---
title: stack kb alerting post-alerting-rule-id-enable cli command
description: Enable a rule Behaviour flags: --dry-run — validate all inputs and exit without performing any action 
url: https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/cli/pull/537/cli/stack/kb/alerting/post-alerting-rule-id-enable
---

# stack kb alerting post-alerting-rule-id-enable cli command
<cli-modifiers>
</cli-modifiers>

```bash
elastic stack kb alerting post-alerting-rule-id-enable --id <id> [options]
```

Enable a rule
**Behaviour flags:**
`--dry-run` — validate all inputs and exit without performing any action

## Options

<definitions>
  <definition term="--id string required">
    The identifier for the rule.
  </definition>
  <definition term="--input-file string">
    path to a JSON file to use as command input
  </definition>
  <definition term="--[no-]dry-run">
    validate all inputs and exit without performing any action (preview changes without applying them)
  </definition>
</definitions>


## Global Options

<definitions>
  <definition term="--[no-]json">
    output as JSON
  </definition>
</definitions>