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WARNING: Version 5.4 of the Elastic Stack has passed its EOL date.

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Start API

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Start API

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The start API starts the Watcher service if the service is not already running, as in the following example:

POST _xpack/watcher/_start
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Watcher returns the following response if the request is successful:

{
   "acknowledged": true
}
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