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Terminate a process

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Terminate a process

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Terminates a process on a host running Elastic Defend.

You must have the Process Operations privilege and at least an Enterprise license to perform this action.

Request URL

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POST <kibana host>:<port>/api/endpoint/action/kill_process

Request body

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A JSON object with these fields:

Name	Type	Description	Required
`endpoint_ids`	Array (String)	The IDs of endpoints where you want to issue this action.	Yes
`agent_type`	String	The type of Agent that the host is running with. Accepted values are: `endpoint` (default) `sentinel_one` (currently in Technical Preview)	No
`alert_ids`	Array (String)	If this action is associated with any alerts, they can be specified here. The action will be logged in any cases associated with the specified alerts.	No
`case_ids`	Array (String)	The IDs of cases where the action taken will be logged.	No
`comment`	String	Attach a comment to this action’s log. The comment text will appear in associated cases.	No
`parameters.pid`	Number	The process ID (PID) of the process to terminate.	Yes, must provide either `parameters.pid` or `parameters.entity_id`, but not both
`parameters.entity_id`	String	The entity ID of the process to terminate.	Yes, must provide either `parameters.pid` or `parameters.entity_id`, but not both

Example requests

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Terminates the process with entity_id abc123 on a host with an endpoint_id value of ed518850-681a-4d60-bb98-e22640cae2a8 and comments terminate the process:

POST /api/endpoint/action/kill_process
{
  "endpoint_ids": ["ed518850-681a-4d60-bb98-e22640cae2a8"],
  "parameters": {
    "entity_id": "abc123"
  },
  "comment": "terminate the process"
}

Response code

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200: Indicates a successful call.
403: Indicates insufficient user privilege (Process Operations required), or unsupported license level (minimum Enterprise license required).
500: General error. A response message will provide additional details.

Response payload

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A JSON object with an id that refers to the submitted action.

Example response

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{
  "data": {
    "id": "233db9ea-6733-4849-9226-5a7039c7161d",
    "agents": ["ed518850-681a-4d60-bb98-e22640cae2a8"],
    "command": "kill-process",
    "agentType": "endpoint",
    "isExpired": false,
    "isCompleted": true,
    "wasSuccessful": true,
    "errors": [],
    "startedAt": "2022-07-29T19:08:49.126Z",
    "completedAt": "2022-07-29T19:09:44.961Z",
    "outputs": {
      "ed518850-681a-4d60-bb98-e22640cae2a8": {
        "type": "json",
        "content": {
          "key": "value"
        }
      }
    },
    "createdBy": "myuser",
    "comment": "terminate the process",
    "parameters": {
      "entity_id": "abc123"
    }
  }
}

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