Retry policy execution APIedit
Retry executing the policy for an index that is in the ERROR step.
Requestedit
POST <index>/_ilm/retry
Prerequisitesedit
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If the Elasticsearch security features are enabled, you must have the
manage_ilmprivileges on the indices being managed to use this API. For more information, see Security privileges.
Descriptionedit
Sets the policy back to the step where the error occurred and executes the step. Use the ILM Explain API to determine if an index is in the ERROR step.
Path parametersedit
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<index> - (Required, string) Identifier for the indices to retry in comma-separated format.
Query parametersedit
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master_timeout -
(Optional, time units)
Period to wait for a connection to the master node. If no response is received
before the timeout expires, the request fails and returns an error. Defaults to
30s. -
timeout -
(Optional, time units)
Period to wait for a response. If no response is received before the timeout
expires, the request fails and returns an error. Defaults to
30s.
Examplesedit
The following example retries the policy for my-index-000001.
POST my-index-000001/_ilm/retry
If the request succeeds, you receive the following result:
{
"acknowledged": true
}