[role="xpack"]
[testenv="platinum"]
[[ccr-post-pause-follow]]
=== Pause follower API
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<titleabbrev>Pause follower</titleabbrev>
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Pauses a follower index.

==== Description

This API pauses a follower index. When this API returns, the follower index will
not fetch any additional operations from the leader index. You can resume
following with the <<ccr-post-resume-follow,resume follower API>>. Pausing and
resuming a follower index can be used to change the configuration of the
following task.

==== Request

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[source,js]
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PUT /follower_index/_ccr/follow?wait_for_active_shards=1
{
  "remote_cluster" : "remote_cluster",
  "leader_index" : "leader_index"
}
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// CONSOLE
// TESTSETUP
// TEST[setup:remote_cluster_and_leader_index]

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[source,js]
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POST /<follower_index>/_ccr/pause_follow
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// CONSOLE
// TEST[s/<follower_index>/follower_index/]

==== Path Parameters

`follower_index` (required)::
  (string) the name of the follower index


==== Authorization

If the {es} {security-features} are enabled, you must have `manage_ccr` cluster
privileges on the cluster that contains the follower index. For more information,
see {stack-ov}/security-privileges.html[Security privileges].


==== Example

This example pauses a follower index named `follower_index`:

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POST /follower_index/_ccr/pause_follow
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// CONSOLE
// TEST

The API returns the following result:

[source,js]
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{
  "acknowledged" : true
}
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// TESTRESPONSE