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Start watch service API
editStart watch service APIedit
Starts the Watcher service if it is not already running.
Requestedit
POST _watcher/_start
Prerequisitesedit
-
You must have
manage_watcher
cluster privileges to use this API. For more information, see Security privileges.
Query parametersedit
-
master_timeout
-
(Optional, time units) Specifies the period of time 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
.
Examplesedit
POST _watcher/_start
Watcher returns the following response if the request is successful:
{ "acknowledged": true }