Get auto-follow pattern APIedit

This functionality is in beta and is subject to change. The design and code is less mature than official GA features and is being provided as-is with no warranties. Beta features are not subject to the support SLA of official GA features.

Get auto-follow patterns.

Descriptionedit

This API gets configured auto-follow patterns. This API will return the specified auto-follow pattern collection.

Requestedit

GET /_ccr/auto_follow/
GET /_ccr/auto_follow/<auto_follow_pattern_name>

Path Parametersedit

auto_follow_pattern_name
(string) specifies the auto-follow pattern collection that you want to retrieve; if you do not specify a name, the API returns information for all collections

Authorizationedit

If the Elasticsearch security features are enabled, you must have manage_ccr cluster privileges on the cluster that contains the follower index. For more information, see Security privileges.

Exampleedit

This example retrieves information about an auto-follow pattern collection named my_auto_follow_pattern:

GET /_ccr/auto_follow/my_auto_follow_pattern

The API returns the following result:

{
  "my_auto_follow_pattern" :
  {
    "remote_cluster" : "remote_cluster",
    "leader_index_patterns" :
    [
      "leader_index*"
    ],
    "follow_index_pattern" : "{{leader_index}}-follower"
  }
}