Elastic Stack

Elastic Stack (ELK Stack) Alerting API

Alerting enables you to define rules, which detect complex conditions within your data. When a condition is met, the rule tracks it as an alert and runs the actions that are defined in the rule. Actions typically involve the use of connectors to interact with Kibana services or third party integrations.

GitHub OpenAPI

Operations 23

GET /api/alerting/_health Get the alerting framework health #
GET /api/alerting/rule_types Get the rule types #
DELETE /api/alerting/rule/{id} Delete a rule #
GET /api/alerting/rule/{id} Get rule details #
POST /api/alerting/rule/{id} Create a rule #
PUT /api/alerting/rule/{id} Update a rule #
POST /api/alerting/rule/{id}/_disable Disable a rule #
POST /api/alerting/rule/{id}/_enable Enable a rule #
POST /api/alerting/rule/{id}/_mute_all Mute all alerts #
POST /api/alerting/rule/{id}/_unmute_all Unmute all alerts #
POST /api/alerting/rule/{id}/_update_api_key Update the API key for a rule #
GET /api/alerting/rule/{id}/query_inspector Get the Elasticsearch query for a rule #
POST /api/alerting/rule/{id}/snooze_schedule Schedule a snooze for the rule #
POST /api/alerting/rule/{rule_id}/alert/{alert_id}/_mute Mute an alert #
POST /api/alerting/rule/{rule_id}/alert/{alert_id}/_snooze Snooze an alert #
POST /api/alerting/rule/{rule_id}/alert/{alert_id}/_unmute Unmute an alert #
POST /api/alerting/rule/{rule_id}/alert/{alert_id}/_unsnooze Unsnooze an alert #
DELETE /api/alerting/rule/{ruleId}/snooze_schedule/{scheduleId} Delete a snooze schedule for a rule #
GET /api/alerting/rules/_find Get information about rules #
POST /api/alerting/rules/backfill/_find Find backfills for rules #
POST /api/alerting/rules/backfill/_schedule Schedule a backfill for rules #
DELETE /api/alerting/rules/backfill/{id} Delete a backfill by ID #
GET /api/alerting/rules/backfill/{id} Get a backfill by ID #

Documentation

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

Specifications

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OpenAPI
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/elk-stack/refs/heads/main/openapi/elk-stack-alerting-api-openapi.yml

Other Resources

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SourceCode
https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch-specification
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SourceCode
https://github.com/elastic/kibana
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ToolCrosswalk
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/elk-stack/refs/heads/main/mcp/elk-stack-tool-crosswalk.yml

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OpenAPI Specification

elk-stack-alerting-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  contact:
    name: Kibana Team
  description: The Kibana REST APIs enable you to manage resources such as connectors, data views, and saved objects.
  title: Kibana Alerting API
  version: ''
  x-doc-license:
    name: Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
    url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
  x-feedbackLink:
    label: Feedback
    url: https://github.com/elastic/docs-content/issues/new?assignees=&labels=feedback%2Ccommunity&projects=&template=api-feedback.yaml&title=%5BFeedback%5D%3A+
servers:
- url: https://{kibana_url}
  variables:
    kibana_url:
      default: localhost:5601
security:
- apiKeyAuth: []
- basicAuth: []
tags:


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