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Delete lifecycle policy APIedit
Deletes a lifecycle policy.
Requestedit
DELETE _ilm/policy/<policy_id>
Descriptionedit
Deletes the specified lifecycle policy definition. You cannot delete policies that are currently in use. If the policy is being used to manage any indices, the request fails and returns an error.
Path Parametersedit
-
policy
(required) - (string) Identifier for the policy.
Request Parametersedit
-
timeout
-
(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
. For more information about time units, see Time units. -
master_timeout
-
(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
. For more information about time units, see Time units.
Authorizationedit
You must have the manage_ilm
cluster privilege to use this API.
For more information, see Security privileges.
Examplesedit
The following example deletes my_policy
:
DELETE _ilm/policy/my_policy
When the policy is successfully deleted, you receive the following result:
{ "acknowledged": true }