Alerting

Alerting enables you to define rules, which detect complex conditions within your data. When a condition is met, the rule tracks it as an alert and runs the actions that are defined in the rule. Actions typically involve the use of connectors to interact with Kibana services or third party integrations.

Alerting documentation

Get information about rules

GET /api/alerting/rules/_find
Api key auth Basic auth

Query parameters

  • per_page number

    The number of rules to return per page.

    Minimum value is 0. Default value is 10.

  • page number

    The page number to return.

    Minimum value is 1. Default value is 1.

  • default_search_operator string

    The default operator to use for the simple_query_string.

    Values are OR or AND. Default value is OR.

  • search_fields array[string] | string

    The fields to perform the simple_query_string parsed query against.

  • sort_field string

    Determines which field is used to sort the results. The field must exist in the attributes key of the response.

  • sort_order string

    Determines the sort order.

    Values are asc or desc.

  • has_reference object | null

    Filters the rules that have a relation with the reference objects with a specific type and identifier.

    Additional properties are NOT allowed.

    Hide has_reference attributes Show has_reference attributes object | null
  • fields array[string]

    The fields to return in the attributes key of the response.

  • filter string

    A KQL string that you filter with an attribute from your saved object. It should look like savedObjectType.attributes.title: "myTitle". However, if you used a direct attribute of a saved object, such as updatedAt, you must define your filter, for example, savedObjectType.updatedAt > 2018-12-22.

  • filter_consumers array[string]

    List of consumers to filter.

Responses

  • 200 application/json

    Indicates a successful call.

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    • actions array[object] Required
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      • alerts_filter object

        Defines a period that limits whether the action runs.

        Additional properties are NOT allowed.

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        • query object

          Additional properties are NOT allowed.

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          • dsl string

            A filter written in Elasticsearch Query Domain Specific Language (DSL).

          • filters array[object] Required

            A filter written in Elasticsearch Query Domain Specific Language (DSL) as defined in the kbn-es-query package.

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            • $state object

              Additional properties are NOT allowed.

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              • store string Required

                A filter can be either specific to an application context or applied globally.

                Values are appState or globalState.

            • meta object Required

              Additional properties are allowed.

            • query object

              Additional properties are allowed.

          • kql string Required

            A filter written in Kibana Query Language (KQL).

        • timeframe object

          Additional properties are NOT allowed.

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          • days array[integer] Required

            Defines the days of the week that the action can run, represented as an array of numbers. For example, 1 represents Monday. An empty array is equivalent to specifying all the days of the week.

            Values are 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, or 7.

          • hours object Required

            Additional properties are NOT allowed.

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            • end string Required

              The end of the time frame in 24-hour notation (hh:mm).

            • start string Required

              The start of the time frame in 24-hour notation (hh:mm).

          • timezone string Required

            The ISO time zone for the hours values. Values such as UTC and UTC+1 also work but lack built-in daylight savings time support and are not recommended.

      • connector_type_id string Required

        The type of connector. This property appears in responses but cannot be set in requests.

      • frequency object

        Additional properties are NOT allowed.

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        • notify_when string Required

          Indicates how often alerts generate actions. Valid values include: onActionGroupChange: Actions run when the alert status changes; onActiveAlert: Actions run when the alert becomes active and at each check interval while the rule conditions are met; onThrottleInterval: Actions run when the alert becomes active and at the interval specified in the throttle property while the rule conditions are met. NOTE: You cannot specify notify_when at both the rule and action level. The recommended method is to set it for each action. If you set it at the rule level then update the rule in Kibana, it is automatically changed to use action-specific values.

          Values are onActionGroupChange, onActiveAlert, or onThrottleInterval.

        • summary boolean Required

          Indicates whether the action is a summary.

        • throttle string | null Required

          The throttle interval, which defines how often an alert generates repeated actions. It is specified in seconds, minutes, hours, or days and is applicable only if 'notify_when' is set to 'onThrottleInterval'. NOTE: You cannot specify the throttle interval at both the rule and action level. The recommended method is to set it for each action. If you set it at the rule level then update the rule in Kibana, it is automatically changed to use action-specific values.

      • group string

        The group name, which affects when the action runs (for example, when the threshold is met or when the alert is recovered). Each rule type has a list of valid action group names. If you don't need to group actions, set to default.

      • id string Required

        The identifier for the connector saved object.

      • params object Required

        The parameters for the action, which are sent to the connector. The params are handled as Mustache templates and passed a default set of context.

        Additional properties are allowed.

      • use_alert_data_for_template boolean

        Indicates whether to use alert data as a template.

      • uuid string

        A universally unique identifier (UUID) for the action.

    • active_snoozes array[string]

      List of active snoozes for the rule.

    • alert_delay object

      Indicates that an alert occurs only when the specified number of consecutive runs met the rule conditions.

      Additional properties are NOT allowed.

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      • active number Required

        The number of consecutive runs that must meet the rule conditions.

    • api_key_created_by_user boolean | null

      Indicates whether the API key that is associated with the rule was created by the user.

    • api_key_owner string | null Required

      The owner of the API key that is associated with the rule and used to run background tasks.

    • consumer string Required

      The name of the application or feature that owns the rule. For example: alerts, apm, discover, infrastructure, logs, metrics, ml, monitoring, securitySolution, siem, stackAlerts, or uptime.

    • created_at string Required

      The date and time that the rule was created.

    • created_by string | null Required

      The identifier for the user that created the rule.

    • enabled boolean Required

      Indicates whether you want to run the rule on an interval basis after it is created.

    • execution_status object Required

      Additional properties are NOT allowed.

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      • error object

        Additional properties are NOT allowed.

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        • message string Required

          Error message.

        • reason string Required

          Reason for error.

          Values are read, decrypt, execute, unknown, license, timeout, disabled, or validate.

      • last_duration number

        Duration of last execution of the rule.

      • last_execution_date string Required

        The date and time when rule was executed last.

      • status string Required

        Status of rule execution.

        Values are ok, active, error, warning, pending, or unknown.

      • warning object

        Additional properties are NOT allowed.

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        • message string Required

          Warning message.

        • reason string Required

          Reason for warning.

