Get information about rules

GET /api/alerting/rules/_find

Headers

  • The version of the API to use

    Value is 2023-10-31. Default value is 2023-10-31.

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.

  • 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.

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

  • 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.

    Hide has_reference attributes Show has_reference attributes object | null
  • 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; Elastic-Api-Version=2023-10-31

    Indicates a successful call.

    Hide response attributes Show response attributes object
    • actions array[object] Required
      Hide actions attributes Show actions attributes 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.

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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.

              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).

        • 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.

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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.

      • Additional properties are NOT allowed.

        Hide frequency attributes Show frequency attributes object
        • 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.

      • 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.

    • 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.

    • 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.

      • 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

      Additional properties are NOT allowed.

      Hide flapping attributes Show flapping attributes object | null
    • 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.

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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.

      • 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.

    • Additional properties are allowed.

    • 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 object

            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.

            • 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.

          • 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.

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          • 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.

    • 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]

          Indicates hours of the day to recur.

        • byminute array[number]

          Indicates minutes of the hour to recur.

        • bymonth array[number]

          Indicates months of the year that this rule should recur.

        • bymonthday array[number]

          Indicates the days of the month to recur.

        • bysecond array[number]

          Indicates seconds of the day to recur.

        • bysetpos array[number]

          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]

          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]

          Indicates number of the week hours to recur.

        • byyearday array[number]

          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.

    • Relative URL to view rule in the app.

  • Indicates an invalid schema or parameters.

  • Indicates that this call is forbidden.

GET /api/alerting/rules/_find
curl \
 -X GET https://localhost:5601/api/alerting/rules/_find \
 -H "elastic-api-version: 2023-10-31"
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
}