Kibana APIs
1.0.2

Base URL 
http://localhost:5622

The Kibana REST APIs enable you to manage resources such as connectors, data views, and saved objects. The API calls are stateless. Each request that you make happens in isolation from other calls and must include all of the necessary information for Kibana to fulfill the request. API requests return JSON output, which is a format that is machine-readable and works well for automation.

To interact with Kibana APIs, use the following operations:

  • GET: Fetches the information.
  • PATCH: Applies partial modifications to the existing information.
  • POST: Adds new information.
  • PUT: Updates the existing information.
  • DELETE: Removes the information.

You can prepend any Kibana API endpoint with kbn: and run the request in Dev Tools → Console. For example:

GET kbn:/api/data_views

For more information about the console, refer to Run API requests.

NOTE: Access to internal Kibana API endpoints will be restricted in Kibana version 9.0. Please move any integrations to publicly documented APIs.

Documentation source and versions

This documentation is derived from the main branch of the kibana repository. It is provided under license Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International.

This documentation contains work-in-progress information for future Elastic Stack releases.

This is version 1.0.2 of this API documentation. Last update on Mar 25, 2025.

Authentication

The API accepts 2 different authentication methods:

Api key auth (http_api_key)

These APIs use key-based authentication. You must create an API key and use the encoded value in the request header. For example: Authorization: ApiKey base64AccessApiKey

Basic auth (http)

Basic auth tokens are constructed with the Basic keyword, followed by a space, followed by a base64-encoded string of your username:password (separated by a : colon).

Example: send a Authorization: Basic aGVsbG86aGVsbG8= HTTP header with your requests to authenticate with the API.

alerting

Alerting enables you to define rules, which detect complex conditions within your data. When a condition is met, the rule tracks it as an alert and runs the actions that are defined in the rule. Actions typically involve the use of connectors to interact with Kibana services or third party integrations.

Alerting documentation

Create a rule

POST /api/alerting/rule/{id}
Api key auth Basic auth

Headers

  • kbn-xsrf string Required

    A required header to protect against CSRF attacks

Path parameters

  • id string Required

    The identifier for the rule. If it is omitted, an ID is randomly generated.

application/json

Body

  • actions array[object]

    An action that runs under defined conditions.

    Default value is [] (empty).

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    • alerts_filter object

      Conditions that affect whether the action runs. If you specify multiple conditions, all conditions must be met for the action to run. For example, if an alert occurs within the specified time frame and matches the query, the action runs.

      Additional properties are NOT allowed.

      Hide alerts_filter attributes Show alerts_filter attributes object
      • query object

        Additional properties are NOT allowed.

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        • dsl string

          A filter written in Elasticsearch Query Domain Specific Language (DSL).

        • filters array[object] Required

          A filter written in Elasticsearch Query Domain Specific Language (DSL) as defined in the kbn-es-query package.

          Hide filters attributes Show filters attributes object
          • $state object

            Additional properties are NOT allowed.

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            • store string Required

              A filter can be either specific to an application context or applied globally.

              Values are appState or globalState.

          • meta object Required

            Additional properties are allowed.

          • query object

            Additional properties are allowed.

        • kql string Required

          A filter written in Kibana Query Language (KQL).

      • timeframe object

        Defines a period that limits whether the action runs.

        Additional properties are NOT allowed.

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        • days array[integer] Required

          Defines the days of the week that the action can run, represented as an array of numbers. For example, 1 represents Monday. An empty array is equivalent to specifying all the days of the week.

          Values are 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, or 7.

        • hours object Required

          Defines the range of time in a day that the action can run. If the start value is 00:00 and the end value is 24:00, actions be generated all day.

          Additional properties are NOT allowed.

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          • end string Required

            The end of the time frame in 24-hour notation (hh:mm).

          • start string Required

            The start of the time frame in 24-hour notation (hh:mm).

        • timezone string Required

          The ISO time zone for the hours values. Values such as UTC and UTC+1 also work but lack built-in daylight savings time support and are not recommended.

    • frequency object

      Additional properties are NOT allowed.

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      • notify_when string Required

        Indicates how often alerts generate actions. Valid values include: onActionGroupChange: Actions run when the alert status changes; onActiveAlert: Actions run when the alert becomes active and at each check interval while the rule conditions are met; onThrottleInterval: Actions run when the alert becomes active and at the interval specified in the throttle property while the rule conditions are met. NOTE: You cannot specify notify_when at both the rule and action level. The recommended method is to set it for each action. If you set it at the rule level then update the rule in Kibana, it is automatically changed to use action-specific values.

        Values are onActionGroupChange, onActiveAlert, or onThrottleInterval.

      • summary boolean Required

        Indicates whether the action is a summary.

      • throttle string | null Required

        The throttle interval, which defines how often an alert generates repeated actions. It is specified in seconds, minutes, hours, or days and is applicable only if notify_when is set to onThrottleInterval. NOTE: You cannot specify the throttle interval at both the rule and action level. The recommended method is to set it for each action. If you set it at the rule level then update the rule in Kibana, it is automatically changed to use action-specific values.

    • group string

      The group name, which affects when the action runs (for example, when the threshold is met or when the alert is recovered). Each rule type has a list of valid action group names. If you don't need to group actions, set to default.

    • id string Required

      The identifier for the connector saved object.

    • params object

      The parameters for the action, which are sent to the connector. The params are handled as Mustache templates and passed a default set of context.

      Default value is {} (empty). Additional properties are allowed.

    • use_alert_data_for_template boolean

      Indicates whether to use alert data as a template.

    • uuid string

      A universally unique identifier (UUID) for the action.

  • alert_delay object

    Indicates that an alert occurs only when the specified number of consecutive runs met the rule conditions.

    Additional properties are NOT allowed.

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    • active number Required

      The number of consecutive runs that must meet the rule conditions.

  • consumer string Required

    The name of the application or feature that owns the rule. For example: alerts, apm, discover, infrastructure, logs, metrics, ml, monitoring, securitySolution, siem, stackAlerts, or uptime.

  • enabled boolean

    Indicates whether you want to run the rule on an interval basis after it is created.

    Default value is true.

  • flapping object | null

    When flapping detection is turned on, alerts that switch quickly between active and recovered states are identified as “flapping” and notifications are reduced.

    Additional properties are NOT allowed.

    Hide flapping attributes Show flapping attributes object | null
    • look_back_window number Required

      The minimum number of runs in which the threshold must be met.

      Minimum value is 2, maximum value is 20.

    • status_change_threshold number Required

      The minimum number of times an alert must switch states in the look back window.

      Minimum value is 2, maximum value is 20.

  • name string Required

    The name of the rule. While this name does not have to be unique, a distinctive name can help you identify a rule.

  • notify_when string | null

    Indicates how often alerts generate actions. Valid values include: onActionGroupChange: Actions run when the alert status changes; onActiveAlert: Actions run when the alert becomes active and at each check interval while the rule conditions are met; onThrottleInterval: Actions run when the alert becomes active and at the interval specified in the throttle property while the rule conditions are met. NOTE: You cannot specify notify_when at both the rule and action level. The recommended method is to set it for each action. If you set it at the rule level then update the rule in Kibana, it is automatically changed to use action-specific values.

    Values are onActionGroupChange, onActiveAlert, or onThrottleInterval.

  • rule_type_id string Required

    The rule type identifier.

  • schedule object Required

    The check interval, which specifies how frequently the rule conditions are checked.

    Additional properties are NOT allowed.

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    • interval string Required

      The interval is specified in seconds, minutes, hours, or days.

  • tags array[string]

    The tags for the rule.

    Default value is [] (empty).

  • throttle string | null

    Use the throttle property in the action frequency object instead. The throttle interval, which defines how often an alert generates repeated actions. NOTE: You cannot specify the throttle interval at both the rule and action level. If you set it at the rule level then update the rule in Kibana, it is automatically changed to use action-specific values.

