The link doesn't work.
I am not sure about the difference, I have always deleted the same, curl 
XPUT http... //to create, and curl XDelete /http:...
Did the log tell you anything, there are some weird errors in there.

On Tuesday, August 12, 2014 3:04:39 AM UTC-4, Jörg Prante wrote:
>
> So you are wrestling with aliases. You can not delete aliases by file 
> system operations. Have you checked
>
>
> http://www.elasticsearch.org/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/indices-aliases.html#deleting
>
> for deleting aliases?
>
> Jörg
>
>
> On Tue, Aug 12, 2014 at 4:10 AM, Sam2014 <sabda...@gmail.com <javascript:>
> > wrote:
>
>> ///Attached is the cluster log that covers the whole sequence from 
>> shutting the cluster and re-activating it.
>>
>> //Show me current state of cluster
>> {
>>    "cluster_name": "rexCluster",
>>    "status": "red",
>>    "timed_out": false,
>>    "number_of_nodes": 2,
>>    "number_of_data_nodes": 2,
>>    "active_primary_shards": 7,
>>    "active_shards": 7,
>>    "relocating_shards": 0,
>>    "initializing_shards": 2,
>>    "unassigned_shards": 21
>> }
>>
>> //Show me indices on the cluster
>>
>> GET _aliases
>> {
>>    "foo": {
>>       "aliases": {}
>>    },
>>    "mediregs": {
>>       "aliases": {}
>>    },
>>    "twitter": {
>>       "aliases": {}
>>    }
>> }
>>
>>
>>
>> //Shut down the cluster
>>
>> POST /_cluster/nodes/_shutdown
>> {
>>    "cluster_name": "rexCluster",
>>    "nodes": {
>>       "_vPEfmc9TruIpugk4NWleg": {
>>          "name": "node 1"
>>       },
>>       "DB94rWiiSvS9HUTXwI7GTw": {
>>          "name": "node 2"
>>       }
>>    }
>> }
>>
>>  //Go into the fs and delete files under /data
>>
>> ubuntu@domU-12-31-39-0A-99-EA:/opt/cores/elasticsearch/data/rexCluster/nodes/0$
>>  
>> ls
>>
>> *indices*  node.lock  *_state*
>>
>> ubuntu@domU-12-31-39-0A-99-EA:/opt/cores/elasticsearch/data/rexCluster/nodes/0$
>>  
>> cd indices/
>>
>> ubuntu@domU-12-31-39-0A-99-EA:/opt/cores/elasticsearch/data/rexCluster/nodes/0/indices$
>>  
>> ls
>>
>> *foo*  *mediregs*  *twitter*
>>
>> ubuntu@domU-12-31-39-0A-99-EA:/opt/cores/elasticsearch/data/rexCluster/nodes/0/indices$
>>  
>> sudo rm -rf foo
>>
>> ubuntu@domU-12-31-39-0A-99-EA:/opt/cores/elasticsearch/data/rexCluster/nodes/0/indices$
>>  
>> sudo rm -rf mediregs
>>
>> ubuntu@domU-12-31-39-0A-99-EA:/opt/cores/elasticsearch/data/rexCluster/nodes/0/indices$
>>  
>> sudo rm -rf twitter
>>
>> ubuntu@domU-12-31-39-0A-99-EA:/opt/cores/elasticsearch/data/rexCluster/nodes/0/indices$
>>  
>> ls
>>
>>
>> ubuntu@domU-12-31-39-0A-99-EA:/opt/cores/elasticsearch/data/rexCluster/nodes/0/indices$
>>  
>> //Restart nodes 1 &2 - should be in log file
>>
>> Get _aliases //Again - they came back!!
>> {
>>    "foo": {
>>       "aliases": {}
>>    },
>>    "mediregs": {
>>       "aliases": {}
>>    },
>>    "twitter": {
>>       "aliases": {}
>>    }
>> }
>>
>>
>> //Ok - Try to delete index
>> DELETE /mediregs
>>
>> //takes little while and comes back
>> {
>>    "acknowledged": false
>> }
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Monday, August 11, 2014 7:12:22 PM UTC-4, Jörg Prante wrote:
>>
>>> Can you post your detailed steps and debug logs?
>>>
>>> Make also sure there is no third node - this looks like ES is shipping 
>>> shards to a third node from which the two nodes are recovering from.
>>>
>>> Jörg
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, Aug 12, 2014 at 1:06 AM, Sam2014 <sabda...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I stopped node 1, then I stopped node 2. I disabled the cluster, 
>>>> deleted files from nodes, Made sure no Indices on either node. I 
>>>> re-enabled 
>>>> cluster in yml, restarted cluster, and the index came back!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Monday, August 11, 2014 6:16:42 PM UTC-4, Jörg Prante wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> There is no vicious circle. First you must stop the cluster. Then, 
>>>>> after processes have exited, continue with file operations. After that, 
>>>>> you 
>>>>> can start the cluster nodes again.
>>>>>
>>>>> Jörg
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Mon, Aug 11, 2014 at 11:49 PM, Sam2014 <sabda...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Oops, When I restarted the cluster/nodes, I see shards under an 
>>>>>> "unassigned node", neither of the two nodes of the cluster. Is there a 
>>>>>> way 
>>>>>> I can route/assign /delete out of this vicious cycle?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Monday, August 11, 2014 5:46:25 PM UTC-4, Sam2014 wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I also deleted the directory, restarted the nodes, and it recovered 
>>>>>>> the index still, which is null.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Monday, August 11, 2014 5:42:53 PM UTC-4, Sam2014 wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I wish it was that simple, I deleted the directory of the index 
>>>>>>>> from /data. Yet, the index is still there and won't be deleted or 
>>>>>>>> recreated.. I still get acknowledged = false.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Monday, August 11, 2014 5:31:36 PM UTC-4, Jörg Prante wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Your JVMs (at least one of them) are not able to process the 
>>>>>>>>> command, so you should check out the data directory where the file of 
>>>>>>>>> the 
>>>>>>>>> index to be deleted are located. Shut your cluster down, remove the 
>>>>>>>>> index 
>>>>>>>>> files of the index to be deleted from the filesystem, and start the 
>>>>>>>>> cluster 
>>>>>>>>> up again.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> To avoid such situations, find out why the JVMs could not react, 
>>>>>>>>> most probably there are exceptions in the server logs, and fix the 
>>>>>>>>> trouble.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Jörg
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On Mon, Aug 11, 2014 at 11:24 PM, Sam2014 <sabda...@gmail.com> 
>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> I got myself in trouble by changing the mapping.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> I am on a cluster of 2 nodes, and trying to delete the index, I 
>>>>>>>>>> keep getting acknowleged = false with normal delete curl -X GET "
>>>>>>>>>> http://localhost:9200/myIndex
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> If I look at my index through HEAD plugin, I get 
>>>>>>>>>> "myIndex"
>>>>>>>>>> size: unknown
>>>>>>>>>> docs: unknown
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> and I see no shards assigned to either node apparently 
>>>>>>>>>> (Everything in this index indicates Null). I would just like to be 
>>>>>>>>>> able to 
>>>>>>>>>> delete it. How can I force a delete?
>>>>>>>>>>
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