Issue with Missing SLM (Snapshot Lifecycle Management) in OpenSearch 2.11.0 and Snapshot Automation

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I am trying to set up Snapshot Lifecycle Management (SLM) to automate snapshots in OpenSearch. However, when I attempt to access the SLM API (e.g., GET _slm/policy), I get a message indicating that the policy is not allowed. It appears that SLM is missing from my OpenSearch version.

I have verified that my OpenSearch version is 2.11.0, but I cannot find any documentation on how to enable or configure SLM for snapshots.

What I’m trying to do:

  1. Automate snapshot creation every 7 days using SLM policies.
  2. Delete all previous snapshots
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@nstevanoski SLM is part of Elasticsearch, that’s why _slm/policy does’t work in OpenSearch.

You should use Snapshot Management instead.

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