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Start watch service API

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Start watch service API

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Starts the Watcher service if it is not already running.

Request

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POST _watcher/_start

Authorization

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You must have manage_watcher cluster privileges to use this API. For more information, see Security privileges.

Examples

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POST _watcher/_start

Watcher returns the following response if the request is successful:

{
   "acknowledged": true
}
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