[role="xpack"]
[testenv="basic"]
[[ilm-stop]]
=== Stop {ilm} API

[subs="attributes"]
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<titleabbrev>Stop {ilm}</titleabbrev>
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Stop the {ilm} ({ilm-init}) plugin.

==== Request

`POST /_ilm/stop`

==== Description

Halts all lifecycle management operations and stops the {ilm-init} plugin. This
is useful when you are performing maintenance on the cluster and need to prevent
{ilm-init} from performing any actions on your indices.

The API returns as soon as the stop request has been acknowledged, but the
plugin might continue to run until in-progress operations complete and the plugin
can be safely stopped. Use the  <<ilm-get-status, Get ILM Status>> API to see
if {ilm-init} is running.

==== Request Parameters

include::{docdir}/rest-api/common-parms.asciidoc[tag=timeoutparms]

==== Authorization

You must have the `manage_ilm` cluster privilege to use this API.
For more information, see {stack-ov}/security-privileges.html[Security Privileges].

==== Examples

The following example stops the ILM plugin.

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[source,console]
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PUT _ilm/policy/my_policy
{
  "policy": {
    "phases": {
      "warm": {
        "min_age": "10d",
        "actions": {
          "forcemerge": {
            "max_num_segments": 1
          }
        }
      },
      "delete": {
        "min_age": "30d",
        "actions": {
          "delete": {}
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

PUT my_index
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// TEST

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[source,console]
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POST _ilm/stop
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// TEST[continued]

If the request does not encounter errors, you receive the following result:

[source,console-result]
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{
  "acknowledged": true
}
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[source,console]
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POST _ilm/start
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// TEST[continued]

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