Retrieves a lifecycle policy.
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If the Elasticsearch security features are enabled, you must have the
manage_ilmorread_ilmor both cluster privileges to use this API. For more information, see Security privileges.
Returns the specified policy definition. Includes the policy version and last modified date. If no policy is specified, returns all defined policies.
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master_timeout -
(Optional, time units)
Period to wait for a connection to the master node. If no response is received
before the timeout expires, the request fails and returns an error. Defaults to
30s. -
timeout -
(Optional, time units)
Period to wait for a response. If no response is received before the timeout
expires, the request fails and returns an error. Defaults to
30s.
The following example retrieves my_policy:
GET _ilm/policy/my_policy
If the request succeeds, the body of the response contains the policy definition:
{
"my_policy": {
"version": 1,
"modified_date": 82392349,
"policy": {
"phases": {
"warm": {
"min_age": "10d",
"actions": {
"forcemerge": {
"max_num_segments": 1
}
}
},
"delete": {
"min_age": "30d",
"actions": {
"delete": {
"delete_searchable_snapshot": true
}
}
}
}
},
"in_use_by" : {
"indices" : [],
"data_streams" : [],
"composable_templates" : []
}
}
}