Retrieves a lifecycle policy.
Returns the specified policy definition. Includes the policy version and last modified date. If no policy is specified, returns all defined policies.
-
timeout -
(time units) Specifies the period of time to wait for a response. If no
response is received before the timeout expires, the request fails and
returns an error. Defaults to
30s. For more information about time units, see Time units. -
master_timeout -
(time units) Specifies the period of time 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. Defaults to
30s. For more information about time units, see Time units.
You must have the manage_ilm or read_ilm or both cluster privileges to use this API.
For more information, see Security Privileges.
The following example retrieves my_policy:
GET _ilm/policy/my_policy
If the request succeeds, the body of the response contains the policy definition:
{
"my_policy": {
"version": 1, 
"modified_date": 82392349, 
"policy": {
"phases": {
"warm": {
"min_age": "10d",
"actions": {
"forcemerge": {
"max_num_segments": 1
}
}
},
"delete": {
"min_age": "30d",
"actions": {
"delete": {}
}
}
}
}
}
}
| The policy version is incremented whenever the policy is updated |
| When this policy was last modified |