Stop Datafeeds

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A datafeed that is stopped ceases to retrieve data from Elasticsearch. A datafeed can be started and stopped multiple times throughout its lifecycle.

Request

POST _xpack/ml/datafeeds/<feed_id>/_stop

Path Parameters

feed_id (required): (string) Identifier for the datafeed

Request Body

force: (boolean) If true, the datafeed is stopped forcefully.
timeout: (time) Controls the amount of time to wait until a datafeed stops. The default value is 20 seconds.

Authorization

You must have manage_ml, or manage cluster privileges to use this API. For more information, see Security Privileges.

Examples

The following example stops the datafeed-it-ops-kpi datafeed:

POST _xpack/ml/datafeeds/datafeed-it-ops-kpi/_stop
{
  "timeout": "30s"
}

When the datafeed stops, you receive the following results:

{
  "stopped": true
}