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Elastic Stack (ELK Stack) Stack API

The Stack API from Elastic Stack (ELK Stack) — 3 operation(s) for stack.

Elastic Stack (ELK Stack) Stack API is one of 132 APIs that Elastic Stack (ELK Stack) publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include Stack. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, and an API reference.

This API exposes 6 operations across 3 paths, and defines 24 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version 1.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://{{hostname}}/api/v1.

6 operations 3 paths 24 schemas 1 DELETE3 GET1 POST1 PUT

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.2.0
API Version
1
Base URL
https://{elasticsearch_endpoint}
Authentication
API Key, HTTP Basic
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 2

Elastic Stack (ELK Stack) Stack API declares 2 security schemes for authenticating requests. An API key is passed in the header as Authorization (apiKey). It accepts HTTP basic authentication (basicAuth). By default, every request must be authenticated.

Paths & Operations 6

Across 3 paths, the API surfaces 6 operations — 1 DELETE, 3 GET, 1 POST, 1 PUT. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Stack 6
GET
/stack/instance-typesdeprecated
DEPRECATED: Scheduled to be removed in a future release. Get instance types
get-instance-types → 200
GET
/stack/versions
Get stack versions
get-version-stacks 2 params → 200
POST
/stack/versions
Upload stack pack
update-stack-packs body → 200400
GET
/stack/versions/{version}
Get stack version
get-version-stack 1 param → 200404
PUT
/stack/versions/{version}
Update stack version
update-version-stack 1 param body → 200404
DELETE
/stack/versions/{version}
Delete stack version
delete-version-stack 1 param → 200404

Schemas 24

The contract defines 24 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are StackVersionConfig (14 properties), StackVersionElasticsearchConfig (8 properties), StackVersionConfigPost (8 properties), StackVersionEnterpriseSearchConfig (7 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

InstanceTypeResource
object
6 properties 5 required
StackVersionAppSearchConfig
object
AppSearch related configuration of an Elastic Stack version
7 properties 2 required
StackVersionNodeType
object
The configuration for an Elastic Stack node type.
7 properties 3 required
StackVersionMetadata
object
The metadata for the Elastic Stack.
7 properties
StackVersionTemplateInfo
object
The template information for an Elastic Stack version.
2 properties
StackVersionTemplateFileHash
object
The template file hash for an Elastic Stack version.
2 properties 2 required
StackVersionConfigs
object
The details for multiple Elastic Stack configurations.
1 property 1 required
StackVersionIntegrationsServerConfig
object
The Integrations Server configuration for an Elastic Stack version.
6 properties 2 required
CompatibleVersionResource
object
Information about the compatible version.
3 properties 2 required
CompatibleNodeTypesResource
object
Information about the compatible node types.
3 properties 2 required
BasicFailedReplyElement
object
3 properties 2 required
StackVersionArchiveProcessingResult
object
The result from processing an archive of an Elastic Stack version.
2 properties 2 required
StackVersionApmConfig
object
The APM Server configuration for an Elastic Stack version.
6 properties 2 required
StackVersionKibanaConfig
object
The Kibana configuration for an Elastic Stack version.
6 properties 2 required
StackVersionInstanceCapacityConstraint
object
The Elasticsearch instance, Kibana instance, APM Server capacity constraints for an Elastic Stack node type.
2 properties 2 required
NodeTypeResource
object
Information about the node type.
5 properties 3 required
StackVersionArchiveProcessingError
object
Information about the errors that occurred from processing an Elastic Stack version.
2 properties 2 required
StackVersionConfig
object
The details for an Elastic Stack configuration.
14 properties 4 required
EmptyResponse
object
CapacityConstraintsResource
object
Specifies the maximum and minimum capacity constraints.
2 properties 2 required
StackVersionConfigPost
object
The configuration for an Elastic Stack version.
8 properties 2 required
StackVersionElasticsearchConfig
object
The Elasticsearch configuration for an Elastic Stack version.
8 properties 4 required
BasicFailedReply
object
1 property 1 required
StackVersionEnterpriseSearchConfig
object
EnterpriseSearch related configuration of an Elastic Stack version
7 properties 2 required

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

elk-stack-stack-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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