 ultimately
POST _aliases
{
  "actions": [
    {
      "add": {
        "index": "test-update",
        "alias": "test-9991",
        "filter": {
          "term": {
            "client_id": "9991"
          }
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}

# verify test-update has test-9991 alias applied
GET test*/_aliases

# swap the test alias from test.1 to test.2, and delete test.1
POST _aliases
{
  "actions": [
    {
      "add": {
        "index": "test.2",
        "alias": "test"
      }
    },
    {
      "remove": {
        "index": "test.2",
        "alias": "test-update"
      }
    },
    {  
      "remove_index": {
        "index": "test.1"
      }
    }
  ]
}

# test.2 should have test and test-9991 alias
GET test*/_aliases