Create or update a lifecycle policy Generally available; Added in 6.6.0

PUT /_ilm/policy/{policy}
Api key auth Basic auth Bearer auth

If the specified policy exists, it is replaced and the policy version is incremented.

NOTE: Only the latest version of the policy is stored, you cannot revert to previous versions.

highlight#highlightFromAnchor" href="#topic-required-authorization"> Required authorization

  • Index privileges: manage
  • Cluster privileges: manage_ilm
External documentation

Path parameters

  • policy string Required

    Identifier for the policy.

Query parameters

  • master_timeout string

    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

    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.

application/json

Body

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.
PUT /_ilm/policy/{policy}
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Console 
PUT _ilm/policy/my_policy
{
  "policy": {
    "_meta": {
      "description": "used for nginx log",
      "project": {
        "name": "myProject",
        "department": "myDepartment"
      }
    },
    "phases": {
      "warm": {
        "min_age": "10d",
        "actions": {
          "forcemerge": {
            "max_num_segments": 1
          }
        }
      },
      "delete": {
        "min_age": "30d",
        "actions": {
          "delete": {}
        }
      }
    }
  }
}
resp = client.ilm.put_lifecycle(
    name="my_policy",
    policy={
        "_meta": {
            "description": "used for nginx log",
            "project": {
                "name": "myProject",
                "department": "myDepartment"
            }
        },
        "phases": {
            "warm": {
                "min_age": "10d",
                "actions": {
                    "forcemerge": {
                        "max_num_segments": 1
                    }
                }
            },
            "delete": {
                "min_age": "30d",
                "actions": {
                    "delete": {}
                }
            }
        }
    },
)
const response = await client.ilm.putLifecycle({
  name: "my_policy",
  policy: {
    _meta: {
      description: "used for nginx log",
      project: {
        name: "myProject",
        department: "myDepartment",
      },
    },
    phases: {
      warm: {
        min_age: "10d",
        actions: {
          forcemerge: {
            max_num_segments: 1,
          },
        },
      },
      delete: {
        min_age: "30d",
        actions: {
          delete: {},
        },
      },
    },
  },
});
response = client.ilm.put_lifecycle(
  policy: "my_policy",
  body: {
    "policy": {
      "_meta": {
        "description": "used for nginx log",
        "project": {
          "name": "myProject",
          "department": "myDepartment"
        }
      },
      "phases": {
        "warm": {
          "min_age": "10d",
          "actions": {
            "forcemerge": {
              "max_num_segments": 1
            }
          }
        },
        "delete": {
          "min_age": "30d",
          "actions": {
            "delete": {}
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }
)
$resp = $client->ilm()->putLifecycle([
    "policy" => "my_policy",
    "body" => [
        "policy" => [
            "_meta" => [
                "description" => "used for nginx log",
                "project" => [
                    "name" => "myProject",
                    "department" => "myDepartment",
                ],
            ],
            "phases" => [
                "warm" => [
                    "min_age" => "10d",
                    "actions" => [
                        "forcemerge" => [
                            "max_num_segments" => 1,
                        ],
                    ],
                ],
                "delete" => [
                    "min_age" => "30d",
                    "actions" => [
                        "delete" => new ArrayObject([]),
                    ],
                ],
            ],
        ],
    ],
]);
curl -X PUT -H "Authorization: ApiKey $ELASTIC_API_KEY" -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{"policy":{"_meta":{"description":"used for nginx log","project":{"name":"myProject","department":"myDepartment"}},"phases":{"warm":{"min_age":"10d","actions":{"forcemerge":{"max_num_segments":1}}},"delete":{"min_age":"30d","actions":{"delete":{}}}}}}' "$ELASTICSEARCH_URL/_ilm/policy/my_policy"
client.ilm().putLifecycle(p -> p
    .name("my_policy")
    .policy(po -> po
        .phases(ph -> ph
            .delete(d -> d
                .actions(a -> a
                    .delete(de -> de)
                )
                .minAge(m -> m
                    .time("30d")
                )
            )
            .warm(w -> w
                .actions(a -> a
                    .forcemerge(f -> f
                        .maxNumSegments(1)
                    )
                )
                .minAge(m -> m
                    .time("10d")
                )
            )
        )
        .meta(Map.of("description", JsonData.fromJson("\"used for nginx log\""),"project", JsonData.fromJson("{\"name\":\"myProject\",\"department\":\"myDepartment\"}")))
    )
);
Request example
Run `PUT _ilm/policy/my_policy` to create a new policy with arbitrary metadata. 
{
  "policy": {
    "_meta": {
      "description": "used for nginx log",
      "project": {
        "name": "myProject",
        "department": "myDepartment"
      }
    },
    "phases": {
      "warm": {
        "min_age": "10d",
        "actions": {
          "forcemerge": {
            "max_num_segments": 1
          }
        }
      },
      "delete": {
        "min_age": "30d",
        "actions": {
          "delete": {}
        }
      }
    }
  }
}
Response examples (200)
A successful response when creating a new lifecycle policy. 
{
  "acknowledged": true
}