  • params object

    The parameters for the rule.

    Any of:
    params_property_apm_anomaly object params_property_apm_error_count object params_property_apm_transaction_duration object params_property_apm_transaction_error_rate object params_es_query_dsl_rule object params_es_query_esql_rule object params_es_query_kql_rule object params_index_threshold_rule object params_property_infra_inventory object Count object Ratio object params_property_infra_metric_threshold object params_property_slo_burn_rate object params_property_synthetics_uptime_tls object params_property_synthetics_monitor_status object
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    • serviceName string

      Filter the rule to apply to a specific service name.

    • transactionType string

      Filter the rule to apply to a specific transaction type.

    • windowSize number Required

      The size of the time window (in windowUnit units), which determines how far back to search for documents. Generally it should be a value higher than the rule check interval to avoid gaps in detection.

    • windowUnit string Required

      The type of units for the time window. For example: minutes, hours, or days.

      Values are m, h, or d.

    • environment string Required

      Filter the rule to apply to a specific environment.

    • anomalySeverityType string Required

      The severity of anomalies that will generate alerts: critical, major, minor, or warning.

      Values are critical, major, minor, or warning.

Responses

  • 200 application/json

    Indicates a successful call.

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    • actions array[object] Required
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      • alerts_filter object

        Defines a period that limits whether the action runs.

        Additional properties are NOT allowed.

        Hide alerts_filter attributes Show alerts_filter attributes object
        • query object

          Additional properties are NOT allowed.

          Hide query attributes Show query attributes object
          • dsl string

            A filter written in Elasticsearch Query Domain Specific Language (DSL).

          • filters array[object] Required

            A filter written in Elasticsearch Query Domain Specific Language (DSL) as defined in the kbn-es-query package.

            Hide filters attributes Show filters attributes object
            • $state object

              Additional properties are NOT allowed.

              Hide $state attribute Show $state attribute object
              • store string Required

                A filter can be either specific to an application context or applied globally.

                Values are appState or globalState.

            • meta object Required

              Additional properties are allowed.

            • query object

              Additional properties are allowed.

          • kql string Required

            A filter written in Kibana Query Language (KQL).

        • timeframe object

          Additional properties are NOT allowed.

          Hide timeframe attributes Show timeframe attributes object
          • days array[integer] Required

            Defines the days of the week that the action can run, represented as an array of numbers. For example, 1 represents Monday. An empty array is equivalent to specifying all the days of the week.

            Values are 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, or 7.

          • hours object Required

            Additional properties are NOT allowed.

            Hide hours attributes Show hours attributes object
            • end string Required

              The end of the time frame in 24-hour notation (hh:mm).

            • start string Required

              The start of the time frame in 24-hour notation (hh:mm).

          • timezone string Required

            The ISO time zone for the hours values. Values such as UTC and UTC+1 also work but lack built-in daylight savings time support and are not recommended.

      • connector_type_id string Required

        The type of connector. This property appears in responses but cannot be set in requests.

      • frequency object

        Additional properties are NOT allowed.

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        • notify_when string Required

          Indicates how often alerts generate actions. Valid values include: onActionGroupChange: Actions run when the alert status changes; onActiveAlert: Actions run when the alert becomes active and at each check interval while the rule conditions are met; onThrottleInterval: Actions run when the alert becomes active and at the interval specified in the throttle property while the rule conditions are met. NOTE: You cannot specify notify_when at both the rule and action level. The recommended method is to set it for each action. If you set it at the rule level then update the rule in Kibana, it is automatically changed to use action-specific values.

          Values are onActionGroupChange, onActiveAlert, or onThrottleInterval.

        • summary boolean Required

          Indicates whether the action is a summary.

        • throttle string | null Required

          The throttle interval, which defines how often an alert generates repeated actions. It is specified in seconds, minutes, hours, or days and is applicable only if 'notify_when' is set to 'onThrottleInterval'. NOTE: You cannot specify the throttle interval at both the rule and action level. The recommended method is to set it for each action. If you set it at the rule level then update the rule in Kibana, it is automatically changed to use action-specific values.

      • group string

        The group name, which affects when the action runs (for example, when the threshold is met or when the alert is recovered). Each rule type has a list of valid action group names. If you don't need to group actions, set to default.

      • id string Required

        The identifier for the connector saved object.

      • params object Required

        The parameters for the action, which are sent to the connector. The params are handled as Mustache templates and passed a default set of context.

        Additional properties are allowed.

      • use_alert_data_for_template boolean

        Indicates whether to use alert data as a template.

      • uuid string

        A universally unique identifier (UUID) for the action.

    • active_snoozes array[string]

      List of active snoozes for the rule.

    • alert_delay object

      Indicates that an alert occurs only when the specified number of consecutive runs met the rule conditions.

      Additional properties are NOT allowed.

      Hide alert_delay attribute Show alert_delay attribute object
      • active number Required

        The number of consecutive runs that must meet the rule conditions.

    • api_key_created_by_user boolean | null

      Indicates whether the API key that is associated with the rule was created by the user.

    • api_key_owner string | null Required

      The owner of the API key that is associated with the rule and used to run background tasks.

    • consumer string Required

      The name of the application or feature that owns the rule. For example: alerts, apm, discover, infrastructure, logs, metrics, ml, monitoring, securitySolution, siem, stackAlerts, or uptime.

    • created_at string Required

      The date and time that the rule was created.

    • created_by string | null Required

      The identifier for the user that created the rule.

    • enabled boolean Required

      Indicates whether you want to run the rule on an interval basis after it is created.

    • execution_status object Required

      Additional properties are NOT allowed.

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      • error object

        Additional properties are NOT allowed.

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        • message string Required

          Error message.

        • reason string Required

          Reason for error.

          Values are read, decrypt, execute, unknown, license, timeout, disabled, or validate.

      • last_duration number

        Duration of last execution of the rule.

      • last_execution_date string Required

        The date and time when rule was executed last.

      • status string Required

        Status of rule execution.

        Values are ok, active, error, warning, pending, or unknown.

      • warning object

        Additional properties are NOT allowed.

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        • message string Required

          Warning message.

        • reason string Required

          Reason for warning.

          Values are maxExecutableActions, maxAlerts, maxQueuedActions, or ruleExecution.

    • flapping object | null

      When flapping detection is turned on, alerts that switch quickly between active and recovered states are identified as “flapping” and notifications are reduced.

      Additional properties are NOT allowed.

      Hide flapping attributes Show flapping attributes object | null
      • look_back_window number Required

        The minimum number of runs in which the threshold must be met.

        Minimum value is 2, maximum value is 20.

      • status_change_threshold number Required

        The minimum number of times an alert must switch states in the look back window.

        Minimum value is 2, maximum value is 20.

    • id string Required

      The identifier for the rule.

    • is_snoozed_until string | null

      The date when the rule will no longer be snoozed.

    • last_run object | null

      Additional properties are NOT allowed.

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      • alerts_count object Required

        Additional properties are NOT allowed.

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        • active number | null

          Number of active alerts during last run.

        • ignored number | null

          Number of ignored alerts during last run.

        • new number | null

          Number of new alerts during last run.

        • recovered number | null

          Number of recovered alerts during last run.

      • outcome string Required

        Outcome of last run of the rule. Value could be succeeded, warning or failed.

        Values are succeeded, warning, or failed.

      • outcome_msg array[string] | null

        Outcome message generated during last rule run.

      • outcome_order number

        Order of the outcome.

      • warning string | null

        Warning of last rule execution.

        Values are read, decrypt, execute, unknown, license, timeout, disabled, validate, maxExecutableActions, maxAlerts, maxQueuedActions, or ruleExecution.

    • mapped_params object

      Additional properties are allowed.

    • monitoring object

      Monitoring details of the rule.

      Additional properties are NOT allowed.

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      • run object Required

        Rule run details.

