No limitations, as long as the alias points to a single index. If it pointed to multiple indices then you couldn't execute single index operations, like index etc. as it's not possible to identify which single index the operation is supposed to execute on.
On Monday, February 24, 2014 12:03:08 AM UTC+1, Rafael Almeida wrote: > > Hello, > > Say I have an index called duckling and an alias called duck which points > to duckling and no other index. Except for creating an alias pointing to > duck, all the other operations seem to route directly to duckling. Is that > true? is there something besides creating an alias that I can do with an > index, but not with its alias? > > []'s > Rafael > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/261d986a-ee8d-4f1c-9604-e9a19da1faab%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
