Alerting

Alerting enables you to define rules, which detect complex conditions within your data. When a condition is met, the rule tracks it as an alert and runs the actions that are defined in the rule. Actions typically involve the use of connectors to interact with Kibana services or third party integrations.

Alerting documentation

Update a rule

PUT /api/alerting/rule/{id}
Api key auth

Headers

  • kbn-xsrf string Required

    A required header to protect against CSRF attacks

Path parameters

  • id string Required

    The identifier for the rule.

application/json

Body

  • actions array[object]

    An action that runs under defined conditions.

    Default value is [] (empty).

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    • alerts_filter object

      Additional properties are NOT allowed.

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      • query object

        Additional properties are NOT allowed.

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        • dsl string

          A filter written in Elasticsearch Query Domain Specific Language (DSL).

        • filters array[object] Required

          A filter written in Elasticsearch Query Domain Specific Language (DSL) as defined in the kbn-es-query package.

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          • $state object

            Additional properties are NOT allowed.

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            • store string Required

              A filter can be either specific to an application context or applied globally.

              Values are appState or globalState.

          • meta object Required

            Additional properties are allowed.

          • query object

            Additional properties are allowed.

        • kql string Required

          A filter written in Kibana Query Language (KQL).

      • timeframe object

        Defines a period that limits whether the action runs.

        Additional properties are NOT allowed.

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        • days array[integer] Required

          Defines the days of the week that the action can run, represented as an array of numbers. For example, 1 represents Monday. An empty array is equivalent to specifying all the days of the week.

          Values are 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, or 7.

        • hours object Required

          Defines the range of time in a day that the action can run. If the start value is 00:00 and the end value is 24:00, actions be generated all day.

          Additional properties are NOT allowed.

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          • end string Required

            The end of the time frame in 24-hour notation (hh:mm).

          • start string Required

            The start of the time frame in 24-hour notation (hh:mm).

        • timezone string Required

          The ISO time zone for the hours values. Values such as UTC and UTC+1 also work but lack built-in daylight savings time support and are not recommended.

    • frequency object

      Additional properties are NOT allowed.

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      • notify_when string Required

        Indicates how often alerts generate actions. Valid values include: onActionGroupChange: Actions run when the alert status changes; onActiveAlert: Actions run when the alert becomes active and at each check interval while the rule conditions are met; onThrottleInterval: Actions run when the alert becomes active and at the interval specified in the throttle property while the rule conditions are met. NOTE: You cannot specify notify_when at both the rule and action level. The recommended method is to set it for each action. If you set it at the rule level then update the rule in Kibana, it is automatically changed to use action-specific values.

        Values are onActionGroupChange, onActiveAlert, or onThrottleInterval.

      • summary boolean Required

        Indicates whether the action is a summary.

      • throttle string | null Required

        The throttle interval, which defines how often an alert generates repeated actions. It is specified in seconds, minutes, hours, or days and is applicable only if notify_when is set to onThrottleInterval. NOTE: You cannot specify the throttle interval at both the rule and action level. The recommended method is to set it for each action. If you set it at the rule level then update the rule in Kibana, it is automatically changed to use action-specific values.

    • group string

      The group name, which affects when the action runs (for example, when the threshold is met or when the alert is recovered). Each rule type has a list of valid action group names. If you don't need to group actions, set to default.

    • id string Required

      The identifier for the connector saved object.

    • params object

      The parameters for the action, which are sent to the connector. The params are handled as Mustache templates and passed a default set of context.

      Default value is {} (empty). Additional properties are allowed.

    • use_alert_data_for_template boolean

      Indicates whether to use alert data as a template.

    • uuid string

      A universally unique identifier (UUID) for the action.

  • alert_delay object

    Indicates that an alert occurs only when the specified number of consecutive runs met the rule conditions.

    Additional properties are NOT allowed.

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    • active number Required

      The number of consecutive runs that must meet the rule conditions.

  • artifacts object

    Additional properties are NOT allowed.

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    • dashboards array[object]

      Not more than 10 elements.

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      • id string Required
    • investigation_guide object

      Additional properties are NOT allowed.

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      • blob string Required

        Maximum length is 1000.

  • flapping object | null

    When flapping detection is turned on, alerts that switch quickly between active and recovered states are identified as “flapping” and notifications are reduced.

    Additional properties are NOT allowed.

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    • look_back_window number Required

      The minimum number of runs in which the threshold must be met.

      Minimum value is 2, maximum value is 20.

    • status_change_threshold number Required

      The minimum number of times an alert must switch states in the look back window.

      Minimum value is 2, maximum value is 20.

  • name string Required

    The name of the rule. While this name does not have to be unique, a distinctive name can help you identify a rule.

  • notify_when string | null

    Indicates how often alerts generate actions. Valid values include: onActionGroupChange: Actions run when the alert status changes; onActiveAlert: Actions run when the alert becomes active and at each check interval while the rule conditions are met; onThrottleInterval: Actions run when the alert becomes active and at the interval specified in the throttle property while the rule conditions are met. NOTE: You cannot specify notify_when at both the rule and action level. The recommended method is to set it for each action. If you set it at the rule level then update the rule in Kibana, it is automatically changed to use action-specific values.

    Values are onActionGroupChange, onActiveAlert, or onThrottleInterval.

  • params object

    The parameters for the rule.

    Default value is {} (empty). Additional properties are allowed.

  • schedule object Required

    Additional properties are NOT allowed.

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    • interval string Required

      The interval is specified in seconds, minutes, hours, or days.

  • tags array[string]

    The tags for the rule.

    Default value is [] (empty).

  • throttle string | null

    Use the throttle property in the action frequency object instead. The throttle interval, which defines how often an alert generates repeated actions. NOTE: You cannot specify the throttle interval at both the rule and action level. If you set it at the rule level then update the rule in Kibana, it is automatically changed to use action-specific values.