        Additional properties are NOT allowed.

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        • calculated_metrics object Required

          Calculation of different percentiles and success ratio.

          Additional properties are NOT allowed.

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        • history array[object] Required

          History of the rule run.

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          • duration number

            Duration of the rule run.

          • outcome string

            Outcome of last run of the rule. Value could be succeeded, warning or failed.

            Values are succeeded, warning, or failed.

          • success boolean Required

            Indicates whether the rule run was successful.

          • timestamp number Required

            Time of rule run.

        • last_run object Required

          Additional properties are NOT allowed.

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          • metrics object Required

            Additional properties are NOT allowed.

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            • duration number

              Duration of most recent rule run.

            • gap_duration_s number | null

              Duration in seconds of rule run gap.

            • gap_range object | null

              Additional properties are NOT allowed.

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              • gte string Required

                End of the gap range.

              • lte string Required

                Start of the gap range.

            • total_alerts_created number | null

              Total number of alerts created during last rule run.

            • total_alerts_detected number | null

              Total number of alerts detected during last rule run.

            • total_indexing_duration_ms number | null

              Total time spent indexing documents during last rule run in milliseconds.

            • total_search_duration_ms number | null

              Total time spent performing Elasticsearch searches as measured by Kibana; includes network latency and time spent serializing or deserializing the request and response.

          • timestamp string Required

            Time of the most recent rule run.

    • mute_all boolean Required

      Indicates whether all alerts are muted.

    • muted_alert_ids array[string] Required

      List of identifiers of muted alerts.

    • name string Required

      The name of the rule.

    • next_run string | null

      Date and time of the next run of the rule.

    • notify_when string | null

      Indicates how often alerts generate actions. Valid values include: onActionGroupChange: Actions run when the alert status changes; onActiveAlert: Actions run when the alert becomes active and at each check interval while the rule conditions are met; onThrottleInterval: Actions run when the alert becomes active and at the interval specified in the throttle property while the rule conditions are met. NOTE: You cannot specify notify_when at both the rule and action level. The recommended method is to set it for each action. If you set it at the rule level then update the rule in Kibana, it is automatically changed to use action-specific values.

      Values are onActionGroupChange, onActiveAlert, or onThrottleInterval.

    • params object Required

      The parameters for the rule.

      Additional properties are allowed.

    • revision number Required

      The rule revision number.

    • rule_type_id string Required

      The rule type identifier.

    • running boolean | null

      Indicates whether the rule is running.

    • schedule object Required

      Additional properties are NOT allowed.

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      • interval string Required

        The interval is specified in seconds, minutes, hours, or days.

    • scheduled_task_id string

      Identifier of the scheduled task.

    • snooze_schedule array[object]
      Hide snooze_schedule attributes Show snooze_schedule attributes object
      • duration number Required

        Duration of the rule snooze schedule.

      • id string

        Identifier of the rule snooze schedule.

      • rRule object Required

        Additional properties are NOT allowed.

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        • byhour array[number] | null

          Indicates hours of the day to recur.

        • byminute array[number] | null

          Indicates minutes of the hour to recur.

        • bymonth array[number] | null

          Indicates months of the year that this rule should recur.

        • bymonthday array[number] | null

          Indicates the days of the month to recur.

        • bysecond array[number] | null

          Indicates seconds of the day to recur.

        • bysetpos array[number] | null

          A positive or negative integer affecting the nth day of the month. For example, -2 combined with byweekday of FR is 2nd to last Friday of the month. It is recommended to not set this manually and just use byweekday.

        • byweekday array[string | number] | null

          Indicates the days of the week to recur or else nth-day-of-month strings. For example, "+2TU" second Tuesday of month, "-1FR" last Friday of the month, which are internally converted to a byweekday/bysetpos combination.

        • byweekno array[number] | null

          Indicates number of the week hours to recur.

        • byyearday array[number] | null

          Indicates the days of the year that this rule should recur.

        • count number

          Number of times the rule should recur until it stops.

        • dtstart string Required

          Rule start date in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).

        • freq integer

          Indicates frequency of the rule. Options are YEARLY, MONTHLY, WEEKLY, DAILY.

          Values are 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6.

        • interval number

          Indicates the interval of frequency. For example, 1 and YEARLY is every 1 year, 2 and WEEKLY is every 2 weeks.

        • tzid string Required

          Indicates timezone abbreviation.

        • until string

          Recur the rule until this date.

        • wkst string

          Indicates the start of week, defaults to Monday.

          Values are MO, TU, WE, TH, FR, SA, or SU.

      • skipRecurrences array[string]

        Skips recurrence of rule on this date.

    • tags array[string] Required

      The tags for the rule.

    • throttle string | null Deprecated

      Deprecated in 8.13.0. Use the throttle property in the action frequency object instead. The throttle interval, which defines how often an alert generates repeated actions. NOTE: You cannot specify the throttle interval at both the rule and action level. If you set it at the rule level then update the rule in Kibana, it is automatically changed to use action-specific values.

    • updated_at string Required

      The date and time that the rule was updated most recently.

    • updated_by string | null Required

      The identifier for the user that updated this rule most recently.

    • view_in_app_relative_url string | null

      Relative URL to view rule in the app.
  • 400

    Indicates an invalid schema or parameters.

  • 403

    Indicates that this call is forbidden.

  • 409

    Indicates that the rule id is already in use.

