Elastic Stack

Elastic Stack (ELK Stack) Reindex API

The reindex API from Elastic Stack (ELK Stack) — 3 operation(s) for reindex.

GitHub OpenAPI

Operations 3

Each operation below carries the questions people ask an LLM about it and the instructions they give an agent to run it. Generated by API Evangelist overlay

POST /_reindex/{task_id}/_cancel Cancel a running reindex task · Cancel an ongoing reindex task #
Ask an LLM
“How do I cancel a reindex that's taking too long?”
“Can I cancel a reindex without waiting for it to fully stop?”
Tell an agent destructive · confirm first
Cancel reindex task {task_id}.
Cancel reindex {task_id} and return immediately with wait_for_completion {wait_for_completion}.
GET /_reindex/{task_id} Get a reindex task's status and progress · Get the status and progress of a specific reindex task #
Ask an LLM
“How far along is my reindex task?”
“Can I keep tracking a reindex after a node shutdown moves it?”
Tell an agent
Get the status of reindex task {task_id}.
Wait up to {timeout} for reindex {task_id} to finish and show the result.
GET /_reindex List running reindex tasks · Get information about all currently running reindex tasks #
Ask an LLM
“Which reindex jobs are running on my cluster right now?”
“Can I get detailed info on every in-progress reindex?”
Tell an agent
List all running reindex tasks.
Show running reindexes with detailed set to {detailed}.

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


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