Create a rule

POST /api/alerting/rule/{id}

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; Elastic-Api-Version=2023-10-31

Body

actions array[object]

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.
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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
  
  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.
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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.
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

The service name from APM

transactionType string

The transaction type from APM

windowSize number Required

The window size

windowUnit string Required

The window size unit

Values are m, h, or d.

environment string Required

The environment from APM

anomalySeverityType string Required

The anomaly threshold value

Values are critical, major, minor, or warning.
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serviceName string

The service name from APM

windowSize number Required

The window size

windowUnit string Required

The window size unit

Values are m, h, or d.

environment string Required

The environment from APM

threshold number Required

The error count threshold value

groupBy array[string]

Values are service.name, service.environment, transaction.name, or error.grouping_key. Default value is ["service.name", "service.environment"].

errorGroupingKey string
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serviceName string

The service name from APM

transactionType string

The transaction type from APM

transactionName string

The transaction name from APM

windowSize number Required

The window size

windowUnit string Required

ç

Values are m, h, or d.

environment string Required

threshold number Required

The latency threshold value

groupBy array[string]

Values are service.name, service.environment, transaction.type, or transaction.name. Default value is ["service.name", "service.environment", "transaction.type"].

aggregationType string Required

Values are avg, 95th, or 99th.
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serviceName string

The service name from APM

transactionType string

The transaction type from APM

transactionName string

The transaction name from APM

windowSize number Required

The window size

windowUnit string Required

The window size unit

Values are m, h, or d.

environment string Required

The environment from APM

threshold number Required

The error rate threshold value

groupBy array[string]

Values are service.name, service.environment, transaction.type, or transaction.name. Default value is ["service.name", "service.environment", "transaction.type"].
An Elasticsearch query rule can run a query defined in Elasticsearch Query DSL and compare the number of matches to a configured threshold. These parameters are appropriate when rule_type_id is .es-query.
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aggField string

The name of the numeric field that is used in the aggregation. This property is required when aggType is avg, max, min or sum.

aggType string

The type of aggregation to perform.

Values are avg, count, max, min, or sum. Default value is count.

esQuery string Required

The query definition, which uses Elasticsearch Query DSL.

excludeHitsFromPreviousRun boolean

Indicates whether to exclude matches from previous runs. If true, you can avoid alert duplication by excluding documents that have already been detected by the previous rule run. This option is not available when a grouping field is specified.

groupBy string

Indicates whether the aggregation is applied over all documents (all) or split into groups (top) using a grouping field (termField). If grouping is used, an alert will be created for each group when it exceeds the threshold; only the top groups (up to termSize number of groups) are checked.

Values are all or top. Default value is all.

index array[string] | string Required

The indices to query.

One of:
array-1 array[string] string-2 string

searchType string

The type of query, in this case a query that uses Elasticsearch Query DSL.

Value is esQuery. Default value is esQuery.

size integer

The number of documents to pass to the configured actions when the threshold condition is met.

termField string | array[string]

The names of up to four fields that are used for grouping the aggregation. This property is required when groupBy is top.

One of:
string-1 string array-2 array[string]

Not more than 4 elements.

termSize integer

This property is required when groupBy is top. It specifies the number of groups to check against the threshold and therefore limits the number of alerts on high cardinality fields.

threshold array[integer] Required

The threshold value that is used with the thresholdComparator. If the thresholdComparator is between or notBetween, you must specify the boundary values.

thresholdComparator string Required

The comparison function for the threshold. For example, "is above", "is above or equals", "is below", "is below or equals", "is between", and "is not between".

Values are >, >=, <, <=, between, or notBetween.

timeField string Required

The field that is used to calculate the time window.

timeWindowSize integer Required

The size of the time window (in timeWindowUnit 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.

timeWindowUnit string Required

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

Values are s, m, h, or d.
An Elasticsearch query rule can run an ES|QL query and compare the number of matches to a configured threshold. These parameters are appropriate when rule_type_id is .es-query.
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aggField string

The name of the numeric field that is used in the aggregation. This property is required when aggType is avg, max, min or sum.

aggType string

The type of aggregation to perform.

