# Readonly restores

**URL:** <https://forum.opensearch.org/t/readonly-restores/28204>\
**Category:** OpenSearch\
**Tags:** discuss\
**Created:** [July 17, 2026, 1:04pm UTC](https://forum.opensearch.org/t/readonly-restores/28204 "2026-07-17T13:04:51Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![GuyS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/977dab/32.png) [@GuyS](https://forum.opensearch.org/u/GuyS)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2026, 1:04pm UTC](https://forum.opensearch.org/t/readonly-restores/28204/1 "2026-07-17T13:04:51Z")

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**Versions** (relevant - OpenSearch/Dashboard/Server OS/Browser):

**Describe the issue** : Is it possible to perfrom the restart with no replicas?

like:  
OST /\_snapshot/my-opensearch-repo/my-first-snapshot/\_restore  
{  
“indices”: “opendistro-reports-definitions”,  
“ignore\_unavailable”: true,  
“include\_global\_state”: false,  
“rename\_pattern”: “(.+)”,  
“rename\_replacement”: “$1\_restored”,  
“include\_aliases”: false

```auto
"no_of_eplicas": None
}

```

**Configuration** :

**Relevant Logs or Screenshots** :

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**Author:** ![Anthony](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.opensearch.org/anthony/32/9939_2.png) [@Anthony](https://forum.opensearch.org/u/Anthony)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2026, 12:45pm UTC](https://forum.opensearch.org/t/readonly-restores/28204/2 "2026-07-21T12:45:43Z")

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@GuyS After testing this locally with no security, I was able to restore with 0 replicas using the following syntax:

```auto
POST /_snapshot/my-opensearch-repo/my-first-snapshot/_restore
{
  "indices": "opendistro-reports-definitions",
  "ignore_unavailable": true,
  "include_global_state": false,
  "rename_pattern": "(.+)",
  "rename_replacement": "$1_restored",
  "include_aliases": false,
  "index_settings": {
    "index.number_of_replicas": 0
  }
}

```

Hope this helps

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**Author:** ![GuyS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/977dab/32.png) [@GuyS](https://forum.opensearch.org/u/GuyS)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2026, 12:33pm UTC](https://forum.opensearch.org/t/readonly-restores/28204/3 "2026-10-02T12:33:36Z")

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Thank you. yes this worked. at least so far. 🙂