Get license API
This API enables you to retrieve licensing information.
Request
GET /_license
Description
This API returns information about the type of license, when it was issued, and when it expires, for example.
For more information about the different types of licenses, see https://www.elastic.co/subscriptions.
Query Parameters
local
(boolean) Specifies whether to retrieve local information. The default value is false
, which means the information is retrieved from the master node.
Authorization
You must have monitor
cluster privileges to use this API. For more information, see Security privileges.
Examples
The following example provides information about a trial license:
GET /_license
{
"license" : {
"status" : "active",
"uid" : "cbff45e7-c553-41f7-ae4f-9205eabd80xx",
"type" : "trial",
"issue_date" : "2018-10-20T22:05:12.332Z",
"issue_date_in_millis" : 1540073112332,
"expiry_date" : "2018-11-19T22:05:12.332Z",
"expiry_date_in_millis" : 1542665112332,
"max_nodes" : 1000,
"issued_to" : "test",
"issuer" : "elasticsearch",
"start_date_in_millis" : -1
}
}