Values are avg, count, max, min, or sum. Default value is count.

esqlQuery object Required

Additional properties are allowed.

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esql string Required

The query definition, which uses Elasticsearch Query Language.

excludeHitsFromPreviousRun boolean

Indicates whether to exclude matches from previous runs. If true, you can avoid alert duplication by excluding documents that have already been detected by the previous rule run. This option is not available when a grouping field is specified.

groupBy string

Indicates whether the aggregation is applied over all documents (all) or split into groups (top) using a grouping field (termField). If grouping is used, an alert will be created for each group when it exceeds the threshold; only the top groups (up to termSize number of groups) are checked.

Values are all or top. Default value is all.

searchType string Required

The type of query, in this case a query that uses Elasticsearch Query Language (ES|QL).

Value is esqlQuery.

size integer Required

When searchType is esqlQuery, this property is required but it does not affect the rule behavior.

termSize integer

This property is required when groupBy is top. It specifies the number of groups to check against the threshold and therefore limits the number of alerts on high cardinality fields.

threshold array[integer] Required

The threshold value that is used with the thresholdComparator. When searchType is esqlQuery, this property is required and must be set to zero.

Minimum value of each is 0, maximum value of each is 0.

thresholdComparator string Required

The comparison function for the threshold. When searchType is esqlQuery, this property is required and must be set to ">". Since the threshold value must be 0, the result is that an alert occurs whenever the query returns results.

Value is >.

timeField string

The field that is used to calculate the time window.

timeWindowSize integer Required

The size of the time window (in timeWindowUnit 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.

timeWindowUnit string Required

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

Values are s, m, h, or d.
An Elasticsearch query rule can run a query defined in KQL or Lucene and compare the number of matches to a configured threshold. These parameters are appropriate when rule_type_id is .es-query.
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aggField string

The name of the numeric field that is used in the aggregation. This property is required when aggType is avg, max, min or sum.

aggType string

The type of aggregation to perform.

Values are avg, count, max, min, or sum. Default value is count.

excludeHitsFromPreviousRun boolean

Indicates whether to exclude matches from previous runs. If true, you can avoid alert duplication by excluding documents that have already been detected by the previous rule run. This option is not available when a grouping field is specified.

groupBy string

Indicates whether the aggregation is applied over all documents (all) or split into groups (top) using a grouping field (termField). If grouping is used, an alert will be created for each group when it exceeds the threshold; only the top groups (up to termSize number of groups) are checked.

Values are all or top. Default value is all.

searchConfiguration object

The query definition, which uses KQL or Lucene to fetch the documents from Elasticsearch.

Additional properties are allowed.

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filter array[object]

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meta object

Additional properties are allowed.

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alias string | null

controlledBy string

disabled boolean

field string

group string

index string

isMultiIndex boolean

key string

negate boolean

params object

Additional properties are allowed.

type string

value string

query object

Additional properties are allowed.

$state object

Additional properties are allowed.

index string | array[string]

The indices to query.

One of:
string-1 string array-2 array[string]

query object

Additional properties are allowed.

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language string

query string

searchType string Required

The type of query, in this case a text-based query that uses KQL or Lucene.

Value is searchSource.

size integer Required

The number of documents to pass to the configured actions when the threshold condition is met.

termField string | array[string]

The names of up to four fields that are used for grouping the aggregation. This property is required when groupBy is top.

One of:
string-1 string array-2 array[string]

Not more than 4 elements.

termSize integer

This property is required when groupBy is top. It specifies the number of groups to check against the threshold and therefore limits the number of alerts on high cardinality fields.

threshold array[integer] Required

The threshold value that is used with the thresholdComparator. If the thresholdComparator is between or notBetween, you must specify the boundary values.

thresholdComparator string Required

The comparison function for the threshold. For example, "is above", "is above or equals", "is below", "is below or equals", "is between", and "is not between".

