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Execute snapshot lifecycle policy API

Immediately creates a snapshot according to the lifecycle policy, without waiting for the scheduled time.

Request

PUT /_slm/policy/<snapshot-lifecycle-policy-id>/_execute

Prerequisites

If the Elasticsearch security features are enabled, you must have the manage_slm cluster privilege to use this API. For more information, see Security privileges.

Description

Manually applies the snapshot policy to immediately create a snapshot. The snapshot policy is normally applied according to its schedule, but you might want to manually execute a policy before performing an upgrade or other maintenance.

Path parameters

<policy-id>: (Required, string) ID of the snapshot lifecycle policy to execute.

Examples

To take an immediate snapshot according to the daily-snapshots policy:

POST /_slm/policy/daily-snapshots/_execute

If successful, this request returns the generated snapshot name:

{
  "snapshot_name": "daily-snap-2019.04.24-gwrqoo2xtea3q57vvg0uea"
}

The snapshot is taken in the background. You can use the snapshot APIs to monitor the status of the snapshot.

To see the status of a policy’s most recent snapshot, you can use the get snapshot lifecycle policy API.

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