Turn off {slm} ({slm-init}).
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].
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 data streams or 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.
Use the [slm-api-get-status] to see if {slm-init} is running.