HashiCorp Nomad Scaling API

Endpoints for querying scaling policies and their status.

Operations 2

GET /scaling/policies List scaling policies #
GET /scaling/policy/{policyID} Read a scaling policy #

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OpenAPI Specification

nomad-scaling-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: HashiCorp Nomad HTTP ACL Scaling API
  description: The HashiCorp Nomad HTTP API provides programmatic access to all Nomad functionality including job scheduling, allocation management, node operations, deployments, services, evaluations, namespaces, ACL policies, and cluster status. All API routes are prefixed with /v1/ and the default port is 4646. The API is RESTful, responds to standard HTTP verbs, and supports ACL token authentication via the X-Nomad-Token header or Bearer scheme.
  version: 1.9.0
  contact:
    name: HashiCorp Support
    url: https://support.hashicorp.com
  termsOfService: https://www.hashicorp.com/terms-of-service
  license:
    name: Business Source License 1.1
    url: https://github.com/hashicorp/nomad/blob/main/LICENSE
servers:
- url: http://localhost:4646/v1
  description: Local Nomad Agent
security:
- nomadToken: []
- bearerAuth: []
tags:
- name: Scaling
  description: Endpoints for querying scaling policies and their status.
paths:
  /scaling/policies:
    get:
      operationId: listScalingPolicies
      summary: List scaling policies
      description: Lists all scaling policies in the system.
      tags:
      - Scaling
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/NamespaceParam'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/NextTokenParam'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/PerPageParam'
      - name: job
        in: query
        description: Filter scaling policies by job ID.
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: type
        in: query
        description: Filter scaling policies by type.
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: A list of scaling policies
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: array
                items:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/ScalingPolicyListStub'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '500':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/InternalError'
  /scaling/policy/{policyID}:
    get:
      operationId: readScalingPolicy
      summary: Read a scaling policy
      description: Returns the details of the specified scaling policy.
      tags:
      - Scaling
      parameters:
      - name: policyID
        in: path
        required: true
        description: The ID of the scaling policy.
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Scaling policy details
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ScalingPolicy'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
        '500':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/InternalError'
components:
  responses:
    InternalError:
      description: Internal server error
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            type: object
            properties:
              message:
                type: string
    Unauthorized:
      description: Unauthorized - missing or invalid ACL token
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            type: object
            properties:
              message:
                type: string
    NotFound:
      description: Resource not found
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            type: object
            properties:
              message:
                type: string
  schemas:
    ScalingPolicyListStub:
      type: object
      description: A stub representation of a scaling policy.
      properties:
        ID:
          type: string
        Target:
          type: object
          additionalProperties:
            type: string
        Type:
          type: string
        Enabled:
          type: boolean
        CreateIndex:
          type: integer
        ModifyIndex:
          type: integer
    ScalingPolicy:
      type: object
      description: A scaling policy for a task group.
      properties:
        ID:
          type: string
        Namespace:
          type: string
        Target:
          type: object
          additionalProperties:
            type: string
          description: The target of the scaling policy (job, group).
        Type:
          type: string
          description: The type of scaling policy.
        Policy:
          type: object
          description: The scaling policy configuration.
        Min:
          type: integer
        Max:
          type: integer
        Enabled:
          type: boolean
        CreateIndex:
          type: integer
        ModifyIndex:
          type: integer
  parameters:
    NamespaceParam:
      name: namespace
      in: query
      description: The target namespace. Defaults to the default namespace.
      schema:
        type: string
    PerPageParam:
      name: per_page
      in: query
      description: Maximum number of results to return per page.
      schema:
        type: integer
    NextTokenParam:
      name: next_token
      in: query
      description: Indicates where to start paging for queries that support pagination.
      schema:
        type: string
  securitySchemes:
    nomadToken:
      type: apiKey
      name: X-Nomad-Token
      in: header
      description: ACL token passed via the X-Nomad-Token request header.
    bearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      description: ACL token passed via the Authorization header with Bearer scheme.
externalDocs:
  description: Nomad HTTP API Documentation
  url: https://developer.hashicorp.com/nomad/api-docs