Enable users Generally available

POST /_security/user/{username}/_enable
Api key auth Basic auth Bearer auth

All methods and paths for this operation:

PUT /_security/user/{username}/_enable

POST /_security/user/{username}/_enable

Enable users in the native realm. By default, when you create users, they are enabled.

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

  • Cluster privileges: manage_security

Path parameters

  • username string Required

    An identifier for the user.

Query parameters

  • refresh string

    If true (the default) then refresh the affected shards to make this operation visible to search, if wait_for then wait for a refresh to make this operation visible to search, if false then do nothing with refreshes.

    Values are true, false, or wait_for.

Responses

  • 200 application/json
POST /_security/user/{username}/_enable
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Console 
PUT _security/user/logstash_system/_enable

resp = client.security.enable_user(
    username="logstash_system",
)
const response = await client.security.enableUser({
  username: "logstash_system",
});
response = client.security.enable_user(
  username: "logstash_system"
)
$resp = $client->security()->enableUser([
    "username" => "logstash_system",
]);
curl -X PUT -H "Authorization: ApiKey $ELASTIC_API_KEY" "$ELASTICSEARCH_URL/_security/user/logstash_system/_enable"
client.security().enableUser(e -> e
    .username("logstash_system")
);