---
type: api
title: Start Entity Store engines
description: Start previously stopped entity engines, resuming data processing for the specified entity types.<br/><br/>[Required authorization] Route required privileges: securitySolution.
url: https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/4371/api/doc/kibana/v0/operation/operation-put-security-entity-store-start
resource: https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/4371/api/doc/kibana/v0/operation/operation-put-security-entity-store-start
products:
  - Kibana
---

# Start Entity Store engines

- Server: `https://{kibana_url}`

## Paths

- `PUT` `/api/security/entity_store/start`

- [Api key auth](/elastic/docs-builder/docs/4371/api/doc/kibana/v0/authentication#apikeyauth)
- [Basic auth](/elastic/docs-builder/docs/4371/api/doc/kibana/v0/authentication#basicauth)

## Description

Start previously stopped entity engines, resuming data processing for the specified entity types.<br/><br/>[Required authorization] Route required privileges: securitySolution.

## Request Body

`application/json`

- `entityTypes` ([] enum  · default: [
  "user",
  "host",
  "service",
  "generic"
]) — optional
  Entity types to start. Defaults to all installed types.
  Values: `user`, `host`, `service`, `generic`

## Response

Indicates a successful response.

## Code Examples

#### Console

```console
PUT kbn://api/security/entity_store/start
{
  "entityTypes": ["user", "host", "service", "generic"]
}
```

#### curl

```curl
curl -X PUT -H "kbn-xsrf: true" -H "Authorization: ApiKey ${API_KEY}" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"entityTypes":["user","host","service","generic"]}' \
  "${KIBANA_URL}/api/security/entity_store/start"
```

## Response Examples

#### Engines started

The specified entity engines were successfully started.

```json
{
  "ok": true
}
```