<commit_before>---
owner_slack: "#govuk-2ndline"
title: Backup and restore Elasticsearch indices
parent: "/manual.html"
layout: manual_layout
section: Backups
last_reviewed_on: 2018-07-27
review_in: 2 months
---
The Elasticsearch indexes used for search are backed up to disk using
es_dump_restore](https://github.com/patientslikeme/es_dump_restore).<commit_msg>Fix MD syntax for Elasticsearch backups<commit_after>---
owner_slack: "#govuk-2ndline"
title: Backup and restore Elasticsearch indices
parent: "/manual.html"
layout: manual_layout
section: Backups
last_reviewed_on: 2018-07-31
review_in: 2 months
---
The Elasticsearch indexes used for search are backed up to disk using
[es_dump_restore](https://github.com/patientslikeme/es_dump_restore).
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