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Generating and storing an Elasticsearch snapshot

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Using an Elasticsearch snapshot can dramatically reduce instance creation time, the bigger the catalog the more time saved.
You can use a snapshot from your production Elasticsearch, this guide will cover using on from an instance, though the final steps are the same in either case.

Requirements

Steps

  1. Create an instance (this will cause a reindex to occur when the instance is created)
  2. (optional) If you have additional commands to run that alter the data inside Elasticsearch, run them now.
  3. Select your instance and navigate to "Toolbelt" > "Snapshots"
  4. Click "Run Backup" and wait for it to complete.
  5. Once complete download the snapshot.
    You can list the backups available with: mdoq backups:list --instance-id=INSTANCE_ID --backup-type=elasticsearch-snapshot
    You can then download with: mdoq backups:download --instance-id=INSTANCE_ID --backup-type=elasticsearch-snapshot --name=BACKUP_NAME
  6. You can then push this backup to your parent instance (hosted or live connector)
    mdoq backups:push --instance-id=PARENT_INSTANCE_ID --backup-type=elasticsearch-snapshot --file=PATH_TO_BACKUP
  7. You can then recreate the development instance, within the logs for the Elasticsearch component you should see "importing snapshot" and then "snapshot imported"
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