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Clean up snapshot repository API
editClean up snapshot repository APIedit
Triggers the review of a snapshot repository’s contents and deletes any stale data that is not referenced by existing snapshots. See Clean up a repository.
response = client.snapshot.cleanup_repository( repository: 'my_repository' ) puts response
POST /_snapshot/my_repository/_cleanup
Requestedit
POST /_snapshot/<repository>/_cleanup
Prerequisitesedit
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If the Elasticsearch security features are enabled, you must have the
manage
cluster privilege to use this API.
Path parametersedit
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<repository>
- (Required, string) Name of the snapshot repository to review and clean up.
Query parametersedit
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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
.
Response bodyedit
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results
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(object) Contains statistics for cleanup operations.
Properties of
results
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deleted_bytes
- (integer) Number of bytes freed by cleanup operations.
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deleted_blobs
- (integer) Number of binary large objects (blobs) removed from the snapshot repository during cleanup operations. Any non-zero value implies that unreferenced blobs were found and subsequently cleaned up.
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Examplesedit
response = client.snapshot.cleanup_repository( repository: 'my_repository' ) puts response
POST /_snapshot/my_repository/_cleanup
The API returns the following response:
{ "results": { "deleted_bytes": 20, "deleted_blobs": 5 } }