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Enable elevated permissions

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Enable elevated permissions

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Enables the elevated permissions for the current user. Elevated permissions allow the user to complete potentially destructive operations on clusters. Elevated permissions are available for a limited period of time and automatically expire if you do not renew them.

Request

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POST /api/v1/users/auth/_elevate

Request body

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(ElevatePermissionsRequest) The request for elevated permissions

Responses

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200: (TokenResponse) Elevated permissions are enabled and the authorization token was generated.
400: (BasicFailedReply) Missed or invalid MFA token. (code: authc.invalid_token)
401: (BasicFailedReply) The authentication token is invalid or expired. (code: root.unauthorized)
501: (BasicFailedReply) You need to configure the authentication cluster. (code: authc.no_authentication_cluster)
502: (BasicFailedReply) The authentication cluster failed to process the request. The response body contains details about the error. (code: authc.authentication_cluster_error)

To perform this operation, you must be authenticated by means of one of the following methods: apiKey, basicAuth.

Request example

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curl -XPOST {{hostname}}/api/v1/users/auth/_elevate \
-u $CLOUD_USER:$CLOUD_KEY \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-d '
{
   "token" : "string"
}
'

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