          Values are maxExecutableActions, maxAlerts, maxQueuedActions, or ruleExecution.

    • flapping object | null

      When flapping detection is turned on, alerts that switch quickly between active and recovered states are identified as “flapping” and notifications are reduced.

      Additional properties are NOT allowed.

      Hide flapping attributes Show flapping attributes object | null
      • look_back_window number Required

        The minimum number of runs in which the threshold must be met.

        Minimum value is 2, maximum value is 20.

      • status_change_threshold number Required

        The minimum number of times an alert must switch states in the look back window.

        Minimum value is 2, maximum value is 20.

    • id string Required

      The identifier for the rule.

    • is_snoozed_until string | null

      The date when the rule will no longer be snoozed.

    • last_run object | null

      Additional properties are NOT allowed.

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      • alerts_count object Required

        Additional properties are NOT allowed.

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        • active number | null

          Number of active alerts during last run.

        • ignored number | null

          Number of ignored alerts during last run.

        • new number | null

          Number of new alerts during last run.

        • recovered number | null

          Number of recovered alerts during last run.

      • outcome string Required

        Outcome of last run of the rule. Value could be succeeded, warning or failed.

        Values are succeeded, warning, or failed.

      • outcome_msg array[string] | null

        Outcome message generated during last rule run.

      • outcome_order number

        Order of the outcome.

      • warning string | null

        Warning of last rule execution.

        Values are read, decrypt, execute, unknown, license, timeout, disabled, validate, maxExecutableActions, maxAlerts, maxQueuedActions, or ruleExecution.

    • mapped_params object

      Additional properties are allowed.

    • monitoring object

      Monitoring details of the rule.

      Additional properties are NOT allowed.

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      • run object Required

        Rule run details.

        Additional properties are NOT allowed.

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        • calculated_metrics object Required

          Calculation of different percentiles and success ratio.

          Additional properties are NOT allowed.

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        • history array[object] Required

          History of the rule run.

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          • duration number

            Duration of the rule run.

          • outcome string

            Outcome of last run of the rule. Value could be succeeded, warning or failed.

            Values are succeeded, warning, or failed.

          • success boolean Required

            Indicates whether the rule run was successful.

          • timestamp number Required

            Time of rule run.

        • last_run object Required

          Additional properties are NOT allowed.

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          • metrics object Required

            Additional properties are NOT allowed.

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            • duration number

              Duration of most recent rule run.

            • gap_duration_s number | null

              Duration in seconds of rule run gap.

            • gap_range object | null

              Additional properties are NOT allowed.

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              • gte string Required

                End of the gap range.

              • lte string Required

                Start of the gap range.

            • total_alerts_created number | null

              Total number of alerts created during last rule run.

            • total_alerts_detected number | null

              Total number of alerts detected during last rule run.

            • total_indexing_duration_ms number | null

              Total time spent indexing documents during last rule run in milliseconds.

            • total_search_duration_ms number | null

              Total time spent performing Elasticsearch searches as measured by Kibana; includes network latency and time spent serializing or deserializing the request and response.

          • timestamp string Required

            Time of the most recent rule run.

    • mute_all boolean Required

      Indicates whether all alerts are muted.

    • muted_alert_ids array[string] Required

      List of identifiers of muted alerts.

    • name string Required

      The name of the rule.

    • next_run string | null

      Date and time of the next run of the rule.

    • notify_when string | null

      Indicates how often alerts generate actions. Valid values include: onActionGroupChange: Actions run when the alert status changes; onActiveAlert: Actions run when the alert becomes active and at each check interval while the rule conditions are met; onThrottleInterval: Actions run when the alert becomes active and at the interval specified in the throttle property while the rule conditions are met. NOTE: You cannot specify notify_when at both the rule and action level. The recommended method is to set it for each action. If you set it at the rule level then update the rule in Kibana, it is automatically changed to use action-specific values.

      Values are onActionGroupChange, onActiveAlert, or onThrottleInterval.

    • params object Required

      The parameters for the rule.

      Additional properties are allowed.

    • revision number Required

      The rule revision number.

    • rule_type_id string Required

      The rule type identifier.

    • running boolean | null

      Indicates whether the rule is running.

    • schedule object Required

      Additional properties are NOT allowed.

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      • interval string Required

        The interval is specified in seconds, minutes, hours, or days.

    • scheduled_task_id string

      Identifier of the scheduled task.

    • snooze_schedule array[object]
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      • duration number Required

        Duration of the rule snooze schedule.

      • id string

        Identifier of the rule snooze schedule.

      • rRule object Required

        Additional properties are NOT allowed.

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        • byhour array[number] | null

          Indicates hours of the day to recur.

        • byminute array[number] | null

          Indicates minutes of the hour to recur.

        • bymonth array[number] | null

          Indicates months of the year that this rule should recur.

        • bymonthday array[number] | null

          Indicates the days of the month to recur.

        • bysecond array[number] | null

          Indicates seconds of the day to recur.

        • bysetpos array[number] | null

          A positive or negative integer affecting the nth day of the month. For example, -2 combined with byweekday of FR is 2nd to last Friday of the month. It is recommended to not set this manually and just use byweekday.

        • byweekday array[string | number] | null

          Indicates the days of the week to recur or else nth-day-of-month strings. For example, "+2TU" second Tuesday of month, "-1FR" last Friday of the month, which are internally converted to a byweekday/bysetpos combination.

        • byweekno array[number] | null

          Indicates number of the week hours to recur.

        • byyearday array[number] | null

          Indicates the days of the year that this rule should recur.

        • count number

          Number of times the rule should recur until it stops.

        • dtstart string Required

          Rule start date in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).

        • freq integer

          Indicates frequency of the rule. Options are YEARLY, MONTHLY, WEEKLY, DAILY.

          Values are 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6.

        • interval number

          Indicates the interval of frequency. For example, 1 and YEARLY is every 1 year, 2 and WEEKLY is every 2 weeks.

        • tzid string Required

          Indicates timezone abbreviation.

        • until string

          Recur the rule until this date.

        • wkst string

          Indicates the start of week, defaults to Monday.

          Values are MO, TU, WE, TH, FR, SA, or SU.

