Remote cluster info API

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Returns configured remote cluster information.

Request

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GET /_remote/info

Prerequisites

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  • If the Elasticsearch security features are enabled, you must have the monitor or manage cluster privilege to use this API.

Description

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The cluster remote info API allows you to retrieve all of the configured remote cluster information. It returns connection and endpoint information keyed by the configured remote cluster alias.

Response body

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mode
Connection mode for the remote cluster. Returned values are sniff and proxy.
connected
True if there is at least one connection to the remote cluster.
initial_connect_timeout
The initial connect timeout for remote cluster connections.
skip_unavailable
Whether a cross-cluster search skips the remote cluster if its nodes are unavailable during the search. If true, a cross-cluster search also ignores errors returned by the remote cluster. Refer to Optional remote clusters.
seeds
Initial seed transport addresses of the remote cluster when sniff mode is configured.
num_nodes_connected
Number of connected nodes in the remote cluster when sniff mode is configured.
max_connections_per_cluster
Maximum number of connections maintained for the remote cluster when sniff mode is configured.
proxy_address
Address for remote connections when proxy mode is configured.
num_proxy_sockets_connected
Number of open socket connections to the remote cluster when proxy mode is configured.
max_proxy_socket_connections
The maximum number of socket connections to the remote cluster when proxy mode is configured.