Magento 2 Documentation  2.3
Documentation for Magento 2 CMS v2.3 (December 2018)
Overview

Magento_Indexer module is a base of Magento Indexing functionality. It allows:

  • read indexers configuration,
  • represent indexers in admin,
  • regenerate indexes by cron schedule,
  • regenerate indexes from console,
  • view and reset indexer state from console,
  • view and set indexer mode from console

There are 2 modes of the Indexers: "Update on save" and "Update by schedule". Manual full reindex can be performed via console by running php -f bin/magento indexer:reindex console command.