Get auto-follow patterns.
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If the Elasticsearch security features are enabled, you must have
manage_ccrcluster privileges on the cluster that contains the follower index. For more information, see Security privileges.
This API gets configured auto-follow patterns. This API will return the specified auto-follow pattern collection.
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<auto_follow_pattern_name> - (Optional, string) Specifies the auto-follow pattern collection that you want to retrieve. If you do not specify a name, the API returns information for all collections.
This example retrieves information about an auto-follow pattern collection
named my_auto_follow_pattern:
GET /_ccr/auto_follow/my_auto_follow_pattern
The API returns the following result:
{
"patterns": [
{
"name": "my_auto_follow_pattern",
"pattern": {
"active": true,
"remote_cluster" : "remote_cluster",
"leader_index_patterns" :
[
"leader_index*"
],
"leader_index_exclusion_patterns":
[
"leader_index_001"
],
"follow_index_pattern" : "{{leader_index}}-follower"
}
}
]
}