elasticsearch/docs/reference/rest-api/watcher/update-settings.asciidoc
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Update missed documentation change for new watcher index settings (#125758) (#125925)
* Update missed documentation change for new watcher index settings

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Co-authored-by: Keith Massey <keith.massey@elastic.co>
2025-03-31 20:55:33 +11:00

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[[watcher-api-update-settings]]
=== Update Watcher index settings
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<titleabbrev>Update Watcher settings</titleabbrev>
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.New API reference
[sidebar]
--
For the most up-to-date API details, refer to {api-es}/group/endpoint-watcher[{watcher} APIs].
--
This API allows a user to modify the settings for the Watcher internal index (`.watches`). Only a subset of settings
are allowed to be modified. This includes:
- `index.auto_expand_replicas`
- `index.number_of_replicas`
- Any setting with the prefix `index.routing.allocation.exclude.`
- Any setting with the prefix `index.routing.allocation.include.`
- Any setting with the prefix `index.routing.allocation.require.`
Modification of `index.routing.allocation.include._tier_preference` is an exception and is not allowed as the Watcher
shards must always be in the `data_content` tier.
An example of modifying the Watcher settings:
[source,console]
----------------------------------------------------------------
PUT /_watcher/watch/test_watch
{
"trigger": {
"schedule": {
"hourly": {
"minute": [ 0, 5 ]
}
}
},
"input": {
"simple": {
"payload": {
"send": "yes"
}
}
},
"condition": {
"always": {}
}
}
----------------------------------------------------------------
// TESTSETUP
[source,console]
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PUT /_watcher/settings
{
"index.auto_expand_replicas": "0-4"
}
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The configurable settings can be retrieved using the <<watcher-api-get-settings,Get Watcher index settings>> API.