How can i disable the automatic index creation in elasticsearch?

Question

I need to disable automatic index creation for an index but need to permit for another one. How can I disable the automatic index creation by elasticsearch for a particular inde

Answer 1

You can provide an index name pattern to specify whitelist/blacklist. See this for more information.

Automatic index creation can include a pattern based white/black list, for example, set action.auto_create_index to +aaa*,-bbb*,+ccc*,-* (+ meaning allowed, and - meaning disallowed).