POST /api/alerting/rule/{id} 
curl \
 --request POST http://localhost:5622/api/alerting/rule/{id} \
 --header "Authorization: $API_KEY" \
 --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
 --header "kbn-xsrf: true" \
 --data '{"name":"my Elasticsearch query ESQL rule","params":{"size":0,"esqlQuery":{"esql":"FROM kibana_sample_data_logs | KEEP bytes, clientip, host, geo.dest | where geo.dest != \"GB\" | STATS sumbytes = sum(bytes) by clientip, host | WHERE sumbytes \u003e 5000 | SORT sumbytes desc | LIMIT 10"},"threshold":[0],"timeField":"@timestamp","searchType":"esqlQuery","timeWindowSize":1,"timeWindowUnit":"d","thresholdComparator":"\u003e"},"actions":[{"id":"d0db1fe0-78d6-11ee-9177-f7d404c8c945","group":"query matched","params":{"level":"info","message":"Elasticsearch query rule '{{rule.name}}' is active:\n- Value: {{context.value}} - Conditions Met: {{context.conditions}} over {{rule.params.timeWindowSize}}{{rule.params.timeWindowUnit}} - Timestamp: {{context.date}} - Link: {{context.link}}"},"frequency":{"summary":false,"notify_when":"onActiveAlert"}}],"consumer":"stackAlerts","schedule":{"interval":"1d"},"rule_type_id":".es-query"}'
Request examples
Create an Elasticsearch query rule that uses Elasticsearch Query Language (ES|QL) to define its query and a server log connector to send notifications. 
{
  "name": "my Elasticsearch query ESQL rule",
  "params": {
    "size": 0,
    "esqlQuery": {
      "esql": "FROM kibana_sample_data_logs | KEEP bytes, clientip, host, geo.dest | where geo.dest != \"GB\" | STATS sumbytes = sum(bytes) by clientip, host | WHERE sumbytes > 5000 | SORT sumbytes desc | LIMIT 10"
    },
    "threshold": [
      0
    ],
    "timeField": "@timestamp",
    "searchType": "esqlQuery",
    "timeWindowSize": 1,
    "timeWindowUnit": "d",
    "thresholdComparator": ">"
  },
  "actions": [
    {
      "id": "d0db1fe0-78d6-11ee-9177-f7d404c8c945",
      "group": "query matched",
      "params": {
        "level": "info",
        "message": "Elasticsearch query rule '{{rule.name}}' is active:\n- Value: {{context.value}} - Conditions Met: {{context.conditions}} over {{rule.params.timeWindowSize}}{{rule.params.timeWindowUnit}} - Timestamp: {{context.date}} - Link: {{context.link}}"
      },
      "frequency": {
        "summary": false,
        "notify_when": "onActiveAlert"
      }
    }
  ],
  "consumer": "stackAlerts",
  "schedule": {
    "interval": "1d"
  },
  "rule_type_id": ".es-query"
}
Create an Elasticsearch query rule that uses Kibana query language (KQL). 
{
  "name": "my Elasticsearch query KQL rule",
  "params": {
    "size": 100,
    "aggType": "count",
    "groupBy": "all",
    "threshold": [
      1000
    ],
    "searchType": "searchSource",
    "timeWindowSize": 5,
    "timeWindowUnit": "m",
    "searchConfiguration": {
      "index": "90943e30-9a47-11e8-b64d-95841ca0b247",
      "query": {
        "query": "\"\"geo.src : \"US\" \"\"",
        "language": "kuery"
      }
    },
    "thresholdComparator": ">",
    "excludeHitsFromPreviousRun": true
  },
  "consumer": "alerts",
  "schedule": {
    "interval": "1m"
  },
  "rule_type_id": ".es-query"
}
Create an Elasticsearch query rule that uses Elasticsearch query domain specific language (DSL) to define its query and a server log connector to send notifications. 
{
  "name": "my Elasticsearch query rule",
  "params": {
    "size": 100,
    "index": [
      "kibana_sample_data_logs"
    ],
    "esQuery": "\"\"\"{\"query\":{\"match_all\" : {}}}\"\"\"",
    "threshold": [
      100
    ],
    "timeField": "@timestamp",
    "timeWindowSize": 1,
    "timeWindowUnit": "d",
    "thresholdComparator": ">"
  },
  "actions": [
    {
      "id": "fdbece50-406c-11ee-850e-c71febc4ca7f",
      "group": "query matched",
      "params": {
        "level": "info",
        "message": "The system has detected {{alerts.new.count}} new, {{alerts.ongoing.count}} ongoing, and {{alerts.recovered.count}} recovered alerts."
      },
      "frequency": {
        "summary": true,
        "throttle": "1d",
        "notify_when": "onThrottleInterval"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "fdbece50-406c-11ee-850e-c71febc4ca7f",
      "group": "recovered",
      "params": {
        "level": "info",
        "message": "Recovered"
      },
      "frequency": {
        "summary": false,
        "notify_when": "onActionGroupChange"
      }
    }
  ],
  "consumer": "alerts",
  "schedule": {
    "interval": "1d"
  },
  "rule_type_id": ".es-query"
}
Create an index threshold rule that uses a server log connector to send notifications when the threshold is met. 
{
  "name": "my rule",
  "tags": [
    "cpu"
  ],
  "params": {
    "index": [
      ".test-index"
    ],
    "aggType": "avg",
    "groupBy": "top",
    "aggField": "sheet.version",
    "termSize": 6,
    "termField": "name.keyword",
    "threshold": [
      1000
    ],
    "timeField": "@timestamp",
    "timeWindowSize": 5,
    "timeWindowUnit": "m",
    "thresholdComparator": ">"
  },
  "actions": [
    {
      "id": "48de3460-f401-11ed-9f8e-399c75a2deeb",
      "group": "threshold met",
      "params": {
        "level": "info",
        "message": "Rule '{{rule.name}}' is active for group '{{context.group}}':\n\n- Value: {{context.value}}\n- Conditions Met: {{context.conditions}} over {{rule.params.timeWindowSize}}{{rule.params.timeWindowUnit}}\n- Timestamp: {{context.date}}"
      },
      "frequency": {
        "summary": false,
        "notify_when": "onActionGroupChange"
      }
    }
  ],
  "consumer": "alerts",
  "schedule": {
    "interval": "1m"
  },
  "alert_delay": {
    "active": 3
  },
  "rule_type_id": ".index-threshold"
}
Create a tracking containment rule that checks when an entity is contained or no longer contained within a boundary. 
{
  "name": "my tracking rule",
  "params": {
    "index": "kibana_sample_data_logs",
    "entity": "agent.keyword",
    "indexId": "90943e30-9a47-11e8-b64d-95841ca0b247",
    "geoField": "geo.coordinates",
    "dateField\"": "@timestamp",
    "boundaryType": "entireIndex",
    "boundaryIndexId": "0cd90abf-abe7-44c7-909a-f621bbbcfefc",
    "boundaryGeoField": "location",
    "boundaryNameField": "name",
    "boundaryIndexTitle": "boundary*"
  },
  "consumer": "alerts",
  "schedule": {
    "interval": "1h"
  },
  "rule_type_id": ".geo-containment"
}
Response examples (200)
The response for successfully creating an Elasticsearch query rule that uses Elasticsearch Query Language (ES|QL). 
{
  "id": "e0d62360-78e8-11ee-9177-f7d404c8c945",
  "name": "my Elasticsearch query ESQL rule",
  "tags": [],
  "params": {
    "size": 0,
    "aggType": "count",
    "groupBy": "all",
    "esqlQuery": {
      "esql": "FROM kibana_sample_data_logs | keep bytes, clientip, host, geo.dest | WHERE geo.dest != \"GB\" | stats sumbytes = sum(bytes) by clientip, host | WHERE sumbytes > 5000 | sort sumbytes desc | limit 10"
    },
    "threshold": [
      0
    ],
    "timeField": "@timestamp",
    "searchType": "esqlQuery",
    "timeWindowSize": 1,
    "timeWindowUnit": "d",
    "thresholdComparator": ">",
    "excludeHitsFromPreviousRun\"": "true,"
  },
  "actions": [
    {
      "id": "d0db1fe0-78d6-11ee-9177-f7d404c8c945",
      "uuid": "bfe370a3-531b-4855-bbe6-ad739f578844",
      "group": "query matched",
      "params": {
        "level": "info",
        "message": "Elasticsearch query rule '{{rule.name}}' is active:\n- Value: {{context.value}} - Conditions Met: {{context.conditions}} over {{rule.params.timeWindowSize}}{{rule.params.timeWindowUnit}} - Timestamp: {{context.date}} - Link: {{context.link}}"
      },
      "frequency": {
