Get Security index settings

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Retrieves settings for the security internal indices.

Prerequisites

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

Description

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This 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

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An example of retrieving the security settings:

resp = client.security.get_settings()
print(resp)
const response = await client.security.getSettings();
console.log(response);
GET /_security/settings

The configurable settings can be modified using the Update Security index settings API.