Get an autoscaling policy Added in 7.11.0

GET /_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.

Path parameters

  • name string Required

    the name of the autoscaling policy

Query parameters

  • 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.

Responses

  • 200 application/json
    Hide response attributes Show response attributes object
GET /_autoscaling/policy/{name}
curl \
 --request GET http://api.example.com/_autoscaling/policy/{name}
Response examples (200)
This may be a response to `GET /_autoscaling/policy/my_autoscaling_policy`.
{
   "roles": <roles>,
   "deciders": <deciders>
}

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.

Path parameters

  • name string Required

    the name of the autoscaling policy

Query parameters

  • 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.

  • timeout string

    Period to wait for a response. If no response is received before the timeout expires, the request fails and returns an error.

application/json

Body Required

Responses

  • 200 application/json
    Hide response attribute Show response attribute object
    • acknowledged boolean Required

      For a successful response, this value is always true. On failure, an exception is returned instead.

PUT /_autoscaling/policy/{name}
curl \
 --request PUT http://api.example.com/_autoscaling/policy/{name} \
 --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
 --data '"{\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
}





























Compact and aligned text (CAT)

The compact and aligned text (CAT) APIs aim are intended only for human consumption using the Kibana console or command line. They are not intended for use by applications. For application consumption, it's recommend to use a corresponding JSON API. All the cat commands accept a query string parameter help to see all the headers and info they provide, and the /_cat command alone lists all the available commands.





Get aliases

GET /_cat/aliases/{name}

Get the cluster's index aliases, including filter and routing information. This API does not return data stream aliases.

IMPORTANT: CAT APIs are only intended for human consumption using the command line or the Kibana console. They are not intended for use by applications. For application consumption, use the aliases API.

Path parameters

  • name string | array[string] Required

    A comma-separated list of aliases to retrieve. Supports wildcards (*). To retrieve all aliases, omit this parameter or use * or _all.

Query parameters

  • expand_wildcards string | array[string]

    The type of index that wildcard patterns can match. If the request can target data streams, this argument determines whether wildcard expressions match hidden data streams. It supports comma-separated values, such as open,hidden.

  • The period to wait for a connection to the master node. If the master node is not available before the timeout expires, the request fails and returns an error. To indicated that the request should never timeout, you can set it to -1.

Responses

GET /_cat/aliases/{name}
curl \
 --request GET http://api.example.com/_cat/aliases/{name}
Response examples (200)
[
  {
    "alias": "string",
    "index": "string",
    "filter": "string",
    "routing.index": "string",
    "routing.search": "string",
    "is_write_index": "string"
  }
]
















Get a document count

GET /_cat/count

Get quick access to a document count for a data stream, an index, or an entire cluster. The document count only includes live documents, not deleted documents which have not yet been removed by the merge process.

IMPORTANT: CAT APIs are only intended for human consumption using the command line or Kibana console. They are not intended for use by applications. For application consumption, use the count API.

Responses

GET /_cat/count
curl \
 --request GET http://api.example.com/_cat/count
Response examples (200)
[
  {
    "": 42.0,
    "timestamp": "string",
    "count": "string"
  }
]












Get the cluster health status

GET /_cat/health

IMPORTANT: CAT APIs are only intended for human consumption using the command line or Kibana console. They are not intended for use by applications. For application consumption, use the cluster health API. This API is often used to check malfunctioning clusters. To help you track cluster health alongside log files and alerting systems, the API returns timestamps in two formats: HH:MM:SS, which is human-readable but includes no date information; Unix epoch time, which is machine-sortable and includes date information. The latter format is useful for cluster recoveries that take multiple days. You can use the cat health API to verify cluster health across multiple nodes. You also can use the API to track the recovery of a large cluster over a longer period of time.

Query parameters

  • time string

    The unit used to display time values.

    Values are nanos, micros, ms, s, m, h, or d.

  • ts boolean

    If true, returns HH:MM:SS and Unix epoch timestamps.

Responses

GET /_cat/health
curl \
 --request GET http://api.example.com/_cat/health
Response examples (200)
[
  {
    "": 42.0,
    "timestamp": "string",
    "cluster": "string",
    "status": "string",
    "node.total": "string",
    "node.data": "string",
    "shards": "string",
    "pri": "string",
    "relo": "string",
    "init": "string",
    "unassign.pri": "string",
    "unassign": "string",
    "pending_tasks": "string",
    "max_task_wait_time": "string",
    "active_shards_percent": "string"
  }
]

Get CAT help

GET /_cat

Get help for the CAT APIs.