Responses

  • 200 application/json

    Indicates a successful call.

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    • actions array[object] Required
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      • alerts_filter object

        Defines a period that limits whether the action runs.

        Additional properties are NOT allowed.

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        • query object

          Additional properties are NOT allowed.

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          • dsl string

            A filter written in Elasticsearch Query Domain Specific Language (DSL).

          • filters array[object] Required

            A filter written in Elasticsearch Query Domain Specific Language (DSL) as defined in the kbn-es-query package.

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            • $state object

              Additional properties are NOT allowed.

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              • store string Required

                A filter can be either specific to an application context or applied globally.

                Values are appState or globalState.

            • meta object Required

              Additional properties are allowed.

            • query object

              Additional properties are allowed.

          • kql string Required

            A filter written in Kibana Query Language (KQL).

        • timeframe object

          Additional properties are NOT allowed.

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          • days array[integer] Required

            Defines the days of the week that the action can run, represented as an array of numbers. For example, 1 represents Monday. An empty array is equivalent to specifying all the days of the week.

            Values are 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, or 7.

          • hours object Required

            Additional properties are NOT allowed.

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            • end string Required

              The end of the time frame in 24-hour notation (hh:mm).

            • start string Required

              The start of the time frame in 24-hour notation (hh:mm).

          • timezone string Required

            The ISO time zone for the hours values. Values such as UTC and UTC+1 also work but lack built-in daylight savings time support and are not recommended.

      • connector_type_id string Required

        The type of connector. This property appears in responses but cannot be set in requests.

      • frequency object

        Additional properties are NOT allowed.

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        • notify_when string Required

          Indicates how often alerts generate actions. Valid values include: onActionGroupChange: Actions run when the alert status changes; onActiveAlert: Actions run when the alert becomes active and at each check interval while the rule conditions are met; onThrottleInterval: Actions run when the alert becomes active and at the interval specified in the throttle property while the rule conditions are met. NOTE: You cannot specify notify_when at both the rule and action level. The recommended method is to set it for each action. If you set it at the rule level then update the rule in Kibana, it is automatically changed to use action-specific values.

          Values are onActionGroupChange, onActiveAlert, or onThrottleInterval.

        • summary boolean Required

          Indicates whether the action is a summary.

        • throttle string | null Required

          The throttle interval, which defines how often an alert generates repeated actions. It is specified in seconds, minutes, hours, or days and is applicable only if 'notify_when' is set to 'onThrottleInterval'. NOTE: You cannot specify the throttle interval at both the rule and action level. The recommended method is to set it for each action. If you set it at the rule level then update the rule in Kibana, it is automatically changed to use action-specific values.

      • group string

        The group name, which affects when the action runs (for example, when the threshold is met or when the alert is recovered). Each rule type has a list of valid action group names. If you don't need to group actions, set to default.

      • id string Required

        The identifier for the connector saved object.

      • params object Required

        The parameters for the action, which are sent to the connector. The params are handled as Mustache templates and passed a default set of context.

        Additional properties are allowed.

      • use_alert_data_for_template boolean

        Indicates whether to use alert data as a template.

      • uuid string

        A universally unique identifier (UUID) for the action.

    • active_snoozes array[string]

      List of active snoozes for the rule.

    • alert_delay object

      Indicates that an alert occurs only when the specified number of consecutive runs met the rule conditions.

      Additional properties are NOT allowed.

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      • active number Required

        The number of consecutive runs that must meet the rule conditions.

    • api_key_created_by_user boolean | null

      Indicates whether the API key that is associated with the rule was created by the user.

    • api_key_owner string | null Required

      The owner of the API key that is associated with the rule and used to run background tasks.

    • artifacts object

      Additional properties are NOT allowed.

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      • dashboards array[object]
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        • id string Required
      • investigation_guide object

        Additional properties are NOT allowed.

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        • blob string Required

          User-created content that describes alert causes and remdiation.

    • consumer string Required

      The name of the application or feature that owns the rule. For example: alerts, apm, discover, infrastructure, logs, metrics, ml, monitoring, securitySolution, siem, stackAlerts, or uptime.

    • created_at string Required

      The date and time that the rule was created.

    • created_by string | null Required

      The identifier for the user that created the rule.

    • enabled boolean Required

      Indicates whether you want to run the rule on an interval basis after it is created.

    • execution_status object Required

      Additional properties are NOT allowed.

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      • error object

        Additional properties are NOT allowed.

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        • message string Required

          Error message.

        • reason string Required

          Reason for error.

          Values are read, decrypt, execute, unknown, license, timeout, disabled, or validate.

      • last_duration number

        Duration of last execution of the rule.

      • last_execution_date string Required

        The date and time when rule was executed last.

      • status string Required

        Status of rule execution.

        Values are ok, active, error, warning, pending, or unknown.

      • warning object

        Additional properties are NOT allowed.

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        • message string Required

          Warning message.

        • reason string Required

          Reason for warning.

          Values are maxExecutableActions, maxAlerts, maxQueuedActions, or ruleExecution.

    • flapping object | null

      When flapping detection is turned on, alerts that switch quickly between active and recovered states are identified as “flapping” and notifications are reduced.

      Additional properties are NOT allowed.

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      • look_back_window number Required

        The minimum number of runs in which the threshold must be met.

        Minimum value is 2, maximum value is 20.

      • status_change_threshold number Required

        The minimum number of times an alert must switch states in the look back window.

        Minimum value is 2, maximum value is 20.

    • id string Required

      The identifier for the rule.

    • is_snoozed_until string | null

      The date when the rule will no longer be snoozed.

    • last_run object | null

      Additional properties are NOT allowed.

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      • alerts_count object Required

        Additional properties are NOT allowed.

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        • active number | null

          Number of active alerts during last run.

