HashiCorp Consul

HashiCorp Consul Connect API

Service mesh / Connect CA and intentions

GitHub OpenAPI

Operations 4

GET /connect/ca/roots List CA root certificates #
GET /connect/ca/configuration Get CA configuration #
PUT /connect/ca/configuration Update CA configuration #
GET /connect/intentions List intentions #

Documentation

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Documentation
https://developer.hashicorp.com/consul/api-docs
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Authentication
https://developer.hashicorp.com/consul/api-docs/api-structure

Specifications

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OpenAPI
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/consul/refs/heads/main/openapi/consul-connect-api-openapi.yml

SDKs

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GitHubRepository
https://github.com/hashicorp/consul

Other Resources

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ACL Documentation
https://developer.hashicorp.com/consul/docs/security/acl

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OpenAPI Specification

consul-connect-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: HashiCorp Consul HTTP ACL Connect API
  description: The Consul HTTP API provides full access to Consul functionality including service discovery, health checking, key/value storage, ACL management, Connect service mesh, configuration entries, and multi-datacenter operations.
  version: 1.18.0
  contact:
    name: HashiCorp
    url: https://www.consul.io/
  license:
    name: Business Source License 1.1
    url: https://github.com/hashicorp/consul/blob/main/LICENSE
servers:
- url: http://localhost:8500/v1
  description: Local Consul agent
- url: https://{consul_host}:{port}/v1
  description: Custom Consul server
  variables:
    consul_host:
      default: localhost
    port:
      default: '8500'
security:
- ConsulToken: []
tags:
- name: Connect
  description: Service mesh / Connect CA and intentions
paths:
  /connect/ca/roots:
    get:
      operationId: getConnectCARoots
      summary: List CA root certificates
      description: Returns the current list of trusted CA root certificates in the Connect CA.
      tags:
      - Connect
      responses:
        '200':
          description: CA root certificates
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  ActiveRootID:
                    type: string
                  Roots:
                    type: array
                    items:
                      type: object
                      properties:
                        ID:
                          type: string
                        Name:
                          type: string
                        RootCert:
                          type: string
                        Active:
                          type: boolean
  /connect/ca/configuration:
    get:
      operationId: getConnectCAConfig
      summary: Get CA configuration
      tags:
      - Connect
      responses:
        '200':
          description: CA configuration
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  Provider:
                    type: string
                  Config:
                    type: object
    put:
      operationId: updateConnectCAConfig
      summary: Update CA configuration
      tags:
      - Connect
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                Provider:
                  type: string
                Config:
                  type: object
      responses:
        '200':
          description: CA configuration updated
  /connect/intentions:
    get:
      operationId: listConnectIntentions
      summary: List intentions
      description: Returns all Connect intentions.
      tags:
      - Connect
      parameters:
      - name: filter
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: List of intentions
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: array
                items:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/Intention'
components:
  schemas:
    Intention:
      type: object
      properties:
        ID:
          type: string
        SourceName:
          type: string
        DestinationName:
          type: string
        SourceNS:
          type: string
        DestinationNS:
          type: string
        Action:
          type: string
          enum:
          - allow
          - deny
        Precedence:
          type: integer
        Description:
          type: string
        Meta:
          type: object
          additionalProperties:
            type: string
        CreatedAt:
          type: string
          format: date-time
        UpdatedAt:
          type: string
          format: date-time
  securitySchemes:
    ConsulToken:
      type: apiKey
      name: X-Consul-Token
      in: header
      description: ACL token for authentication