elasticsearchHow can I check the status of a yellow index in Elasticsearch?

To check the status of a yellow index in Elasticsearch, you can use the indices.status API. This API will return the health, number of documents, size, and other information about the index.

Example code

GET /my_index/_status

Output example

{
   "my_index": {
      "status": "yellow",
      "number_of_shards": 5,
      "number_of_replicas": 1,
      "active_primary_shards": 5,
      "active_shards": 10,
      "relocating_shards": 0,
      "initializing_shards": 0,
      "unassigned_shards": 0,
      "delayed_unassigned_shards": 0,
      "number_of_pending_tasks": 0,
      "number_of_in_flight_fetch": 0,
      "task_max_waiting_in_queue_millis": 0,
      "active_shards_percent_as_number": 100.0
   }
}

The code above will return the status of the index, in this case it is "yellow". Additionally, the API will return the number of shards, replicas, active primary shards, active shards, relocating shards, initializing shards, unassigned shards, delayed unassigned shards, number of pending tasks, number of in flight fetch, task max waiting in queue millis, and active shards percent as number.

Code explanation

• GET: HTTP verb used to retrieve information from the index
• /my_index/_status: the URL used to retrieve the status of the index

Helpful links

• Elasticsearch API Reference

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