        • ignored number | null

          Number of ignored alerts during last run.

        • new number | null

          Number of new alerts during last run.

        • recovered number | null

          Number of recovered alerts during last run.

      • outcome string Required

        Outcome of last run of the rule. Value could be succeeded, warning or failed.

        Values are succeeded, warning, or failed.

      • outcome_msg array[string] | null

        Outcome message generated during last rule run.

      • outcome_order number

        Order of the outcome.

      • warning string | null

        Warning of last rule execution.

        Values are read, decrypt, execute, unknown, license, timeout, disabled, validate, maxExecutableActions, maxAlerts, maxQueuedActions, or ruleExecution.

    • mapped_params object

      Additional properties are allowed.

    • monitoring object

      Monitoring details of the rule.

      Additional properties are NOT allowed.

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      • run object Required

        Rule run details.

        Additional properties are NOT allowed.

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        • calculated_metrics object Required

          Calculation of different percentiles and success ratio.

          Additional properties are NOT allowed.

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        • history array[object] Required

          History of the rule run.

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          • duration number

            Duration of the rule run.

          • outcome string

            Outcome of last run of the rule. Value could be succeeded, warning or failed.

            Values are succeeded, warning, or failed.

          • success boolean Required

            Indicates whether the rule run was successful.

          • timestamp number Required

            Time of rule run.

        • last_run object Required

          Additional properties are NOT allowed.

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          • metrics object Required

            Additional properties are NOT allowed.

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            • duration number

              Duration of most recent rule run.

            • gap_duration_s number | null

              Duration in seconds of rule run gap.

            • gap_range object | null

              Additional properties are NOT allowed.

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              • gte string Required

                End of the gap range.

              • lte string Required

                Start of the gap range.

            • total_alerts_created number | null

              Total number of alerts created during last rule run.

            • total_alerts_detected number | null

              Total number of alerts detected during last rule run.

            • total_indexing_duration_ms number | null

              Total time spent indexing documents during last rule run in milliseconds.

            • total_search_duration_ms number | null

              Total time spent performing Elasticsearch searches as measured by Kibana; includes network latency and time spent serializing or deserializing the request and response.

          • timestamp string Required

            Time of the most recent rule run.

    • mute_all boolean Required

      Indicates whether all alerts are muted.

    • muted_alert_ids array[string] Required

      List of identifiers of muted alerts.

    • name string Required

      The name of the rule.

    • next_run string | null

      Date and time of the next run of the rule.

    • notify_when string | null

      Indicates how often alerts generate actions. Valid values include: onActionGroupChange: Actions run when the alert status changes; onActiveAlert: Actions run when the alert becomes active and at each check interval while the rule conditions are met; onThrottleInterval: Actions run when the alert becomes active and at the interval specified in the throttle property while the rule conditions are met. NOTE: You cannot specify notify_when at both the rule and action level. The recommended method is to set it for each action. If you set it at the rule level then update the rule in Kibana, it is automatically changed to use action-specific values.

      Values are onActionGroupChange, onActiveAlert, or onThrottleInterval.

    • params object Required

      The parameters for the rule.

      Additional properties are allowed.

    • revision number Required

      The rule revision number.

    • rule_type_id string Required

      The rule type identifier.

    • running boolean | null

      Indicates whether the rule is running.

    • schedule object Required

      Additional properties are NOT allowed.

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      • interval string Required

        The interval is specified in seconds, minutes, hours, or days.

    • scheduled_task_id string

      Identifier of the scheduled task.

    • snooze_schedule array[object]
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      • duration number Required

        Duration of the rule snooze schedule.

      • id string

        Identifier of the rule snooze schedule.

      • rRule object Required

        Additional properties are NOT allowed.

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        • byhour array[number] | null

          Indicates hours of the day to recur.

        • byminute array[number] | null

          Indicates minutes of the hour to recur.

        • bymonth array[number] | null

          Indicates months of the year that this rule should recur.

        • bymonthday array[number] | null

          Indicates the days of the month to recur.

        • bysecond array[number] | null

          Indicates seconds of the day to recur.

        • bysetpos array[number] | null

          A positive or negative integer affecting the nth day of the month. For example, -2 combined with byweekday of FR is 2nd to last Friday of the month. It is recommended to not set this manually and just use byweekday.

        • byweekday array[string | number] | null

          Indicates the days of the week to recur or else nth-day-of-month strings. For example, "+2TU" second Tuesday of month, "-1FR" last Friday of the month, which are internally converted to a byweekday/bysetpos combination.

        • byweekno array[number] | null

          Indicates number of the week hours to recur.

        • byyearday array[number] | null

          Indicates the days of the year that this rule should recur.

        • count number

          Number of times the rule should recur until it stops.

        • dtstart string Required

          Rule start date in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).

        • freq integer

          Indicates frequency of the rule. Options are YEARLY, MONTHLY, WEEKLY, DAILY.

          Values are 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6.

        • interval number

          Indicates the interval of frequency. For example, 1 and YEARLY is every 1 year, 2 and WEEKLY is every 2 weeks.

        • tzid string Required

          Indicates timezone abbreviation.

        • until string

          Recur the rule until this date.

        • wkst string

          Indicates the start of week, defaults to Monday.

          Values are MO, TU, WE, TH, FR, SA, or SU.

      • skipRecurrences array[string]

        Skips recurrence of rule on this date.

    • tags array[string] Required

      The tags for the rule.

    • throttle string | null Deprecated

      Deprecated in 8.13.0. Use the throttle property in the action frequency object instead. The throttle interval, which defines how often an alert generates repeated actions. NOTE: You cannot specify the throttle interval at both the rule and action level. If you set it at the rule level then update the rule in Kibana, it is automatically changed to use action-specific values.

    • updated_at string Required

      The date and time that the rule was updated most recently.

