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+/*
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ *
+ * The OpenSearch Contributors require contributions made to
+ * this file be licensed under the Apache-2.0 license or a
+ * compatible open source license.
+ */
+
+package org.opensearch.snapshots;
+
+import com.carrotsearch.randomizedtesting.RandomizedTest;
+import org.opensearch.action.admin.cluster.snapshots.create.CreateSnapshotResponse;
+import org.opensearch.action.admin.cluster.snapshots.restore.RestoreSnapshotRequestBuilder;
+import org.opensearch.action.admin.cluster.snapshots.restore.RestoreSnapshotResponse;
+import org.opensearch.action.admin.indices.delete.DeleteIndexRequest;
+import org.opensearch.action.admin.indices.settings.get.GetSettingsRequest;
+import org.opensearch.action.admin.indices.settings.get.GetSettingsResponse;
+import org.opensearch.action.search.SearchResponse;
+import org.opensearch.cluster.metadata.IndexMetadata;
+import org.opensearch.common.settings.Settings;
+import org.opensearch.index.query.QueryBuilders;
+import org.opensearch.indices.replication.common.ReplicationType;
+import org.opensearch.rest.RestStatus;
+import org.opensearch.test.BackgroundIndexer;
+import org.opensearch.test.OpenSearchIntegTestCase;
+
+import java.nio.file.Path;
+
+import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
+import static org.opensearch.test.hamcrest.OpenSearchAssertions.assertHitCount;
+
+@OpenSearchIntegTestCase.ClusterScope(scope = OpenSearchIntegTestCase.Scope.TEST, numDataNodes = 0)
+public class SegmentReplicationSnapshotIT extends AbstractSnapshotIntegTestCase {
+    private static final String INDEX_NAME = "test-segrep-idx";
+    private static final String RESTORED_INDEX_NAME = INDEX_NAME + "-restored";
+    private static final int SHARD_COUNT = 1;
+    private static final int REPLICA_COUNT = 1;
+    private static final int DOC_COUNT = 100;
+
+    private static final String REPOSITORY_NAME = "test-segrep-repo";
+    private static final String SNAPSHOT_NAME = "test-segrep-snapshot";
+
+    public Settings.Builder segRepEnableIndexSettings() {
+        return Settings.builder()
+            .put(IndexMetadata.SETTING_REPLICATION_TYPE, ReplicationType.SEGMENT);
+    }
+
+    public Settings.Builder docRepEnableIndexSettings() {
+        return Settings.builder()
+            .put(IndexMetadata.SETTING_REPLICATION_TYPE, ReplicationType.DOCUMENT);
+    }
+
+    public Settings addShardSettings(Settings.Builder builder) {
+        return builder
+            .put(super.indexSettings())
+            .put(IndexMetadata.SETTING_NUMBER_OF_SHARDS, SHARD_COUNT)
+            .put(IndexMetadata.SETTING_NUMBER_OF_REPLICAS, REPLICA_COUNT)
+            .build();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected boolean addMockInternalEngine() {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    public void initSetup(Settings indexSettings) throws Exception {
+        // Create 2 node cluster
+        final String nodeA = internalCluster().startNode();
+        final String nodeB = internalCluster().startNode();
+        createIndex(INDEX_NAME, indexSettings);
+        ensureGreen(INDEX_NAME);
+        // Ingest data
+        try(
+            BackgroundIndexer indexer = new BackgroundIndexer(
+                INDEX_NAME,
+                "_doc",
+                client(),
+                -1,
+                RandomizedTest.scaledRandomIntBetween(2, 5),
+                false,
+                random())
+        ) {
+            indexer.start(DOC_COUNT);
+            waitForDocs(DOC_COUNT, indexer);
+            refresh(INDEX_NAME);
+        }
+    }
+
+    public void createSnapshot() {
+        // Snapshot declaration
+        Path absolutePath = randomRepoPath().toAbsolutePath();
+        logger.info("Path [{}]", absolutePath);
+        // Create snapshot
+        createRepository(REPOSITORY_NAME, "fs", absolutePath);
+        logger.info("Perform snapshot");
+        CreateSnapshotResponse createSnapshotResponse = client().admin()
+            .cluster()
+            .prepareCreateSnapshot(REPOSITORY_NAME, SNAPSHOT_NAME)
+            .setWaitForCompletion(true)
+            .setIndices(INDEX_NAME)
