Update a cross-cluster API key

PUT /_security/cross_cluster/api_key/{id}

Update the attributes of an existing cross-cluster API key, which is used for API key based remote cluster access.

To use this API, you must have at least the manage_security cluster privilege. Users can only update API keys that they created. To update another user's API key, use the run_as feature to submit a request on behalf of another user.

IMPORTANT: It's not possible to use an API key as the authentication credential for this API. To update an API key, the owner user's credentials are required.

It's not possible to update expired API keys, or API keys that have been invalidated by the invalidate API key API.

This API supports updates to an API key's access scope, metadata, and expiration. The owner user's information, such as the username and realm, is also updated automatically on every call.

NOTE: This API cannot update REST API keys, which should be updated by either the update API key or bulk update API keys API.

External documentation

Path parameters

id string Required

The ID of the cross-cluster API key to update.

application/json

Body Required

access object Required
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- replication array[object]
  
  A list of indices permission entries for cross-cluster replication.
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  names string | array[string]
  
  A list of indices (or index name patterns) to which the permissions in this entry apply.
  
  One of:
  IndexName string array-2 array[string]
  
  allow_restricted_indices boolean
  
  This needs to be set to true if the patterns in the names field should cover system indices.
- search array[object]
  
  A list of indices permission entries for cross-cluster search.
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  field_security object
  
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  except string | array[string]
  
  grant string | array[string]
  
  names string | array[string]
  
  A list of indices (or index name patterns) to which the permissions in this entry apply.
  
  One of:
  IndexName string array-2 array[string]
  
  query string | object
  
  While creating or updating a role you can provide either a JSON structure or a string to the API. However, the response provided by Elasticsearch will only be string with a json-as-text content.
  
  Since this is embedded in IndicesPrivileges, the same structure is used for clarity in both contexts.
  
  One of:
  IndicesPrivilegesQuery string QueryContainer object RoleTemplateQuery object
  
  An Elasticsearch Query DSL (Domain Specific Language) object that defines a query.
  
  External documentation
  
  allow_restricted_indices boolean
  
  Set to true if using wildcard or regular expressions for patterns that cover restricted indices. Implicitly, restricted indices have limited privileges that can cause pattern tests to fail. If restricted indices are explicitly included in the names list, Elasticsearch checks privileges against these indices regardless of the value set for allow_restricted_indices.
expiration string

A duration. Units can be nanos, micros, ms (milliseconds), s (seconds), m (minutes), h (hours) and d (days). Also accepts "0" without a unit and "-1" to indicate an unspecified value.
metadata object
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- * object Additional properties

Responses

200 application/json
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- updated boolean Required
  
  If true, the API key was updated. If false, the API key didn’t change because no change was detected.

PUT /_security/cross_cluster/api_key/{id}

curl \
 --request PUT 'http://api.example.com/_security/cross_cluster/api_key/{id}' \
 --header "Authorization: $API_KEY" \
 --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
 --data '"{\n  \"access\": {\n    \"replication\": [\n      {\n        \"names\": [\"archive\"]\n      }\n    ]\n  },\n  \"metadata\": {\n    \"application\": \"replication\"\n  }\n}"'

Request example

Run `PUT /_security/cross_cluster/api_key/VuaCfGcBCdbkQm-e5aOx` to update a cross-cluster API key, assigning it new access scope and metadata.

{
  "access": {
    "replication": [
      {
        "names": ["archive"]
      }
    ]
  },
  "metadata": {
    "application": "replication"
  }
}

Response examples (200)

A successful response from `PUT /_security/cross_cluster/api_key/VuaCfGcBCdbkQm-e5aOx` that indicates that the API key was updated.

{
  "updated": true
}