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title: Activate and deactivate watch
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# Activate/Deactivate Signals API
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## Endpoint

```
PUT /_signals/tenant/{tenant}/_active
```

```
DELETE  /_signals/tenant/{tenant}/_active
```

These endpoints can be used to activate and deactivate the execution of all watches configured for a Signals tenant.

Using the PUT verb activates the execution, using the DELETE verb deactivates the execution.

This is equivalent to changing the value of the Signals setting `tenant.{tenant}.active`. However, this API requires a distinct permission. Thus, it is possible to allow a user activation and deactivation of a tenant while the user cannot change other settings.

## Path Parameters

**{tenant}:** The name of the tenant to be activated or deactivated. `_main` refers to the default tenant. Users of the community edition will can only use `_main` here.

## Request Body

No request body is required for this endpoint.

## Responses

### 200 OK

The execution was successfully enabled or disabled.

### 403 Forbidden

The user does not have the permission to activate or deactivate the execution of a tenant. 

## Permissions

For being able to access the endpoint, the user needs to have the privilege `cluster:admin:searchguard:tenant:signals:tenant/start_stop` .

This permission is included in the following [built-in action groups](security_permissions.md):

* SGS\_SIGNALS\_ALL