Create or update an autoscaling policy Added in 7.11.0

PUT /_autoscaling/policy/{name}

NOTE: This feature is designed for indirect use by Elasticsearch Service, Elastic Cloud Enterprise, and Elastic Cloud on Kubernetes. Direct use is not supported.

External documentation

Path parameters

  • name string Required

    the name of the autoscaling policy

application/json

Body Required

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.
PUT /_autoscaling/policy/{name} 
curl \
 -X PUT http://api.example.com/_autoscaling/policy/{name} \
 -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
 -d '"{\n  \"roles\": [],\n  \"deciders\": {\n    \"fixed\": {\n    }\n  }\n}"'
Request examples 
{
  "roles": [],
  "deciders": {
    "fixed": {
    }
  }
}
The API method and path for this request: `PUT /_autoscaling/policy/my_autoscaling_policy`. It creates `my_autoscaling_policy` using the fixed autoscaling decider, applying to the set of nodes having (only) the `data_hot` role. 
{
  "roles" : [ "data_hot" ],
  "deciders": {
    "fixed": {
    }
  }
}
Response examples (200) 
{
  "acknowledged": true
}