- adds a bit more overview on the process, including noting that it
works in terms of files
- notes that the snapshot is a point-in-time view of each shard, and not
necessarily exactly at the start of the snapshot process
- documents the `snapshot.max_concurrent_operations` setting
Co-authored-by: James Rodewig <40268737+jrodewig@users.noreply.github.com>
This PR expands the meaning of `include_global_state` for snapshots to include system indices. If `include_global_state` is `true` on creation, system indices will be included in the snapshot regardless of the contents of the `indices` field. If `include_global_state` is `true` on restoration, system indices will be restored (if included in the snapshot), regardless of the contents of the `indices` field. Index renaming is not applied to system indices, as system indices rely on their names matching certain patterns. If restored system indices are already present, they are automatically deleted prior to restoration from the snapshot to avoid conflicts.
This behavior can be overridden to an extent by including a new field in the snapshot creation or restoration call, `feature_states`, which contains an array of strings indicating the "feature" for which system indices should be snapshotted or restored. For example, this call will only restore the `watcher` and `security` system indices (in addition to `index_1`):
```
POST /_snapshot/my_repository/snapshot_2/_restore
{
"indices": "index_1",
"include_global_state": true,
"feature_states": ["watcher", "security"]
}
```
If `feature_states` is present, the system indices associated with those features will be snapshotted or restored regardless of the value of `include_global_state`. All system indices can be omitted by providing a special value of `none` (`"feature_states": ["none"]`), or included by omitting the field or explicitly providing an empty array (`"feature_states": []`), similar to the `indices` field.
The list of currently available features can be retrieved via a new "Get Snapshottable Features" API:
```
GET /_snapshottable_features
```
which returns a response of the form:
```
{
"features": [
{
"name": "tasks",
"description": "Manages task results"
},
{
"name": "kibana",
"description": "Manages Kibana configuration and reports"
}
]
}
```
Features currently map one-to-one with `SystemIndexPlugin`s, but this should be considered an implementation detail. The Get Snapshottable Features API and snapshot creation rely upon all relevant plugins being installed on the master node.
Further, the list of feature states included in a given snapshot is exposed by the Get Snapshot API, which now includes a new field, `feature_states`, which contains a list of the feature states and their associated system indices which are included in the snapshot. All system indices in feature states are also included in the `indices` array for backwards compatibility, although explicitly requesting system indices included in a feature state is deprecated. For example, an excerpt from the Get Snapshot API showing `feature_states`:
```
"feature_states": [
{
"feature_name": "tasks",
"indices": [
".tasks"
]
}
],
"indices": [
".tasks",
"test1",
"test2"
]
```
Co-authored-by: William Brafford <william.brafford@elastic.co>
Removing some now outdated statements that refer to a time
when snapshot operations could not run concurrently.
Closes#61680
Co-authored-by: Adam Locke <adam.locke@elastic.co>
* Updating snapshot/restore pages to align with API changes.
* Fixing texts in delete snapshot page.
* Removing duplicate code sample and making editorial changes.
* Change "deleted" to "delete"
* Incorporating review feedback and making minor editorial changes.
* Remove titleabbrev
* Add paragraph break
* Remove titleabbrev from restore page
* Remove titleabbrev from create page
* Change "Create" to lowercase
* Change API names to lowercase
* Remove extraneous delimiters
* Change "Delete" to lowercase
* Single-sourcing warning and clarifying warning text.
* Adding page for get snapshot API.
* Adding values for state and cleaning up some other formatting.
* Adding missing forward slash to GET request.
* Updating values for start_time and end_time in TESTRESPONSE.
* Swap "return" for "retrieve"
* Swap "return" for "retrieve" 2
* Change .snapshot to .response
* Adding response parameters and incorporating edits from review.
* Update response example to include repository info
* Change dash to underscore
* Add data type for snapshot in response
* Incorporating review comments and adding missing response definitions.
* Minor rewording in description.
This commit clarifies that the `expand_wildcards` option (as well as other
`IndicesOptions` parameters) can be used with the Create Snapshot API, but that
they must be in the body of the request.
Also clarifies the connection between `expand_wildcards` and hidden indices as
it relates to snapshots.
Changes:
* Adds API reference docs for the delete snapshot repo API.
* Corrects an error in the delete snapshot repo API spec. Comma-separated
repository names are not supported.
* Relocates the existing delete snapshot repo API example docs.
Adds deleting multiple snapshots in one go without significantly changing the mechanics of snapshot deletes otherwise.
This change does not yet allow mixing snapshot delete and abort. Abort is still only allowed for a single snapshot delete by exact name.
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