        "summary": false,
        "throttle": null,
        "notify_when": "onActiveAlert"
      },
      "connector_type_id": ".server-log"
    }
  ],
  "enabled": true,
  "running": false,
  "consumer": "stackAlerts",
  "mute_all": false,
  "revision": 0,
  "schedule": {
    "interval": "1d"
  },
  "throttle": null,
  "created_at": "2023-11-01T19:00:10.453Z",
  "created_by": "elastic",
  "updated_at": "2023-11-01T19:00:10.453Z",
  "updated_by": "elastic\",",
  "notify_when": null,
  "rule_type_id": ".es-query",
  "api_key_owner": "elastic",
  "muted_alert_ids": [],
  "execution_status": {
    "status": "pending",
    "last_execution_date": "2023-11-01T19:00:10.453Z"
  },
  "scheduled_task_id": "e0d62360-78e8-11ee-9177-f7d404c8c945",
  "api_key_created_by_user": false
}
The response for successfully creating an Elasticsearch query rule that uses Kibana query language (KQL). 
{
  "id": "7bd506d0-2284-11ee-8fad-6101956ced88",
  "name": "my Elasticsearch query KQL rule\"",
  "tags": [],
  "params": {
    "size": 100,
    "aggType": "count",
    "groupBy": "all",
    "threshold": [
      1000
    ],
    "searchType": "searchSource",
    "timeWindowSize": 5,
    "timeWindowUnit": "m",
    "searchConfiguration": {
      "index": "90943e30-9a47-11e8-b64d-95841ca0b247",
      "query": {
        "query": "\"\"geo.src : \"US\" \"\"",
        "language": "kuery"
      }
    },
    "thresholdComparator": ">",
    "excludeHitsFromPreviousRun": true
  },
  "actions": [],
  "enabled": true,
  "running": false,
  "consumer": "alerts",
  "mute_all": false,
  "revision": 0,
  "schedule": {
    "interval": "1m"
  },
  "throttle": null,
  "created_at": "2023-07-14T20:24:50.729Z",
  "created_by": "elastic",
  "updated_at": "2023-07-14T20:24:50.729Z",
  "updated_by": "elastic",
  "notify_when": null,
  "rule_type_id": ".es-query",
  "api_key_owner": "elastic",
  "muted_alert_ids": [],
  "execution_status": {
    "status": "pending",
    "last_execution_date": "2023-07-14T20:24:50.729Z"
  },
  "scheduled_task_id": "7bd506d0-2284-11ee-8fad-6101956ced88",
  "api_key_created_by_user": false
}
The response for successfully creating an Elasticsearch query rule that uses Elasticsearch query domain specific language (DSL). 
{
  "id": "58148c70-407f-11ee-850e-c71febc4ca7f",
  "name": "my Elasticsearch query rule",
  "tags": [],
  "params": {
    "size": 100,
    "index": [
      "kibana_sample_data_logs"
    ],
    "aggType": "count",
    "esQuery": "\"\"\"{\"query\":{\"match_all\" : {}}}\"\"\"",
    "groupBy": "all",
    "threshold": [
      100
    ],
    "timeField": "@timestamp",
    "searchType": "esQuery",
    "timeWindowSize": 1,
    "timeWindowUnit": "d",
    "thresholdComparator": ">",
    "excludeHitsFromPreviousRun": true
  },
  "actions": [
    {
      "id": "fdbece50-406c-11ee-850e-c71febc4ca7f",
      "uuid": "53f3c2a3-e5d0-4cfa-af3b-6f0881385e78",
      "group": "query matched",
      "params": {
        "level": "info",
        "message": "The system has detected {{alerts.new.count}} new, {{alerts.ongoing.count}} ongoing, and {{alerts.recovered.count}} recovered alerts."
      },
      "frequency": {
        "summary": true,
        "throttle": "1d",
        "notify_when": "onThrottleInterval"
      },
      "connector_type_id": ".server-log"
    },
    {
      "id": "fdbece50-406c-11ee-850e-c71febc4ca7f",
      "uuid": "2324e45b-c0df-45c7-9d70-4993e30be758",
      "group": "recovered",
      "params": {
        "level": "info",
        "message": "Recovered"
      },
      "frequency": {
        "summary": false,
        "throttle": null,
        "notify_when": "onActionGroupChange"
      },
      "connector_type_id": ".server-log"
    }
  ],
  "enabled": true,
  "running": false,
  "consumer": "alerts",
  "mute_all": false,
  "revision": 0,
  "schedule": {
    "interval": "1d"
  },
  "throttle": null,
  "created_at": "2023-08-22T00:03:38.263Z",
  "created_by": "elastic",
  "updated_at": "2023-08-22T00:03:38.263Z",
  "updated_by": "elastic",
  "notify_when": null,
  "rule_type_id": ".es-query",
  "api_key_owner": "elastic",
  "muted_alert_ids": [],
  "execution_status": {
    "status": "pending",
    "last_execution_date": "2023-08-22T00:03:38.263Z"
  },
  "scheduled_task_id": "58148c70-407f-11ee-850e-c71febc4ca7f",
  "api_key_created_by_user": false
}
The response for successfully creating an index threshold rule. 
{
  "id": "41893910-6bca-11eb-9e0d-85d233e3ee35",
  "name": "my rule",
  "tags": [
    "cpu"
  ],
  "params": {
    "index": [
      ".test-index"
    ],
    "aggType": "avg",
    "groupBy": "top",
    "aggField": "sheet.version",
    "termSize": 6,
    "termField": "name.keyword",
    "threshold": [
      1000
    ],
    "timeField": "@timestamp",
    "timeWindowSize": 5,
    "timeWindowUnit": "m",
    "thresholdComparator": ">"
  },
  "actions": [
    {
      "id": "dceeb5d0-6b41-11eb-802b-85b0c1bc8ba2",
      "uuid": "07aef2a0-9eed-4ef9-94ec-39ba58eb609d",
      "group": "threshold met",
      "params": {
        "level": "info",
        "message": "Rule {{rule.name}} is active for group {{context.group} :\n\n- Value: {{context.value}}\n- Conditions Met: {{context.conditions}} over {{rule.params.timeWindowSize}}{{rule.params.timeWindowUnit}}\n- Timestamp: {{context.date}}"
      },
      "frequency": {
        "summary": false,
        "throttle": null,
        "notify_when": "onActionGroupChange"
      },
      "connector_type_id": ".server-log"
    }
  ],
  "enabled": true,
  "running": false,
  "consumer": "alerts",
  "mute_all": false,
  "revision": 0,
  "schedule": {
    "interval": "1m"
  },
  "throttle": null,
  "created_at": "2022-06-08T17:20:31.632Z",
  "created_by": "elastic",
  "updated_at": "2022-06-08T17:20:31.632Z",
  "updated_by": "elastic",
  "alert_delay": {
    "active": 3
  },
  "notify_when": null,
  "rule_type_id": ".index-threshold",
  "api_key_owner": "elastic",
  "muted_alert_ids": [],
  "execution_status": {
    "status": "pending",
    "last_execution_date": "2022-06-08T17:20:31.632Z"
  },
  "scheduled_task_id": "425b0800-6bca-11eb-9e0d-85d233e3ee35",
  "api_key_created_by_user": false
}
The response for successfully creating a tracking containment rule. 
{
  "id": "b6883f9d-5f70-4758-a66e-369d7c26012f",
  "name": "my tracking rule",
  "tags": [],
  "params": {
    "index": "kibana_sample_data_logs",
    "entity": "agent.keyword",
    "indexId": "90943e30-9a47-11e8-b64d-95841ca0b247",
    "geoField": "geo.coordinates",
    "dateField": "@timestamp",
    "boundaryType": "entireIndex",
    "boundaryIndexId": "0cd90abf-abe7-44c7-909a-f621bbbcfefc",
    "boundaryGeoField": "location",
    "boundaryNameField": "name",
    "boundaryIndexTitle": "boundary*"
  },
  "actions": [],
  "enabled": true,
  "running": false,
  "consumer": "alerts",
  "last_run": {
    "outcome": "succeeded",
    "warning": null,
    "outcome_msg": null,
    "alerts_count": {
      "new": 0,
      "active": 0,
      "ignored": 0,
      "recovered": 0
    },
    "outcome_order": 0
  },
  "mute_all": false,
  "next_run": "2024-02-15T03:26:38.033Z",
  "revision": 1,
  "schedule": {
    "interval": "1h"
  },
  "throttle": null,
  "created_at": "2024-02-14T19:52:55.920Z",
  "created_by": "elastic",
  "updated_at": "2024-02-15T03:24:32.574Z",
  "updated_by": "elastic",
  "notify_when": null,
  "rule_type_id": ".geo-containment",
  "api_key_owner": "elastic",
  "muted_alert_ids": [],
  "execution_status": {
    "status": "ok",
    "last_duration": 74,
    "last_execution_date": "2024-02-15T03:25:38.125Z"
  },
  "scheduled_task_id": "b6883f9d-5f70-4758-a66e-369d7c26012f",
  "api_key_created_by_user": false
}