      • skipRecurrences array[string]

        Skips recurrence of rule on this date.

    • tags array[string] Required

      The tags for the rule.

    • throttle string | null Deprecated

      Deprecated in 8.13.0. Use the throttle property in the action frequency object instead. The throttle interval, which defines how often an alert generates repeated actions. NOTE: You cannot specify the throttle interval at both the rule and action level. If you set it at the rule level then update the rule in Kibana, it is automatically changed to use action-specific values.

    • updated_at string Required

      The date and time that the rule was updated most recently.

    • updated_by string | null Required

      The identifier for the user that updated this rule most recently.

    • view_in_app_relative_url string | null

      Relative URL to view rule in the app.
  • 400

    Indicates an invalid schema or parameters.

  • 403

    Indicates that this call is forbidden.

GET /api/alerting/rules/_find 
curl \
 --request GET 'https://localhost:5601/api/alerting/rules/_find' \
 --header "Authorization: $API_KEY"
Response examples (200)
A response that contains information about an index threshold rule. 
{
  "data": [
    {
      "id": "3583a470-74f6-11ed-9801-35303b735aef",
      "name": "my alert",
      "tags": [
        "cpu"
      ],
      "params": {
        "index": [
          "test-index"
        ],
        "aggType": "avg",
        "groupBy": "top",
        "aggField": "sheet.version",
        "termSize": 6,
        "termField": "name.keyword",
        "threshold": [
          1000
        ],
        "timeField": "@timestamp",
        "timeWindowSize": 5,
        "timeWindowUnit": "m",
        "thresholdComparator": ">"
      },
      "actions": [
        {
          "id": "9dca3e00-74f5-11ed-9801-35303b735aef",
          "uuid": "1c7a1280-f28c-4e06-96b2-e4e5f05d1d61",
          "group": "threshold met",
          "params": {
            "level": "info",
            "message": "Rule {{rule.name}} is active for group {{context.group}}:\n\n- Value: {{context.value}}\n- Conditions Met: {{context.conditions}} over {{rule.params.timeWindowSize}}{{rule.params.timeWindowUnit}}\n- Timestamp: {{context.date}}",
            "connector_type_id": ".server-log"
          },
          "frequency": {
            "summary": false,
            "throttle": null,
            "notify_when": "onActionGroupChange"
          }
        }
      ],
      "enabled": true,
      "consumer": "alerts",
      "last_run": {
        "outcome": "succeeded",
        "warning": null,
        "outcome_msg": null,
        "alerts_count": {
          "new": 0,
          "active": 0,
          "ignored": 0,
          "recovered": 0
        }
      },
      "mute_all": false,
      "next_run": "2022-12-06T01:45:23.912Z",
      "revision": 1,
      "schedule": {
        "interval": "1m"
      },
      "throttle": null,
      "created_at": "2022-12-05T23:40:33.132Z",
      "created_by": "elastic",
      "updated_at": "2022-12-05T23:40:33.132Z",
      "updated_by": "elastic",
      "rule_type_id": ".index-threshold",
      "api_key_owner": "elastic",
      "muted_alert_ids": [],
      "execution_status": {
        "status": "ok",
        "last_duration": 48,
        "last_execution_date": "2022-12-06T01:44:23.983Z"
      },
      "scheduled_task_id": "3583a470-74f6-11ed-9801-35303b735aef",
      "api_key_created_by_user": false
    }
  ],
  "page": 1,
  "total": 1,
  "per_page": 10
}
A response that contains information about a security rule that has conditional actions. 
{
  "data": [
    {
      "id": "6107a8f0-f401-11ed-9f8e-399c75a2deeb",
      "name": "security_rule",
      "tags": [],
      "params": {
        "to": "now",
        "from": "now-3660s",
        "meta": {
          "from": "1h",
          "kibana_siem_app_url": "https://localhost:5601/app/security"
        },
        "type": "threshold",
        "index": [
          "kibana_sample_data_logs"
        ],
        "query": "*",
        "author": [],
        "ruleId": "an_internal_rule_id",
        "threat": [],
        "filters": [],
        "license": "",
        "version": 1,
        "language": "kuery",
        "severity": "low",
        "immutable": false,
        "riskScore": 21,
        "threshold": {
          "field": [
            "bytes"
          ],
          "value": 1,
          "cardinality": []
        },
        "maxSignals": 100,
        "references": [],
        "description": "A security threshold rule.",
        "outputIndex": "",
        "exceptionsList": [],
        "falsePositives": [],
        "severityMapping": [],
        "riskScoreMapping": []
      },
      "actions": [
        {
          "id": "49eae970-f401-11ed-9f8e-399c75a2deeb",
          "uuid": "1c7a1280-f28c-4e06-96b2-e4e5f05d1d61",
          "group": "default",
          "params": {
            "documents": [
              {
                "rule_id": {
                  "[object Object]": null
                },
                "alert_id": {
                  "[object Object]": null
                },
                "rule_name": {
                  "[object Object]": null
                },
                "context_message": {
                  "[object Object]": null
                }
              }
            ]
          },
          "frequency": {
            "summary": true,
            "throttle": null,
            "notify_when": "onActiveAlert"
          },
          "alerts_filter": {
            "query": {
              "kql": "",
              "filters": [
                {
                  "meta": {
                    "key": "client.geo.region_iso_code",
                    "alias": null,
                    "field": "client.geo.region_iso_code",
                    "index": "c4bdca79-e69e-4d80-82a1-e5192c621bea",
                    "negate": false,
                    "params": {
                      "type": "phrase",
                      "query": "CA-QC"
                    },
                    "disabled": false
                  },
                  "query": {
                    "match_phrase": {
                      "client.geo.region_iso_code": "CA-QC"
                    }
                  },
                  "$state": {
                    "store": "appState"
                  }
                }
              ]
            },
            "timeframe": {
              "days": [
                7
              ],
              "hours": {
                "end": "17:00",
                "start": "08:00"
              },
              "timezone": "UTC"
            }
          },
          "connector_type_id": ".index"
        }
      ],
      "enabled": true,
      "running": false,
      "consumer": "siem",
      "last_run": {
        "outcome": "succeeded",
        "warning": null,
        "outcome_msg": [
          "Rule execution completed successfully"
        ],
        "alerts_count": {
          "new": 0,
          "active": 0,
          "ignored": 0,
          "recovered": 0
        },
        "outcome_order": 0
      },
      "mute_all": false,
      "next_run": "2023-05-16T20:27:49.507Z",
      "revision": 1,
      "schedule": {
        "interval": "1m"
      },
      "throttle": null,
      "created_at": "2023-05-16T15:50:28.358Z",
      "created_by": "elastic",
      "updated_at": "2023-05-16T20:25:42.559Z",
      "updated_by": "elastic",
      "notify_when": null,
      "rule_type_id": "siem.thresholdRule",
      "api_key_owner": "elastic",
      "muted_alert_ids": [],
      "execution_status": {
        "status": "ok",
        "last_duration": 166,
        "last_execution_date": "2023-05-16T20:26:49.590Z"
      },
      "scheduled_task_id": "6107a8f0-f401-11ed-9f8e-399c75a2deeb",
      "api_key_created_by_user": false
    }
  ],
  "page": 1,
  "total": 1,
  "per_page": 10
}

