Run Connector
elastic_security.run_connector
ActionBusiness appsconnection required
Calls the Elastic Security API with the connection's credentials.
Run a Kibana connector with the parameters its type expects, for example to post a Slack message or open a ServiceNow incident.
Connection
- Required
- Yes — the node will not save without one
- Auth type
- API key
- Providers
- Elastic Security
- Secret shape
- the Kibana API key ("ApiKey <encoded>" or the bare encoded value), or {"api_key": "…"}
- Config it needs
- kibana_url, space_id, owner
- Resolved by
- config.connection_id, else node.connection_id
Configuration
2 fields, 1 required. A dotted path is a nested object and name[] an array of objects — the editor renders the same tree.
| Field | Type | Required | Default | Constraints | Example |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
connector_id Identifier of the connector to run. | string | Yes | — | — | — |
params Parameters for this connector type, such as {"message": "..."}. | object | No | — | — | — |
Output
One shape.
result
| Field | Type | Example |
|---|---|---|
connector_id The connector that was run. | string | — |
status Elastic's outcome for the run: ok or error. | string | — |
ok True only when status is ok; branch on this. | boolean | — |
data Whatever the connector type returned, when it succeeded. | any | — |
message Elastic's error message when status is error. | string | — |
service_message The third party's own error detail. | string | — |
retry Whether Elastic considers the failure retryable. | any | — |
{
"connector_id": "",
"data": null,
"message": "",
"ok": false,
"retry": null,
"service_message": "",
"status": ""
}Notes
- Kibana answers HTTP 200 even when the third-party call failed, reporting status "error" with a service_message. The node surfaces that outcome instead of raising, so a workflow can branch on `ok` and read the reason.
See Run Connector run in a workflow.
In a technical demo we add the Elastic Security connection, drop the node on the canvas and let Workflow Health pre-flight it before the first real run.