how to rename an index in a cluster?

Question

I need to rename several indexes in a cluster (their name must be changed, I cannot use aliases).

I saw that there are no supported ways to do that,

Answer 1

You can use REINDEX to do that.

Reindex does not attempt to set up the destination index. It does not copy the settings of the source index. You should set up the destination index prior to running a _reindex action, including setting up mappings, shard counts, replicas, etc.

1. First copy the index to a new name

POST /_reindex
{
  "source": {
    "index": "twitter"
  },
  "dest": {
    "index": "new_twitter"
  }
}

2. Now delete the Index

DELETE /twitter