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[[ccr-getting-started-leader-index]]
=== Creating a leader index

Leader indices require a special index setting to ensure that the operations
that need to be replicated are available when the follower requests them from
the leader. This setting is used to control how many soft deletes are retained.
A _soft delete_ occurs whenever a document is deleted or updated. Soft deletes
can be enabled only on new indices created on or after {es} 6.5.0, and enabled
by default on new indices created on or after {es} 7.0.0.

In the following example, we will create a leader index in the remote cluster:

[source,js]
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"settings" : {
"index" : {
"number_of_shards" : 1,
"number_of_replicas" : 0,
"soft_deletes" : {
"retention" : {
"operations" : 1024 <1>
}
}
"number_of_replicas" : 0
}
},
"mappings" : {
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// CONSOLE
// TEST[continued]
<1> Sets that up to 1024 soft deletes will be retained.

[float]
[[ccr-getting-started-follower-index]]
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