Clear the privileges cache | Elasticsearch API documentation

Clear the privileges cache Added in 7.9.0

POST /_security/privilege/{application}/_clear_cache

Evict privileges from the native application privilege cache. The cache is also automatically cleared for applications that have their privileges updated.

Path parameters

application string Required

A comma-separated list of applications. To clear all applications, use an asterism (*). It does not support other wildcard patterns.

Responses

200 application/json
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- _nodes object Required
  
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  failures array[object]
  
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  type string Required
  
  The type of error
  
  reason string
  
  A human-readable explanation of the error, in English.
  
  stack_trace string
  
  The server stack trace. Present only if the error_trace=true parameter was sent with the request.
  
  caused_by object
  
  root_cause array[object]
  
  suppressed array[object]
  
  total number Required
  
  Total number of nodes selected by the request.
  
  successful number Required
  
  Number of nodes that responded successfully to the request.
  
  failed number Required
  
  Number of nodes that rejected the request or failed to respond. If this value is not 0, a reason for the rejection or failure is included in the response.
- cluster_name string Required
- nodes object Required
  
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  * object Additional properties
  
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  name string Required

POST /_security/privilege/{application}/_clear_cache

curl \
 --request POST 'http://api.example.com/_security/privilege/{application}/_clear_cache' \
 --header "Authorization: $API_KEY"