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[[ilm-start]]
=== Start {ilm} API
[subs="attributes"]
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<titleabbrev>Start {ilm}</titleabbrev>
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Start the <<index-lifecycle-management,{ilm}>> ({ilm-init}) plugin.
[[ilm-start-request]]
==== {api-request-title}
`POST /_ilm/start`
[[ilm-start-prereqs]]
==== {api-prereq-title}
* If the {es} {security-features} are enabled, you must have the `manage_ilm`
cluster privilege to use this API. For more information, see
<<security-privileges>>.
[[ilm-start-desc]]
==== {api-description-title}
Starts the {ilm-init} plugin if it is currently stopped. {ilm-init} is started
automatically when the cluster is formed. Restarting {ilm-init} is only
necessary if it has been stopped using the <<ilm-stop, Stop {ilm-init} API>>.
[[ilm-start-query-params]]
==== {api-query-parms-title}
include::{es-ref-dir}/rest-api/common-parms.asciidoc[tag=timeoutparms]
[[ilm-start-example]]
==== {api-examples-title}
The following example starts the {ilm-init} plugin.
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[source,console]
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PUT _ilm/policy/my_policy
{
"policy": {
"phases": {
"warm": {
"min_age": "10d",
"actions": {
"forcemerge": {
"max_num_segments": 1
}
}
},
"delete": {
"min_age": "30d",
"actions": {
"delete": {}
}
}
}
}
}
PUT my-index-000001
POST _ilm/stop
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[source,console]
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POST _ilm/start
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// TEST[continued]
If the request succeeds, you receive the following result:
[source,console-result]
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{
"acknowledged": true
}
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