Update Watcher index settings
Update settings for the Watcher internal index (.watches
).
Only a subset of settings can be modified.
This includes index.auto_expand_replicas
and index.number_of_replicas
.
Query parameters
-
master_timeout string
The 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
The period to wait for a response. If no response is received before the timeout expires, the request fails and returns an error.
Body Required
-
index.auto_expand_replicas string
-
index.number_of_replicas number
PUT
/_watcher/settings
curl \
-X PUT http://api.example.com/_watcher/settings \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"index.auto_expand_replicas":"0-4"}'
Request example
{
"index.auto_expand_replicas": "0-4"
}
Response examples (200)
{
"acknowledged": true
}