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Stop instances

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Stop instances

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Stops the instances belonging to an Elasticsearch cluster.

Request

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POST /api/v1/clusters/elasticsearch/{cluster_id}/instances/{instance_ids}/_stop

Path parameters

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Name	Type	Required	Description
`cluster_id`	`string`	Y	The Elasticsearch cluster identifier.
`instance_ids`	`array[string]`	Y	A comma-separated list of instance identifiers.

Query parameters

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Name	Type	Required	Description
`ignore_missing`	`boolean`; default: `false`	N	When `true` and the instance does not exist, proceeds to the next instance, or treats the instance as an error.

Responses

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202: (ClusterCommandResponse) The stop command was issued successfully, use the "GET" command on the /{cluster_id} resource to monitor progress
403: (BasicFailedReply) The stop command was prohibited for the given cluster
404: (BasicFailedReply) One or more of the instances specified at {instance_ids} could not be found (code: 'clusters.instances_not_found')
449: (BasicFailedReply) elevated permissions are required. (code: '"root.needs_elevated_permissions"')

To perform this operation, you must be authenticated by means of one of the following methods: apiKey, basicAuth.

Request example

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curl -XPOST {{hostname}}/api/v1/clusters/elasticsearch/{cluster_id}/instances/{instance_ids}/_stop \
-u $CLOUD_USER:$CLOUD_KEY

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