Enable users APIedit

Enables users in the native realm.

Requestedit

PUT /_security/user/<username>/_enable

Prerequisitesedit

  • To use this API, you must have at least the manage_security cluster privilege.

Descriptionedit

By default, when you create users, they are enabled. You can use this enable users API and the disable users API to change that attribute.

For more information about the native realm, see Realms and Native user authentication.

Path parametersedit

username
(Required, string) An identifier for the user.

Examplesedit

The following example enables the user jacknich:

PUT /_security/user/jacknich/_enable