README.md

Swift repository plugin for Elasticsearch

In order to install the plugin, simply run: bin/plugin -install org.wikimedia.elasticsearch.swift/swift-repository-plugin/<version>.

Swift Plugin	elasticsearch	Release date
0.4	1.1.0	2014-05-28
0.6	1.3.2	2014-08-20
0.7	1.4.0	2014-11-07
0.8-SNAPSHOT	master

Versions 0.4, 0.6 and 0.7 should be used. The in-between releases were buggy and are not recommended.

Create Repository

    $ curl -XPUT 'http://localhost:9200/_snapshot/my_backup' -d '{
        "type": "swift",
        "settings": {
            "swift_url": "http://localhost:8080/auth/v1.0/",
            "swift_container": "my-container",
            "swift_username": "myuser",
            "swift_password": "mypass!"
        }
    }'

See Snapshot And Restore for more information

Settings

Setting	Description
swift_container	Swift container name. Mandatory
swift_url	Swift auth url. Mandatory
swift_authmethod	Swift auth method, one of "KEYSTONE" "TEMPAUTH" or "" for basic auth
swift_password	Swift password
swift_tenant	Swift tenant name, only used with keystone auth
swift_username	Swift username
chunk_size	Maximum size for individual objects in the snapshot. Defaults to 5gb as that's the Swift default
compress	Turns on compression of the snapshot files. Defaults to false as it tends to break with Swift
max_restore_bytes_per_sec	Throttles per node restore rate. Defaults to 20mb per second.
max_snapshot_bytes_per_sec	Throttles per node snapshot rate. Defaults to 20mb per second.

To debug in Eclipse

Since Swift has logging dependencies you have to be careful about debugging in Eclipse.

1. Import this project into Eclipse using the maven connector. Do no import the main Elasticsearch code.
2. Create a new java application debug configuration and set it to run ElasticsearchF.
3. Go to the Classpath tab
4. Click on Maven Dependiences
5. Click on Advanced
6. Click Add Folder
7. Click ok
8. Expand the tree to find /src/test/resources
9. Click ok
10. Click debug