Pause follower APIedit
Pauses a follower index.
Requestedit
POST /<follower_index>/_ccr/pause_follow
Prerequisitesedit
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If the Elasticsearch security features are enabled, you must have
manage_ccrcluster privileges on the cluster that contains the follower index. For more information, see Security privileges.
Descriptionedit
This API pauses a follower index. When this API returns, the follower index will not fetch any additional operations from the leader index. You can resume following with the resume follower API. Pausing and resuming a follower index can be used to change the configuration of the following task.
Path parametersedit
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<follower_index> - (Required, string) The name of the follower index.
Examplesedit
This example pauses a follower index named follower_index:
POST /follower_index/_ccr/pause_follow
The API returns the following result:
{
"acknowledged" : true
}