Move to lifecycle step APIedit
Triggers execution of a specific step in the lifecycle policy.
Requestedit
POST _ilm/move/<index>
Prerequisitesedit
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If the Elasticsearch security features are enabled, you must have the
manage_ilm
privileges on the indices being managed to use this API. For more information, see Security privileges.
Descriptionedit
This operation can result in the loss of data. Manually moving an index into a specific step executes that step even if it has already been performed. This is a potentially destructive action and this should be considered an expert level API.
Manually moves an index into the specified step and executes that step. You must specify both the current step and the step to be executed in the body of the request.
The request will fail if the current step does not match the step currently being executed for the index. This is to prevent the index from being moved from an unexpected step into the next step.
Path parametersedit
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<index>
- (Required, string) Identifier for the index.
Query parametersedit
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master_timeout
-
(Optional, time units) Specifies the period of time to wait for
a connection to the master node. If no response is received before the timeout
expires, the request fails and returns an error. Defaults to
30s
. -
timeout
-
(Optional, time units) Specifies the period of time to wait for
a response. If no response is received before the timeout expires, the request
fails and returns an error. Defaults to
30s
.
Request bodyedit
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current_step
-
(Required, object)
Properties of
current_step
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phase
- (Required, string) The name of the current phase. Must match the phase as returned by the explain API.
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action
- (Required, string) The name of the current action. Must match the action as returned by the explain API.
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name
-
(Required, string)
The name of the current step.
Must match the step as returned by the explain API.
If ILM encounters a problem while performing an action,
it halts execution of the policy and transitions to the
ERROR
step. If you are trying to advance a policy after troubleshooting a failure, you specify thisERROR
step as the current step. For more information, see ILM error handling.
-
-
next_step
-
(Required, object)
Properties of
next_step
-
phase
- (Required, string) The name of the phase that contains the action you want to perform or resume.
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action
- (Required, string) The name action you want to perform or resume.
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name
- (Required, string) The name of the step to move to and execute.
-
Examplesedit
The following example moves my_index
from the initial step to the
forcemerge
step:
POST _ilm/move/my_index { "current_step": { "phase": "new", "action": "complete", "name": "complete" }, "next_step": { "phase": "warm", "action": "forcemerge", "name": "forcemerge" } }
If the request succeeds, you receive the following result:
{ "acknowledged": true }
The request will fail if the index is not in the new
phase as specified
by the current_step
.