    • updated_by string | null Required

      The identifier for the user that updated this rule most recently.

    • view_in_app_relative_url string | null

      Relative URL to view rule in the app.
  • 400

    Indicates an invalid schema or parameters.

  • 403

    Indicates that this call is forbidden.

  • 404

    Indicates a rule with the given ID does not exist.

  • 409

    Indicates that the rule has already been updated by another user.

PUT /api/alerting/rule/{id} 
curl \
 --request PUT 'https://<KIBANA_URL>/api/alerting/rule/{id}' \
 --header "Authorization: $API_KEY" \
 --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
 --header "kbn-xsrf: true" \
 --data '{"name":"new name","tags":[],"params":{"index":[".updated-index"],"aggType":"avg","groupBy":"top","aggField":"sheet.version","termSize":6,"termField":"name.keyword","threshold":[1000],"timeField":"@timestamp","timeWindowSize":5,"timeWindowUnit":"m","thresholdComparator":"\u003e"},"actions":[{"id":"96b668d0-a1b6-11ed-afdf-d39a49596974","group":"threshold met","params":{"level":"info","message":"Rule {{rule.name}} is active for group {{context.group}}:\n\n- Value: {{context.value}}\n- Conditions Met: {{context.conditions}} over {{rule.params.timeWindowSize}}{{rule.params.timeWindowUnit}}\n- Timestamp: {{context.date}}"},"frequency":{"summary":false,"notify_when":"onActionGroupChange"}}],"schedule":{"interval":"1m"}}'
Request example
Update an index threshold rule that uses a server log connector to send notifications when the threshold is met. 
{
  "name": "new name",
  "tags": [],
  "params": {
    "index": [
      ".updated-index"
    ],
    "aggType": "avg",
    "groupBy": "top",
    "aggField": "sheet.version",
    "termSize": 6,
    "termField": "name.keyword",
    "threshold": [
      1000
    ],
    "timeField": "@timestamp",
    "timeWindowSize": 5,
    "timeWindowUnit": "m",
    "thresholdComparator": ">"
  },
  "actions": [
    {
      "id": "96b668d0-a1b6-11ed-afdf-d39a49596974",
      "group": "threshold met",
      "params": {
        "level": "info",
        "message": "Rule {{rule.name}} is active for group {{context.group}}:\n\n- Value: {{context.value}}\n- Conditions Met: {{context.conditions}} over {{rule.params.timeWindowSize}}{{rule.params.timeWindowUnit}}\n- Timestamp: {{context.date}}"
      },
      "frequency": {
        "summary": false,
        "notify_when": "onActionGroupChange"
      }
    }
  ],
  "schedule": {
    "interval": "1m"
  }
}
Response examples (200)
The response for successfully updating an index threshold rule. 
{
  "id": "ac4e6b90-6be7-11eb-ba0d-9b1c1f912d74",
  "name": "new name",
  "tags": [],
  "params": {
    "index": [
      ".updated-index"
    ],
    "aggType": "avg",
    "groupBy": "top",
    "aggField": "sheet.version",
    "termSize": 6,
    "termField": "name.keyword",
    "threshold": [
      1000
    ],
    "timeField": "@timestamp",
    "timeWindowSize": 5,
    "timeWindowUnit": "m",
    "thresholdComparator": ">"
  },
  "actions": [
    {
      "id": "96b668d0-a1b6-11ed-afdf-d39a49596974",
      "uuid": "07aef2a0-9eed-4ef9-94ec-39ba58eb609d",
      "group": "threshold met",
      "params": {
        "level": "info",
        "message": "Rule {{rule.name}} is active for group {{context.group}}:\n\n- Value: {{context.value}}\n- Conditions Met: {{context.conditions}} over {{rule.params.timeWindowSize}}{{rule.params.timeWindowUnit}}\n- Timestamp: {{context.date}"
      },
      "frequency": {
        "summary": false,
        "throttle": null,
        "notify_when": "onActionGroupChange"
      },
      "connector_type_id": ".server-log"
    }
  ],
  "enabled": true,
  "running": false,
  "consumer": "alerts",
  "last_run": {
    "outcome": "succeeded",
    "warning": null,
    "outcome_msg": null,
    "alerts_count": {
      "new": 0,
      "active": 0,
      "ignored": 0,
      "recovered": 0
    }
  },
  "mute_all": false,
  "next_run": "2024-03-26T23:23:51.316Z",
  "revision": 1,
  "schedule": {
    "interval": "1m"
  },
  "throttle": null,
  "created_at": "2024-03-26T23:13:20.985Z",
  "created_by": "elastic",
  "updated_at": "2024-03-26T23:22:59.949Z",
  "updated_by": "elastic",
  "rule_type_id": ".index-threshold",
  "api_key_owner": "elastic",
  "muted_alert_ids": [],
  "execution_status": {
    "status": "ok",
    "last_duration": 52,
    "last_execution_date": "2024-03-26T23:22:51.390Z"
  },
  "scheduled_task_id": "4c5eda00-e74f-11ec-b72f-5b18752ff9ea",
  "api_key_created_by_user": false
}

Delete a rule

DELETE /api/alerting/rule/{id}
Api key auth

Headers

  • kbn-xsrf string Required

    A required header to protect against CSRF attacks

Path parameters

  • id string Required

    The identifier for the rule.

Responses

  • 204

    Indicates a successful call.

  • 400

    Indicates an invalid schema or parameters.

  • 403

    Indicates that this call is forbidden.

  • 404

    Indicates a rule with the given ID does not exist.

DELETE /api/alerting/rule/{id} 
curl \
 --request DELETE 'https://<KIBANA_URL>/api/alerting/rule/{id}' \
 --header "Authorization: $API_KEY" \
 --header "kbn-xsrf: true"

Unmute all alerts

POST /api/alerting/rule/{id}/_unmute_all
Api key auth

Headers

  • kbn-xsrf string Required

    A required header to protect against CSRF attacks

Path parameters

  • id string Required

    The identifier for the rule.

