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Start watch service API
editStart watch service API
editStarts the Watcher service if it is not already running.
Request
editPOST _watcher/_start
Prerequisites
edit-
You must have
manage_watchercluster privileges to use this API. For more information, see Security privileges.
Query parameters
edit-
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-1to indicate that the request should never timeout.
Examples
editresponse = client.watcher.start puts response
POST _watcher/_start
Watcher returns the following response if the request is successful:
{
"acknowledged": true
}