Path parameters

  • policystring Required

    Identifier for the policy.

Query parameters

  • master_timeoutstring

    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.

    Values are -1 or 0.

  • timeoutstring

    Period to wait for a response. If no response is received before the timeout expires, the request fails and returns an error.

    Values are -1 or 0.

application/json

Body

Responses

  • 200 application/json
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    • acknowledgedboolean Required

      For a successful response, this value is always true. On failure, an exception is returned instead.

PUT /_ilm/policy/{policy}
curl \
 --request PUT 'http://api.example.com/_ilm/policy/{policy}' \
 --header "Authorization: $API_KEY" \
 --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
 --data '"{\n  \"policy\": {\n    \"_meta\": {\n      \"description\": \"used for nginx log\",\n      \"project\": {\n        \"name\": \"myProject\",\n        \"department\": \"myDepartment\"\n      }\n    },\n    \"phases\": {\n      \"warm\": {\n        \"min_age\": \"10d\",\n        \"actions\": {\n          \"forcemerge\": {\n            \"max_num_segments\": 1\n          }\n        }\n      },\n      \"delete\": {\n        \"min_age\": \"30d\",\n        \"actions\": {\n          \"delete\": {}\n        }\n      }\n    }\n  }\n}"'
Request example
Run `PUT _ilm/policy/my_policy` to create a new policy with arbitrary metadata.
{
  "policy": {
    "_meta": {
      "description": "used for nginx log",
      "project": {
        "name": "myProject",
        "department": "myDepartment"
      }
    },
    "phases": {
      "warm": {
        "min_age": "10d",
        "actions": {
          "forcemerge": {
            "max_num_segments": 1
          }
        }
      },
      "delete": {
        "min_age": "30d",
        "actions": {
          "delete": {}
        }
      }
    }
  }
}
Response examples (200)
A successful response when creating a new lifecycle policy.
{
  "acknowledged": true
}