[[slm-api-stop]]
=== Stop {slm} API

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<titleabbrev>Stop {slm}</titleabbrev>
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Turn off {slm} ({slm-init}).

[[slm-api-stop-request]]
==== {api-request-title}

`POST /_slm/stop`

[[slm-api-stop-prereqs]]
==== {api-prereq-title}

If the {es} {security-features} are enabled, you must have the `manage_slm`
cluster privilege to use this API. For more information, see
<<security-privileges>>.

[[slm-api-stop-desc]]
==== {api-description-title}

Halts all {slm} ({slm-init}) operations and stops the {slm-init} plugin.
This is useful when you are performing maintenance on a cluster and need to
prevent {slm-init} from performing any actions on your indices. 
Stopping {slm-init} does not stop any snapshots that are in progress.
You can manually trigger snapshots with the <<slm-api-execute-lifecycle>> even if {slm-init} is stopped.

The API returns a response as soon as the request is acknowledged, but 
the plugin might continue to run until in-progress operations complete and it can be safely stopped. 
This conversation was marked as resolved by debadair
Use the  <<slm-api-get-status>> to see if {slm-init} is running. 

==== {api-query-parms-title}

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

[[slm-api-stop-example]]
==== {api-examples-title}


[source,console]
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POST _slm/stop
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