Responses

  • 200 application/json

    Additional properties are allowed.

GET /_cat
curl \
 --request GET http://api.example.com/_cat
Response examples (200)
{}








Get master node information

GET /_cat/master

Get information about the master node, including the ID, bound IP address, and name.

IMPORTANT: cat APIs are only intended for human consumption using the command line or Kibana console. They are not intended for use by applications. For application consumption, use the nodes info API.

Query parameters

  • local boolean

    If true, the request computes the list of selected nodes from the local cluster state. If false the list of selected nodes are computed from the cluster state of the master node. In both cases the coordinating node will send requests for further information to each selected node.

  • Period to wait for a connection to the master node.

Responses

GET /_cat/master
curl \
 --request GET http://api.example.com/_cat/master
Response examples (200)
[
  {
    "id": "string",
    "host": "string",
    "ip": "string",
    "node": "string"
  }
]

Get data frame analytics jobs Added in 7.7.0

GET /_cat/ml/data_frame/analytics

Get configuration and usage information about data frame analytics jobs.

IMPORTANT: CAT APIs are only intended for human consumption using the Kibana console or command line. They are not intended for use by applications. For application consumption, use the get data frame analytics jobs statistics API.

Query parameters

  • Whether to ignore if a wildcard expression matches no configs. (This includes _all string or when no configs have been specified)

  • bytes string

    The unit in which to display byte values

    Values are b, kb, mb, gb, tb, or pb.

  • h string | array[string]

    Comma-separated list of column names to display.

  • s string | array[string]

    Comma-separated list of column names or column aliases used to sort the response.

  • time string

    Unit used to display time values.

    Values are nanos, micros, ms, s, m, h, or d.

Responses

GET /_cat/ml/data_frame/analytics
curl \
 --request GET http://api.example.com/_cat/ml/data_frame/analytics
Response examples (200)
[
  {
    "id": "string",
    "type": "string",
    "create_time": "string",
    "version": "string",
    "source_index": "string",
    "dest_index": "string",
    "description": "string",
    "model_memory_limit": "string",
    "state": "string",
    "failure_reason": "string",
    "progress": "string",
    "assignment_explanation": "string",
    "node.id": "string",
    "node.name": "string",
    "node.ephemeral_id": "string",
    "node.address": "string"
  }
]

Get data frame analytics jobs Added in 7.7.0

GET /_cat/ml/data_frame/analytics/{id}

Get configuration and usage information about data frame analytics jobs.

IMPORTANT: CAT APIs are only intended for human consumption using the Kibana console or command line. They are not intended for use by applications. For application consumption, use the get data frame analytics jobs statistics API.

Path parameters

  • id string Required

    The ID of the data frame analytics to fetch

Query parameters

  • Whether to ignore if a wildcard expression matches no configs. (This includes _all string or when no configs have been specified)

  • bytes string

    The unit in which to display byte values

    Values are b, kb, mb, gb, tb, or pb.

  • h string | array[string]

    Comma-separated list of column names to display.

  • s string | array[string]

    Comma-separated list of column names or column aliases used to sort the response.

  • time string

    Unit used to display time values.

    Values are nanos, micros, ms, s, m, h, or d.

Responses

GET /_cat/ml/data_frame/analytics/{id}
curl \
 --request GET http://api.example.com/_cat/ml/data_frame/analytics/{id}
Response examples (200)
[
  {
    "id": "string",
    "type": "string",
    "create_time": "string",
    "version": "string",
    "source_index": "string",
    "dest_index": "string",
    "description": "string",
    "model_memory_limit": "string",
    "state": "string",
    "failure_reason": "string",
    "progress": "string",
    "assignment_explanation": "string",
    "node.id": "string",
    "node.name": "string",
    "node.ephemeral_id": "string",
    "node.address": "string"
  }
]








Get anomaly detection jobs Added in 7.7.0

GET /_cat/ml/anomaly_detectors

Get configuration and usage information for anomaly detection jobs. This API returns a maximum of 10,000 jobs. If the Elasticsearch security features are enabled, you must have monitor_ml, monitor, manage_ml, or manage cluster privileges to use this API.

