elasticsearch/docs/reference/ccr/getting-started.asciidoc

[role="xpack"]
[[ccr-getting-started-tutorial]]
=== Tutorial: Set up {ccr}
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<titleabbrev>Set up {ccr}</titleabbrev>
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[source,console]
----
PUT /server-metrics
{
  "settings" : {
    "index" : {
      "number_of_shards" : 1,
      "number_of_replicas" : 0
    }
  },
  "mappings" : {
    "properties" : {
      "@timestamp" : {
        "type" : "date"
      },
      "accept" : {
        "type" : "long"
      },
      "deny" : {
        "type" : "long"
      },
      "host" : {
        "type" : "keyword"
      },
      "response" : {
        "type" : "float"
      },
      "service" : {
        "type" : "keyword"
      },
      "total" : {
        "type" : "long"
      }
    }
  }
}
----
// TESTSETUP
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Use this guide to set up {ccr} (CCR) between clusters in two
datacenters. Replicating your data across datacenters provides several benefits:

* Brings data closer to your users or application server to reduce latency and
response time
* Provides your mission-critical applications with the tolerance to withstand datacenter or region outages

In this guide, you'll learn how to:

* Configure a <<remote-clusters,remote cluster>> with a leader index
* Create a follower index on a local cluster
* Create an auto-follow pattern to automatically follow time series indices
that are periodically created in a remote cluster

You can manually create follower indices to replicate specific indices on a
remote cluster, or configure auto-follow patterns to replicate rolling time series indices.

TIP: If you want to replicate data across clusters in the cloud, you can
link:{cloud}/ec-enable-ccs.html[configure remote clusters on {ess}]. Then, you
can <<modules-cross-cluster-search,search across clusters>> and set up {ccr}.

[[ccr-getting-started-prerequisites]]
==== Prerequisites
To complete this tutorial, you need:

* The `manage` cluster privilege on the local cluster.
* A license on both clusters that includes {ccr}. {kibana-ref}/managing-licenses.html[Activate a free 30-day trial].
* An index on the remote cluster that contains the data you want to replicate.
This tutorial uses the sample eCommerce orders data set.
{kibana-ref}/get-started.html#gs-get-data-into-kibana[Load sample data].
* In the local cluster, all nodes with the `master` <<node-roles,node role>> must
also have the <<remote-node,`remote_cluster_client`>> role. The local cluster
must also have at least one node with both a data role and the
<<remote-node,`remote_cluster_client`>> role. Individual tasks for coordinating
replication scale based on the number of data nodes with the
`remote_cluster_client` role in the local cluster.

==== Connect to a remote cluster
To replicate an index on a remote cluster (Cluster A) to a local cluster (Cluster B), you configure Cluster A as a remote on Cluster B.

image::images/ccr-tutorial-clusters.png[ClusterA contains the leader index and ClusterB contains the follower index]

To configure a remote cluster from Stack Management in {kib}:

. Select *Remote Clusters* from the side navigation.
. Specify the {es} endpoint URL, or the IP address or host name of the remote
cluster (`ClusterA`) followed by the transport port (defaults to `9300`). For
example, `cluster.es.eastus2.staging.azure.foundit.no:9400` or
`192.168.1.1:9300`.

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.API example
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You can also use the <<cluster-update-settings,cluster update settings API>> to
add a remote cluster:

[source,console]
----
PUT /_cluster/settings
{
  "persistent" : {
    "cluster" : {
      "remote" : {
        "leader" : {
          "seeds" : [
            "127.0.0.1:9300" <1>
          ]
        }
      }
    }
  }
}
----
// TEST[setup:host]
// TEST[s/127.0.0.1:9300/\${transport_host}/]
<1> Specifies the hostname and transport port of a seed node in the remote
    cluster.

You can verify that the local cluster is successfully connected to the remote
cluster.

[source,console]
----
GET /_remote/info
----
// TEST[continued]

The API response indicates that the local cluster is connected to the remote
cluster with cluster alias `leader`.

[source,console-result]
----
{
  "leader" : {
    "seeds" : [
      "127.0.0.1:9300"
    ],
    "connected" : true,
    "num_nodes_connected" : 1, <1>
    "max_connections_per_cluster" : 3,
    "initial_connect_timeout" : "30s",
    "skip_unavailable" : false,
    "mode" : "sniff"
  }
}
----
// TESTRESPONSE[s/127.0.0.1:9300/$body.leader.seeds.0/]
// TEST[s/"connected" : true/"connected" : $body.leader.connected/]
// TEST[s/"num_nodes_connected" : 1/"num_nodes_connected" : $body.leader.num_nodes_connected/]
<1> The number of nodes in the remote cluster the local cluster is
    connected to.
====

include::../../../x-pack/docs/en/security/authentication/remote-clusters-privileges-cert.asciidoc[tag=configure-ccr-privileges]

[[ccr-getting-started-follower-index]]
==== Create a follower index to replicate a specific index
When you create a follower index, you reference the remote cluster and the
leader index in your remote cluster.

