[role="xpack"]
[testenv="platinum"]
[[autoscaling-put-autoscaling-policy]]
=== Put autoscaling policy API
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<titleabbrev>Put autoscaling policy</titleabbrev>
++++

Put autoscaling policy.

[[autoscaling-put-autoscaling-policy-request]]
==== {api-request-title}

[source,console]
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PUT /_autoscaling/policy/<name>
{
  "policy": {
    "deciders": {
      "always": {
      }
    }
  }
}
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// TEST[s/<name>/name/]

[[autoscaling-put-autoscaling-policy-prereqs]]
==== {api-prereq-title}

* If the {es} {security-features} are enabled, you must have
`manage_autoscaling` cluster privileges. For more information, see
<<security-privileges>>.

[[autoscaling-put-autoscaling-policy-desc]]
==== {api-description-title}

This API puts an autoscaling policy with the provided name.

[[autoscaling-put-autoscaling-policy-examples]]
==== {api-examples-title}

This example puts an autoscaling policy named `my_autoscaling_policy` using the
always autoscaling decider.

[source,console]
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PUT /_autoscaling/policy/my_autoscaling_policy
{
  "policy": {
    "deciders": {
      "always": {
      }
    }
  }
}
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// TEST

The API returns the following result:

[source,console-result]
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{
  "acknowledged": true
}
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