delete-index
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This command deletes a particular index from EraSearch.
Warning
This command requires delete access to the index being deleted.
usage: eractl delete-index [-h] [--url URL] [--key KEY] --really index
positional arguments:
index Index to remove
optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
--url URL EraSearch URL, set via environment with ERACTL_URL (default: http://localhost:9200)
--key KEY EraSearch API key, set via environment with ERACTL_API_KEY (default: None)
--really Are you sure? (default: False)
To run:
Or to pass arguments from the environment:
export ERACTL_URL="https://erasearch.example.com"
export ERACTL_API_KEY="******"
eractl delete-index my-index-name --really
Examples¶
To list the indices in the system and then delete an index by name:
Tip
Indexes can also be specified with wildcards (*
) to remove multiple indices at once:
Note that you may need to wrap the index argument in quotes.