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Stop instances

Stops the instances belonging to an Elasticsearch cluster.

Request

POST /api/v1/clusters/elasticsearch/{cluster_id}/instances/{instance_ids}/_stop

Path Parameters

cluster_id (required)
(string) Identifier for the Elasticsearch cluster
instance_ids (required)
(string) Optional comma-delimited list of instance identifiers of the Elasticsearch cluster, otherwise will apply to all instances

Query Parameters

ignore_missing
(boolean; default: false) If true and the instance does not exist then quietly proceed to the next instance, otherwise treated as an error

Responses

202
(EmptyResponse) The stop command was issued successfully, use the "GET" command on the /{cluster_id} resource to monitor progress
403
(BasicFailedReply) The stop command was prohibited for the given cluster.
404
(BasicFailedReply) One or more of the instances specified at {instance_ids} could not be found (code: 'clusters.instances_not_found')
449
(BasicFailedReply) When running as an administrator (other than root), sudo is required (code: 'root.needs_sudo')
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