IMPORTANT: CAT APIs are only intended for human consumption using the Kibana console or command line. They are not intended for use by applications. For application consumption, use the get anomaly detection job statistics API.

Query parameters

  • Specifies what to do when the request:

    • Contains wildcard expressions and there are no jobs that match.
    • Contains the _all string or no identifiers and there are no matches.
    • Contains wildcard expressions and there are only partial matches.

    If true, the API returns an empty jobs array when there are no matches and the subset of results when there are partial matches. If false, the API returns a 404 status code when there are no matches or only partial matches.

  • bytes string

    The unit used to display byte values.

    Values are b, kb, mb, gb, tb, or pb.

  • h string | array[string]

    Comma-separated list of column names to display.

  • s string | array[string]

    Comma-separated list of column names or column aliases used to sort the response.

  • time string

    The unit used to display time values.

    Values are nanos, micros, ms, s, m, h, or d.

Responses

  • Hide response attributes Show response attributes object
    • id string
    • state string

      Values are closing, closed, opened, failed, or opening.

    • For open jobs only, the amount of time the job has been opened.

    • For open anomaly detection jobs only, contains messages relating to the selection of a node to run the job.

    • The number of input documents that have been processed by the anomaly detection job. This value includes documents with missing fields, since they are nonetheless analyzed. If you use datafeeds and have aggregations in your search query, the processed_record_count is the number of aggregation results processed, not the number of Elasticsearch documents.

    • The total number of fields in all the documents that have been processed by the anomaly detection job. Only fields that are specified in the detector configuration object contribute to this count. The timestamp is not included in this count.

    • The number of input documents posted to the anomaly detection job.

    • The total number of fields in input documents posted to the anomaly detection job. This count includes fields that are not used in the analysis. However, be aware that if you are using a datafeed, it extracts only the required fields from the documents it retrieves before posting them to the job.

    • The number of input documents with either a missing date field or a date that could not be parsed.

    • The number of input documents that are missing a field that the anomaly detection job is configured to analyze. Input documents with missing fields are still processed because it is possible that not all fields are missing. If you are using datafeeds or posting data to the job in JSON format, a high missing_field_count is often not an indication of data issues. It is not necessarily a cause for concern.

    • The number of input documents that have a timestamp chronologically preceding the start of the current anomaly detection bucket offset by the latency window. This information is applicable only when you provide data to the anomaly detection job by using the post data API. These out of order documents are discarded, since jobs require time series data to be in ascending chronological order.

    • The number of buckets which did not contain any data. If your data contains many empty buckets, consider increasing your bucket_span or using functions that are tolerant to gaps in data such as mean, non_null_sum or non_zero_count.

    • The number of buckets that contained few data points compared to the expected number of data points. If your data contains many sparse buckets, consider using a longer bucket_span.

    • The total number of buckets processed.

    • The timestamp of the earliest chronologically input document.

    • The timestamp of the latest chronologically input document.

    • The timestamp at which data was last analyzed, according to server time.

    • The timestamp of the last bucket that did not contain any data.

    • The timestamp of the last bucket that was considered sparse.

    • Values are ok, soft_limit, or hard_limit.

    • The upper limit for model memory usage, checked on increasing values.

    • The number of by field values that were analyzed by the models. This value is cumulative for all detectors in the job.

    • The number of over field values that were analyzed by the models. This value is cumulative for all detectors in the job.

    • The number of partition field values that were analyzed by the models. This value is cumulative for all detectors in the job.

    • The number of buckets for which new entities in incoming data were not processed due to insufficient model memory. This situation is also signified by a hard_limit: memory_status property value.

    • Values are ok or warn.

    • The number of documents that have had a field categorized.

    • The number of categories created by categorization.

    • The number of categories that match more than 1% of categorized documents.

    • The number of categories that match just one categorized document.

    • The number of categories created by categorization that will never be assigned again because another category’s definition makes it a superset of the dead category. Dead categories are a side effect of the way categorization has no prior training.

    • The number of times that categorization wanted to create a new category but couldn’t because the job had hit its model_memory_limit. This count does not track which specific categories failed to be created. Therefore you cannot use this value to determine the number of unique categories that were missed.

    • The timestamp when the model stats were gathered, according to server time.

    • The timestamp of the last record when the model stats were gathered.

    • The number of individual forecasts currently available for the job. A value of one or more indicates that forecasts exist.

