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Get license API
editGet license API
editThis API enables you to retrieve licensing information.
Request
editGET /_xpack/license
Description
editThis API returns information about the type of license, when it was issued, and when it expires, for example.
For more information about the different types of licenses, see https://www.elastic.co/subscriptions.
Query Parameters
edit-
local
-
(boolean) Specifies whether to retrieve local information. The default value
is
false
, which means the information is retrieved from the master node.
Authorization
editYou must have monitor
cluster privileges to use this API.
For more information, see Security privileges.
Examples
editThe following example provides information about a trial license:
GET _xpack/license
{ "license" : { "status" : "active", "uid" : "cbff45e7-c553-41f7-ae4f-9205eabd80xx", "type" : "trial", "issue_date" : "2018-10-20T22:05:12.332Z", "issue_date_in_millis" : 1540073112332, "expiry_date" : "2018-11-19T22:05:12.332Z", "expiry_date_in_millis" : 1542665112332, "max_nodes" : 1000, "issued_to" : "test", "issuer" : "elasticsearch", "start_date_in_millis" : -1 } }