POST /_watcher/_stop

Stop the Watcher service if it is running. ##Required authorization

  • Cluster privileges: manage_watcher

Query parameters

  • master_timeout string

    The 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. To indicate that the request should never timeout, set it to -1.

    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.
POST /_watcher/_stop 
POST _watcher/_stop

curl \
 --request POST 'http://api.example.com/_watcher/_stop'
Response examples (200)
A successful response from `POST _watcher/_stop`. 
{
  "acknowledged": true
}

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