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Most things in AWS are accessible from the AWS API, but in some situations you're expected to query the service itself. Which is kinda backwards.
OpenSearch (Elastic) can do index backups to S3 buckets.
Great!
AWS, show me the config
Oh it can't. You have to query an API endpoint of the service itself to get that answer at /_plugins/_ism/policies and /_plugins/_ism/policies/$policy_id
I understand why, but couldn't AWS just expose this in a normal AWS API endpoint as well? Shouldn't it be their job to do tighter integration with the service? Come on...
OpenSearch (Elastic) can do index backups to S3 buckets.
Great!
AWS, show me the config
Oh it can't. You have to query an API endpoint of the service itself to get that answer at /_plugins/_ism/policies and /_plugins/_ism/policies/$policy_id
I understand why, but couldn't AWS just expose this in a normal AWS API endpoint as well? Shouldn't it be their job to do tighter integration with the service? Come on...