Kurrent Admin API

Node administration operations

Operations 5

POST /admin/shutdown Shut down the node #
POST /admin/node/resign Resign leadership of the node #
POST /admin/scavenge Start a scavenge operation #
DELETE /admin/scavenge/{scavengeId} Stop a running scavenge operation #
POST /admin/mergeindexes Merge the node indexes #

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OpenAPI Specification

kurrent-admin-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: KurrentDB HTTP Admin API
  version: v26.1
  summary: AtomPub-over-HTTP interface to KurrentDB streams, subscriptions, projections, users and node administration.
  description: KurrentDB (formerly EventStoreDB) exposes a native AtomPub-over-HTTP interface alongside its primary gRPC protocol.
  contact:
    name: Kurrent
    url: https://www.kurrent.io/
  license:
    name: Kurrent License
    url: https://www.kurrent.io/terms-of-use
  x-apievangelist-provenance:
    generated: '2026-07-19'
    method: generated
    source: https://docs.kurrent.io/server/v26.1/http-api/api.html
    note: Faithful transcription of the provider's published HTTP API reference table. Operation summaries mirror the reference; request/response schemas are intentionally left open where the provider does not publish them.
servers:
- url: https://{host}:{port}
  description: Your KurrentDB node or Kurrent Cloud cluster
  variables:
    host:
      default: localhost
      description: Hostname of the KurrentDB node (the same host you use for the admin UI)
    port:
      default: '2113'
      description: KurrentDB HTTP port
security:
- basicAuth: []
tags:
- name: Admin
  description: Node administration operations
paths:
  /admin/shutdown:
    post:
      tags:
      - Admin
      operationId: shutdownNode
      summary: Shut down the node
      responses:
        '200':
          description: OK — shutdown initiated
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
  /admin/node/resign:
    post:
      tags:
      - Admin
      operationId: resignNode
      summary: Resign leadership of the node
      responses:
        '200':
          description: OK — the node resigned leadership
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
  /admin/scavenge:
    post:
      tags:
      - Admin
      operationId: startScavenge
      summary: Start a scavenge operation
      parameters:
      - name: startFromChunk
        in: query
        description: Chunk number to start scavenging from
        schema:
          type: integer
      - name: threads
        in: query
        description: Number of threads to use for the scavenge
        schema:
          type: integer
      responses:
        '200':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/JsonOk'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
  /admin/scavenge/{scavengeId}:
    parameters:
    - name: scavengeId
      in: path
      required: true
      description: Identifier of the running scavenge operation
      schema:
        type: string
    delete:
      tags:
      - Admin
      operationId: stopScavenge
      summary: Stop a running scavenge operation
      responses:
        '200':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/JsonOk'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
  /admin/mergeindexes:
    post:
      tags:
      - Admin
      operationId: mergeIndexes
      summary: Merge the node indexes
      responses:
        '200':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/JsonOk'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
components:
  responses:
    Unauthorized:
      description: Unauthorized — credentials were missing, invalid, or lacked ACL permission
      content:
        text/plain:
          schema:
            type: string
    JsonOk:
      description: OK
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            type: object
  securitySchemes:
    basicAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: basic
      description: KurrentDB supports HTTP Basic authentication for the HTTP API, with access control lists (ACLs) applied per stream. See https://docs.kurrent.io/server/v26.1/http-api/security.html
externalDocs:
  description: KurrentDB HTTP API documentation
  url: https://docs.kurrent.io/server/v26.1/http-api/introduction.html