Request Syntax Request Parameters Response Syntax Response Elements Errors See Also

CreateIndex

Creates a new Amazon Kendra index. Index creation is an asynchronous operation. To determine if index creation has completed, check the Status field returned from a call to DescribeIndex. The Status field is set to ACTIVE when the index is ready to use.

Once the index is active you can index your documents using the BatchPutDocument operation or using one of the supported data sources.

Request Syntax


{
   "ClientToken": "string",
   "Description": "string",
   "Edition": "string",
   "Name": "string",
   "RoleArn": "string",
   "ServerSideEncryptionConfiguration": { 
      "KmsKeyId": "string"
   },
   "Tags": [ 
      { 
         "Key": "string",
         "Value": "string"
      }
   ]
}

Request Parameters

For information about the parameters that are common to all actions, see Common Parameters.

The request accepts the following data in JSON format.

ClientToken

A token that you provide to identify the request to create an index. Multiple calls to the CreateIndex operation with the same client token will create only one index.”

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 100.

Required: No

Description

A description for the index.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 1000.

Pattern: ^\P{C}*$

Required: No

Edition

The Amazon Kendra edition to use for the index. Choose DEVELOPER_EDITION for indexes intended for development, testing, or proof of concept. Use ENTERPRISE_EDITION for your production databases. Once you set the edition for an index, it can't be changed.

The Edition parameter is optional. If you don't supply a value, the default is ENTERPRISE_EDITION.

Type: String

Valid Values: DEVELOPER_EDITION | ENTERPRISE_EDITION

Required: No

Name

The name for the new index.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 1000.

Pattern: [a-zA-Z0-9][a-zA-Z0-9_-]*

Required: Yes

RoleArn

An IAM role that gives Amazon Kendra permissions to access your Amazon CloudWatch logs and metrics. This is also the role used when you use the BatchPutDocument operation to index documents from an Amazon S3 bucket.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 1284.

Pattern: arn:[a-z0-9-\.]{1,63}:[a-z0-9-\.]{0,63}:[a-z0-9-\.]{0,63}:[a-z0-9-\.]{0,63}:[^/].{0,1023}

Required: Yes

ServerSideEncryptionConfiguration

The identifier of the AWS KMS customer managed key (CMK) to use to encrypt data indexed by Amazon Kendra. Amazon Kendra doesn't support asymmetric CMKs.

Type: ServerSideEncryptionConfiguration object

Required: No

Tags

A list of key-value pairs that identify the index. You can use the tags to identify and organize your resources and to control access to resources.

Type: Array of Tag objects

Array Members: Minimum number of 0 items. Maximum number of 200 items.

Required: No

Response Syntax


{
   "Id": "string"
}

Response Elements

If the action is successful, the service sends back an HTTP 200 response.

The following data is returned in JSON format by the service.

Id

The unique identifier of the index. Use this identifier when you query an index, set up a data source, or index a document.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Fixed length of 36.

Pattern: [a-zA-Z0-9][a-zA-Z0-9-]*

Errors

For information about the errors that are common to all actions, see Common Errors.

AccessDeniedException: HTTP Status Code: 400
ConflictException: HTTP Status Code: 400
InternalServerException: HTTP Status Code: 500
ResourceAlreadyExistException: HTTP Status Code: 400
ServiceQuotaExceededException: HTTP Status Code: 400
ThrottlingException: HTTP Status Code: 400
ValidationException: HTTP Status Code: 400