This API gets configured auto-follow patterns. This API will return the specified auto-follow pattern collection.

If the Elasticsearch security features are enabled, you must have manage_ccr cluster privileges on the cluster that contains the follower index. For more information, see Security privileges.

This example retrieves information about an auto-follow pattern collection named my_auto_follow_pattern:

GET /_ccr/auto_follow/my_auto_follow_pattern

The API returns the following result:

{
  "patterns": [
    {
      "name": "my_auto_follow_pattern",
      "pattern": {
        "remote_cluster" : "remote_cluster",
        "leader_index_patterns" :
        [
          "leader_index*"
        ],
        "follow_index_pattern" : "{{leader_index}}-follower"
      }
    }
  ]
}