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https://www.envoyproxy.io/docs/envoy/latest/operations/admin
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https://www.envoyproxy.io/docs/envoy/latest/api-docs/xds_protocol
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OpenAPI Specification
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
title: Envoy Proxy Admin Health 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: Health
description: Health check management endpoints.
paths:
/ready:
get:
operationId: getReady
summary: Envoy Proxy Check Server Readiness
description: Returns a 200 OK response if the server has been initialized and is ready to accept traffic. Returns 503 if the server is not yet initialized.
responses:
'200':
description: Server is ready and initialized.
content:
text/plain:
schema:
type: string
'503':
description: Server is not yet initialized.
content:
text/plain:
schema:
type: string
tags:
- Health
/healthcheck/fail:
post:
operationId: postHealthcheckFail
summary: Envoy Proxy Fail Health Checks
description: Causes the server to fail inbound health checks. This requires the use of the HTTP health check filter. Useful for draining a server prior to shutting it down or performing a full restart.
responses:
'200':
description: Health check failure enabled.
content:
text/plain:
schema:
type: string
tags:
- Health
/healthcheck/ok:
post:
operationId: postHealthcheckOk
summary: Envoy Proxy Resume Health Checks
description: Negates the effect of POST /healthcheck/fail, causing the server to resume passing inbound health checks.
responses:
'200':
description: Health check restored to passing.
content:
text/plain:
schema:
type: string
tags:
- Health