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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def create_alias(self, alias_name):
 """Creates an alias pointing to the index configured in this connection"""


        return self._es_conn.indices.put_alias(index=self._es_index, name=alias_name)