Start the ILM plugin | Elasticsearch API documentation (v8)

Start the ILM plugin Added in 6.6.0

POST /_ilm/start

Start the index lifecycle management plugin if it is currently stopped. ILM is started automatically when the cluster is formed. Restarting ILM is necessary only when it has been stopped using the stop ILM API.

Query parameters

master_timeout string

Explicit operation timeout for connection to master node
timeout string

Explicit operation timeout

Responses

200 application/json
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- acknowledged boolean Required
  
  For a successful response, this value is always true. On failure, an exception is returned instead.

POST /_ilm/start

curl \
 --request POST http://api.example.com/_ilm/start \
 --header "Authorization: $API_KEY"

Response examples (200)

A successful response when stating the ILM plugin.

{
  "acknowledged": true
}