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[DOCS] Add note that write indices are not replicated (#82997)
* [DOCS] Add note that write indices are not replicated * Clarify note about is_write_index * Clarify leader aliases with is_write_index Co-authored-by: Henning Andersen <[email protected]> Co-authored-by: Henning Andersen <[email protected]>
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@@ -195,6 +195,11 @@ You can't manually modify a follower index's mappings or aliases. To make
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changes, you must update the leader index. Because they are read-only, follower
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indices reject writes in all configurations.
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NOTE: Although changes to aliases on the leader index are replicated to follower
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indices, write indices are ignored. Follower indices can't accept direct writes,
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so if any leader aliases have `is_write_index` set to `true`, that value is
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forced to `false`.
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For example, you index a document named `doc_1` in Datacenter A, which
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replicates to Datacenter B. If a client connects to Datacenter B and attempts
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to update `doc_1`, the request fails. To update `doc_1`, the client must

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