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  1. angristan revised this gist Feb 19, 2019. 1 changed file with 3 additions and 1 deletion.
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    # Elasticsearch settings for single-node cluster (1 shard, 0 replica)
    # Elasticsearch settings for single-node cluster

    1 shard, 0 replica.

    ## For future indices

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    # Elasticsearch settings for single-node cluster (1 shard, 0 replica)

    ## For future indices

    Update default template:

    ```sh
    curl -X PUT http://localhost:9200/_template/default -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d '{"index_patterns": ["*"],"order": -1,"settings": {"number_of_shards": "1","number_of_replicas": "0"}}'
    ```

    If yellow indices exist, set the number of replicas to 0:
    ## For existing indices

    If yellow indices exist, you can update them with:

    ```sh
    curl -X PUT http://localhost:9200/_settings -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d '{"index": {"number_of_shards": "1","number_of_replicas": "0"}}'
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    If yellow indices exist, set the number of replicas to 0:

    ```
    ```sh
    curl -X PUT http://localhost:9200/_settings -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d '{"index": {"number_of_shards": "1","number_of_replicas": "0"}}'
    ```

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    Update default template:

    ```sh
    curl -X PUT "localhost:9200/_template/default" -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d '{"index_patterns": ["*"],"order": -1,"settings": {"number_of_shards": "1","number_of_replicas": "0"}}'
    curl -X PUT http://localhost:9200/_template/default -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d '{"index_patterns": ["*"],"order": -1,"settings": {"number_of_shards": "1","number_of_replicas": "0"}}'
    ```

    If yellow indices exist, set the number of replicas to 0:

    ```
    curl -XPUT http://localhost:9200/_settings -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d '{"index": {"number_of_shards": "1","number_of_replicas": "0"}}'
    curl -X PUT http://localhost:9200/_settings -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d '{"index": {"number_of_shards": "1","number_of_replicas": "0"}}'
    ```

    If you get this error:
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    You can fix it with:

    ```sh
    curl -XPUT http://localhost:9200/_settings -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d '{"index": {"blocks": {"read_only_allow_delete": "false"}}}'
    curl -X PUT http://localhost:9200/_settings -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d '{"index": {"blocks": {"read_only_allow_delete": "false"}}}'
    ```

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    curl -X PUT "localhost:9200/_template/default" -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d '{"index_patterns": ["*"],"order": -1,"settings": {"number_of_shards": "1","number_of_replicas": "0"}}'
    ```

    If yellow indices exist:
    If yellow indices exist, set the number of replicas to 0:

    ```
    curl -XPUT http://localhost:9200/_settings -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d '{"index": {"number_of_replicas": 0}}'
    curl -XPUT http://localhost:9200/_settings -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d '{"index": {"number_of_shards": "1","number_of_replicas": "0"}}'
    ```

    If you get this:
    If you get this error:

    ```json
    {"error":{"root_cause":[{"type":"cluster_block_exception","reason":"blocked by: [FORBIDDEN/12/index read-only / allow delete (api)];"}],"type":"cluster_block_exception","reason":"blocked by: [FORBIDDEN/12/index read-only / allow delete (api)];"},"status":403}
    ```

    Then:
    You can fix it with:

    ```sh
    curl -XPUT http://localhost:9200/_settings -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d '{"index": {"blocks": {"read_only_allow_delete": "false"}}}'
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    Update default template:

    ```sh
    curl -X PUT "localhost:9200/_template/default" -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d '{"index_patterns": ["*"],"order": -1,"settings": {"number_of_shards": "1","number_of_replicas": "0"}}'
    ```

    If yellow indices exist:

    ```
    curl -XPUT http://localhost:9200/_settings -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d '{"index": {"number_of_replicas": 0}}'
    ```

    If you get this:

    ```json
    {"error":{"root_cause":[{"type":"cluster_block_exception","reason":"blocked by: [FORBIDDEN/12/index read-only / allow delete (api)];"}],"type":"cluster_block_exception","reason":"blocked by: [FORBIDDEN/12/index read-only / allow delete (api)];"},"status":403}
    ```

    Then:

    ```sh
    curl -XPUT http://localhost:9200/_settings -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d '{"index": {"blocks": {"read_only_allow_delete": "false"}}}'
    ```