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cat thread pool API
editcat thread pool API
editReturns thread pool statistics for each node in a cluster. Returned information includes all built-in thread pools and custom thread pools.
Path parameters
edit-
<thread_pool>
- (Optional, string) Comma-separated list of thread pool names used to limit the request. Accepts wildcard expressions.
Query parameters
edit-
format
- (Optional, string) Short version of the HTTP accept header. Valid values include JSON, YAML, etc.
-
h
-
(Optional, string) Comma-separated list of column names to display.
If you do not specify which columns to include, the API returns the default columns in the order listed below. If you explicitly specify one or more columns, it only returns the specified columns.
Valid columns are:
-
node_name
-
(Default) Node name, such as
I8hydUG
. -
name
-
(Default) Name of the thread pool, such as
analyze
orgeneric
. -
active
,a
- (Default) Number of active threads in the current thread pool.
-
queue
,q
- (Default) Number of tasks in the queue for the current thread pool.
-
rejected
,r
- (Default) Number of tasks rejected by the thread pool executor.
-
completed
,c
- Number of tasks completed by the thread pool executor.
-
core
,cr
- Configured core number of active threads allowed in the current thread pool.
-
ephemeral_id
,eid
- Ephemeral node ID.
-
host
,h
- Hostname for the current node.
-
ip
,i
- IP address for the current node.
-
keep_alive
,k
- Configured keep alive time for threads.
-
largest
,l
- Highest number of active threads in the current thread pool.
-
max
,mx
- Configured maximum number of active threads allowed in the current thread pool.
-
node_id
,id
-
ID of the node, such as
k0zy
. -
pid
,p
- Process ID of the running node.
-
pool_size
,psz
- Number of threads in the current thread pool.
-
port
,po
- Bound transport port for the current node.
-
queue_size
,qs
- Maximum number of tasks permitted in the queue for the current thread pool.
-
size
,sz
- Configured fixed number of active threads allowed in the current thread pool.
-
type
,t
-
Type of thread pool. Returned values are
fixed
orscaling
.
-
-
help
-
(Optional, Boolean) If
true
, the response includes help information. Defaults tofalse
. -
local
-
(Optional, Boolean) If
true
, the request retrieves information from the local node only. Defaults tofalse
, which means information is retrieved from the master node. -
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
. -
s
- (Optional, string) Comma-separated list of column names or column aliases used to sort the response.
-
size
- (Optional, size unit) Multiplier used to display quantities.
-
v
-
(Optional, Boolean) If
true
, the response includes column headings. Defaults tofalse
.
Examples
editExample with default columns
editGET /_cat/thread_pool
The API returns the following response:
node-0 analyze 0 0 0 ... node-0 fetch_shard_started 0 0 0 node-0 fetch_shard_store 0 0 0 node-0 flush 0 0 0 ... node-0 write 0 0 0
Example with explicit columns
editThe following API request returns the id
, name
, active
, rejected
, and
completed
columns. The request limits returned information to the generic
thread pool.
GET /_cat/thread_pool/generic?v&h=id,name,active,rejected,completed
The API returns the following response:
id name active rejected completed 0EWUhXeBQtaVGlexUeVwMg generic 0 0 70