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This is a template for ILM action reference documentation.

To document a new action, copy this file, remove comments like this, and
replace "sample" with the appropriate action name.

Ensure the new action docs are linked and included in
docs/reference/ilm/actions.asciidoc
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[role="xpack"]
[[ilm-sample]]
=== Sample

Phases allowed: hot, warm, cold, frozen, delete.

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INTRO
Include a brief, 1-2 sentence description.
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Does a cool thing. 

[[ilm-sample-options]]
==== Options

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Definition list of the options that can be specified for the action:

If there are no options:

None.
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`sample_option1`::
(Optional, integer)
Number of something.

`sample_option2`::
(Required, string)
Name of something.

[[ilm-sample-ex]]
==== Example

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Basic example of configuring the action in an ILM policy.

Additional examples are optional.
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[source,console]
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PUT _ilm/policy/my_policy
{
  "policy": {
    "phases": {
      "warm": {
        "actions": {
          "sample" : {
            "sample_option1" : 2
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }
}
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// TEST[skip: Replace fake actions and remove this comment.]

[[ilm-sample2-ex]]
===== Describe example

The sample action in the following policy does something interesting. 

[source,console]
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PUT _ilm/policy/my_policy
{
  "policy": {
    "phases": {
      "warm": {
        "actions": {
          "sample" : {
            "sample_option1" : 100,
            "sample_option2" : "interesting"
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }
}
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// TEST[skip: Replace fake actions and remove this comment.]
