---
title: stack kb alerting-v2 post-alerting-v2-action-policies-id-update-api-key cli command
description: Update an action policy API key Behaviour flags: --dry-run — validate all inputs and exit without performing any action 
url: https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/4384/reference/elastic-cli/cli/stack/kb/alerting-v2/post-alerting-v2-action-policies-id-update-api-key
applies_to:
  - Elastic Cloud Serverless: Preview
  - Elastic Stack: Preview
---

# stack kb alerting-v2 post-alerting-v2-action-policies-id-update-api-key cli command
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</cli-modifiers>

```bash
elastic stack kb alerting-v2 post-alerting-v2-action-policies-id-update-api-key \
  --id <id> \
  [options]
```

Update an action policy API key
**Behaviour flags:**
`--dry-run` — validate all inputs and exit without performing any action

## Options

<definitions>
  <definition term="--id string required">
    The ID of the action policy. Copy it from the response when you create a policy, fetch one policy, or fetch the policy list. Chosen at creation and permanent — it cannot be changed afterwards. Re-using the id of a deleted resource is allowed but discouraged: execution history, change history, and alert episodes recorded under that id are retained and are attributed to the new resource. Ids appear in URLs and logs, so keep them free of sensitive data.
  </definition>
  <definition term="--input-file string">
    path to a JSON file to use as command input
  </definition>
  <definition term="--dry-run">
    validate all inputs and exit without performing any action (preview changes without applying them)
  </definition>
  <definition term="--no-validate">
    skip input validation and send the request as-is
  </definition>
</definitions>


## Global Options

<definitions>
  <definition term="--output-fields string">
    comma-separated list of fields to include in output (dot-notation supported)
  </definition>
  <definition term="--output-template string">
    Mustache-like template for custom text output (e.g. "{{id}}: {{name}}")
  </definition>
  <definition term="--json">
    output as JSON
  </definition>
</definitions>