Responses

  • 204

    Indicates a successful call.

  • 400

    Indicates an invalid schema or parameters.

  • 403

    Indicates that this call is forbidden.

  • 404

    Indicates a rule with the given ID does not exist.

POST /api/alerting/rule/{id}/_unmute_all 
curl \
 --request POST 'https://<KIBANA_URL>/api/alerting/rule/{id}/_unmute_all' \
 --header "Authorization: $API_KEY" \
 --header "kbn-xsrf: true"

Unmute an alert

POST /api/alerting/rule/{rule_id}/alert/{alert_id}/_unmute
Api key auth

Headers

  • kbn-xsrf string Required

    A required header to protect against CSRF attacks

Path parameters

  • rule_id string Required

    The identifier for the rule.

  • alert_id string Required

    The identifier for the alert.

Responses

  • 204

    Indicates a successful call.

  • 400

    Indicates an invalid schema or parameters.

  • 403

    Indicates that this call is forbidden.

  • 404

    Indicates a rule or alert with the given ID does not exist.

POST /api/alerting/rule/{rule_id}/alert/{alert_id}/_unmute 
curl \
 --request POST 'https://<KIBANA_URL>/api/alerting/rule/{rule_id}/alert/{alert_id}/_unmute' \
 --header "Authorization: $API_KEY" \
 --header "kbn-xsrf: true"

Delete a snooze schedule for a rule

DELETE /api/alerting/rule/{ruleId}/snooze_schedule/{scheduleId}
Api key auth

Headers

  • kbn-xsrf string Required

    A required header to protect against CSRF attacks

Path parameters

  • ruleId string Required

    The identifier for the rule.

  • scheduleId string Required

    The identifier for the snooze schedule.

Responses

  • 204

    Indicates a successful call.

  • 400

    Indicates an invalid schema.

  • 403

    Indicates that this call is forbidden.

  • 404

    Indicates a rule with the given id does not exist.

DELETE /api/alerting/rule/{ruleId}/snooze_schedule/{scheduleId} 
curl \
 --request DELETE 'https://<KIBANA_URL>/api/alerting/rule/{ruleId}/snooze_schedule/{scheduleId}' \
 --header "Authorization: $API_KEY" \
 --header "kbn-xsrf: true"

Get a list of agent configurations

GET /api/apm/settings/agent-configuration
Api key auth

Headers

  • elastic-api-version string Required

    The version of the API to use

    Value is 2023-10-31. Default value is 2023-10-31.

Responses

  • 200 application/json

    Successful response

    Hide response attribute Show response attribute object
    • configurations array[object]

      Agent configuration

      Agent configuration

      Hide configurations attributes Show configurations attributes object
      • @timestamp number Required

        Timestamp

      • agent_name string

        Agent name

      • applied_by_agent boolean

        Applied by agent

      • etag string Required

        etag is sent by the APM agent to indicate the etag of the last successfully applied configuration. If the etag matches an existing configuration its applied_by_agent property will be set to true. Every time a configuration is edited applied_by_agent is reset to false.

      • service object Required

        Service

        Hide service attributes Show service attributes object
      • settings object Required

        Agent configuration settings

        Hide settings attribute Show settings attribute object
        • * string Additional properties
  • 400 application/json

    Bad Request response

    Hide response attributes Show response attributes object
  • 401 application/json

    Unauthorized response

    Hide response attributes Show response attributes object
  • 404 application/json

    Not found response

    Hide response attributes Show response attributes object
GET /api/apm/settings/agent-configuration 
curl \
 --request GET 'https://<KIBANA_URL>/api/apm/settings/agent-configuration' \
 --header "Authorization: $API_KEY" \
 --header "elastic-api-version: 2023-10-31"
Response examples (200)
An example of a successful response from `GET /api/apm/settings/agent-configuration`. 
[
  {
      "agent_name": "go",
      "service": {
      "name": "opbeans-go",
      "environment": "production"
      },
      "settings": {
      "transaction_sample_rate": "1",
      "capture_body": "off",
      "transaction_max_spans": "200"
      },
      "@timestamp": 1581934104843,
      "applied_by_agent": false,
      "etag": "1e58c178efeebae15c25c539da740d21dee422fc"
  },
  {
      "agent_name": "go",
      "service": {
      "name": "opbeans-go"
      },
      "settings": {
      "transaction_sample_rate": "1",
      "capture_body": "off",
      "transaction_max_spans": "300"
      },
      "@timestamp": 1581934111727,
      "applied_by_agent": false,
      "etag": "3eed916d3db434d9fb7f039daa681c7a04539a64"
  },
  {
      "agent_name": "nodejs",
      "service": {
      "name": "frontend"
      },
      "settings": {
      "transaction_sample_rate": "1",
      },
      "@timestamp": 1582031336265,
      "applied_by_agent": false,
      "etag": "5080ed25785b7b19f32713681e79f46996801a5b"
  }
]

Get environments for service

GET /api/apm/settings/agent-configuration/environments
Api key auth

Headers

  • elastic-api-version string Required

    The version of the API to use

    Value is 2023-10-31. Default value is 2023-10-31.

Query parameters

Responses

  • 200 application/json

    Successful response

    Hide response attribute Show response attribute object
    • environments array[object]

      Service environment list

      Hide environments attributes Show environments attributes object
  • 400 application/json

    Bad Request response

    Hide response attributes Show response attributes object
  • 401 application/json

    Unauthorized response

    Hide response attributes Show response attributes object
  • 404 application/json

    Not found response

    Hide response attributes Show response attributes object
GET /api/apm/settings/agent-configuration/environments 
curl \
 --request GET 'https://<KIBANA_URL>/api/apm/settings/agent-configuration/environments' \
 --header "Authorization: $API_KEY" \
 --header "elastic-api-version: 2023-10-31"

Get data streams

GET /api/fleet/data_streams
Api key auth

[Required authorization] Route required privileges: fleet-agents-all AND fleet-agent-policies-all AND fleet-settings-all.

