---
type: api
title: Create security deployment
description: Creates a new security deployment configuration.
url: https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/4493/api/doc/cloud-enterprise/operation/operation-create-security-deployment
resource: https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/4493/api/doc/cloud-enterprise/operation/operation-create-security-deployment
products:
  - Elastic Cloud Enterprise
---

# Create security deployment

## Paths

- `POST` `/platform/configuration/security/deployment`

## Description

Creates a new security deployment configuration.

## Authentication

- Basic: `Authorization: Basic <credentials>`
- Api key: `Authorization: <value>`

## Request body

The deployment request

`application/json`

- `name` (string) — optional
  The name of the security deployment cluster
- `version` (string) — optional
  The version of the Elasticsearch cluster
- `topology` (object) — optional
  The cluster topology for the Elasticsearch security deployment.
  - `size` (object) — optional
    Measured by the amount of a resource. The final cluster size is calculated using multipliers from the topology instance configuration.
    - `value` (integer · format: int32) — required
      Amount of resource
    - `resource` (enum) — required
      Type of resource. In ESS the resource used should always be `memory`.
      Values: `memory`, `storage`
  - `zone_count` (integer · format: int32) — optional
    The number of zones in which data nodes will be placed

## Responses

#### `201`

The security deployment was successfully created

`application/json`

- `id` (string)
  The ID
##### Response headers

- `x-cloud-resource-version` (string)
  The resource version, which is used to avoid update conflicts with concurrent operations
- `x-cloud-resource-created` (string)
  The date-time when the resource was created (ISO format relative to UTC)
- `x-cloud-resource-last-modified` (string)
  The date-time when the resource was last modified (ISO format relative to UTC)

#### `409`

* There is a version conflict. (code: `security_deployment.version_conflict`)
* There is a version conflict. (code: `security_deployment.already_exists`)

`application/json`

- `errors` (object[])
  A list of errors that occurred in the failing request
  - `code` (string)
    A structured code representing the error type that occurred
  - `message` (string)
    A human readable message describing the error that occurred
  - `fields` (string[])
    If the error can be tied to a specific field or fields in the user request, this lists those fields
##### Response headers

- `x-cloud-error-codes` (enum)
  The error codes associated with the response

## Code examples

#### curl

```curl
curl -X POST "${API_URL}/platform/configuration/security/deployment" \
  -u "${USERNAME}:${PASSWORD}" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{}'
```