Enable users

  • POST also PUT /_security/user/{username}/_enable

Enable users in the native realm. By default, when you create users, they are enabled.

  • Cluster privileges: manage_security

Path Parameters

username string required

An identifier for the user.

Query Parameters

refresh enum Refresh

If true (the default) then refresh the affected shards to make this operation visible to search, if wait_for then wait for a refresh to make this operation visible to search, if false then do nothing with refreshes.

Values: true false wait_for

Response