Recovery steps if the elasticsearch disk size is full

Last Updated : May 02, 2025 |

About this task

Delete the indices if the elasticsearch disk size if full.

Procedure

  1. On the OpenSearch UI, click Navigation_pane_button to display the navigation pane.
  2. On the navigation pane, go to Management > Dev Tools.
  3. Run the following command to get indices with size: 
    GET /_cat/indices?v&h=index,pri,rep,store.size
  4. Run the following command to delete the indices of bigger sizes:

    DELETE /<index_name>