Info API

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The info API provides general information on the installed X-Pack. This information includes:

  • Build Information - including the build number and timestamp.
  • License Information - basic information about the currently installed license.
  • Features Information - The features that are currently enabled and available under the current license.

The following example queries the info API:

GET /_xpack

Example response:

{
   "build": {
      "hash": "2798b1a3ce779b3611bb53a0082d4d741e4d3168",
      "timestamp": "2015-04-07T13:34:42Z"
   },
   "license": {
      "uid": "893361dc-9749-4997-93cb-802e3dofh7aa",
      "type": "internal",
      "mode": "platinum",
      "status": "active",
      "expiry_date": "2030-08-29T23:59:59.999Z",
      "expiry_date_in_millis": 1914278399999
   },
   "features": {
      "graph": {
         "description": "Graph Data Exploration for the Elastic Stack",
         "available": true,
         "enabled": true
      },
      "monitoring": {
         "description": "Monitoring for the Elastic Stack",
         "available": true,
         "enabled": true
      },
      "security": {
         "description": "Security for the Elastic Stack",
         "available": true,
         "enabled": true
      },
      "watcher": {
         "description": "Alerting, Notification and Automation for the Elastic Stack",
         "available": true,
         "enabled": true
      }
   },
   "tagline": "You know, for X"
}

You can also control what information is returned using the categories and human parameters.

The following example only returns the build and features information:

GET /_xpack?categories=build,features

The following example removes the descriptions from the response:

GET /_xpack?human=false