# Redpanda Admin API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/redpanda/redpanda-admin-api/  
**Provider:** Redpanda — https://apis.io/providers/redpanda/

Redpanda Admin API is one of 10 APIs that [Redpanda](https://apis.io/providers/redpanda/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification. Tagged areas include Admin, Cluster, Brokers, and Configuration. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation, an API reference, and an OpenAPI specification.

The Redpanda Admin API is a built-in HTTP REST API (default port 9644) exposing cluster operations not covered by the Kafka protocol — broker membership, decommissioning, rebalance, license, debug bundle, configuration, leadership, security, and partitions.

## Machine-readable artifacts (8)

- **Documentation** — https://docs.redpanda.com/api/admin-api/
- **APIReference** — https://docs.redpanda.com/current/reference/api-reference/admin-api/
- **OpenAPI** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/redpanda/refs/heads/main/openapi/redpanda-admin-cluster-openapi.json
- **OpenAPI** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/redpanda/refs/heads/main/openapi/redpanda-admin-broker-openapi.json
- **OpenAPI** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/redpanda/refs/heads/main/openapi/redpanda-admin-partition-openapi.json
- **OpenAPI** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/redpanda/refs/heads/main/openapi/redpanda-admin-debug-openapi.json
- **OpenAPI** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/redpanda/refs/heads/main/openapi/redpanda-admin-transform-openapi.json
- **OpenAPI** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/redpanda/refs/heads/main/openapi/redpanda-admin-usage-openapi.json

## Other Redpanda APIs (9)

- [Redpanda Kafka API](https://apis.io/apis/redpanda/redpanda-kafka-api/)
- [Redpanda Schema Registry API](https://apis.io/apis/redpanda/redpanda-schema-registry-api/)
- [Redpanda HTTP Proxy (Pandaproxy) API](https://apis.io/apis/redpanda/redpanda-http-proxy-api/)
- [Redpanda Cloud Control Plane API](https://apis.io/apis/redpanda/redpanda-cloud-control-plane-api/)
- [Redpanda Cloud Data Plane API](https://apis.io/apis/redpanda/redpanda-cloud-data-plane-api/)
- [Redpanda Console API](https://apis.io/apis/redpanda/redpanda-console-api/)
- [Redpanda Connect (Benthos) API](https://apis.io/apis/redpanda/redpanda-connect-api/)
- [Redpanda rpk CLI Surface](https://apis.io/apis/redpanda/redpanda-rpk-api/)
- [Redpanda Iceberg Topic API](https://apis.io/apis/redpanda/redpanda-iceberg-topic-api/)

## Tags

Admin, Cluster, Brokers, Configuration

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/apis/redpanda/redpanda-admin-api/). The API's provider profile, Kin Score and agent-readiness rating are at https://apis.io/providers/redpanda/.