NGINX Service Mesh

NGINX Service Mesh Control Plane API

The NGINX Service Mesh control plane exposes a REST API used by the `nginx-meshctl` CLI to manage mesh configuration, sidecar injection, certificate authority operations, traffic policies, and resource lookups. The API is internal to the cluster and is not published as a public OpenAPI document; its surface is documented through the API Usage guide and the `nginx-meshctl` reference.

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Documentation
https://docs.nginx.com/nginx-service-mesh/reference/api-usage/

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CLIReference
https://docs.nginx.com/nginx-service-mesh/reference/nginx-meshctl/
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GitHub
https://github.com/nginxinc/nginx-service-mesh
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APIsJSON
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/nginx-service-mesh/refs/heads/main/apis.yml

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apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: nginx-service-mesh:control-plane-api
name: NGINX Service Mesh Control Plane API
description: The NGINX Service Mesh control plane exposes a REST API used by the `nginx-meshctl` CLI to
  manage mesh configuration, sidecar injection, certificate authority operations, traffic policies, and
  resource lookups. The API is internal to the cluster and is not published as a public OpenAPI document;
  its surface is documented through the API Usage guide and the `nginx-meshctl` reference.
humanURL: https://docs.nginx.com/nginx-service-mesh/reference/api-usage/
tags:
- Control Plane
- Kubernetes
- REST
tags_raw:
- API
- Control Plane
- Kubernetes
- REST
properties:
- type: Documentation
  url: https://docs.nginx.com/nginx-service-mesh/reference/api-usage/
- type: CLIReference
  url: https://docs.nginx.com/nginx-service-mesh/reference/nginx-meshctl/
- type: GitHub
  url: https://github.com/nginxinc/nginx-service-mesh