+            .get();
+        assertThat(
+            createSnapshotResponse.getSnapshotInfo().successfulShards(),
+            equalTo(createSnapshotResponse.getSnapshotInfo().totalShards())
+        );
+        assertThat(createSnapshotResponse.getSnapshotInfo().state(), equalTo(SnapshotState.SUCCESS));
+    }
+
+    public RestoreSnapshotResponse restoreSnapshotWithSettings(Settings indexSettings) {
+        RestoreSnapshotRequestBuilder builder = client().admin()
+            .cluster()
+            .prepareRestoreSnapshot(REPOSITORY_NAME, SNAPSHOT_NAME)
+            .setWaitForCompletion(false)
+            .setRenamePattern(INDEX_NAME)
+            .setRenameReplacement(RESTORED_INDEX_NAME);
+        if (indexSettings != null) {
+            builder.setIndexSettings(indexSettings);
+        }
+        return builder.get();
+    }
+
+    public void testRestoreOnSegRep() throws Exception {
+        initSetup(addShardSettings(segRepEnableIndexSettings()));
+        createSnapshot();
+        // Delete index
+        client().admin().indices().delete(new DeleteIndexRequest(INDEX_NAME));
+        Thread.sleep(5000);
+        assertFalse("index [" + INDEX_NAME + "] should have been deleted", indexExists(INDEX_NAME));
+
+        logger.info("Restore from snapshot");
+        RestoreSnapshotResponse restoreSnapshotResponse = restoreSnapshotWithSettings(null);
+
+        // Assertions
+        assertThat(restoreSnapshotResponse.status(), equalTo(RestStatus.ACCEPTED));
+        logger.info("Ensure cluster is green");
+        ensureGreen(RESTORED_INDEX_NAME);
+        GetSettingsResponse settingsResponse = client().admin().indices().getSettings(new GetSettingsRequest().indices(RESTORED_INDEX_NAME)).get();
+        assertEquals(settingsResponse.getSetting(RESTORED_INDEX_NAME, "index.replication.type"), "SEGMENT");
+        SearchResponse resp = client().prepareSearch(RESTORED_INDEX_NAME).setQuery(QueryBuilders.matchAllQuery()).get();
+        assertHitCount(resp, DOC_COUNT);
+    }
+
+    public void testSnapshotOnDocRep_RestoreOnSegRep() throws Exception {
+        initSetup(addShardSettings(docRepEnableIndexSettings()));
+        createSnapshot();
+        // Delete index
+        client().admin().indices().delete(new DeleteIndexRequest(INDEX_NAME));
+        Thread.sleep(5000);
+
+        logger.info("Restore from snapshot");
+        RestoreSnapshotResponse restoreSnapshotResponse = restoreSnapshotWithSettings(segRepEnableIndexSettings().build());
+
+        // Assertions
+        assertThat(restoreSnapshotResponse.status(), equalTo(RestStatus.ACCEPTED));
+        logger.info("Ensure cluster is green");
+        ensureGreen(RESTORED_INDEX_NAME);
+        GetSettingsResponse settingsResponse = client().admin().indices().getSettings(new GetSettingsRequest().indices(RESTORED_INDEX_NAME)).get();
+        assertEquals(settingsResponse.getSetting(RESTORED_INDEX_NAME, "index.replication.type"), "SEGMENT");
+
+        SearchResponse resp = client().prepareSearch(RESTORED_INDEX_NAME).setQuery(QueryBuilders.matchAllQuery()).get();
+        assertHitCount(resp, DOC_COUNT);
+    }
+
+    public void testSnapshotOnSegRep_RestoreOnDocRep() throws Exception {
+        initSetup(addShardSettings(segRepEnableIndexSettings()));
+        createSnapshot();
+        // Delete index
+        client().admin().indices().delete(new DeleteIndexRequest(INDEX_NAME));
+        Thread.sleep(5000);
+
+        logger.info("Restore from snapshot");
+        RestoreSnapshotResponse restoreSnapshotResponse = restoreSnapshotWithSettings(docRepEnableIndexSettings().build());
+
+        // Assertions
+        assertThat(restoreSnapshotResponse.status(), equalTo(RestStatus.ACCEPTED));
+        logger.info("Wait for green index health");
+        ensureGreen(RESTORED_INDEX_NAME);
+        GetSettingsResponse settingsResponse = client().admin().indices().getSettings(new GetSettingsRequest().indices(RESTORED_INDEX_NAME)).get();
+        assertEquals(settingsResponse.getSetting(RESTORED_INDEX_NAME, "index.replication.type"), "DOCUMENT");
+        SearchResponse resp = client().prepareSearch(RESTORED_INDEX_NAME).setQuery(QueryBuilders.matchAllQuery()).get();
+        assertHitCount(resp, DOC_COUNT);
+    }
+}