Get license API

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This API enables you to retrieve licensing information.

Request

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GET /_license

Description

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This API returns information about the type of license, when it was issued, and when it expires, for example.

For more information about the different types of licenses, see https://www.elastic.co/subscriptions.

Query Parameters

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local
(boolean) Specifies whether to retrieve local information. The default value is false, which means the information is retrieved from the master node.

Authorization

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You must have monitor cluster privileges to use this API. For more information, see Security privileges.

Examples

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The following example provides information about a trial license:

GET /_license
{
  "license" : {
    "status" : "active",
    "uid" : "cbff45e7-c553-41f7-ae4f-9205eabd80xx",
    "type" : "trial",
    "issue_date" : "2018-10-20T22:05:12.332Z",
    "issue_date_in_millis" : 1540073112332,
    "expiry_date" : "2018-11-19T22:05:12.332Z",
    "expiry_date_in_millis" : 1542665112332,
    "max_nodes" : 1000,
    "issued_to" : "test",
    "issuer" : "elasticsearch",
    "start_date_in_millis" : -1
  }
}