Start snapshot lifecycle management 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.

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 \
 -X POST http://api.example.com/_slm/start
Response examples (200) 
{
  "acknowledged": true
}