Start snapshot lifecycle management Generally available; Added in 7.6.0

POST /_slm/start

Snapshot lifecycle management (SLM) starts automatically when a cluster is formed. Manually starting SLM is necessary only if it has been stopped using the stop SLM API.

Required authorization

  • Cluster privileges: manage_slm

Query parameters

  • master_timeout string

    The 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. To indicate that the request should never timeout, set it to -1.

    Values are -1 or 0.

    External documentation
  • timeout string

    The period to wait for a response. If no response is received before the timeout expires, the request fails and returns an error. To indicate that the request should never timeout, set it to -1.

    Values are -1 or 0.

    External documentation

Responses

  • 200 application/json
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    • acknowledged boolean Required

      For a successful response, this value is always true. On failure, an exception is returned instead.
POST /_slm/start 
curl \
 --request POST 'http://api.example.com/_slm/start'
Response examples (200)
A successful response from `POST _slm/start`. 
{
  "acknowledged": true
}