Delete a policy Generally available; Added in 7.4.0

DELETE /_slm/policy/{policy_id}
Api key auth Basic auth Bearer auth

Delete a snapshot lifecycle policy definition. This operation prevents any future snapshots from being taken but does not cancel in-progress snapshots or remove previously-taken snapshots.

Required authorization

  • Cluster privileges: manage_slm

Path parameters

  • policy_id string Required

    The id of the snapshot lifecycle policy to remove

Query parameters

  • master_timeout string

    The 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.

    Values are -1 or 0.

  • timeout string

    The period to wait for a response. If no response is received before the timeout expires, the request fails and returns an error.

    Values are -1 or 0.

Responses

  • 200 application/json
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    • acknowledged boolean Required

      For a successful response, this value is always true. On failure, an exception is returned instead.
DELETE /_slm/policy/{policy_id} 
DELETE /_slm/policy/daily-snapshots 
resp = client.slm.delete_lifecycle( policy_id="daily-snapshots", )
const response = await client.slm.deleteLifecycle({ policy_id: "daily-snapshots", });
response = client.slm.delete_lifecycle( policy_id: "daily-snapshots" )
$resp = $client->slm()->deleteLifecycle([ "policy_id" => "daily-snapshots", ]);
curl -X DELETE -H "Authorization: ApiKey $ELASTIC_API_KEY" "$ELASTICSEARCH_URL/_slm/policy/daily-snapshots"