Lookup single agent configuration

POST /api/apm/settings/agent-configuration/search
Api key auth Basic auth

This endpoint enables you to search for a single agent configuration and update the 'applied_by_agent' field.

Headers

  • elastic-api-version string Required

    The version of the API to use

    Value is 2023-10-31. Default value is 2023-10-31.

  • kbn-xsrf string Required

    A required header to protect against CSRF attacks

application/json

Body Required

  • etag string

    If etags match then applied_by_agent field will be set to true

  • mark_as_applied_by_agent boolean

    markAsAppliedByAgent=true means "force setting it to true regardless of etag". This is needed for Jaeger agent that doesn't have etags

  • service object Required

    Service

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Responses

  • 200 application/json

    Successful response

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    • _id string

      Identifier

    • _index string

      Index

    • _score number

      Score

    • _source object

      Agent configuration

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      • @timestamp number Required

        Timestamp

      • agent_name string

        Agent name

      • applied_by_agent boolean

        Applied by agent

      • etag string Required

        etag is sent by the APM agent to indicate the etag of the last successfully applied configuration. If the etag matches an existing configuration its applied_by_agent property will be set to true. Every time a configuration is edited applied_by_agent is reset to false.

      • service object Required

        Service

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      • settings object Required

        Agent configuration settings

        Hide settings attribute Show settings attribute object
        • * string Additional properties
  • 400 application/json

    Bad Request response

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  • 401 application/json

    Unauthorized response

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  • 404 application/json

    Not found response

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POST /api/apm/settings/agent-configuration/search 
curl \
 --request POST 'https://localhost:5601/api/apm/settings/agent-configuration/search' \
 --header "Authorization: $API_KEY" \
 --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
 --header "elastic-api-version: 2023-10-31" \
 --header "kbn-xsrf: true" \
 --data '"{\n    \"etag\": \"1e58c178efeebae15c25c539da740d21dee422fc\",\n    \"service\" : {\n        \"name\": \"frontend\",\n        \"environment\": \"production\"\n    }\n}\n"'
Request example
Run `POST /api/apm/settings/agent-configuration/search` to search configuration details. 
{
    "etag": "1e58c178efeebae15c25c539da740d21dee422fc",
    "service" : {
        "name": "frontend",
        "environment": "production"
    }
}
Response examples (200)
An example of a successful response from `POST /api/apm/settings/agent-configuration/search`. 
{
  "_index": ".apm-agent-configuration",
  "_id": "CIaqXXABmQCdPphWj8EJ",
  "_score": 2,
  "_source": {
    "agent_name": "nodejs",
    "service": {
      "name": "frontend"
    },
    "settings": {
      "transaction_sample_rate": "1",
    },
    "@timestamp": 1582031336265,
    "applied_by_agent": false,
    "etag": "5080ed25785b7b19f32713681e79f46996801a5b"
  }
}
Response examples (400) 
{
  "error": "Not Found",
  "message": "Not Found",
  "statusCode": 400
}
Response examples (401) 
{
  "error": "Unauthorized",
  "message": "string",
  "statusCode": 401
}
Response examples (404) 
{
  "error": "Not Found",
  "message": "Not Found",
  "statusCode": 404
}

APM agent keys

Configure APM agent keys to authorize requests from APM agents to the APM Server.

Delete cases

DELETE /api/cases
Api key auth Basic auth

You must have read or all privileges and the delete sub-feature privilege for the Cases feature in the Management, Observability, or Security section of the Kibana feature privileges, depending on the owner of the cases you're deleting.

Headers

  • kbn-xsrf string Required

    Cross-site request forgery protection

Query parameters

  • ids array[string] Required

    The cases that you want to removed. All non-ASCII characters must be URL encoded.

Responses

  • 204

    Indicates a successful call.

  • 401 application/json

    Authorization information is missing or invalid.

    Hide response attributes Show response attributes object
DELETE /api/cases 
curl \
 --request DELETE 'https://localhost:5601/api/cases?ids=d4e7abb0-b462-11ec-9a8d-698504725a43' \
 --header "Authorization: $API_KEY" \
 --header "kbn-xsrf: string"
Response examples (401) 
{
  "error": "Unauthorized",
  "message": "string",
  "statusCode": 401
}

Get case information

GET /api/cases/{caseId}
Api key auth Basic auth

You must have read privileges for the Cases feature in the Management, Observability, or Security section of the Kibana feature privileges, depending on the owner of the case you're seeking.

Path parameters

  • caseId string Required

    The identifier for the case. To retrieve case IDs, use the find cases API. All non-ASCII characters must be URL encoded.

Responses

  • 200 application/json

    Indicates a successful call.

    Hide response attributes Show response attributes object
    • assignees array[object] | null

      An array containing users that are assigned to the case.

      Not more than 10 elements.

      Hide assignees attribute Show assignees attribute object
      • uid string Required

        A unique identifier for the user profile. These identifiers can be found by using the suggest user profile API.

