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Get Security index settings
editGet Security index settings
editRetrieves settings for the security internal indices.
Prerequisites
edit-
To use this API, you must have at least the
read_securitycluster privilege.
Description
editThis API allows a user to retrieve the user-configurable settings for the
Security internal index (.security and associated indices). Only a subset of
the index settings — those that are user-configurable—will be shown. This
includes:
-
index.auto_expand_replicas -
index.number_of_replicas
Examples
editAn example of retrieving the security settings:
resp = client.security.get_settings() print(resp)
const response = await client.transport.request({
method: "GET",
path: "/_security/settings",
});
console.log(response);
GET /_security/settings
The configurable settings can be modified using the Update Security index settings API.