Get index lifecycle management status APIedit
Retrieves the current index lifecycle management (ILM) status.
Requestedit
GET /_ilm/status
Descriptionedit
Returns the status of the ILM plugin. The operation_mode field in the
response shows one of three states: STARTED, STOPPING,
or STOPPED. You can change the status of the ILM plugin with the
Start ILM and Stop ILM APIs.
Request Parametersedit
timeout- (Optional, time units) Specifies the period of time to wait for
a response. If no response is received before the timeout expires, the request
fails and returns an error. Defaults to
30s. 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.
Authorizationedit
You must have the manage_ilm or read_ilm or both cluster privileges to use this API.
For more information, see Security privileges.
Examplesedit
The following example gets the ILM plugin status.
GET _ilm/status
If the request succeeds, the body of the response shows the operation mode:
{
"operation_mode": "RUNNING"
}