HashiCorp Vault

HashiCorp Vault Health API

Health and status endpoints

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GET /sys/health HashiCorp Vault Read health status #

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: HashiCorp Vault Vault Auth Methods AppRole Health API
  description: APIs for authentication methods in HashiCorp Vault including Token, AppRole, Kubernetes, LDAP, JWT/OIDC, GitHub, Userpass, and AWS auth methods. These endpoints handle user and machine authentication to obtain Vault tokens.
  version: '1.0'
  contact:
    name: HashiCorp Support
    email: support@hashicorp.com
    url: https://support.hashicorp.com/
  license:
    name: Business Source License 1.1
    url: https://github.com/hashicorp/vault/blob/main/LICENSE
servers:
- url: https://vault.example.com/v1
  description: Vault Server
security:
- vaultToken: []
tags:
- name: Health
  description: Health and status endpoints
paths:
  /sys/health:
    get:
      operationId: getSystemHealth
      summary: HashiCorp Vault Read health status
      description: Returns the health status of the Vault server. This is an unauthenticated endpoint used for health checks by load balancers and monitoring systems.
      tags:
      - Health
      parameters:
      - name: standbyok
        in: query
        description: Whether to return 200 for standby nodes
        schema:
          type: boolean
      - name: activecode
        in: query
        description: HTTP status code for active nodes
        schema:
          type: integer
          default: 200
      - name: standbycode
        in: query
        description: HTTP status code for standby nodes
        schema:
          type: integer
          default: 429
      - name: sealedcode
        in: query
        description: HTTP status code for sealed vaults
        schema:
          type: integer
          default: 503
      - name: uninitcode
        in: query
        description: HTTP status code for uninitialized vaults
        schema:
          type: integer
          default: 501
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Vault is initialized, unsealed, and active
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/HealthResponse'
        '429':
          description: Vault is unsealed and in standby mode
        '472':
          description: Vault is in data recovery mode replication secondary
        '501':
          description: Vault is not initialized
        '503':
          description: Vault is sealed
      security: []
components:
  schemas:
    HealthResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        initialized:
          type: boolean
          description: Whether the Vault is initialized
        sealed:
          type: boolean
          description: Whether the Vault is sealed
        standby:
          type: boolean
          description: Whether the node is in standby mode
        performance_standby:
          type: boolean
          description: Whether the node is a performance standby
        replication_performance_mode:
          type: string
          description: Replication performance mode
        replication_dr_mode:
          type: string
          description: Replication disaster recovery mode
        server_time_utc:
          type: integer
          description: Server time in UTC epoch seconds
        version:
          type: string
          description: Vault server version
        cluster_name:
          type: string
          description: Name of the Vault cluster
        cluster_id:
          type: string
          description: Unique identifier for the cluster
  securitySchemes:
    vaultToken:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: X-Vault-Token
      description: Vault authentication token
externalDocs:
  description: Vault Auth Methods API Documentation
  url: https://developer.hashicorp.com/vault/api-docs/auth