HashiCorp Nomad System API

Endpoints for system maintenance operations such as garbage collection and reconciliation.

Operations 2

PUT /system/gc Run garbage collection #
PUT /system/reconcile/summaries Reconcile job summaries #

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OpenAPI Specification

nomad-system-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: HashiCorp Nomad HTTP ACL System 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: System
  description: Endpoints for system maintenance operations such as garbage collection and reconciliation.
paths:
  /system/gc:
    put:
      operationId: systemGarbageCollect
      summary: Run garbage collection
      description: Initiates garbage collection of jobs, evaluations, allocations, and nodes. This should not be necessary for most users.
      tags:
      - System
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Garbage collection initiated
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '500':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/InternalError'
  /system/reconcile/summaries:
    put:
      operationId: reconcileSummaries
      summary: Reconcile job summaries
      description: Reconciles the summaries of all registered jobs.
      tags:
      - System
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Reconciliation initiated
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '500':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/InternalError'
components:
  responses:
    Unauthorized:
      description: Unauthorized - missing or invalid ACL token
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            type: object
            properties:
              message:
                type: string
    InternalError:
      description: Internal server error
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            type: object
            properties:
              message:
                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