    • category string | null

      The case category.

    • closed_at string(date-time) | null Required
    • closed_by object | null Required
      Hide closed_by attributes Show closed_by attributes object | null
    • comments array[object] Required

      An array of comment objects for the case.

      Not more than 10000 elements.

      One of:
      Cases_alert_comment_response_properties object Cases_user_comment_response_properties object
      Hide attributes Show attributes

    • connector object Required

      One of:
      Cases_connector_properties_none object Cases_connector_properties_cases_webhook object Cases_connector_properties_jira object Cases_connector_properties_resilient object Cases_connector_properties_servicenow object Cases_connector_properties_servicenow_sir object Cases_connector_properties_swimlane object

      Defines properties for connectors when type is .none.

      Hide attributes Show attributes
      • fields string | null Required

        An object containing the connector fields. To create a case without a connector, specify null. To update a case to remove the connector, specify null.

      • id string Required

        The identifier for the connector. To create a case without a connector, use none. To update a case to remove the connector, specify none.

      • name string Required

        The name of the connector. To create a case without a connector, use none. To update a case to remove the connector, specify none.

      • type string Required Discriminator

        The type of connector. To create a case without a connector, use .none. To update a case to remove the connector, specify .none.

        Value is .none.

    • created_at string(date-time) Required
    • created_by object Required
      Hide created_by attributes Show created_by attributes object
    • customFields array[object]

      Custom field values for the case.

      Hide customFields attributes Show customFields attributes object
      • key string

        The unique identifier for the custom field. The key value must exist in the case configuration settings.

      • type string

        The custom field type. It must match the type specified in the case configuration settings.

        Values are text or toggle.

      • value string | null | boolean

        The custom field value. If the custom field is required, it cannot be explicitly set to null. However, for cases that existed when the required custom field was added, the default value stored in Elasticsearch is undefined. The value returned in the API and user interface in this case is null.

        One of:
        string-1 string | null boolean-2 boolean

        Minimum length is 1, maximum length is 160.

    • description string Required
    • duration integer | null Required

      The elapsed time from the creation of the case to its closure (in seconds). If the case has not been closed, the duration is set to null. If the case was closed after less than half a second, the duration is rounded down to zero.

    • external_service object | null Required
      Hide external_service attributes Show external_service attributes object | null
    • id string Required
    • owner string Required

      The application that owns the cases: Stack Management, Observability, or Elastic Security.

      Values are cases, observability, or securitySolution.

    • settings object Required

      An object that contains the case settings.

      Hide settings attribute Show settings attribute object
      • syncAlerts boolean Required

        Turns alert syncing on or off.

    • severity string Required

      The severity of the case.

      Values are critical, high, low, or medium. Default value is low.

    • status string Required

      The status of the case.

      Values are closed, in-progress, or open.

    • tags array[string] Required
    • title string Required
    • totalAlerts integer Required
    • totalComment integer Required
    • updated_at string(date-time) | null Required
    • updated_by object | null Required
      Hide updated_by attributes Show updated_by attributes object | null
    • version string Required
  • 401 application/json

    Authorization information is missing or invalid.

    Hide response attributes Show response attributes object
GET /api/cases/{caseId} 
curl \
 --request GET 'https://localhost:5601/api/cases/9c235210-6834-11ea-a78c-6ffb38a34414' \
 --header "Authorization: $API_KEY"
Response examples (200) 
{
  "id": "31cdada0-02c1-11ed-85f2-4f7c222ca2fa",
  "tags": [
    "tag 1"
  ],
  "owner": "cases",
  "title": "Case title 1",
  "status": "open",
  "version": "WzM2LDFd",
  "category": null,
  "comments": [
    {
      "id": "2134c1d0-02c2-11ed-85f2-4f7c222ca2fa",
      "type": "user",
      "owner": "cases",
      "comment": "A new comment",
      "version": "WzM3LDFd",
      "pushed_at": null,
      "pushed_by": null,
      "created_at": "2023-10-13T15:40:32.335Z",
      "created_by": {
        "email": null,
        "username": "elastic",
        "full_name": null,
        "profile_uid": "u_mGBROF_q5bmFCATbLXAcCwKa0k8JvONAwSruelyKA5E_0"
      },
      "updated_at": null,
      "updated_by": null
    }
  ],
  "duration": null,
  "settings": {
    "syncAlerts": true
  },
  "severity": "low",
  "assignees": [
    {
      "uid": "u_mGBROF_q5bmFCATbLXAcCwKa0k8JvONAwSruelyKA5E_0"
    }
  ],
  "closed_at": null,
  "closed_by": null,
  "connector": {
    "id": "none",
    "name": "none",
    "type": ".none",
    "fields": null
  },
  "created_at": "2023-10-13T15:33:50.604Z",
  "created_by": {
    "email": null,
    "username": "elastic",
    "full_name": null,
    "profile_uid": "u_mGBROF_q5bmFCATbLXAcCwKa0k8JvONAwSruelyKA5E_0"
  },
  "updated_at": "2023-10-13T15:40:32.335Z",
  "updated_by": {
    "email": null,
    "username": "elastic",
    "full_name": null,
    "profile_uid": "u_mGBROF_q5bmFCATbLXAcCwKa0k8JvONAwSruelyKA5E_0"
  },
  "description": "A case description",
  "totalAlerts": 0,
  "customFields": [
    {
      "key": "d312efda-ec2b-42ec-9e2c-84981795c581",
      "type": "text",
      "value": "My field value"
    },
    {
      "key": "fcc6840d-eb14-42df-8aaf-232201a705ec",
      "type": "toggle",
      "value": null
    }
  ],
  "totalComment": 1,
  "external_service": null
}
{
  "id": "c3ff7550-def1-4e90-b6bc-c9969a4a09b1",
  "tags": [
    "observability",
    "tag 1"
  ],
  "owner": "observability",
  "title": "Observability case title 1",
  "status": "in-progress",
  "version": "WzI0NywyXQ==",
  "category": null,
  "comments": [
    {
      "id": "59d438d0-79a9-4864-8d4b-e63adacebf6e",
      "rule": {
        "id": "03e4eb87-62ca-4e5d-9570-3d7625e9669d",
        "name": "Observability rule"
      },
      "type": "alert",
      "index": [
        ".internal.alerts-observability.logs.alerts-default-000001"
      ],
      "owner": "observability",
      "alertId": [
        "a6e12ac4-7bce-457b-84f6-d7ce8deb8446"
      ],
      "version": "WzY3LDJd",
      "pushed_at": null,
      "pushed_by": null,
      "created_at": "2023-11-06T19:29:38.424Z",
      "created_by": {
        "email": null,
        "username": "elastic",
        "full_name": null,
        "profile_uid": "u_mGBROF_q5bmFCATbLXAcCwKa0k8JvONAwSruelyKA5E_0"
      },
      "updated_at": null,
      "updated_by": null
    },
    {
      "id": "d99342d3-3aa3-4b80-90ec-a702607604f5",
      "type": "user",
      "owner": "observability",
      "comment": "The first comment.",
      "version": "WzcyLDJd",
      "pushed_at": null,
      "pushed_by": null,
      "created_at": "2023-11-06T19:29:57.812Z",
      "created_by": {
        "email": null,
        "username": "elastic",
        "full_name": null,
        "profile_uid": "u_mGBROF_q5bmFCATbLXAcCwKa0k8JvONAwSruelyKA5E_0"
      },
      "updated_at": null,
      "updated_by": null
    }
  ],
  "duration": null,
  "settings": {
    "syncAlerts": false
  },
  "severity": "low",
  "assignees": [
    {
      "uid": "u_0wpfV1MqYDaXzLtRVY-gLMrddKDEmfz51Fszhj7hWC8_0"
    }
  ],
  "closed_at": null,
  "closed_by": null,
  "connector": {
    "id": "none",
    "name": "none",
    "type": ".none",
    "fields": null
  },
  "created_at": "2023-11-06T19:29:04.086Z",
  "created_by": {
    "email": null,
    "username": "elastic",
    "full_name": null
  },
  "updated_at": "2023-11-06T19:47:55.662Z",
  "updated_by": {
    "email": null,
    "username": "elastic",
    "full_name": null,
    "profile_uid": "u_mGBROF_q5bmFCATbLXAcCwKa0k8JvONAwSruelyKA5E_0"
  },
  "description": "An Observability case description.",
  "totalAlerts": 1,
  "customFields": [],
  "totalComment": 1,
  "external_service": null
}
Response examples (401) 
{
  "error": "Unauthorized",
  "message": "string",
  "statusCode": 401
}

