Indexes
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Create and manage data indexes.
data/vix-indexes
Provides services to create and manage data indexes.
GET data/vix-indexes
Lists the recognized indexes on the server.
Request
See Common GET request parameters.
Response
HTTP status codes
Example
Lists the virtual indexes on this instance.
curl -k -u admin:pass https://localhost:8089/services/data/vix-indexes
POST data/vix-indexes
Creates a new index with the given name.
Request
See Common GET request parameters.
Response
HTTP status codes
Example
The following example creates an index named Shadow.
curl -k -u admin:pass https://localhost:8089/services/data/vix-indexes -d name=Shadow -d vix.provider=Shadow
data/vix-indexes/{name}
DELETE data/vix-indexes/{name}
Removes the index specified by {name} (not just the data contained in it).
Request
See Common GET request parameters.
Response
None
HTTP status codes
Example
Deletes the index named shadow.
curl -k -u admin:pass --request DELETE https://localhost:8089/services/data/vix-indexes/Shadow
GET data/indexes/{name}
Retrieves information about the named index.
Request
See Common GET request parameters.
Response
None
HTTP status codes
Example
Lists information about the Shadow index.
curl -k -u admin:pass https://localhost:8089/services/data/vix-indexes/Shadow
POST data/vix-indexes/{name}
Updates the data index specified by {name} with information specified with index attributes.
Request
See Common GET request parameters.
Response
None
HTTP status codes
Example
The following example updates the maximum size of the index named "Shadow", setting the size at 400000 MB.
This index was created in the example for the POST operation for this endpoint.
curl -k -u admin:pass https://localhost:8089/services/data/vix-indexes/Shadow -d vix.*=Shadow /data/indexes/shadow
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This documentation applies to the following versions of Splunk® Enterprise: 7.0.0, 7.0.1, 7.0.2, 7.0.3, 7.0.4, 7.0.5, 7.0.6, 7.0.7, 7.0.8, 7.0.9, 7.0.10, 7.0.11, 7.0.13, 7.1.0, 7.1.1, 7.1.2, 7.1.3, 7.1.4, 7.1.5, 7.1.6, 7.1.7, 7.1.8, 7.1.9, 7.1.10, 7.2.0, 7.2.1, 7.2.2, 7.2.3, 7.2.4, 7.2.5, 7.2.6, 7.2.7, 7.2.8, 7.2.9, 7.2.10, 7.3.0, 7.3.1, 7.3.2, 7.3.3, 7.3.4, 7.3.5, 7.3.6, 7.3.7, 7.3.8, 7.3.9, 8.0.0, 8.0.1, 8.0.2, 8.0.3, 8.0.4, 8.0.5, 8.0.6, 8.0.7, 8.0.8, 8.0.9, 8.0.10, 8.1.0, 8.1.1, 8.1.2, 8.1.3, 8.1.4, 8.1.5, 8.1.6, 8.1.7, 8.1.8, 8.1.9, 8.1.10, 8.1.11, 8.1.12, 8.1.13, 8.1.14, 8.2.0, 8.2.1, 8.2.2, 8.2.3, 8.2.4, 8.2.5, 8.2.6, 8.2.7, 8.2.8, 8.2.9, 8.2.10, 8.2.11, 8.2.12, 9.0.0, 9.0.1, 9.0.2, 9.0.3, 9.0.4, 9.0.5, 9.0.6, 9.0.7, 9.0.8, 9.0.9, 9.0.10, 9.1.0, 9.1.1, 9.1.2, 9.1.3, 9.1.4, 9.1.5, 9.1.6, 9.2.0, 9.2.1, 9.2.2, 9.2.3, 9.3.0, 9.3.1
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