Get lifecycle policy API
editGet lifecycle policy API
editRetrieves a lifecycle policy.
Prerequisites
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If the Elasticsearch security features are enabled, you must have the
manage_ilm
orread_ilm
or both cluster privileges to use this API. For more information, see Security privileges.
Description
editReturns the specified policy definition. Includes the policy version and last modified date. If no policy is specified, returns all defined policies.
Path parameters
edit-
<policy_id>
- (Optional, string) Identifier for the policy.
Query parameters
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master_timeout
-
(Optional, time units)
Period to wait for the master node. If the master node is not available before
the timeout expires, the request fails and returns an error. Defaults to
30s
. Can also be set to-1
to indicate that the request should never timeout. -
timeout
-
(Optional, time units) Period to wait for a response from all relevant nodes in the cluster after updating the cluster metadata.
If no response is received before the timeout expires, the cluster metadata update still applies but the response will indicate that it was not completely acknowledged.
Defaults to
30s
. Can also be set to-1
to indicate that the request should never timeout.
Examples
editThe following example retrieves my_policy
:
resp = client.ilm.get_lifecycle( name="my_policy", ) print(resp)
response = client.ilm.get_lifecycle( policy: 'my_policy' ) puts response
const response = await client.ilm.getLifecycle({ name: "my_policy", }); console.log(response);
GET _ilm/policy/my_policy
If the request succeeds, the body of the response contains the policy definition:
{ "my_policy": { "version": 1, "modified_date": 82392349, "policy": { "phases": { "warm": { "min_age": "10d", "actions": { "forcemerge": { "max_num_segments": 1 } } }, "delete": { "min_age": "30d", "actions": { "delete": { "delete_searchable_snapshot": true } } } } }, "in_use_by" : { "indices" : [], "data_streams" : [], "composable_templates" : [] } } }