Values are >, >=, <, <=, between, or notBetween.

timeField string

The field that is used to calculate the time window.

timeWindowSize integer Required

The size of the time window (in timeWindowUnit 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.

timeWindowUnit string Required

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

Values are s, m, h, or d.
An index threshold rule runs an Elasticsearch query, aggregates field values from documents, compares them to threshold values, and schedules actions to run when the thresholds are met. These parameters are appropriate when rule_type_id is .index-threshold.
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aggField string

The name of the numeric field that is used in the aggregation. This property is required when aggType is avg, max, min or sum.

aggType string

The type of aggregation to perform.

Values are avg, count, max, min, or sum. Default value is count.

filterKuery string

A KQL expression thats limits the scope of alerts.

groupBy string

Indicates whether the aggregation is applied over all documents (all) or split into groups (top) using a grouping field (termField). If grouping is used, an alert will be created for each group when it exceeds the threshold; only the top groups (up to termSize number of groups) are checked.

Values are all or top. Default value is all.

index array[string] Required

The indices to query.

termField string | array[string]

The names of up to four fields that are used for grouping the aggregation. This property is required when groupBy is top.

One of:
string-1 string array-2 array[string]

Not more than 4 elements.

termSize integer

This property is required when groupBy is top. It specifies the number of groups to check against the threshold and therefore limits the number of alerts on high cardinality fields.

threshold array[integer] Required

The threshold value that is used with the thresholdComparator. If the thresholdComparator is between or notBetween, you must specify the boundary values.

thresholdComparator string Required

The comparison function for the threshold. For example, "is above", "is above or equals", "is below", "is below or equals", "is between", and "is not between".

Values are >, >=, <, <=, between, or notBetween.

timeField string Required

The field that is used to calculate the time window.

timeWindowSize integer Required

The size of the time window (in timeWindowUnit 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.

timeWindowUnit string Required

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

Values are s, m, h, or d.
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criteria array[object]

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metric string

Values are count, cpu, diskLatency, load, memory, memoryTotal, tx, rx, logRate, diskIOReadBytes, diskIOWriteBytes, s3TotalRequests, s3NumberOfObjects, s3BucketSize, s3DownloadBytes, s3UploadBytes, rdsConnections, rdsQueriesExecuted, rdsActiveTransactions, rdsLatency, sqsMessagesVisible, sqsMessagesDelayed, sqsMessagesSent, sqsMessagesEmpty, sqsOldestMessage, or custom.

timeSize number

timeUnit string

Values are s, m, h, or d.

sourceId string

threshold array[number]

comparator string

Values are <, <=, >, >=, between, or outside.

customMetric object

Additional properties are allowed.

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type string

Value is custom.

field string

aggregation string

Values are avg, max, min, or rate.

id string

label string

warningThreshold array[number]

warningComparator string

Values are <, <=, >, >=, between, or outside.

filterQuery string

filterQueryText string

nodeType string

Values are host, pod, container, awsEC2, awsS3, awsSQS, or awsRDS.

sourceId string

alertOnNoData boolean
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criteria array[object]

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field string

comparator string

Values are more than, more than or equals, less than, less than or equals, equals, does not equal, matches, does not match, matches phrase, or does not match phrase.

value number | string

One of:
number-1 number string-2 string

count object Required

Additional properties are allowed.

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comparator string

Values are more than, more than or equals, less than, less than or equals, equals, does not equal, matches, does not match, matches phrase, or does not match phrase.

value number

timeSize number Required

timeUnit string Required

Values are s, m, h, or d.

logView object Required

Additional properties are allowed.

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logViewId string

type string

Value is log-view-reference.

groupBy array[string]
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criteria array[array]

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field string

comparator string

Values are more than, more than or equals, less than, less than or equals, equals, does not equal, matches, does not match, matches phrase, or does not match phrase.

value number | string

One of:
number-1 number string-2 string

count object Required

Additional properties are allowed.

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comparator string

Values are more than, more than or equals, less than, less than or equals, equals, does not equal, matches, does not match, matches phrase, or does not match phrase.

value number

timeSize number Required

timeUnit string Required

Values are s, m, h, or d.

logView object Required

Additional properties are allowed.