Delete a rule

DELETE /api/alerting/rule/{id}
Api key auth Basic auth

Headers

  • kbn-xsrf string Required

    A required header to protect against CSRF attacks

Path parameters

  • id string Required

    The identifier for the rule.

Responses

  • 204

    Indicates a successful call.

  • 400

    Indicates an invalid schema or parameters.

  • 403

    Indicates that this call is forbidden.

  • 404

    Indicates a rule with the given ID does not exist.

DELETE /api/alerting/rule/{id} 
curl \
 --request DELETE http://localhost:5622/api/alerting/rule/{id} \
 --header "Authorization: $API_KEY" \
 --header "kbn-xsrf: true"

Enable a rule

POST /api/alerting/rule/{id}/_enable
Api key auth Basic auth

Headers

  • kbn-xsrf string Required

    A required header to protect against CSRF attacks

Path parameters

  • id string Required

    The identifier for the rule.

Responses

  • 204

    Indicates a successful call.

  • 400

    Indicates an invalid schema or parameters.

  • 403

    Indicates that this call is forbidden.

  • 404

    Indicates a rule with the given ID does not exist.

POST /api/alerting/rule/{id}/_enable 
curl \
 --request POST http://localhost:5622/api/alerting/rule/{id}/_enable \
 --header "Authorization: $API_KEY" \
 --header "kbn-xsrf: true"

Get information about rules

GET /api/alerting/rules/_find
Api key auth Basic auth

Query parameters

  • per_page number

    The number of rules to return per page.

    Minimum value is 0. Default value is 10.

  • page number

    The page number to return.

    Minimum value is 1. Default value is 1.

  • default_search_operator string

    The default operator to use for the simple_query_string.

    Values are OR or AND. Default value is OR.

  • search_fields array[string] | string

    The fields to perform the simple_query_string parsed query against.

  • sort_field string

    Determines which field is used to sort the results. The field must exist in the attributes key of the response.

  • sort_order string

    Determines the sort order.

    Values are asc or desc.

  • has_reference object | null

    Filters the rules that have a relation with the reference objects with a specific type and identifier.

    Additional properties are NOT allowed.

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  • fields array[string]

    The fields to return in the attributes key of the response.

  • filter string

    A KQL string that you filter with an attribute from your saved object. It should look like savedObjectType.attributes.title: "myTitle". However, if you used a direct attribute of a saved object, such as updatedAt, you must define your filter, for example, savedObjectType.updatedAt > 2018-12-22.

  • filter_consumers array[string]

    List of consumers to filter.

Responses

  • 200 application/json

    Indicates a successful call.

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    • actions array[object] Required
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      • alerts_filter object

        Defines a period that limits whether the action runs.

        Additional properties are NOT allowed.

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        • query object

          Additional properties are NOT allowed.

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          • dsl string

            A filter written in Elasticsearch Query Domain Specific Language (DSL).

          • filters array[object] Required

            A filter written in Elasticsearch Query Domain Specific Language (DSL) as defined in the kbn-es-query package.

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            • $state object

              Additional properties are NOT allowed.

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              • store string Required

                A filter can be either specific to an application context or applied globally.

                Values are appState or globalState.

            • meta object Required

              Additional properties are allowed.

            • query object

              Additional properties are allowed.

          • kql string Required

            A filter written in Kibana Query Language (KQL).

        • timeframe object

          Additional properties are NOT allowed.

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          • days array[integer] Required

            Defines the days of the week that the action can run, represented as an array of numbers. For example, 1 represents Monday. An empty array is equivalent to specifying all the days of the week.

            Values are 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, or 7.

          • hours object Required

            Additional properties are NOT allowed.

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            • end string Required

              The end of the time frame in 24-hour notation (hh:mm).

            • start string Required

              The start of the time frame in 24-hour notation (hh:mm).

          • timezone string Required

            The ISO time zone for the hours values. Values such as UTC and UTC+1 also work but lack built-in daylight savings time support and are not recommended.

      • connector_type_id string Required

        The type of connector. This property appears in responses but cannot be set in requests.

      • frequency object

        Additional properties are NOT allowed.

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        • notify_when string Required

          Indicates how often alerts generate actions. Valid values include: onActionGroupChange: Actions run when the alert status changes; onActiveAlert: Actions run when the alert becomes active and at each check interval while the rule conditions are met; onThrottleInterval: Actions run when the alert becomes active and at the interval specified in the throttle property while the rule conditions are met. NOTE: You cannot specify notify_when at both the rule and action level. The recommended method is to set it for each action. If you set it at the rule level then update the rule in Kibana, it is automatically changed to use action-specific values.

          Values are onActionGroupChange, onActiveAlert, or onThrottleInterval.

        • summary boolean Required

          Indicates whether the action is a summary.

        • throttle string | null Required

          The throttle interval, which defines how often an alert generates repeated actions. It is specified in seconds, minutes, hours, or days and is applicable only if 'notify_when' is set to 'onThrottleInterval'. NOTE: You cannot specify the throttle interval at both the rule and action level. The recommended method is to set it for each action. If you set it at the rule level then update the rule in Kibana, it is automatically changed to use action-specific values.

      • group string

        The group name, which affects when the action runs (for example, when the threshold is met or when the alert is recovered). Each rule type has a list of valid action group names. If you don't need to group actions, set to default.

      • id string Required

        The identifier for the connector saved object.

      • params object Required

        The parameters for the action, which are sent to the connector. The params are handled as Mustache templates and passed a default set of context.

        Additional properties are allowed.

      • use_alert_data_for_template boolean

        Indicates whether to use alert data as a template.

      • uuid string

        A universally unique identifier (UUID) for the action.

    • active_snoozes array[string]

      List of active snoozes for the rule.

    • alert_delay object

      Indicates that an alert occurs only when the specified number of consecutive runs met the rule conditions.

      Additional properties are NOT allowed.

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      • active number Required

        The number of consecutive runs that must meet the rule conditions.

    • api_key_created_by_user boolean | null

      Indicates whether the API key that is associated with the rule was created by the user.

    • api_key_owner string | null Required

      The owner of the API key that is associated with the rule and used to run background tasks.

    • consumer string Required

      The name of the application or feature that owns the rule. For example: alerts, apm, discover, infrastructure, logs, metrics, ml, monitoring, securitySolution, siem, stackAlerts, or uptime.

    • created_at string Required

      The date and time that the rule was created.

    • created_by string | null Required

      The identifier for the user that created the rule.

    • enabled boolean Required

      Indicates whether you want to run the rule on an interval basis after it is created.

    • execution_status object Required

      Additional properties are NOT allowed.

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      • error object

        Additional properties are NOT allowed.

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        • message string Required

          Error message.

        • reason string Required

          Reason for error.

          Values are read, decrypt, execute, unknown, license, timeout, disabled, or validate.

      • last_duration number

        Duration of last execution of the rule.

      • last_execution_date string Required

        The date and time when rule was executed last.

      • status string Required

        Status of rule execution.

        Values are ok, active, error, warning, pending, or unknown.

      • warning object

        Additional properties are NOT allowed.

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        • message string Required

          Warning message.

        • reason string Required

          Reason for warning.

          Values are maxExecutableActions, maxAlerts, maxQueuedActions, or ruleExecution.

    • flapping object | null

      When flapping detection is turned on, alerts that switch quickly between active and recovered states are identified as “flapping” and notifications are reduced.

      Additional properties are NOT allowed.

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      • look_back_window number Required

        The minimum number of runs in which the threshold must be met.

        Minimum value is 2, maximum value is 20.

      • status_change_threshold number Required

        The minimum number of times an alert must switch states in the look back window.

        Minimum value is 2, maximum value is 20.

    • id string Required

      The identifier for the rule.

    • is_snoozed_until string | null

      The date when the rule will no longer be snoozed.

    • last_run object | null

      Additional properties are NOT allowed.

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      • alerts_count object Required

        Additional properties are NOT allowed.

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        • active number | null

          Number of active alerts during last run.

        • ignored number | null

          Number of ignored alerts during last run.

        • new number | null

          Number of new alerts during last run.

        • recovered number | null

          Number of recovered alerts during last run.

      • outcome string Required

        Outcome of last run of the rule. Value could be succeeded, warning or failed.

        Values are succeeded, warning, or failed.

      • outcome_msg array[string] | null

        Outcome message generated during last rule run.

