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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. |
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. |
| 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). |
| manage_aliases | Grants permissions to manage aliases. |
| manage | Grants all monitoring and administration permissions for indices. |