Allow _update on write alias (#45318)

Using the document update API on aliases with a write index does not work. Follow-up to #31520
elastic · Aug 9, 2019 · 22dd667 · 22dd667
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diff --git a/.../elasticsearch/action/support/single/instance/TransportInstanceSingleOperationAction.java b/.../elasticsearch/action/support/single/instance/TransportInstanceSingleOperationAction.java
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ protected void doStart(ClusterState clusterState) {
                         throw blockException;
                     }
                 }
-                request.concreteIndex(indexNameExpressionResolver.concreteSingleIndex(clusterState, request).getName());
+                request.concreteIndex(indexNameExpressionResolver.concreteWriteIndex(clusterState, request).getName());
                 resolveRequest(clusterState, request);
                 blockException = checkRequestBlock(clusterState, request);
                 if (blockException != null) {

diff --git a/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/update/UpdateIT.java b/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/update/UpdateIT.java
@@ -291,7 +291,8 @@ public void testIndexAutoCreation() throws Exception {
     }
 
     public void testUpdate() throws Exception {
-        createTestIndex();
+        assertAcked(prepareCreate("test").addAlias(new Alias("alias").writeIndex(true)));
+        assertAcked(prepareCreate("test2").addAlias(new Alias("alias")));
         ensureGreen();
 
         Script fieldIncScript = new Script(ScriptType.INLINE, UPDATE_SCRIPTS, FIELD_INC_SCRIPT, Collections.singletonMap("field", "field"));