Get snapshot lifecycle management status API

Retrieves the status of snapshot lifecycle management (SLM).

Request

GET /_slm/status

Description

Returns the status of the SLM plugin. The operation_mode field in the response shows one of three states: RUNNING, STOPPING, or STOPPED. You halt and restart the SLM plugin with the stop and start APIs.

Query parameters

master_timeout: (Optional, time units) Period to wait for the master node. If the master node is not available before the timeout expires, the request fails and returns an error. Defaults to 30s. Can also be set to -1 to indicate that the request should never timeout.
timeout: (Optional, time units) Period to wait for a response from all relevant nodes in the cluster after updating the cluster metadata. If no response is received before the timeout expires, the cluster metadata update still applies but the response will indicate that it was not completely acknowledged. Defaults to 30s. Can also be set to -1 to indicate that the request should never timeout.

Prerequisites

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

Examples

resp = client.slm.get_status()
print(resp)

response = client.slm.get_status
puts response

const response = await client.slm.getStatus();
console.log(response);

GET _slm/status

The API returns the following result:

{
  "operation_mode": "RUNNING"
}

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