To create a follower index from Stack Management in {kib}:

. Select *Cross-Cluster Replication* in the side navigation and choose the
*Follower Indices* tab.
. Choose the cluster (ClusterA) containing the leader index you want to
replicate.
. Enter the name of the leader index, which is
`kibana_sample_data_ecommerce` if you are following the tutorial.
. Enter a name for your follower index, such as `follower-kibana-sample-data`.

{es} initializes the follower using the
<<ccr-remote-recovery, remote recovery>>
process, which transfers the existing Lucene segment files from the leader
index to the follower index. The index status changes to *Paused*. When the
remote recovery process is complete, the index following begins and the status
changes to *Active*.

When you index documents into your leader index, {es} replicates the documents
in the follower index.

[role="screenshot"]
image::images/ccr-follower-index.png["The Cross-Cluster Replication page in {kib}"]

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.API example
====
You can also use the <<ccr-put-follow,create follower API>> to create follower
indices. When you create a follower index, you must reference the remote cluster
and the leader index that you created in the remote cluster.

When initiating the follower request, the response returns before the
<<ccr-remote-recovery, remote recovery>> process completes. To wait for the process
to complete, add the `wait_for_active_shards` parameter to your request.

[source,console]
----
PUT /server-metrics-follower/_ccr/follow?wait_for_active_shards=1
{
  "remote_cluster" : "leader",
  "leader_index" : "server-metrics"
}
----
// TEST[continued]

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[source,console-result]
--------------------------------------------------
{
  "follow_index_created" : true,
  "follow_index_shards_acked" : true,
  "index_following_started" : true
}
--------------------------------------------------

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Use the
<<ccr-get-follow-stats,get follower stats API>> to inspect the status of
replication.

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[source,console]
--------------------------------------------------
POST /server-metrics-follower/_ccr/pause_follow

POST /server-metrics-follower/_close

POST /server-metrics-follower/_ccr/unfollow
--------------------------------------------------
// TEST[continued]

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====

[[ccr-getting-started-auto-follow]]
==== Create an auto-follow pattern to replicate time series indices
You use <<ccr-auto-follow,auto-follow patterns>> to automatically create new
followers for rolling time series indices. Whenever the name of a new index on
the remote cluster matches the auto-follow pattern, a corresponding follower
index is added to the local cluster. Note that only indices created on the
remote cluster after the auto-follow pattern is created will be auto-followed:
existing indices on the remote cluster are ignored even if they match the pattern.

An auto-follow pattern specifies the remote cluster you want to replicate from,
and one or more index patterns that specify the rolling time series indices you
want to replicate.

// tag::ccr-create-auto-follow-pattern-tag[]
To create an auto-follow pattern from Stack Management in {kib}:

. Select *Cross Cluster Replication* in the side navigation and choose the
*Auto-follow patterns* tab.
. Enter a name for the auto-follow pattern, such as `beats`.
. Choose the remote cluster that contains the index you want to replicate,
which in the example scenario is Cluster A.
. Enter one or more index patterns that identify the indices you want to
replicate from the remote cluster. For example, enter
`metricbeat-* packetbeat-*` to automatically create followers for {metricbeat} and {packetbeat} indices.
. Enter *follower-* as the prefix to apply to the names of the follower indices so
you can more easily identify replicated indices.

As new indices matching these patterns are
created on the remote, {es} automatically replicates them to local follower indices.

[role="screenshot"]
image::images/auto-follow-patterns.png["The Auto-follow patterns page in {kib}"]

// end::ccr-create-auto-follow-pattern-tag[]

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.API example
====
Use the <<ccr-put-auto-follow-pattern,create auto-follow pattern API>> to
configure auto-follow patterns.

[source,console]
----
PUT /_ccr/auto_follow/beats
{
  "remote_cluster" : "leader",
  "leader_index_patterns" :
  [
    "metricbeat-*", <1>
    "packetbeat-*" <2>
  ],
  "follow_index_pattern" : "{{leader_index}}-copy" <3>
}
----
// TEST[continued]
<1> Automatically follow new {metricbeat} indices.
<2> Automatically follow new {packetbeat} indices.
<3> The name of the follower index is derived from the name of the leader index
    by adding the suffix `-copy` to the name of the leader index.

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[source,console-result]
--------------------------------------------------
{
  "acknowledged" : true
}
--------------------------------------------------

//////////////////////////

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[source,console]
--------------------------------------------------
DELETE /_ccr/auto_follow/beats
--------------------------------------------------
// TEST[continued]

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====