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Clear privileges cache API

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Clear privileges cache API

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Evicts privileges from the native application privilege cache. The cache is also automatically cleared for applications that have their privileges updated.

Request

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POST /_security/privilege/<application>/_clear_cache

Prerequisites

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  • To use this API, you must have at least the manage_security cluster privilege.

Description

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For more information about the native realm, see Realms and Native user authentication.

Path parameters

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application
(string) The name of the application. If omitted, all entries are evicted from the cache.

Examples

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The clear privileges cache API evicts privileges from the native application privilege cache. For example, to clear the cache for myapp:

POST /_security/privilege/myapp/_clear_cache
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