    • The minimum memory usage in bytes for forecasts related to the anomaly detection job.

    • The maximum memory usage in bytes for forecasts related to the anomaly detection job.

    • The average memory usage in bytes for forecasts related to the anomaly detection job.

    • The total memory usage in bytes for forecasts related to the anomaly detection job.

    • The minimum number of model_forecast documents written for forecasts related to the anomaly detection job.

    • The maximum number of model_forecast documents written for forecasts related to the anomaly detection job.

    • The average number of model_forecast documents written for forecasts related to the anomaly detection job.

    • The total number of model_forecast documents written for forecasts related to the anomaly detection job.

    • The minimum runtime in milliseconds for forecasts related to the anomaly detection job.

    • The maximum runtime in milliseconds for forecasts related to the anomaly detection job.

    • The average runtime in milliseconds for forecasts related to the anomaly detection job.

    • The total runtime in milliseconds for forecasts related to the anomaly detection job.

    • node.id string
    • The name of the assigned node.

    • The network address of the assigned node.

    • The number of bucket results produced by the job.

    • The sum of all bucket processing times, in milliseconds.

    • The minimum of all bucket processing times, in milliseconds.

    • The maximum of all bucket processing times, in milliseconds.

    • The exponential moving average of all bucket processing times, in milliseconds.

    • The exponential moving average of bucket processing times calculated in a one hour time window, in milliseconds.

GET /_cat/ml/anomaly_detectors
curl \
 --request GET http://api.example.com/_cat/ml/anomaly_detectors
Response examples (200)
[
  {
    "id": "string",
    "state": "closing",
    "opened_time": "string",
    "assignment_explanation": "string",
    "data.processed_records": "string",
    "data.processed_fields": "string",
    "": 42.0,
    "data.input_records": "string",
    "data.input_fields": "string",
    "data.invalid_dates": "string",
    "data.missing_fields": "string",
    "data.out_of_order_timestamps": "string",
    "data.empty_buckets": "string",
    "data.sparse_buckets": "string",
    "data.buckets": "string",
    "data.earliest_record": "string",
    "data.latest_record": "string",
    "data.last": "string",
    "data.last_empty_bucket": "string",
    "data.last_sparse_bucket": "string",
    "model.memory_status": "ok",
    "model.memory_limit": "string",
    "model.by_fields": "string",
    "model.over_fields": "string",
    "model.partition_fields": "string",
    "model.bucket_allocation_failures": "string",
    "model.categorization_status": "ok",
    "model.categorized_doc_count": "string",
    "model.total_category_count": "string",
    "model.frequent_category_count": "string",
    "model.rare_category_count": "string",
    "model.dead_category_count": "string",
    "model.failed_category_count": "string",
    "model.log_time": "string",
    "model.timestamp": "string",
    "forecasts.total": "string",
    "forecasts.memory.min": "string",
    "forecasts.memory.max": "string",
    "forecasts.memory.avg": "string",
    "forecasts.memory.total": "string",
    "forecasts.records.min": "string",
    "forecasts.records.max": "string",
    "forecasts.records.avg": "string",
    "forecasts.records.total": "string",
    "forecasts.time.min": "string",
    "forecasts.time.max": "string",
    "forecasts.time.avg": "string",
    "forecasts.time.total": "string",
    "node.id": "string",
    "node.name": "string",
    "node.ephemeral_id": "string",
    "node.address": "string",
    "buckets.count": "string",
    "buckets.time.total": "string",
    "buckets.time.min": "string",
    "buckets.time.max": "string",
    "buckets.time.exp_avg": "string",
    "buckets.time.exp_avg_hour": "string"
  }
]




Get trained models Added in 7.7.0

GET /_cat/ml/trained_models

Get configuration and usage information about inference trained models.

IMPORTANT: CAT APIs are only intended for human consumption using the Kibana console or command line. They are not intended for use by applications. For application consumption, use the get trained models statistics API.

Query parameters

  • Specifies what to do when the request: contains wildcard expressions and there are no models that match; contains the _all string or no identifiers and there are no matches; contains wildcard expressions and there are only partial matches. If true, the API returns an empty array when there are no matches and the subset of results when there are partial matches. If false, the API returns a 404 status code when there are no matches or only partial matches.

  • bytes string

    The unit used to display byte values.

    Values are b, kb, mb, gb, tb, or pb.

