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Start watch service API
editStart watch service API
editStarts the Watcher service if it is not already running.
Request
editPOST _watcher/_start
Prerequisites
edit-
You must have
manage_watchercluster privileges to use this API. For more information, see Security privileges.
Query parameters
edit-
master_timeout -
(Optional, time units) Specifies the period of time 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.
Examples
editPOST _watcher/_start
Watcher returns the following response if the request is successful:
{
"acknowledged": true
}