[role="xpack"]
[testenv="basic"]
[[ilm-actions]]
== Index lifecycle actions

[[ilm-allocate-action]]
<<ilm-allocate,Allocate>>::
Move shards to nodes with different performance characteristics
and reduce the number of replicas. 

[[ilm-delete-action]]<<ilm-delete,Delete>>::
Permanently remove the index.

[[ilm-forcemerge-action]]<<ilm-forcemerge,Force merge>>::
Reduce the number of index segments and purge deleted documents.
Makes the index read-only.

[[ilm-freeze-action]]<<ilm-freeze,Freeze>>::
Freeze the index to minimize its memory footprint.

[[ilm-readonly-action]]<<ilm-readonly,Read only>>::
Block write operations to the index. 
  
[[ilm-rollover-action]]<<ilm-rollover,Rollover>>::
Remove the index as the write index for the rollover alias and 
start indexing to a new index.

[[ilm-searchable-snapshot-action]]<<ilm-searchable-snapshot, Searchable snapshot>>::
Take a snapshot of the managed index in the configured repository
and mount it as a searchable snapshot.

[[ilm-set-priority-action]]<<ilm-set-priority,Set priority>>::
Lower the priority of an index as it moves through the lifecycle
to ensure that hot indices are recovered first. 

[[ilm-shrink-action]]<<ilm-shrink,Shrink>>::
Reduce the number of primary shards by shrinking the index into a new index.

[[ilm-unfollow-action]]<<ilm-unfollow,Unfollow>>::
Convert a follower index to a regular index.
Performed automatically before a rollover, shrink, or searchable snapshot action. 

[[ilm-wait-for-snapshot-action]]<<ilm-wait-for-snapshot,Wait for snapshot>>::
Ensure that a snapshot exists before deleting the index. 

include::actions/ilm-allocate.asciidoc[]
include::actions/ilm-delete.asciidoc[]
include::actions/ilm-forcemerge.asciidoc[]
include::actions/ilm-freeze.asciidoc[]
include::actions/ilm-readonly.asciidoc[]
include::actions/ilm-rollover.asciidoc[]
include::actions/ilm-searchable-snapshot.asciidoc[]
include::actions/ilm-set-priority.asciidoc[]
include::actions/ilm-shrink.asciidoc[]
include::actions/ilm-unfollow.asciidoc[]
include::actions/ilm-wait-for-snapshot.asciidoc[]
