Shard allocation filtering
Shard allocation filters allows to configure shard and replicas allocation per table across generic attributes associated with nodes.
Note
The per-table shard allocation filtering works in conjunction with Cluster Level Allocation.
It is possible to assign certain attributes to a node, see Custom attributes.
These attributes can be used with routing.allocation.* settings to allocate a table to a particular group of nodes.
Settings
The following settings are dynamic, allowing tables to be allocated (when defined on table creation) or moved (when defined by altering a table) from one set of nodes to another:
routing.allocation.include.{attribute}
Assign the table to a node whose {attribute} has at least one of the comma-separated values.
routing.allocation.require.{attribute}
Assign the table to a node whose {attribute} has all of the comma-separated values.
routing.allocation.exclude.{attribute}
Assign the table to a node whose {attribute} has none of the comma-separated values.
Special attributes
Following special attributes are supported:
_name
Match nodes by node name.
_host_ip
Match nodes by host IP address (IP associated with hostname).
_publish_ip
Match nodes by publish IP address.
_ip
Match either _host_ip or _publish_ip.
_host
Match nodes by hostname.