Delete an autoscaling policy Generally available; Added in 7.11.0

DELETE /_autoscaling/policy/{name}

NOTE: This feature is designed for indirect use by Elasticsearch Service, Elastic Cloud Enterprise, and Elastic Cloud on Kubernetes. Direct use is not supported.

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Path parameters

  • name string Required

    the name of the autoscaling policy

Query parameters

  • master_timeout string

    Period to wait for a connection to the master node. If no response is received before the timeout expires, the request fails and returns an error.

    Values are -1 or 0.

  • timeout string

    Period to wait for a response. If no response is received before the timeout expires, the request fails and returns an error.

    Values are -1 or 0.

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.
DELETE /_autoscaling/policy/{name} 
DELETE /_autoscaling/policy/<name>

curl \
 --request DELETE 'http://api.example.com/_autoscaling/policy/{name}'
Response examples (200)
This may be a response to either `DELETE /_autoscaling/policy/my_autoscaling_policy` or `DELETE /_autoscaling/policy/*`. 
{
  "acknowledged": true
}

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