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Create lifecycle policy API
editCreate lifecycle policy API
editCreates or updates lifecycle policy. See ILM policy definition for definitions of policy components.
Request
editPUT _ilm/policy/<policy_id>
Prerequisites
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If the Elasticsearch security features are enabled, you must have the
manage_ilm
cluster privilege to use this API. You must also have themanage
index privilege on all indices being managed bypolicy
. ILM performs operations as the user who last updated the policy. ILM only has the roles assigned to the user at the time of the last policy update.
Description
editCreates a lifecycle policy. If the specified policy exists, the policy is replaced and the policy version is incremented.
Only the latest version of the policy is stored, you cannot revert to previous versions.
Path parameters
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<policy_id>
- (Required, string) Identifier for the policy.
Query parameters
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master_timeout
-
(Optional, time units)
Period to wait for a connection to the master node. If no response is received
before the timeout expires, the request fails and returns an error. Defaults to
30s
. -
timeout
-
(Optional, time units)
Period to wait for a response. If no response is received before the timeout
expires, the request fails and returns an error. Defaults to
30s
.
Examples
editThe following example creates a new policy named my_policy
:
PUT _ilm/policy/my_policy { "policy": { "phases": { "warm": { "min_age": "10d", "actions": { "forcemerge": { "max_num_segments": 1 } } }, "delete": { "min_age": "30d", "actions": { "delete": {} } } } } }
If the request succeeds, you receive the following result:
{ "acknowledged": true }