Start Snapshot Lifecycle Management

Automatic snapshot lifecycle management is currently disabled. New backup snapshots will not be created automatically.

In order to start the snapshot lifecycle management service, follow these steps:

Elasticsearch Service

In order to start snapshot lifecycle management we need to go to Kibana and execute the start command.

Use Kibana

1. Log in to the Elastic Cloud console.
2. On the Elasticsearch Service panel, click the name of your deployment.

Note

If the name of your deployment is disabled your Kibana instances might be unhealthy, in which case please contact Elastic Support. If your deployment doesn’t include Kibana, all you need to do is enable it first.
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3. Open your deployment’s side navigation menu (placed under the Elastic logo in the upper left corner) and go to Dev Tools > Console.

4. Start snapshot lifecycle management:

   			    POST _slm/start
   			
   		

   The response will look like this:

   			{
     "acknowledged": true
   }
   
   		

5. Verify snapshot lifecycle management is now running:

   			    GET _slm/status
   			
   		

   The response will look like this:

   			{
     "operation_mode": "RUNNING"
   }
   
   		

Self-managed

Start snapshot lifecycle management:

			POST _slm/start
			
		

The response will look like this:

			{
  "acknowledged": true
}

		

Verify the snapshot lifecycle management is now running:

			GET _slm/status
			
		

The response will look like this:

			{
  "operation_mode": "RUNNING"
}