Nodes hot threads APIedit

Returns the hot threads on each selected node in the cluster.

Requestedit

GET /_nodes/hot_threads

GET /_nodes/<node_id>/hot_threads

Prerequisitesedit

  • If the Elasticsearch security features are enabled, you must have the monitor or manage cluster privilege to use this API.

Descriptionedit

This API yields a breakdown of the hot threads on each selected node in the cluster. The output is plain text with a breakdown of each node’s top hot threads.

Path parametersedit

<node_id>
(Optional, string) Comma-separated list of node IDs or names used to limit returned information.

Query parametersedit

ignore_idle_threads
(Optional, Boolean) If true, known idle threads (e.g. waiting in a socket select, or to get a task from an empty queue) are filtered out. Defaults to true.
interval
(Optional, time units) The interval to do the second sampling of threads. Defaults to 500ms.
snapshots
(Optional, integer) Number of samples of thread stacktrace. Defaults to 10.
threads
(Optional, integer) Specifies the number of hot threads to provide information for. Defaults to 3. If you are using this API for troubleshooting, set this parameter to a large number (e.g. 9999) to get information about all the threads in the system.
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.
type
(Optional, string) The type to sample. Available options are block, cpu, and wait. Defaults to cpu.

Examplesedit

response = client.nodes.hot_threads
puts response

response = client.nodes.hot_threads(
  node_id: 'nodeId1,nodeId2'
)
puts response
GET /_nodes/hot_threads
GET /_nodes/nodeId1,nodeId2/hot_threads