Attach a file to a case

POST /api/cases/{caseId}/files
Api key auth Basic auth

Attach a file to a case. You must have all privileges for the Cases feature in the Management, Observability, or Security section of the Kibana feature privileges, depending on the owner of the case you're updating. The request must include:

  • The Content-Type: multipart/form-data HTTP header.
  • The location of the file that is being uploaded.

Headers

  • kbn-xsrf string Required

    Cross-site request forgery protection

Path parameters

  • caseId string Required

    The identifier for the case. To retrieve case IDs, use the find cases API. All non-ASCII characters must be URL encoded.

multipart/form-data

Body Required

  • file string(binary) Required

    The file being attached to the case.

  • filename string

    The desired name of the file being attached to the case, it can be different than the name of the file in the filesystem. This should not include the file extension.

Responses

  • 200 application/json

    Indicates a successful call.

    Hide response attributes Show response attributes object
    • assignees array[object] | null

      An array containing users that are assigned to the case.

      Not more than 10 elements.

      Hide assignees attribute Show assignees attribute object
      • uid string Required

        A unique identifier for the user profile. These identifiers can be found by using the suggest user profile API.

    • category string | null

      The case category.

    • closed_at string(date-time) | null Required
    • closed_by object | null Required
      Hide closed_by attributes Show closed_by attributes object | null
    • comments array[object] Required

      An array of comment objects for the case.

      Not more than 10000 elements.

      One of:
      Cases_alert_comment_response_properties object Cases_user_comment_response_properties object
      Hide attributes Show attributes

    • connector object Required

      One of:
      Cases_connector_properties_none object Cases_connector_properties_cases_webhook object Cases_connector_properties_jira object Cases_connector_properties_resilient object Cases_connector_properties_servicenow object Cases_connector_properties_servicenow_sir object Cases_connector_properties_swimlane object

      Defines properties for connectors when type is .none.

      Hide attributes Show attributes
      • fields string | null Required

        An object containing the connector fields. To create a case without a connector, specify null. To update a case to remove the connector, specify null.

      • id string Required

        The identifier for the connector. To create a case without a connector, use none. To update a case to remove the connector, specify none.

      • name string Required

        The name of the connector. To create a case without a connector, use none. To update a case to remove the connector, specify none.

      • type string Required Discriminator

        The type of connector. To create a case without a connector, use .none. To update a case to remove the connector, specify .none.

        Value is .none.

    • created_at string(date-time) Required
    • created_by object Required
      Hide created_by attributes Show created_by attributes object
    • customFields array[object]

      Custom field values for the case.

      Hide customFields attributes Show customFields attributes object
      • key string

        The unique identifier for the custom field. The key value must exist in the case configuration settings.

      • type string

        The custom field type. It must match the type specified in the case configuration settings.

        Values are text or toggle.

      • value string | null | boolean

        The custom field value. If the custom field is required, it cannot be explicitly set to null. However, for cases that existed when the required custom field was added, the default value stored in Elasticsearch is undefined. The value returned in the API and user interface in this case is null.

        One of:
        string-1 string | null boolean-2 boolean

        Minimum length is 1, maximum length is 160.

    • description string Required
    • duration integer | null Required

      The elapsed time from the creation of the case to its closure (in seconds). If the case has not been closed, the duration is set to null. If the case was closed after less than half a second, the duration is rounded down to zero.

    • external_service object | null Required
      Hide external_service attributes Show external_service attributes object | null
    • id string Required
    • owner string Required

      The application that owns the cases: Stack Management, Observability, or Elastic Security.

      Values are cases, observability, or securitySolution.

    • settings object Required

      An object that contains the case settings.

