Envoy Proxy Server API

Server information and lifecycle endpoints.

OpenAPI Specification

envoy-proxy-server-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Envoy Proxy Admin Certificates Server 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. It serves as a critical operational tool for monitoring, debugging, and managing Envoy proxy instances. The admin interface typically runs on port 9901 by default. All mutation operations must be sent as HTTP POST requests; GET requests will not perform changes. Note that this endpoint is not authenticated, so access should be restricted in production environments.
  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: Server
  description: Server information and lifecycle endpoints.
paths:
  /server_info:
    get:
      operationId: getServerInfo
      summary: Envoy Proxy Get Server Information
      description: Returns information about the running Envoy server including version, uptime, command line options, and hot restart version.
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful response with server information.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  version:
                    type: string
                    description: Envoy version string.
                  state:
                    type: string
                    description: Current server state.
                  uptime_current_epoch:
                    type: string
                    description: Uptime of the current epoch.
                  uptime_all_epochs:
                    type: string
                    description: Uptime across all epochs.
                  hot_restart_version:
                    type: string
                    description: Hot restart compatibility version.
                  command_line_options:
                    type: object
                    description: Command line options used to start Envoy.
      tags:
      - Server
  /memory:
    get:
      operationId: getMemory
      summary: Envoy Proxy Get Memory Usage
      description: Returns current memory allocation and heap usage in bytes, providing insights into memory consumption of the Envoy process.
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful response with memory information.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  allocated:
                    type: string
                    description: Currently allocated memory in bytes.
                  heap_size:
                    type: string
                    description: Current heap size in bytes.
                  pageheap_unmapped:
                    type: string
                    description: Unmapped page heap bytes.
                  pageheap_free:
                    type: string
                    description: Free page heap bytes.
                  total_thread_cache:
                    type: string
                    description: Total thread cache bytes.
      tags:
      - Server
  /hot_restart_version:
    get:
      operationId: getHotRestartVersion
      summary: Envoy Proxy Get Hot Restart Version
      description: Returns the hot restart compatibility version. This can be matched against the output of the --hot-restart-version command line option to determine whether a new binary and the running binary are hot restart compatible.
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful response with hot restart version.
          content:
            text/plain:
              schema:
                type: string
      tags:
      - Server
  /quitquitquit:
    post:
      operationId: postQuitQuitQuit
      summary: Envoy Proxy Shutdown Server
      description: Cleanly exits the Envoy server process.
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Server shutdown initiated.
          content:
            text/plain:
              schema:
                type: string
      tags:
      - Server