  • h string | array[string]

    A comma-separated list of column names to display.

  • s string | array[string]

    A comma-separated list of column names or aliases used to sort the response.

  • from number

    Skips the specified number of transforms.

  • size number

    The maximum number of transforms to display.

  • time string

    Unit used to display time values.

    Values are nanos, micros, ms, s, m, h, or d.

Responses

GET /_cat/ml/trained_models
curl \
 --request GET http://api.example.com/_cat/ml/trained_models
Response examples (200)
[
  {
    "id": "string",
    "created_by": "string",
    "": "string",
    "operations": "string",
    "license": "string",
    "version": "string",
    "description": "string",
    "ingest.pipelines": "string",
    "ingest.count": "string",
    "ingest.time": "string",
    "ingest.current": "string",
    "ingest.failed": "string",
    "data_frame.id": "string",
    "data_frame.create_time": "string",
    "data_frame.source_index": "string",
    "data_frame.analysis": "string",
    "type": "string"
  }
]




Get node attribute information

GET /_cat/nodeattrs

Get information about custom node attributes. IMPORTANT: cat APIs are only intended for human consumption using the command line or Kibana console. They are not intended for use by applications. For application consumption, use the nodes info API.

Query parameters

  • local boolean

    If true, the request computes the list of selected nodes from the local cluster state. If false the list of selected nodes are computed from the cluster state of the master node. In both cases the coordinating node will send requests for further information to each selected node.

  • Period to wait for a connection to the master node.

Responses

GET /_cat/nodeattrs
curl \
 --request GET http://api.example.com/_cat/nodeattrs
Response examples (200)
[
  {
    "node": "string",
    "id": "string",
    "pid": "string",
    "host": "string",
    "ip": "string",
    "port": "string",
    "attr": "string",
    "value": "string"
  }
]








Get plugin information

GET /_cat/plugins

Get a list of plugins running on each node of a cluster. IMPORTANT: cat APIs are only intended for human consumption using the command line or Kibana console. They are not intended for use by applications. For application consumption, use the nodes info API.

Query parameters

  • Include bootstrap plugins in the response

  • local boolean

    If true, the request computes the list of selected nodes from the local cluster state. If false the list of selected nodes are computed from the cluster state of the master node. In both cases the coordinating node will send requests for further information to each selected node.

  • Period to wait for a connection to the master node.

Responses

GET /_cat/plugins
curl \
 --request GET http://api.example.com/_cat/plugins
Response examples (200)
[
  {
    "id": "string",
    "name": "string",
    "component": "string",
    "version": "string",
    "description": "string",
    "type": "string"
  }
]




Get shard recovery information

GET /_cat/recovery/{index}

Get information about ongoing and completed shard recoveries. Shard recovery is the process of initializing a shard copy, such as restoring a primary shard from a snapshot or syncing a replica shard from a primary shard. When a shard recovery completes, the recovered shard is available for search and indexing. For data streams, the API returns information about the stream’s backing indices. IMPORTANT: cat APIs are only intended for human consumption using the command line or Kibana console. They are not intended for use by applications. For application consumption, use the index recovery API.

Path parameters

  • index string | array[string] Required

    A comma-separated list of data streams, indices, and aliases used to limit the request. Supports wildcards (*). To target all data streams and indices, omit this parameter or use * or _all.

Query parameters

  • If true, the response only includes ongoing shard recoveries.

  • bytes string

    The unit used to display byte values.

    Values are b, kb, mb, gb, tb, or pb.

  • detailed boolean

    If true, the response includes detailed information about shard recoveries.

  • time string

    Unit used to display time values.

    Values are nanos, micros, ms, s, m, h, or d.

Responses

GET /_cat/recovery/{index}
curl \
 --request GET http://api.example.com/_cat/recovery/{index}
Response examples (200)
[
  {
    "index": "string",
    "shard": "string",
    "": "string",
    "time": "string",
    "type": "string",
    "stage": "string",
    "source_host": "string",
    "source_node": "string",
    "target_host": "string",
    "target_node": "string",
    "repository": "string",
    "snapshot": "string",
    "files": "string",
    "files_recovered": "string",
    "files_total": "string",
    "bytes": "string",
    "bytes_recovered": "string",
    "bytes_total": "string",
    "translog_ops": "string",
    "translog_ops_recovered": "string"
  }
]