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**Problem:** For historical reasons, source files for the Elasticsearch Guide's security, watcher, and Logstash API docs are housed in the `x-pack/docs` directory. This can confuse new contributors who expect Elasticsearch Guide docs to be located in `docs/reference`. **Solution:** - Move the security, watcher, and Logstash API doc source files to the `docs/reference` directory - Update doc snippet tests to use security Rel: https://github.com/elastic/platform-docs-team/issues/208
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[role="xpack"]
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[[security-api-clear-privilege-cache]]
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=== Clear privileges cache API
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<titleabbrev>Clear privileges cache</titleabbrev>
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Evicts privileges from the native application privilege cache.
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The cache is also automatically cleared for applications that have their privileges updated.
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[[security-api-clear-privilege-cache-request]]
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==== {api-request-title}
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`POST /_security/privilege/<applications>/_clear_cache`
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[[security-api-clear-privilege-cache-prereqs]]
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==== {api-prereq-title}
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* To use this API, you must have at least the `manage_security` cluster
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privilege.
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[[security-api-clear-privilege-cache-desc]]
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==== {api-description-title}
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For more information about the native realm, see
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<<realms>> and <<native-realm>>.
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[[security-api-clear-privilege-cache-path-params]]
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==== {api-path-parms-title}
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`<applications>`::
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(Required, string)
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Comma-separated list of applications to clear. To clear all applications, use
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`*`. Does not support other wildcard patterns.
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[[security-api-clear-privilege-cache-example]]
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==== {api-examples-title}
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The clear privileges cache API evicts privileges from the native application privilege cache.
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For example, to clear the cache for `myapp`:
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[source,console]
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POST /_security/privilege/myapp/_clear_cache
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Specify multiple applications as a comma-separated list.
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[source,console]
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POST /_security/privilege/myapp,my-other-app/_clear_cache
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--------------------------------------------------
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To clear the cache for all applications, use `*`.
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[source,console]
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----
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POST /_security/privilege/*/_clear_cache
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----
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