      Hide settings attribute Show settings attribute object
      • syncAlerts boolean Required

        Turns alert syncing on or off.

    • severity string Required

      The severity of the case.

      Values are critical, high, low, or medium. Default value is low.

    • status string Required

      The status of the case.

      Values are closed, in-progress, or open.

    • tags array[string] Required
    • title string Required
    • totalAlerts integer Required
    • totalComment integer Required
    • updated_at string(date-time) | null Required
    • updated_by object | null Required
      Hide updated_by attributes Show updated_by attributes object | null
    • version string Required
  • 401 application/json

    Authorization information is missing or invalid.

    Hide response attributes Show response attributes object
POST /api/cases/{caseId}/files 
curl \
 --request POST 'https://localhost:5601/api/cases/9c235210-6834-11ea-a78c-6ffb38a34414/files' \
 --header "Authorization: $API_KEY" \
 --header "Content-Type: multipart/form-data" \
 --header "kbn-xsrf: string" \
 --form "file=@file" \
 --form "filename=string"
Response examples (200) 
{
  "id": "293f1bc0-74f6-11ea-b83a-553aecdb28b6",
  "tags": [
    "tag 1"
  ],
  "owner": "cases",
  "title": "Case title 1",
  "status": "open",
  "version": "WzIzMzgsMV0=",
  "category": null,
  "comments": [
    {
      "id": "8af6ac20-74f6-11ea-b83a-553aecdb28b6",
      "type": "user",
      "owner": "cases",
      "comment": "A new comment.",
      "version": "WzIwNDMxLDFd",
      "created_at": "2022-10-02T00:49:47.716Z",
      "created_by": {
        "email": null,
        "username": "elastic",
        "full_name": null
      }
    }
  ],
  "duration": null,
  "settings": {
    "syncAlerts": false
  },
  "severity": "low",
  "assignees": [],
  "closed_at": null,
  "closed_by": null,
  "connector": {
    "id": "none",
    "name": "none",
    "type": ".none",
    "fields": null
  },
  "created_at": "2022-03-24T00:37:03.906Z",
  "created_by": {
    "email": null,
    "username": "elastic",
    "full_name": null,
    "profile_uid": "u_mGBROF_q5bmFCATbLXAcCwKa0k8JvONAwSruelyKA5E_0"
  },
  "updated_at": "2022-06-03T00:49:47.716Z",
  "updated_by": {
    "email": null,
    "username": "elastic",
    "full_name": null,
    "profile_uid": "u_mGBROF_q5bmFCATbLXAcCwKa0k8JvONAwSruelyKA5E_0"
  },
  "description": "A case description.",
  "totalAlerts": 0,
  "customFields": [
    {
      "key": "d312efda-ec2b-42ec-9e2c-84981795c581",
      "type": "text",
      "value": "Field value"
    },
    {
      "key": "fcc6840d-eb14-42df-8aaf-232201a705ec",
      "type": "toggle",
      "value": true
    }
  ],
  "totalComment": 1,
  "external_service": null
}
Response examples (401) 
{
  "error": "Unauthorized",
  "message": "string",
  "statusCode": 401
}

Find case activity

GET /api/cases/{caseId}/user_actions/_find
Api key auth Basic auth

Retrives a paginated list of user activity for a case. You must have read privileges for the Cases feature in the Management, Observability, or Security section of the Kibana feature privileges, depending on the owner of the case you're seeking.

Path parameters

  • caseId string Required

    The identifier for the case. To retrieve case IDs, use the find cases API. All non-ASCII characters must be URL encoded.

Query parameters

  • page integer

    The page number to return.

    Default value is 1.

  • perPage integer

    The number of items to return. Limited to 100 items.

    Maximum value is 100. Default value is 20.

  • sortOrder string

    Determines the sort order.

    Values are asc or desc. Default value is desc.

  • types array[string]

    Determines the types of user actions to return.

    Values are action, alert, assignees, attachment, comment, connector, create_case, description, pushed, settings, severity, status, tags, title, or user.

Responses

  • 200 application/json

    Indicates a successful call.

    Hide response attributes Show response attributes object
    • page integer
    • perPage integer
    • total integer
    • userActions array[object]

      Not more than 10000 elements.

      Hide userActions attributes Show userActions attributes object
      • action string Required

        Values are add, create, delete, push_to_service, or update.

      • comment_id string | null Required
      • created_at string(date-time) Required
      • created_by object Required
        Hide created_by attributes Show created_by attributes object
      • id string Required
      • owner string Required

        The application that owns the cases: Stack Management, Observability, or Elastic Security.

        Values are cases, observability, or securitySolution.

      • payload object | null Required

        One of:
        Cases_payload_alert_comment object Cases_payload_assignees object Cases_payload_connector object Cases_payload_create_case object Cases_payload_delete object | null Cases_payload_description object Cases_payload_pushed object Cases_payload_settings object Cases_payload_severity object Cases_payload_status object Cases_payload_tags object Cases_payload_title object Cases_payload_user_comment object
        Hide attribute Show attribute
      • type string Required

        The type of action.

        Values are assignees, create_case, comment, connector, description, pushed, tags, title, status, settings, or severity.

      • version string Required
  • 401 application/json

    Authorization information is missing or invalid.

