Start snapshot lifecycle management APIedit

Turns on snapshot lifecycle management (SLM).

Requestedit

POST /_slm/start

Prerequisitesedit

If the Elasticsearch security features are enabled, you must have the manage_slm cluster privilege to use this API. For more information, see Security privileges.

Descriptionedit

Starts the SLM plugin if it’s not running. SLM starts automatically when a cluster is formed. Manually starting SLM is only necessary if it has been stopped using the Stop snapshot lifecycle management.

Query parametersedit

master_timeout
(Optional, time units) 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. Defaults to 30s.
timeout
(Optional, time units) Period to wait for a response. If no response is received before the timeout expires, the request fails and returns an error. Defaults to 30s.

Examplesedit

Start the SLM plugin:

POST _slm/start

If successful, this request returns:

{
  "acknowledged": true
}