Responses

GET /api/fleet/data_streams 
curl \
 --request GET 'https://<KIBANA_URL>/api/fleet/data_streams' \
 --header "Authorization: $API_KEY"

Get all data views

GET /api/data_views
Api key auth

Responses

GET /api/data_views 
curl \
 --request GET 'https://<KIBANA_URL>/api/data_views' \
 --header "Authorization: $API_KEY"
Response examples (200) 
{
  "data_view": [
    {
      "id": "ff959d40-b880-11e8-a6d9-e546fe2bba5f",
      "name": "Kibana Sample Data eCommerce",
      "title": "kibana_sample_data_ecommerce",
      "typeMeta": {},
      "namespaces": [
        "default"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "d3d7af60-4c81-11e8-b3d7-01146121b73d",
      "name": "Kibana Sample Data Flights",
      "title": "kibana_sample_data_flights",
      "namespaces": [
        "default"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "90943e30-9a47-11e8-b64d-95841ca0b247",
      "name": "Kibana Sample Data Logs",
      "title": "kibana_sample_data_logs",
      "namespaces": [
        "default"
      ]
    }
  ]
}

Create an agent action

POST /api/fleet/agents/{agentId}/actions
Api key auth

[Required authorization] Route required privileges: fleet-agents-all.

Headers

  • kbn-xsrf string Required

    A required header to protect against CSRF attacks

Path parameters

application/json

Body

  • action object Required

    Any of:
    object-1 object object-2 object
    Hide attribute Show attribute
    • type string Required

      Values are UNENROLL, UPGRADE, or POLICY_REASSIGN.

Responses

POST /api/fleet/agents/{agentId}/actions 
curl \
 --request POST 'https://<KIBANA_URL>/api/fleet/agents/{agentId}/actions' \
 --header "Authorization: $API_KEY" \
 --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
 --header "kbn-xsrf: true" \
 --data '{"action":{"type":"UNENROLL"}}'

Elastic Agent policies

Get agent policies

GET /api/fleet/agent_policies
Api key auth

[Required authorization] Route required privileges: fleet-agent-policies-read OR fleet-agents-read OR fleet-setup.

Query parameters

Responses

GET /api/fleet/agent_policies 
curl \
 --request GET 'https://<KIBANA_URL>/api/fleet/agent_policies' \
 --header "Authorization: $API_KEY"

Elastic Agents

Initiate agent setup

POST /api/fleet/agents/setup
Api key auth

[Required authorization] Route required privileges: fleet-agents-read OR fleet-agent-policies-read OR fleet-settings-read OR fleet-setup.

Headers

  • kbn-xsrf string Required

    A required header to protect against CSRF attacks

Responses

POST /api/fleet/agents/setup 
curl \
 --request POST 'https://<KIBANA_URL>/api/fleet/agents/setup' \
 --header "Authorization: $API_KEY" \
 --header "kbn-xsrf: true"

Get agent tags

GET /api/fleet/agents/tags
Api key auth

[Required authorization] Route required privileges: fleet-agents-read.

Query parameters

Responses

GET /api/fleet/agents/tags 
curl \
 --request GET 'https://<KIBANA_URL>/api/fleet/agents/tags' \
 --header "Authorization: $API_KEY"

Get settings

GET /api/fleet/settings
Api key auth

[Required authorization] Route required privileges: fleet-settings-read.

Responses

GET /api/fleet/settings 
curl \
 --request GET 'https://<KIBANA_URL>/api/fleet/settings' \
 --header "Authorization: $API_KEY"

Fleet package policies

Get package policies

GET /api/fleet/package_policies
Api key auth

Query parameters

Responses

  • 200 application/json
    Hide response attributes Show response attributes object
    • items array[object] Required
      Hide items attributes Show items attributes object
      • additional_datastreams_permissions array[string] | null

        Additional datastream permissions, that will be added to the agent policy.

      • agents number
      • created_at string Required
      • created_by string Required
      • description string

        Package policy description

      • elasticsearch object

        Additional properties are allowed.

        Hide elasticsearch attribute Show elasticsearch attribute object
        • privileges object

          Additional properties are allowed.

          Hide privileges attribute Show privileges attribute object
      • enabled boolean Required
      • id string Required

      • inputs array[object] | object Required

        Any of:
        array-1 array[object] object-2 object
        Hide attributes Show attributes object
        • config object

          Package variable (see integration documentation for more information)

          Hide config attribute Show config attribute object
          • * object Additional properties

            Additional properties are NOT allowed.

            Hide * attributes Show * attributes object
        • enabled boolean Required
        • id string
        • keep_enabled boolean
        • policy_template string
        • streams array[object] Required
          Hide streams attributes Show streams attributes object
          • config object

            Package variable (see integration documentation for more information)

            Hide config attribute Show config attribute object
            • * object Additional properties

              Additional properties are NOT allowed.

              Hide * attributes Show * attributes object
          • data_stream object Required

            Additional properties are NOT allowed.

            Hide data_stream attributes Show data_stream attributes object
          • enabled boolean Required
          • id string
          • keep_enabled boolean
          • release string

            Values are ga, beta, or experimental.

          • vars object

            Package variable (see integration documentation for more information)

            Hide vars attribute Show vars attribute object
            • * object Additional properties

              Additional properties are NOT allowed.

              Hide * attributes Show * attributes object
        • type string Required
        • vars object

          Package variable (see integration documentation for more information)

          Hide vars attribute Show vars attribute object
          • * object Additional properties

            Additional properties are NOT allowed.

