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Clear privileges cache API

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Evicts privileges from the native application privilege cache. The cache is also automatically cleared for applications that have their privileges updated.

Request

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POST /_security/privilege/<applications>/_clear_cache

Prerequisites

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  • To use this API, you must have at least the manage_security cluster privilege.

Description

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For more information about the native realm, see Realms and Native user authentication.

Path parameters

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<applications>
(Required, string) Comma-separated list of applications to clear. To clear all applications, use *. Does not support other wildcard patterns.

Examples

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The clear privileges cache API evicts privileges from the native application privilege cache. For example, to clear the cache for myapp:

POST /_security/privilege/myapp/_clear_cache

Specify multiple applications as a comma-separated list.

POST /_security/privilege/myapp,my-other-app/_clear_cache

To clear the cache for all applications, use *.

POST /_security/privilege/*/_clear_cache
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