---
type: api
title: Initialize Universal Profiling setup
description: **Spaces method and path for this operation:**
url: https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/4641/api/doc/kibana/v9/operation/operation-post-profiling-setup-es-resources
resource: https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/4641/api/doc/kibana/v9/operation/operation-post-profiling-setup-es-resources
products:
  - Kibana
---

# Initialize Universal Profiling setup

Authentication: required

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

## Paths

- `POST` `/api/profiling/setup/es_resources`
- `POST` `/s/{space_id}/api/profiling/setup/es_resources`

#### Path parameters

- `space_id` (string) — optional
  An identifier for the space. If `space_id` is not provided in the URL, the default space is used. Refer to [Spaces](https://www.elastic.co/docs/deploy-manage/manage-spaces) for more information.

## Description

Set up Universal Profiling resources and configuration

## Required authorization

- Privileges: `profiling`

## Header parameters

- `kbn-xsrf` (string) — required
  A required header to protect against CSRF attacks

## Responses

#### `202`

Setup was accepted. Enabling resource management in Elasticsearch is asynchronous and may not have completed by the time this response is sent.

#### `403`

The user does not have the privileges required to set up Universal Profiling.

#### `500`

An unexpected error occurred. Setup failed.

## Code examples

#### Console

```console
POST kbn:/api/profiling/setup/es_resources
```

#### curl

```curl
curl -X POST "${KIBANA_URL}/api/profiling/setup/es_resources" \
  -H "kbn-xsrf: true" \
  -H "Authorization: ApiKey ${API_KEY}"
```