You can now use a wildcard pattern to remove data stream and index
aliases in the same action/request.
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The get alias api should take into account the aliases parameter when
returning aliases that refer to data streams and don't return entries
for data streams that don't have any aliases pointing to it.
Relates to #66163
Aliases to data streams can be defined via the existing update aliases api.
Aliases can either only refer to data streams or to indices (not both).
Also the existing get aliases api has been modified to support returning
aliases that refer to data streams.
Aliases for data streams are stored separately from data streams and
and refer to data streams by name and not to the backing indices of
a data stream. This means that when backing indices are added or removed
from a data stream that then the data stream alias doesn't need to be
updated.
The authorization model for aliases that refer to data streams is the
same as for aliases the refer to indices. In security privileges can
be defined on aliases, indices and data streams. When a privilege is
granted on an alias then access is also granted on the indices that
an alias refers to (irregardless whether privileges are granted or denied
on the actual indices). The same will apply for aliases that refer
to data streams. See for more details:
https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/issues/66163#issuecomment-824709767
Relates to #66163
Small edit highlighting the fact that atomic cluster state change does not guarantee lack of errors for in-flight requests.
Co-authored-by: James Rodewig <james.rodewig@elastic.co>
This allows doing true CAS operations on aliases, making sure that an alias is actually properly
moved from a given source index onto a given target index. This is useful to ensure that an
alias is actually moved from a given index to another one, and not just added to another index.
This commit introduces hidden aliases. These are similar to hidden
indices, in that they are not visible by default, unless explicitly
specified by name or by indicating that hidden indices/aliases are
desired.
The new alias property, `is_hidden` is implemented similarly to
`is_write_index`, except that it must be consistent across all indices
with a given alias - that is, all indices with a given alias must
specify the alias as either hidden, or all specify it as non-hidden,
either explicitly or by omitting the `is_hidden` property.
Several files in the REST APIs nav section are included using
:leveloffset: tags. This increments headings (h2 -> h3, h3 -> h4, etc.)
in those files and removes the :leveloffset: tags.
Other supporting changes:
* Alphabetizes top-level REST API nav items.
* Change 'indices APIs' heading to 'index APIs.'
* Changes 'Snapshot lifecycle management' heading to sentence case.
* missing 'test2' index example (#39055)
If I got the idea of aliases properly, I think that the index "test2" should have a reference in the example above of the following sentence:
" ... we associate the alias `alias1` to both `test` and `test2` ... "
* add PUT test2
* Update aliases.asciidoc
swap which is write/read
* Default include_type_name to false for get and put mappings.
* Default include_type_name to false for get field mappings.
* Add a constant for the default include_type_name value.
* Default include_type_name to false for get and put index templates.
* Default include_type_name to false for create index.
* Update create index calls in REST documentation to use include_type_name=true.
* Some minor clean-ups around the get index API.
* In REST tests, use include_type_name=true by default for index creation.
* Make sure to use 'expression == false'.
* Clarify the different IndexTemplateMetaData toXContent methods.
* Fix FullClusterRestartIT#testSnapshotRestore.
* Fix the ml_anomalies_default_mappings test.
* Fix GetFieldMappingsResponseTests and GetIndexTemplateResponseTests.
We make sure to specify include_type_name=true during xContent parsing,
so we continue to test the legacy typed responses. XContent generation
for the typeless responses is currently only covered by REST tests,
but we will be adding unit test coverage for these as we implement
each typeless API in the Java HLRC.
This commit also refactors GetMappingsResponse to follow the same appraoch
as the other mappings-related responses, where we read include_type_name
out of the xContent params, instead of creating a second toXContent method.
This gives better consistency in the response parsing code.
* Fix more REST tests.
* Improve some wording in the create index documentation.
* Add a note about types removal in the create index docs.
* Fix SmokeTestMonitoringWithSecurityIT#testHTTPExporterWithSSL.
* Make sure to mention include_type_name in the REST docs for affected APIs.
* Make sure to use 'expression == false' in FullClusterRestartIT.
* Mention include_type_name in the REST templates docs.
* Replace custom type names with _doc in REST examples.
* Avoid using two mapping types in the percolator docs.
* Rename doc -> _doc in the main repository README.
* Also replace some custom type names in the HLRC docs.
Rollover should not swap aliases when `is_write_index` is set to `true`.
Instead, both the new and old indices should have the rollover alias,
with the newly created index as the new write index
Updates Rollover to leverage the ability to preserve aliases and swap which is the write index.
Historically, Rollover would swap which index had the designated alias for writing documents against. This required users to keep a separate read-alias that enabled reading against both rolled over and newly created indices, whiles the write-alias was being re-assigned at every rollover.
With the ability for aliases to designate a write index, Rollover can be a bit more flexible with its use of aliases.
Updates include:
- Rollover validates that the target alias has a write index (the index that is being rolled over). This means that the restriction that aliases only point to one index is no longer necessary.
- Rollover explicitly (and atomically) swaps which index is the write-index by explicitly assigning the existing index to have `is_write_index: false` and have the newly created index have its rollover alias as `is_write_index: true`. This is only done when `is_write_index: true` on the write index. Default behavior of removing the alias from the rolled over index stays when `is_write_index` is not explicitly set
Relevant things that are staying the same:
- Rollover is rejected if there exist any templates that match the newly-created index and configure the rollover-alias
- I think this existed to prevent the situation where an alias pointed to two indices for a short while. Although this can technically be relaxed, the specific cases that are safe are really particular and difficult to reason, so leaving the broad restriction sounds good
This commit adds the is-write-index flag for aliases.
It allows requests to set the flag, and responses to display the flag.
It does not validate and/or affect any indexing/getting/updating behavior
of Elasticsearch -- this will be done in a follow-up PR.
While removing an index isn't actually an alias action, if we add
an alias action that deletes an index then we can delete and index
and add an alias with the same name as the index atomically, in
the same cluster state update.
Closes#20064
In the example there was a alias removed and then a different alias created for the same index, but I think actually swapping a index by another one for the same alias would make more sense as an example here.
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