Elastic

Elastic Slm API

Snapshot lifecycle management (SLM) enables you to automatically take snapshots and control how long they are kept.

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Operations 10

GET /_slm/policy/{policy_id} Get policy information #
PUT /_slm/policy/{policy_id} Create or update a policy #
DELETE /_slm/policy/{policy_id} Delete a policy #
PUT /_slm/policy/{policy_id}/_execute Run a policy #
POST /_slm/_execute_retention Run a retention policy #
GET /_slm/policy Get policy information #
GET /_slm/stats Get snapshot lifecycle management statistics #
GET /_slm/status Get the snapshot lifecycle management status #
POST /_slm/start Start snapshot lifecycle management #
POST /_slm/stop Stop snapshot lifecycle management #

Documentation

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Documentation
https://www.elastic.co/docs/api/doc/elasticsearch
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Documentation
https://www.elastic.co/docs/api/doc/kibana
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Documentation
https://www.elastic.co/docs/api/doc/cloud

Specifications

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OpenAPI
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/elastic/refs/heads/main/openapi/elastic-slm-api-openapi.yml

Schemas & Data

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JSONSchema
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/elastic/refs/heads/main/json-schema/elastic-saved-object-schema.json

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OpenAPI Specification

elastic-slm-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Elasticsearch Slm API
  description: 'Elasticsearch provides REST APIs that are used by the UI components and can be called directly to configure and access Elasticsearch features.

    ## Documentation source and versions

    This documentation is derived from the main branch of the elasticsearch-specification repository. It is provided under license Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International.

    This documentation contains work-in-progress information for future Elastic Stack releases.'
  license:
    name: Apache 2.0
    url: https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch-specification/blob/main/LICENSE
  version: ''
security:
- apiKeyAuth: []
- basicAuth: []
- bearerAuth: []
tags:


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