Get Security index settingsedit
Retrieves settings for the security internal indices.
Prerequisitesedit
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To use this API, you must have at least the
read_securitycluster privilege.
Descriptionedit
This API allows a user to retrieve the user-configurable settings for the
Security internal index (.security and associated indices). Only a subset of
the index settings — those that are user-configurable—will be shown. This
includes:
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index.auto_expand_replicas -
index.number_of_replicas
Examplesedit
An example of retrieving the security settings:
GET /_security/settings
The configurable settings can be modified using the Update Security index settings API.