This API enables you to retrieve licensing information.

Request

GET /_license

Description

This API returns information about the type of license, when it was issued, and when it expires, for example.

For more information about the different types of licenses, see https://www.elastic.co/subscriptions.

Query Parameters

Authorization

You must have monitor cluster privileges to use this API. For more information, see Security Privileges.

Examples

The following example provides information about a trial license:

GET /_license

{
  "license" : {
    "status" : "active",
    "uid" : "cbff45e7-c553-41f7-ae4f-9205eabd80xx",
    "type" : "trial",
    "issue_date" : "2018-10-20T22:05:12.332Z",
    "issue_date_in_millis" : 1540073112332,
    "expiry_date" : "2018-11-19T22:05:12.332Z",
    "expiry_date_in_millis" : 1542665112332,
    "max_nodes" : 1000,
    "issued_to" : "test",
    "issuer" : "elasticsearch",
    "start_date_in_millis" : -1
  }
}