Clear privileges cache API

Evicts privileges from the native application privilege cache. The cache is also automatically cleared for applications that have their privileges updated.

Request

POST /_security/privilege/<application>/_clear_cache

Prerequisites

  • To use this API, you must have at least the manage_security cluster privilege.

Description

For more information about the native realm, see Realms and Native user authentication.

Path parameters

application

(string) The name of the application. If omitted, all entries are evicted from the cache.

Examples

The clear privileges cache API evicts privileges from the native application privilege cache. For example, to clear the cache for myapp:

  1. POST /_security/privilege/myapp/_clear_cache