            Hide * attributes Show * attributes object
      • is_managed boolean
      • name string Required

        Package policy name (should be unique)

      • namespace string

        The package policy namespace. Leave blank to inherit the agent policy's namespace.

      • output_id string | null
      • overrides object | null

        Override settings that are defined in the package policy. The override option should be used only in unusual circumstances and not as a routine procedure.

        Additional properties are NOT allowed.

        Hide overrides attribute Show overrides attribute object | null
        • inputs object

          Additional properties are allowed.

      • package object

        Additional properties are NOT allowed.

        Hide package attributes Show package attributes object
      • policy_id string | null Deprecated

        Agent policy ID where that package policy will be added

      • policy_ids array[string]

        Agent policy IDs where that package policy will be added

      • revision number Required
      • secret_references array[object]
        Hide secret_references attribute Show secret_references attribute object
        • id string Required
      • spaceIds array[string]
      • supports_agentless boolean | null

        Indicates whether the package policy belongs to an agentless agent policy.

        Default value is false.

      • updated_at string Required
      • updated_by string Required

      • vars object

        Any of:
        object-1 object object-2 object

        Package variable (see integration documentation for more information)

        Hide attribute Show attribute
        • * object Additional properties

          Additional properties are NOT allowed.

          Hide * attributes Show * attributes object
      • version string
    • page number Required
    • perPage number Required
    • total number Required
  • 400 application/json
    Hide response attributes Show response attributes object
GET /api/fleet/package_policies 
curl \
 --request GET 'https://<KIBANA_URL>/api/fleet/package_policies' \
 --header "Authorization: $API_KEY"

Get a package policy

GET /api/fleet/package_policies/{packagePolicyId}
Api key auth

Get a package policy by ID.

Query parameters

  • format string

    Values are simplified or legacy.

Responses

  • 200 application/json
    Hide response attribute Show response attribute object
    • item object Required

      Additional properties are NOT allowed.

      Hide item attributes Show item attributes object
      • additional_datastreams_permissions array[string] | null

        Additional datastream permissions, that will be added to the agent policy.

      • agents number
      • created_at string Required
      • created_by string Required
      • description string

        Package policy description

      • elasticsearch object

        Additional properties are allowed.

        Hide elasticsearch attribute Show elasticsearch attribute object
        • privileges object

          Additional properties are allowed.

          Hide privileges attribute Show privileges attribute object
      • enabled boolean Required
      • id string Required

      • inputs array[object] | object Required

        Any of:
        array-1 array[object] object-2 object
        Hide attributes Show attributes object
        • config object

          Package variable (see integration documentation for more information)

          Hide config attribute Show config attribute object
          • * object Additional properties

            Additional properties are NOT allowed.

            Hide * attributes Show * attributes object
        • enabled boolean Required
        • id string
        • keep_enabled boolean
        • policy_template string
        • streams array[object] Required
          Hide streams attributes Show streams attributes object
          • config object

            Package variable (see integration documentation for more information)

            Hide config attribute Show config attribute object
            • * object Additional properties

              Additional properties are NOT allowed.

              Hide * attributes Show * attributes object
          • data_stream object Required

            Additional properties are NOT allowed.

            Hide data_stream attributes Show data_stream attributes object
          • enabled boolean Required
          • id string
          • keep_enabled boolean
          • release string

            Values are ga, beta, or experimental.

          • vars object

            Package variable (see integration documentation for more information)

            Hide vars attribute Show vars attribute object
            • * object Additional properties

              Additional properties are NOT allowed.

              Hide * attributes Show * attributes object
        • type string Required
        • vars object

          Package variable (see integration documentation for more information)

          Hide vars attribute Show vars attribute object
          • * object Additional properties

            Additional properties are NOT allowed.

            Hide * attributes Show * attributes object
      • is_managed boolean
      • name string Required

        Package policy name (should be unique)

      • namespace string

        The package policy namespace. Leave blank to inherit the agent policy's namespace.

      • output_id string | null
      • overrides object | null

        Override settings that are defined in the package policy. The override option should be used only in unusual circumstances and not as a routine procedure.

        Additional properties are NOT allowed.

        Hide overrides attribute Show overrides attribute object | null
        • inputs object

          Additional properties are allowed.

      • package object

        Additional properties are NOT allowed.

        Hide package attributes Show package attributes object
      • policy_id string | null Deprecated

        Agent policy ID where that package policy will be added

      • policy_ids array[string]

        Agent policy IDs where that package policy will be added

      • revision number Required
      • secret_references array[object]
        Hide secret_references attribute Show secret_references attribute object
        • id string Required
      • spaceIds array[string]
      • supports_agentless boolean | null

        Indicates whether the package policy belongs to an agentless agent policy.

        Default value is false.

      • updated_at string Required
      • updated_by string Required

      • vars object

        Any of:
        object-1 object object-2 object

        Package variable (see integration documentation for more information)

        Hide attribute Show attribute
        • * object Additional properties

          Additional properties are NOT allowed.

          Hide * attributes Show * attributes object
      • version string
  • 400 application/json
    Hide response attributes Show response attributes object
  • 404 application/json
    Hide response attribute Show response attribute object
GET /api/fleet/package_policies/{packagePolicyId} 
curl \
 --request GET 'https://<KIBANA_URL>/api/fleet/package_policies/{packagePolicyId}' \
 --header "Authorization: $API_KEY"

Message Signing Service

Create or update roles

POST /api/security/roles
Api key auth

Headers

  • kbn-xsrf string Required

    A required header to protect against CSRF attacks

application/json

Body

  • roles object Required
    Hide roles attribute Show roles attribute object
    • * object Additional properties

      Additional properties are NOT allowed.

      Hide * attributes Show * attributes object
      • description string

        A description for the role.

        Maximum length is 2048.

