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Start maintenance mode

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Start maintenance mode

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Starts maintenance mode on the specified instances in the Elasticsearch cluster.

Request

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POST /api/v1/clusters/elasticsearch/{cluster_id}/instances/{instance_ids}/maintenance-mode/_start

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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(ClusterCommandResponse) The start maintenance mode command was issued successfully, use the "GET" command on the /{cluster_id} resource to monitor progress

403

(BasicFailedReply) The start maintenance mode command was prohibited for the given cluster. (code: clusters.command_prohibited)

Headers

x-cloud-error-codes (string; allowed values: [clusters.command_prohibited]): The error codes associated with the response

404

(BasicFailedReply) * The cluster specified by {cluster_id} cannot be found. (code: clusters.cluster_not_found) * One or more of the instances specified at {instance_ids} could not be found. (code: clusters.instances_not_found)

Headers

x-cloud-error-codes (string; allowed values: [clusters.cluster_not_found, clusters.instances_not_found]): The error codes associated with the response

449

(BasicFailedReply) Elevated permissions are required. (code: root.unauthorized.rbac.elevated_permissions_required)

Headers

x-cloud-error-codes (string; allowed values: [root.unauthorized.rbac.elevated_permissions_required]): The error codes associated with the response

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}/maintenance-mode/_start \
-H "Authorization: ApiKey $ECE_API_KEY"

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