    Hide response attributes Show response attributes object
GET /api/cases/{caseId}/user_actions/_find 
curl \
 --request GET 'https://localhost:5601/api/cases/9c235210-6834-11ea-a78c-6ffb38a34414/user_actions/_find' \
 --header "Authorization: $API_KEY"
Response examples (200) 
{
  "page": 1,
  "total": 3,
  "perPage": 20,
  "userActions": [
    {
      "id": "b4cd0770-07c9-11ed-a5fd-47154cb8767e",
      "type": "create_case",
      "owner": "cases",
      "action": "create",
      "payload": {
        "tags": [
          "tag 1"
        ],
        "owner": "cases",
        "title": "Case title 1",
        "status": "open",
        "category": null,
        "settings": {
          "syncAlerts": false
        },
        "severity": "low",
        "assignees": [],
        "connector": {
          "id": "none",
          "name": "none",
          "type": ".none",
          "fields": null
        },
        "description": "A case description.",
        "customFields": [
          {
            "key": "d312efda-ec2b-42ec-9e2c-84981795c581",
            "type": "text",
            "value": "My field value"
          },
          {
            "key": "fcc6840d-eb14-42df-8aaf-232201a705ec",
            "type": "toggle",
            "value": null
          }
        ]
      },
      "version": "WzM1ODg4LDFd",
      "comment_id": null,
      "created_at": "2023-10-20T01:17:22.150Z",
      "created_by": {
        "email": null,
        "username": "elastic",
        "full_name": null,
        "profile_uid": "u_mGBROF_q5bmFCATbLXAcCwKa0k8JvONAwSruelyKA5E_0"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "57af14a0-03b1-11ed-920c-974bfa104448",
      "type": "comment",
      "owner": "cases",
      "action": "create",
      "payload": {
        "type": "user",
        "owner": "cases",
        "comment": "A new comment"
      },
      "version": "WzM1ODg4LDFa",
      "comment_id": "578608d0-03b1-11ed-920c-974bfa104448",
      "created_at": "2023-10-14T20:12:53.354Z",
      "created_by": {
        "email": null,
        "username": "elastic",
        "full_name": null,
        "profile_uid": "u_mGBROF_q5bmFCATbLXAcCwKa0k8JvONAwSruelyKA5E_0"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "573c6980-6123-11ed-aa41-81a0a61fe447",
      "type": "assignees",
      "owner": "cases",
      "action": "add",
      "payload": {
        "assignees": {
          "uid": "u_mGBROF_q5bmFCATbLXAcCwKa0k8JvONAwSruelyKA5E_0"
        }
      },
      "version": "WzM1ODg4LDFb",
      "comment_id": null,
      "created_at": "2023-10-20T01:10:28.238Z",
      "created_by": {
        "email": null,
        "username": "elastic",
        "full_name": null,
        "profile_uid": "u_mGBROF_q5bmFCATbLXAcCwKa0k8JvONAwSruelyKA5E_0"
      }
    }
  ]
}
Response examples (401) 
{
  "error": "Unauthorized",
  "message": "string",
  "statusCode": 401
}

Get case connectors

GET /api/cases/configure/connectors/_find
Api key auth Basic auth

Get information about connectors that are supported for use in cases. You must have read privileges for the Actions and Connectors feature in the Management section of the Kibana feature privileges.

Responses

GET /api/cases/configure/connectors/_find 
curl \
 --request GET 'https://localhost:5601/api/cases/configure/connectors/_find' \
 --header "Authorization: $API_KEY"
Response examples (200) 
[
  {
    "id": "61787f53-4eee-4741-8df6-8fe84fa616f7",
    "name": "my-Jira",
    "config": {
      "apiUrl": "https://elastic.atlassian.net/",
      "projectKey": "ES"
    },
    "actionTypeId": ".jira",
    "isDeprecated": false,
    "isPreconfigured": false,
    "isMissingSecrets": false,
    "referencedByCount": 0
  }
]
Response examples (401) 
{
  "error": "Unauthorized",
  "message": "string",
  "statusCode": 401
}

Update a connector

PUT /api/actions/connector/{id}
Api key auth Basic auth

Headers

  • kbn-xsrf string Required

    A required header to protect against CSRF attacks

Path parameters

  • id string Required

    An identifier for the connector.

application/json

Body

  • name string Required

    The display name for the connector.

  • config object

    The connector configuration details.

    One of:
    bedrock_config object crowdstrike_config object d3security_config object email_config object gemini_config object resilient_config object index_config object jira_config object genai_azure_config object genai_openai_config object opsgenie_config object pagerduty_config object sentinelone_config object servicenow_config object servicenow_itom_config object slack_api_config object swimlane_config object thehive_config object tines_config object torq_config object webhook_config object cases_webhook_config object xmatters_config object

    Defines properties for connectors when type is .bedrock.

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    • apiUrl string Required

      The Amazon Bedrock request URL.

    • defaultModel string

      The generative artificial intelligence model for Amazon Bedrock to use. Current support is for the Anthropic Claude models.

      Default value is anthropic.claude-3-5-sonnet-20240620-v1:0.

  • secrets object

    One of:
    bedrock_secrets object crowdstrike_secrets object d3security_secrets object email_secrets object gemini_secrets object resilient_secrets object jira_secrets object teams_secrets object genai_secrets object opsgenie_secrets object pagerduty_secrets object sentinelone_secrets object servicenow_secrets object slack_api_secrets object swimlane_secrets object thehive_secrets object tines_secrets object torq_secrets object webhook_secrets object cases_webhook_secrets object xmatters_secrets object

    Defines secrets for connectors when type is .bedrock.

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    • accessKey string Required

      The AWS access key for authentication.

    • secret string Required

      The AWS secret for authentication.

Responses

  • 200 application/json

    Indicates a successful call.

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    • config object

      Additional properties are allowed.

    • connector_type_id string Required

      The connector type identifier.

    • id string Required

      The identifier for the connector.

    • is_deprecated boolean Required

      Indicates whether the connector is deprecated.

    • is_missing_secrets boolean

      Indicates whether the connector is missing secrets.

    • is_preconfigured boolean Required

      Indicates whether the connector is preconfigured. If true, the config and is_missing_secrets properties are omitted from the response.

    • is_system_action boolean Required

      Indicates whether the connector is used for system actions.

    • name string Required

      The name of the rule.
PUT /api/actions/connector/{id} 
curl \
 --request PUT 'https://localhost:5601/api/actions/connector/{id}' \
 --header "Authorization: $API_KEY" \
 --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
 --header "kbn-xsrf: true" \
 --data '{"name":"updated-connector","config":{"index":"updated-index"}}'
Request example 
{
  "name": "updated-connector",
  "config": {
    "index": "updated-index"
  }
}
Response examples (200) 
{
  "config": {},
  "connector_type_id": "string",
  "id": "string",
  "is_deprecated": true,
  "is_missing_secrets": true,
  "is_preconfigured": true,
  "is_system_action": true,
  "name": "string"
}

Data views

Data view APIs enable you to manage data views, formerly known as Kibana index patterns.