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logViewId string

type string

Value is log-view-reference.

groupBy array[string]
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criteria array[object]

One of:
non count criterion object count criterion object custom criterion object

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threshold array[number]

comparator string

Values are <, <=, >, >=, between, or outside.

timeUnit string

timeSize number

warningThreshold array[number]

warningComparator string

Values are <, <=, >, >=, between, or outside.

metric string

aggType string

Values are avg, max, min, cardinality, rate, count, sum, p95, p99, or custom.

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threshold array[number]

comparator string

Values are <, <=, >, >=, between, or outside.

timeUnit string

timeSize number

warningThreshold array[number]

warningComparator string

Values are <, <=, >, >=, between, or outside.

aggType string

Value is count.

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threshold array[number]

comparator string

Values are <, <=, >, >=, between, or outside.

timeUnit string

timeSize number

warningThreshold array[number]

warningComparator string

Values are <, <=, >, >=, between, or outside.

aggType string

Value is custom.

customMetric array[object]

One of:
object-1 object object-2 object

equation string

label string

groupBy string | array[string]

One of:
string-1 string array-2 array[string]

filterQuery string

sourceId string

alertOnNoData boolean

alertOnGroupDisappear boolean
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sloId string

The SLO identifier used by the rule

burnRateThreshold number

The burn rate threshold used to trigger the alert

maxBurnRateThreshold number

The maximum burn rate threshold value defined by the SLO error budget

longWindow object

The duration of the long window used to compute the burn rate

Additional properties are allowed.

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value number

The duration value

unit string

The duration unit

shortWindow object

The duration of the short window used to compute the burn rate

Additional properties are allowed.

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value number

The duration value

unit string

The duration unit
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search string

certExpirationThreshold number

certAgeThreshold number
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availability object

Additional properties are allowed.

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range number

rangeUnit string

threshold string

filters string | object

One of:
string-1 string object-2 object Deprecated

locations array[string] Deprecated

numTimes number Required

search string

shouldCheckStatus boolean Required

shouldCheckAvailability boolean Required

timerangeCount number

timerangeUnit string

timerange object Deprecated

Additional properties are allowed.

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from string

to string

version number

isAutoGenerated boolean

Responses

200 application/json; Elastic-Api-Version=2023-10-31

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.
  
  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.
  
  Hide execution_status attributes Show execution_status attributes object
  
  error object
  
  Additional properties are NOT allowed.
  
  Hide error attributes Show error attributes object
  
  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.
  
  Hide warning attributes Show warning attributes object
  
  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.
  
  Hide last_run attributes Show last_run attributes object | null
  
  alerts_count object Required
  
  Additional properties are NOT allowed.
  
  Hide alerts_count attributes Show alerts_count attributes object
  
  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.
  
  Hide monitoring attribute Show monitoring attribute object
  
  run object Required
  
  Rule run details.
  
  Additional properties are NOT allowed.
  
  Hide run attributes Show run attributes object
  
  calculated_metrics object Required
  
  Calculation of different percentiles and success ratio.
  
  Additional properties are NOT allowed.
  
  Hide calculated_metrics attributes Show calculated_metrics attributes object
  
  p50 number
  
  p95 number
  
  p99 number
  
  success_ratio number Required
  
  history array[object] Required
  
  History of the rule run.
  
  Hide history attributes Show history attributes object
  
  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.
  
  Hide last_run attributes Show last_run attributes object
  
  metrics object Required
  
  Additional properties are NOT allowed.
  
  Hide metrics attributes Show metrics attributes object
  
  duration number
  
  Duration of most recent rule run.
  
  gap_duration_s number | null
  
  Duration in seconds of rule run gap.
  
  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.
409

Indicates that the rule id is already in use.

POST /api/alerting/rule/{id}

curl \
 -X POST https://localhost:5601/api/alerting/rule/{id} \
 -H "Content-Type: application/json; Elastic-Api-Version=2023-10-31" \
 -H "kbn-xsrf: true"

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 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 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 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 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 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 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
}

Create a rule

Headers

Path parameters

Body

params object

Responses