      • elasticsearch object Required

        Additional properties are NOT allowed.

        Hide elasticsearch attributes Show elasticsearch attributes object
        • cluster array[string]

          Cluster privileges that define the cluster level actions that users can perform.

        • indices array[object]
          Hide indices attributes Show indices attributes object
          • allow_restricted_indices boolean

            Restricted indices are a special category of indices that are used internally to store configuration data and should not be directly accessed. Only internal system roles should normally grant privileges over the restricted indices. Toggling this flag is very strongly discouraged because it could effectively grant unrestricted operations on critical data, making the entire system unstable or leaking sensitive information. If for administrative purposes you need to create a role with privileges covering restricted indices, however, you can set this property to true. In that case, the names field covers the restricted indices too.

          • field_security object
            Hide field_security attribute Show field_security attribute object
            • * array[string] Additional properties

              The document fields that the role members have read access to.

          • names array[string] Required

            The data streams, indices, and aliases to which the permissions in this entry apply. It supports wildcards (*).

            At least 1 element.

          • privileges array[string] Required

            The index level privileges that the role members have for the data streams and indices.

            At least 1 element.

          • query string

            A search query that defines the documents the role members have read access to. A document within the specified data streams and indices must match this query in order for it to be accessible by the role members.

        • remote_cluster array[object]
          Hide remote_cluster attributes Show remote_cluster attributes object
          • clusters array[string] Required

            A list of remote cluster aliases. It supports literal strings as well as wildcards and regular expressions.

            At least 1 element.

          • privileges array[string] Required

            The cluster level privileges for the remote cluster. The allowed values are a subset of the cluster privileges.

            At least 1 element.

        • remote_indices array[object]
          Hide remote_indices attributes Show remote_indices attributes object
          • allow_restricted_indices boolean

            Restricted indices are a special category of indices that are used internally to store configuration data and should not be directly accessed. Only internal system roles should normally grant privileges over the restricted indices. Toggling this flag is very strongly discouraged because it could effectively grant unrestricted operations on critical data, making the entire system unstable or leaking sensitive information. If for administrative purposes you need to create a role with privileges covering restricted indices, however, you can set this property to true. In that case, the names field will cover the restricted indices too.

          • clusters array[string] Required

            A list of remote cluster aliases. It supports literal strings as well as wildcards and regular expressions.

            At least 1 element.

          • field_security object
            Hide field_security attribute Show field_security attribute object
            • * array[string] Additional properties

              The document fields that the role members have read access to.

          • names array[string] Required

            A list of remote aliases, data streams, or indices to which the permissions apply. It supports wildcards (*).

            At least 1 element.

          • privileges array[string] Required

            The index level privileges that role members have for the specified indices.

            At least 1 element.

          • query string

            A search query that defines the documents the role members have read access to. A document within the specified data streams and indices must match this query in order for it to be accessible by the role members.

        • run_as array[string]

          A user name that the role member can impersonate.

      • kibana array[object]
        Hide kibana attributes Show kibana attributes object
      • metadata object

        Additional properties are allowed.

Responses

  • 200

    Indicates a successful call.

POST /api/security/roles 
curl \
 --request POST 'https://<KIBANA_URL>/api/security/roles' \
 --header "Authorization: $API_KEY" \
 --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
 --header "kbn-xsrf: true" \
 --data '{"roles":{"additionalProperty1":{"description":"string","elasticsearch":{"cluster":["string"],"indices":[{"allow_restricted_indices":true,"field_security":{"additionalProperty1":["string"],"additionalProperty2":["string"]},"names":["string"],"privileges":["string"],"query":"string"}],"remote_cluster":[{"clusters":["string"],"privileges":["string"]}],"remote_indices":[{"allow_restricted_indices":true,"clusters":["string"],"field_security":{"additionalProperty1":["string"],"additionalProperty2":["string"]},"names":["string"],"privileges":["string"],"query":"string"}],"run_as":["string"]},"kibana":[{"base":[],"feature":{"additionalProperty1":["string"],"additionalProperty2":["string"]},"spaces":["*"]}],"metadata":{}},"additionalProperty2":{"description":"string","elasticsearch":{"cluster":["string"],"indices":[{"allow_restricted_indices":true,"field_security":{"additionalProperty1":["string"],"additionalProperty2":["string"]},"names":["string"],"privileges":["string"],"query":"string"}],"remote_cluster":[{"clusters":["string"],"privileges":["string"]}],"remote_indices":[{"allow_restricted_indices":true,"clusters":["string"],"field_security":{"additionalProperty1":["string"],"additionalProperty2":["string"]},"names":["string"],"privileges":["string"],"query":"string"}],"run_as":["string"]},"kibana":[{"base":[],"feature":{"additionalProperty1":["string"],"additionalProperty2":["string"]},"spaces":["*"]}],"metadata":{}}}}'

Saved objects

Export or import sets of saved objects.

To manage a specific type of saved object, use the corresponding APIs. For example, use:

Data views.

Security detections

Use the detections APIs to create and manage detection rules. Detection rules search events and external alerts sent to Elastic Security and generate detection alerts from any hits. Alerts are displayed on the Alerts page and can be assigned and triaged, using the alert status to mark them as open, closed, or acknowledged.

This API supports both key-based authentication and basic authentication.

To use key-based authentication, create an API key, then specify the key in the header of your API calls.

To use basic authentication, provide a username and password; this automatically creates an API key that matches the current user’s privileges.

In both cases, the API key is subsequently used for authorization when the rule runs.

If the API key used for authorization has different privileges than the key that created or most recently updated a rule, the rule behavior might change.

If the API key that created a rule is deleted, or the user that created the rule becomes inactive, the rule will stop running.

To create and run rules, the user must meet specific requirements for the Kibana space. Refer to the Detections requirements for a complete list of requirements.