Elastic Stack (ELK Stack) Uptime API

Uptime APIs enable you to view and update uptime monitoring settings.

Operations 2

GET /api/uptime/settings Get uptime settings #
PUT /api/uptime/settings Update uptime settings #

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OpenAPI Specification

elk-stack-uptime-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 Uptime 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:
- description: Uptime APIs enable you to view and update uptime monitoring settings.
  externalDocs:
    description: Uptime monitoring
    url: https://www.elastic.co/docs/solutions/observability/uptime
  name: Uptime
  x-displayName: Uptime
paths:
  /api/uptime/settings:
    get:
      description: '**Spaces method and path for this operation:**


        get /s/{space_id}/api/uptime/settings


        Refer to Spaces for more information.


        You must have `read` privileges for the uptime feature in the Observability section of the Kibana feature privileges.'
      operationId: get-uptime-settings
      responses:
        '200':
          content:
            application/json:
              examples:
                getUptimeSettingsResponseExample1:
                  value: "{\n  \"heartbeatIndices\": \"heartbeat-8*\",\n  \"certExpirationThreshold\": 30,\n  \"certAgeThreshold\": 730,\n  \"defaultConnectors\": [\n      \"08990f40-09c5-11ee-97ae-912b222b13d4\",\n      \"db25f830-2318-11ee-9391-6b0c030836d6\"\n  ],\n  \"defaultEmail\": {\n      \"to\": [],\n      \"cc\": [],\n      \"bcc\": []\n  }\n}"
              schema:
                type: object
          description: Indicates a successful call
      summary: Get uptime settings
      tags:
      - Uptime
      x-metaTags:
      - content: Kibana
        name: product_name
    put:
      description: '**Spaces method and path for this operation:**


        put /s/{space_id}/api/uptime/settings


        Refer to Spaces for more information.


        Update uptime setting attributes like `heartbeatIndices`, `certExpirationThreshold`, `certAgeThreshold`, `defaultConnectors`, or `defaultEmail`. You must have `all` privileges for the uptime feature in the Observability section of the Kibana feature privileges. A partial update is supported, provided settings keys will be merged with existing settings.'
      operationId: put-uptime-settings
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            examples:
              putUptimeSettingsRequestExample1:
                description: Run `PUT api/uptime/settings` to update multiple Uptime settings.
                summary: Update multiple settings
                value: "{\n    \"heartbeatIndices\": \"heartbeat-8*\",\n    \"certExpirationThreshold\": 30,\n    \"certAgeThreshold\": 730,\n    \"defaultConnectors\": [\n        \"08990f40-09c5-11ee-97ae-912b222b13d4\",\n        \"db25f830-2318-11ee-9391-6b0c030836d6\"\n    ],\n    \"defaultEmail\": {\n        \"to\": [],\n        \"cc\": [],\n        \"bcc\": []\n    }\n}"
              putUptimeSettingsRequestExample2:
                description: Run `PUT api/uptime/settings` to update a single Uptime setting.
                summary: Update a setting
                value: "{\n    \"heartbeatIndices\": \"heartbeat-8*\",\n}"
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                certAgeThreshold:
                  default: 730
                  description: The number of days after a certificate is created to trigger an alert.
                  type: number
                certExpirationThreshold:
                  default: 30
                  description: The number of days before a certificate expires to trigger an alert.
                  type: number
                defaultConnectors:
                  default: []
                  description: A list of connector IDs to be used as default connectors for new alerts.
                  items:
                    type: string
                  type: array
                defaultEmail:
                  description: 'The default email configuration for new alerts.

                    '
                  type: object
                  properties:
                    bcc:
                      default: []
                      items:
                        type: string
                      type: array
                    cc:
                      default: []
                      items:
                        type: string
                      type: array
                    to:
                      default: []
                      items:
                        type: string
                      type: array
                heartbeatIndices:
                  default: heartbeat-*
                  description: "An index pattern string to be used within the Uptime app and alerts to query Heartbeat data. \n"
                  type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          content:
            application/json:
              examples:
                putUptimeSettingsResponseExample1:
                  description: A successful response from `PUT api/uptime/settings`.
                  value: "{\n    \"heartbeatIndices\": \"heartbeat-8*\",\n    \"certExpirationThreshold\": 30,\n    \"certAgeThreshold\": 730,\n    \"defaultConnectors\": [\n        \"08990f40-09c5-11ee-97ae-912b222b13d4\",\n        \"db25f830-2318-11ee-9391-6b0c030836d6\"\n    ],\n    \"defaultEmail\": {\n        \"to\": [],\n        \"cc\": [],\n        \"bcc\": []\n    }\n}"
              schema:
                type: object
          description: Indicates a successful call
      summary: Update uptime settings
      tags:
      - Uptime
      x-metaTags:
      - content: Kibana
        name: product_name
components:
  securitySchemes:
    apiKeyAuth:
      description: 'These APIs use key-based authentication. You must create an API key and use the encoded value in the request header. For example: `Authorization: ApiKey base64AccessApiKey`

        '
      in: header
      name: Authorization
      type: apiKey
    basicAuth:
      scheme: basic
      type: http
x-topics:
- title: Kibana spaces
  content: "Spaces enable you to organize your dashboards and other saved objects into meaningful categories.\nYou can use the default space or create your own spaces.\n\nTo run APIs in non-default spaces, you must add `s/{space_id}/` to the path.\nFor example:\n\n```bash\ncurl -X GET \"http://${KIBANA_URL}/s/marketing/api/data_views\" \\\n  -H \"Authorization: ApiKey ${API_KEY}\"\n```\n\nIf you use the Kibana console to send API requests, it automatically adds the appropriate space identifier.\n\nTo learn more, check out [Spaces](https://www.elastic.co/docs/deploy-manage/manage-spaces).\n"