Elastic Stack

Elastic Stack (ELK Stack) Ilm API

The ilm API from Elastic Stack (ELK Stack) — 10 operation(s) for ilm.

GitHub OpenAPI

Operations 12

GET /_ilm/policy/{policy} Get lifecycle policies #
PUT /_ilm/policy/{policy} Create or update a lifecycle policy #
DELETE /_ilm/policy/{policy} Delete a lifecycle policy #
GET /{index}/_ilm/explain Explain the lifecycle state #
GET /_ilm/policy Get lifecycle policies #
GET /_ilm/status Get the ILM status #
POST /_ilm/migrate_to_data_tiers Migrate to data tiers routing #
POST /_ilm/move/{index} Move to a lifecycle step #
POST /{index}/_ilm/remove Remove policies from an index #
POST /{index}/_ilm/retry Retry a policy #
POST /_ilm/start Start the ILM plugin #
POST /_ilm/stop Stop the ILM plugin #

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-ilm-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-ilm-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Elasticsearch Request & Response Specification Ilm API
  license:
    name: Apache 2.0
    url: https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch-specification/blob/main/LICENSE
  version: ''
tags:


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