Envoy Configuration API

Configuration dump and inspection endpoints

OpenAPI Specification

envoy-configuration-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Envoy Admin Certificates Configuration API
  description: The Envoy Admin API provides local administrative access to a running Envoy proxy instance. It exposes endpoints for inspecting configuration, checking health, viewing statistics, managing log levels, and controlling the runtime state of the proxy. The Admin API is typically bound to a local interface (default port 9901) and is not intended for external exposure in production environments.
  version: 1.31.0
  contact:
    name: Envoy Proxy Community
    url: https://www.envoyproxy.io/community
  termsOfService: https://www.envoyproxy.io/
servers:
- url: http://localhost:9901
  description: Default Envoy Admin Interface
tags:
- name: Configuration
  description: Configuration dump and inspection endpoints
paths:
  /config_dump:
    get:
      operationId: getConfigDump
      summary: Dump current Envoy configuration
      description: Returns the currently loaded Envoy configuration as a JSON object containing bootstrap, clusters, listeners, routes, secrets, and endpoints. Supports filtering by resource type and name regex to reduce output size.
      tags:
      - Configuration
      parameters:
      - name: resource
        in: query
        description: Filter by resource type. Valid values include static_clusters, dynamic_active_clusters, static_listeners, dynamic_active_listeners, dynamic_route_configs, static_route_configs, and bootstrap.
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - static_clusters
          - dynamic_active_clusters
          - static_listeners
          - dynamic_active_listeners
          - dynamic_route_configs
          - static_route_configs
          - bootstrap
      - name: name_regex
        in: query
        description: Filter resources by name using a regular expression pattern.
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: include_eds
        in: query
        description: Include EDS endpoint assignment data in the config dump.
        required: false
        schema:
          type: boolean
          default: false
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Configuration dump retrieved successfully
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ConfigDump'
components:
  schemas:
    ConfigDump:
      type: object
      description: Complete Envoy configuration dump containing all static and dynamic resource configurations
      properties:
        configs:
          type: array
          description: List of typed configuration objects
          items:
            type: object
            properties:
              '@type':
                type: string
                description: Protobuf type URL identifying the configuration type (e.g., type.googleapis.com/envoy.admin.v3.BootstrapConfigDump)
    ConfigDump_2:
      type: object
      description: Complete Envoy configuration dump
      properties:
        configs:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
            properties:
              '@type':
                type: string
externalDocs:
  description: Envoy Admin Interface Documentation
  url: https://www.envoyproxy.io/docs/envoy/latest/operations/admin