      • outcome_order number

        Order of the outcome.

      • warning string | null

        Warning of last rule execution.

        Values are read, decrypt, execute, unknown, license, timeout, disabled, validate, maxExecutableActions, maxAlerts, maxQueuedActions, or ruleExecution.

    • mapped_params object

      Additional properties are allowed.

    • monitoring object

      Monitoring details of the rule.

      Additional properties are NOT allowed.

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      • run object Required

        Rule run details.

        Additional properties are NOT allowed.

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        • calculated_metrics object Required

          Calculation of different percentiles and success ratio.

          Additional properties are NOT allowed.

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        • history array[object] Required

          History of the rule run.

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          • duration number

            Duration of the rule run.

          • outcome string

            Outcome of last run of the rule. Value could be succeeded, warning or failed.

            Values are succeeded, warning, or failed.

          • success boolean Required

            Indicates whether the rule run was successful.

          • timestamp number Required

            Time of rule run.

        • last_run object Required

          Additional properties are NOT allowed.

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          • metrics object Required

            Additional properties are NOT allowed.

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            • duration number

              Duration of most recent rule run.

            • gap_duration_s number | null

              Duration in seconds of rule run gap.

            • gap_range object | null

              Additional properties are NOT allowed.

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              • gte string Required

                End of the gap range.

              • lte string Required

                Start of the gap range.

            • total_alerts_created number | null

              Total number of alerts created during last rule run.

            • total_alerts_detected number | null

              Total number of alerts detected during last rule run.

            • total_indexing_duration_ms number | null

              Total time spent indexing documents during last rule run in milliseconds.

            • total_search_duration_ms number | null

              Total time spent performing Elasticsearch searches as measured by Kibana; includes network latency and time spent serializing or deserializing the request and response.

          • timestamp string Required

            Time of the most recent rule run.

    • mute_all boolean Required

      Indicates whether all alerts are muted.

    • muted_alert_ids array[string] Required

      List of identifiers of muted alerts.

    • name string Required

      The name of the rule.

    • next_run string | null

      Date and time of the next run of the rule.

    • notify_when string | null

      Indicates how often alerts generate actions. Valid values include: onActionGroupChange: Actions run when the alert status changes; onActiveAlert: Actions run when the alert becomes active and at each check interval while the rule conditions are met; onThrottleInterval: Actions run when the alert becomes active and at the interval specified in the throttle property while the rule conditions are met. NOTE: You cannot specify notify_when at both the rule and action level. The recommended method is to set it for each action. If you set it at the rule level then update the rule in Kibana, it is automatically changed to use action-specific values.

      Values are onActionGroupChange, onActiveAlert, or onThrottleInterval.

    • params object Required

      The parameters for the rule.

      Additional properties are allowed.

    • revision number Required

      The rule revision number.

    • rule_type_id string Required

      The rule type identifier.

    • running boolean | null

      Indicates whether the rule is running.

    • schedule object Required

      Additional properties are NOT allowed.

      Hide schedule attribute Show schedule attribute object
      • interval string Required

        The interval is specified in seconds, minutes, hours, or days.

    • scheduled_task_id string

      Identifier of the scheduled task.

    • snooze_schedule array[object]
      Hide snooze_schedule attributes Show snooze_schedule attributes object
      • duration number Required

        Duration of the rule snooze schedule.

      • id string

        Identifier of the rule snooze schedule.

      • rRule object Required

        Additional properties are NOT allowed.

        Hide rRule attributes Show rRule attributes object
        • byhour array[number] | null

          Indicates hours of the day to recur.

        • byminute array[number] | null

          Indicates minutes of the hour to recur.

        • bymonth array[number] | null

          Indicates months of the year that this rule should recur.

        • bymonthday array[number] | null

          Indicates the days of the month to recur.

        • bysecond array[number] | null

          Indicates seconds of the day to recur.

        • bysetpos array[number] | null

          A positive or negative integer affecting the nth day of the month. For example, -2 combined with byweekday of FR is 2nd to last Friday of the month. It is recommended to not set this manually and just use byweekday.

        • byweekday array[string | number] | null

          Indicates the days of the week to recur or else nth-day-of-month strings. For example, "+2TU" second Tuesday of month, "-1FR" last Friday of the month, which are internally converted to a byweekday/bysetpos combination.

        • byweekno array[number] | null

          Indicates number of the week hours to recur.

        • byyearday array[number] | null

          Indicates the days of the year that this rule should recur.

        • count number

          Number of times the rule should recur until it stops.

        • dtstart string Required

          Rule start date in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).

        • freq integer

          Indicates frequency of the rule. Options are YEARLY, MONTHLY, WEEKLY, DAILY.

          Values are 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6.

        • interval number

          Indicates the interval of frequency. For example, 1 and YEARLY is every 1 year, 2 and WEEKLY is every 2 weeks.

        • tzid string Required

          Indicates timezone abbreviation.

        • until string

          Recur the rule until this date.

        • wkst string

          Indicates the start of week, defaults to Monday.

          Values are MO, TU, WE, TH, FR, SA, or SU.

      • skipRecurrences array[string]

        Skips recurrence of rule on this date.

    • tags array[string] Required

      The tags for the rule.

    • throttle string | null Deprecated

      Deprecated in 8.13.0. Use the throttle property in the action frequency object instead. The throttle interval, which defines how often an alert generates repeated actions. NOTE: You cannot specify the throttle interval at both the rule and action level. If you set it at the rule level then update the rule in Kibana, it is automatically changed to use action-specific values.

    • updated_at string Required

      The date and time that the rule was updated most recently.

    • updated_by string | null Required

      The identifier for the user that updated this rule most recently.

    • view_in_app_relative_url string | null

      Relative URL to view rule in the app.
  • 400

    Indicates an invalid schema or parameters.

  • 403

    Indicates that this call is forbidden.

