[Question]: How to migrate index by changing the storage context

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Is there any way to migrate the index stored in A storage context (local file system for example) to a vector store,say Milvus? I can load the index stored locally, but don't know how to change the storage context to persist it to the vector store. Do anyone has some suggestion?

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Hey there, @Meshinfo! I'm here to help you with any bugs, questions, or contributions. Just give me a shout if you need assistance.

I found a relevant discussion on migrating an index from a local file system to a vector store like Milvus. Here are the steps you can follow:

1. Install Required Packages:

   %pip install llama-index-vector-stores-milvus
   %pip install llama-index
   %pip install pymilvus>=2.4.2

2. Load Documents:

   from llama_index.core import SimpleDirectoryReader
   
   # Load documents
   documents = SimpleDirectoryReader(
      input_files=["./data/your_file.txt"]
   ).load_data()

3. Create a Milvus Vector Store:

   from llama_index.core import VectorStoreIndex, StorageContext
   from llama_index.vector_stores.milvus import MilvusVectorStore
   
   vector_store = MilvusVectorStore(
      uri="./milvus_demo.db", dim=1536, overwrite=True
   )
   storage_context = StorageContext.from_defaults(vector_store=vector_store)

4. Create an Index:

   index = VectorStoreIndex.from_documents(
      documents, storage_context=storage_context
   )

5. Persist the Storage Context:

   storage_context.persist(persist_dir="./storage")

This process will migrate your index to Milvus and persist it there. Adjust the uri parameter if you are using a different Milvus setup (e.g., a server or cloud service) ^[1][2].

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