Envoy Proxy

Envoy Proxy Configuration API

Configuration inspection and dump endpoints.

GitHub OpenAPI

Operations 2

GET /config_dump Envoy Proxy Dump Current Configuration #
GET /init_dump Envoy Proxy Dump Initialization Configuration #

Documentation

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Documentation
https://www.envoyproxy.io/docs/envoy/latest/operations/admin
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Documentation
https://www.envoyproxy.io/docs/envoy/latest/api-docs/xds_protocol

Specifications

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OpenAPI
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/envoy-proxy/refs/heads/main/openapi/envoy-proxy-configuration-api-openapi.yml

SDKs

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GitHubRepository
https://github.com/envoyproxy/envoy

Other Resources

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ChangeLog
https://github.com/envoyproxy/envoy/releases
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Reference
https://www.envoyproxy.io/docs/envoy/latest/configuration/overview/xds_api

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OpenAPI Specification

envoy-proxy-configuration-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Envoy Proxy Admin Configuration API
  description: The Envoy Proxy Administration Interface provides a local HTTP-based management API for querying and modifying various aspects of the Envoy server at runtime.
  version: 1.38.0
  contact:
    name: Envoy Proxy
    url: https://www.envoyproxy.io/
  license:
    name: Apache 2.0
    url: https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
servers:
- url: http://localhost:9901
  description: Default Envoy Admin Interface
tags:
- name: Configuration
  description: Configuration inspection and dump endpoints.
paths:
  /config_dump:
    get:
      operationId: getConfigDump
      summary: Envoy Proxy Dump Current Configuration
      description: Returns the currently loaded configuration in JSON format, including bootstrap, clusters, endpoints, listeners, scoped routes, routes, secrets, and ECDS filter configurations.
      parameters:
      - name: resource
        in: query
        description: Filter the configuration dump to only return the specified resource type.
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: mask
        in: query
        description: Field mask to apply to the configuration dump, limiting which fields are returned.
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: name_regex
        in: query
        description: Regular expression to filter the returned configuration by resource name.
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: include_eds
        in: query
        description: Include EDS configuration in the dump.
        schema:
          type: boolean
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful response with configuration dump.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  configs:
                    type: array
                    items:
                      type: object
      tags:
      - Configuration
  /init_dump:
    get:
      operationId: getInitDump
      summary: Envoy Proxy Dump Initialization Configuration
      description: Returns the unmodified configuration as it was loaded during the initialization process.
      parameters:
      - name: mask
        in: query
        description: Field mask to apply to the initialization dump.
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful response with initialization configuration.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
      tags:
      - Configuration