GET /api/alerting/rules/_find 
curl \
 --request GET http://localhost:5622/api/alerting/rules/_find \
 --header "Authorization: $API_KEY"
Response examples (200)
A response that contains information about an index threshold rule. 
{
  "data": [
    {
      "id": "3583a470-74f6-11ed-9801-35303b735aef",
      "name": "my alert",
      "tags": [
        "cpu"
      ],
      "params": {
        "index": [
          "test-index"
        ],
        "aggType": "avg",
        "groupBy": "top",
        "aggField": "sheet.version",
        "termSize": 6,
        "termField": "name.keyword",
        "threshold": [
          1000
        ],
        "timeField": "@timestamp",
        "timeWindowSize": 5,
        "timeWindowUnit": "m",
        "thresholdComparator": ">"
      },
      "actions": [
        {
          "id": "9dca3e00-74f5-11ed-9801-35303b735aef",
          "uuid": "1c7a1280-f28c-4e06-96b2-e4e5f05d1d61",
          "group": "threshold met",
          "params": {
            "level": "info",
            "message": "Rule {{rule.name}} is active for group {{context.group}}:\n\n- Value: {{context.value}}\n- Conditions Met: {{context.conditions}} over {{rule.params.timeWindowSize}}{{rule.params.timeWindowUnit}}\n- Timestamp: {{context.date}}",
            "connector_type_id": ".server-log"
          },
          "frequency": {
            "summary": false,
            "throttle": null,
            "notify_when": "onActionGroupChange"
          }
        }
      ],
      "enabled": true,
      "consumer": "alerts",
      "last_run": {
        "outcome": "succeeded",
        "warning": null,
        "outcome_msg": null,
        "alerts_count": {
          "new": 0,
          "active": 0,
          "ignored": 0,
          "recovered": 0
        }
      },
      "mute_all": false,
      "next_run": "2022-12-06T01:45:23.912Z",
      "revision": 1,
      "schedule": {
        "interval": "1m"
      },
      "throttle": null,
      "created_at": "2022-12-05T23:40:33.132Z",
      "created_by": "elastic",
      "updated_at": "2022-12-05T23:40:33.132Z",
      "updated_by": "elastic",
      "rule_type_id": ".index-threshold",
      "api_key_owner": "elastic",
      "muted_alert_ids": [],
      "execution_status": {
        "status": "ok",
        "last_duration": 48,
        "last_execution_date": "2022-12-06T01:44:23.983Z"
      },
      "scheduled_task_id": "3583a470-74f6-11ed-9801-35303b735aef",
      "api_key_created_by_user": false
    }
  ],
  "page": 1,
  "total": 1,
  "per_page": 10
}
A response that contains information about a security rule that has conditional actions. 
{
  "data": [
    {
      "id": "6107a8f0-f401-11ed-9f8e-399c75a2deeb",
      "name": "security_rule",
      "tags": [],
      "params": {
        "to": "now",
        "from": "now-3660s",
        "meta": {
          "from": "1h",
          "kibana_siem_app_url": "https://localhost:5601/app/security"
        },
        "type": "threshold",
        "index": [
          "kibana_sample_data_logs"
        ],
        "query": "*",
        "author": [],
        "ruleId": "an_internal_rule_id",
        "threat": [],
        "filters": [],
        "license": "",
        "version": 1,
        "language": "kuery",
        "severity": "low",
        "immutable": false,
        "riskScore": 21,
        "threshold": {
          "field": [
            "bytes"
          ],
          "value": 1,
          "cardinality": []
        },
        "maxSignals": 100,
        "references": [],
        "description": "A security threshold rule.",
        "outputIndex": "",
        "exceptionsList": [],
        "falsePositives": [],
        "severityMapping": [],
        "riskScoreMapping": []
      },
      "actions": [
        {
          "id": "49eae970-f401-11ed-9f8e-399c75a2deeb",
          "uuid": "1c7a1280-f28c-4e06-96b2-e4e5f05d1d61",
          "group": "default",
          "params": {
            "documents": [
              {
                "rule_id": {
                  "[object Object]": null
                },
                "alert_id": {
                  "[object Object]": null
                },
                "rule_name": {
                  "[object Object]": null
                },
                "context_message": {
                  "[object Object]": null
                }
              }
            ]
          },
          "frequency": {
            "summary": true,
            "throttle": null,
            "notify_when": "onActiveAlert"
          },
          "alerts_filter": {
            "query": {
              "kql": "",
              "filters": [
                {
                  "meta": {
                    "key": "client.geo.region_iso_code",
                    "alias": null,
                    "field": "client.geo.region_iso_code",
                    "index": "c4bdca79-e69e-4d80-82a1-e5192c621bea",
                    "negate": false,
                    "params": {
                      "type": "phrase",
                      "query": "CA-QC"
                    },
                    "disabled": false
                  },
                  "query": {
                    "match_phrase": {
                      "client.geo.region_iso_code": "CA-QC"
                    }
                  },
                  "$state": {
                    "store": "appState"
                  }
                }
              ]
            },
            "timeframe": {
              "days": [
                7
              ],
              "hours": {
                "end": "17:00",
                "start": "08:00"
              },
              "timezone": "UTC"
            }
          },
          "connector_type_id": ".index"
        }
      ],
      "enabled": true,
      "running": false,
      "consumer": "siem",
      "last_run": {
        "outcome": "succeeded",
        "warning": null,
        "outcome_msg": [
          "Rule execution completed successfully"
        ],
        "alerts_count": {
          "new": 0,
          "active": 0,
          "ignored": 0,
          "recovered": 0
        },
        "outcome_order": 0
      },
      "mute_all": false,
      "next_run": "2023-05-16T20:27:49.507Z",
      "revision": 1,
      "schedule": {
        "interval": "1m"
      },
      "throttle": null,
      "created_at": "2023-05-16T15:50:28.358Z",
      "created_by": "elastic",
      "updated_at": "2023-05-16T20:25:42.559Z",
      "updated_by": "elastic",
      "notify_when": null,
      "rule_type_id": "siem.thresholdRule",
      "api_key_owner": "elastic",
      "muted_alert_ids": [],
      "execution_status": {
        "status": "ok",
        "last_duration": 166,
        "last_execution_date": "2023-05-16T20:26:49.590Z"
      },
      "scheduled_task_id": "6107a8f0-f401-11ed-9f8e-399c75a2deeb",
      "api_key_created_by_user": false
    }
  ],
  "page": 1,
  "total": 1,
  "per_page": 10
}

APM annotations

Annotate visualizations in the APM app with significant events. Annotations enable you to easily see how events are impacting the performance of your applications.

APM server schema

Create APM fleet server schema.

Get case tags

GET /api/cases/tags
Api key auth Basic auth

Aggregates and returns a list of case tags. You must have read privileges for the Cases feature in the Management, Observability, or Security section of the Kibana feature privileges, depending on the owner of the cases you're seeking.

Query parameters

  • owner string | array[string]

    A filter to limit the response to a specific set of applications. If this parameter is omitted, the response contains information about all the cases that the user has access to read.

Responses

  • 200 application/json

    Indicates a successful call.

    Not more than 10000 elements.
  • 401 application/json

    Authorization information is missing or invalid.

    Hide response attributes Show response attributes object
GET /api/cases/tags 
curl \
 --request GET http://localhost:5622/api/cases/tags \
 --header "Authorization: $API_KEY"
Response examples (200) 
[
  "observability",
  "security",
  "tag 1",
  "tag 2"
]
Response examples (401) 
{
  "error": "Unauthorized",
  "message": "string",
  "statusCode": 401
}

Delete a connector

DELETE /api/actions/connector/{id}
Api key auth Basic auth

WARNING: When you delete a connector, it cannot be recovered.

Headers

  • kbn-xsrf string Required

    A required header to protect against CSRF attacks

Path parameters

  • id string Required

    An identifier for the connector.

Responses

  • 204

    Indicates a successful call.

DELETE /api/actions/connector/{id} 
curl \
 --request DELETE http://localhost:5622/api/actions/connector/{id} \
 --header "Authorization: $API_KEY" \
 --header "kbn-xsrf: true"

Get data streams

GET /api/fleet/data_streams
Api key auth Basic auth

[Required authorization] Route required privileges: ALL of [fleet-agents-all, fleet-agent-policies-all, fleet-settings-all].

Responses

GET /api/fleet/data_streams 
curl \
 --request GET http://localhost:5622/api/fleet/data_streams \
 --header "Authorization: $API_KEY"
Response examples (200) 
{
  "data_streams": [
    {
      "dashboards": [
        {
          "id": "string",
          "title": "string"
        }
      ],
      "dataset": "string",
      "index": "string",
      "last_activity_ms": 42.0,
      "namespace": "string",
      "package": "string",
      "package_version": "string",
      "serviceDetails": {
        "environment": "string",
        "serviceName": "string"
      },
      "size_in_bytes": 42.0,
      "size_in_bytes_formatted": 42.0,
      "type": "string"
    }
  ]
}
Response examples (400) 
{
  "error": "string",
  "errorType": "string",
  "message": "string",
  "statusCode": 42.0
}

Delete an agent binary download source

DELETE /api/fleet/agent_download_sources/{sourceId}
Api key auth Basic auth

Delete an agent binary download source by ID.

[Required authorization] Route required privileges: ALL of [fleet-settings-all].

Headers

  • kbn-xsrf string Required

    A required header to protect against CSRF attacks

Responses

DELETE /api/fleet/agent_download_sources/{sourceId} 
curl \
 --request DELETE http://localhost:5622/api/fleet/agent_download_sources/{sourceId} \
 --header "Authorization: $API_KEY" \
 --header "kbn-xsrf: true"
Response examples (200) 
{
  "id": "string"
}
Response examples (400) 
{
  "error": "string",
  "errorType": "string",
  "message": "string",
  "statusCode": 42.0
}