Retrieves the status of snapshot lifecycle management (SLM).
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.
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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.
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.