Start index lifecycle management API

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Start the index lifecycle management (ILM) plugin.

Request

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POST /_ilm/start

Prerequisites

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  • If the Elasticsearch security features are enabled, you must have the manage_ilm cluster privilege to use this API. For more information, see Security privileges.

Description

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Starts the ILM plugin if it is currently stopped. ILM is started automatically when the cluster is formed. Restarting ILM is only necessary if it has been stopped using the Stop ILM API.

Query parameters

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master_timeout
(Optional, time units) Period to wait for the master node. If the master node is not available before the timeout expires, the request fails and returns an error. Defaults to 30s. Can also be set to -1 to indicate that the request should never timeout.
timeout
(Optional, time units) Period to wait for a response. If no response is received before the timeout expires, the request fails and returns an error. Defaults to 30s.

Examples

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The following example starts the ILM plugin.

response = client.ilm.start
puts response
POST _ilm/start

If the request succeeds, you receive the following result:

{
  "acknowledged": true
}