Default Action Groups

This page catalogs all default action groups. Often, the most coherent way to create new action groups is to use a combination of these default groups and individual permissions.

General

Name	Description
unlimited	Grants complete access. Can be used on an cluster- or index-level. Equates to "*".

Cluster-level

Name	Description
cluster_all	Grants all cluster permissions. Equates to cluster:*.
cluster_monitor	Grants all cluster monitoring permissions. Equates to cluster:monitor/*.
cluster_composite_ops_ro	Grants read-only permissions to execute requests like mget, msearch, or mtv, plus permissions to query for aliases.
cluster_composite_ops	Same as CLUSTER_COMPOSITE_OPS_RO, but also grants bulk permissions and all aliases permissions.
manage_snapshots	Grants permissions to manage snapshots and repositories.
cluster_manage_pipelines	Grants permissions to manage ingest pipelines.
cluster_manage_index_templates	Grants permissions to manage index templates.

Index-level

Name	Description
indices_all	Grants all permissions on the index. Equates to indices:*.
get	Grants permissions to use get and mget actions only.
read	Grants read permissions such as search, get field mappings, get, and mget.
write	Grants permissions to create and update documents within existing indices. To create new indices, see create_index.
delete	Grants permissions to delete documents.
crud	Combines the read, write, and delete action groups. Included in the data_access action group.
search	Grants permissions to search documents. Includes suggest.
suggest	Grants permissions to use the suggest API. Included in the read action group.
create_index	Grants permissions to create indices and mappings.
indices_monitor	Grants permissions to execute all index monitoring actions (e.g. recovery, segments info, index stats, and status).
index	A more limited version of the write action group.
data_access	Combines the crud action group with indices:data/*.
manage_aliases	Grants permissions to manage aliases.
manage	Grants all monitoring and administration permissions for indices.