How to move elasticsearch data directory?

Question

I have a default installation of Elasticsearch. It seems to be storing it\'s data in

/var/lib/elasticsearch/elasticsearch/nodes

So two qu

Answer 1

If you are more cautious about moving your critical data, cp with preserving all attributes (owner, group, timestamp, etc.) can help.

cp -r --preserve=all /var/lib/elasticsearch/ /foo/bar/

Open elasticsearch.yml and set path.data to new location

path.data: /foo/bar/elasticsearch/

Restart elasticsearch server. now you can safely remove source data.

rm -rf /var/lib/elasticsearch/