Run a policy
- PUT /_slm/policy/{policy_id}/_execute
Immediately create a snapshot according to the snapshot lifecycle policy without waiting for the scheduled time. The snapshot policy is normally applied according to its schedule, but you might want to manually run a policy before performing an upgrade or other maintenance.
- Cluster privileges:
manage_slm
Path Parameters
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policy_idstring Namerequired -
The id of the snapshot lifecycle policy to be executed
Query Parameters
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master_timeoutstring Duration · default: 30s The period 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.
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timeoutstring Duration · default: 30s The period to wait for a response. If no response is received before the timeout expires, the request fails and returns an error.
Response
application/json
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snapshot_namestring Namerequired