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openapi: 3.2.0
info:
title: Spring Boot Admin Server Instances API
description: REST API for the Spring Boot Admin server. Manages application registration, instance monitoring, Actuator endpoint proxying, and lifecycle event streaming. Spring Boot Admin is a community project by codecentric AG that provides a web UI for monitoring and managing Spring Boot applications via their Actuator endpoints.
version: 3.3.0
contact:
name: codecentric AG
url: https://github.com/codecentric/spring-boot-admin
license:
name: Apache 2.0
url: https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
servers:
- url: http://localhost:8080
description: Local Spring Boot Admin server
tags:
- name: Instances
description: Application instance monitoring and management
paths:
/instances:
get:
operationId: listInstances
summary: List All Instances
description: Returns all registered application instances. Each instance represents a running Spring Boot application registered with the Admin server.
tags:
- Instances
parameters:
- name: application
in: query
required: false
description: Filter instances by application name
schema:
type: string
responses:
'200':
description: List of application instances
content:
application/json:
schema:
type: array
items:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Instance'
/instances/{id}:
get:
operationId: getInstance
summary: Get Instance
description: Returns details for a specific application instance by its ID.
tags:
- Instances
parameters:
- name: id
in: path
required: true
description: Instance ID (assigned by Admin server on registration)
schema:
type: string
example: abc123def456
responses:
'200':
description: Instance details
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Instance'
'404':
description: Instance not found
delete:
operationId: deregisterInstance
summary: Deregister Instance
description: Deregisters a specific application instance from the Admin server.
tags:
- Instances
parameters:
- name: id
in: path
required: true
description: Instance ID to deregister
schema:
type: string
responses:
'204':
description: Instance deregistered
'404':
description: Instance not found
/instances/{id}/actuator:
get:
operationId: getInstanceActuatorEndpoints
summary: Get Instance Actuator Endpoints
description: Returns the list of Actuator endpoints available for a specific instance, as discovered from the instance's /actuator endpoint.
tags:
- Instances
parameters:
- name: id
in: path
required: true
description: Instance ID
schema:
type: string
responses:
'200':
description: Available Actuator endpoints
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/ActuatorEndpoints'
'404':
description: Instance not found
/instances/{id}/actuator/health:
get:
operationId: getInstanceHealth
summary: Get Instance Health
description: Proxies the health Actuator endpoint for the specified instance.
tags:
- Instances
parameters:
- name: id
in: path
required: true
description: Instance ID
schema:
type: string
responses:
'200':
description: Instance health status
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/HealthResponse'
'404':
description: Instance not found
'503':
description: Instance is unhealthy
/instances/{id}/actuator/info:
get:
operationId: getInstanceInfo
summary: Get Instance Info
description: Proxies the info Actuator endpoint for the specified instance.
tags:
- Instances
parameters:
- name: id
in: path
required: true
description: Instance ID
schema:
type: string
responses:
'200':
description: Instance application info
content:
application/json:
schema:
type: object
additionalProperties: true
'404':
description: Instance not found
/instances/{id}/actuator/metrics:
get:
operationId: getInstanceMetrics
summary: Get Instance Metrics
description: Proxies the metrics Actuator endpoint for the specified instance.
tags:
- Instances
parameters:
- name: id
in: path
required: true
description: Instance ID
schema:
type: string
responses:
'200':
description: Available metrics for this instance
content:
application/json:
schema:
type: object
properties:
names:
type: array
items:
type: string
'404':
description: Instance not found
/instances/{id}/actuator/env:
get:
operationId: getInstanceEnvironment
summary: Get Instance Environment
description: Proxies the env Actuator endpoint for the specified instance.
tags:
- Instances
parameters:
- name: id
in: path
required: true
description: Instance ID
schema:
type: string
responses:
'200':
description: Instance environment properties
content:
application/json:
schema:
type: object
additionalProperties: true
'404':
description: Instance not found
/instances/{id}/actuator/loggers:
get:
operationId: getInstanceLoggers
summary: Get Instance Loggers
description: Proxies the loggers Actuator endpoint for the specified instance.
tags:
- Instances
parameters:
- name: id
in: path
required: true
description: Instance ID
schema:
type: string
responses:
'200':
description: Logger configuration for this instance
content:
application/json:
schema:
type: object
additionalProperties: true
'404':
description: Instance not found
post:
operationId: setInstanceLoggerLevel
summary: Set Instance Logger Level
description: Proxies a POST to the loggers Actuator endpoint to change a logger level at runtime on the specified instance.
tags:
- Instances
parameters:
- name: id
in: path
required: true
description: Instance ID
schema:
type: string
requestBody:
required: true
content:
application/json:
schema:
type: object
properties:
configuredLevel:
type: string
description: Log level to set
enum:
- TRACE
- DEBUG
- INFO
- WARN
- ERROR
- FATAL
- 'OFF'
responses:
'204':
description: Logger level updated
'404':
description: Instance not found
components:
schemas:
ActuatorEndpoints:
type: object
description: Available Actuator endpoints discovered for an instance
properties:
_links:
type: object
description: HATEOAS links to available endpoints
additionalProperties:
type: object
properties:
href:
type: string
templated:
type: boolean
ApplicationRegistration:
type: object
description: Payload to register a Spring Boot application with the Admin server
required:
- name
- managementUrl
- healthUrl
- serviceUrl
properties:
name:
type: string
description: Application name (typically spring.application.name)
example: my-spring-app
managementUrl:
type: string
description: URL of the management (Actuator) endpoint base
example: http://localhost:8081/actuator
healthUrl:
type: string
description: URL of the health endpoint
example: http://localhost:8081/actuator/health
serviceUrl:
type: string
description: URL of the service root
example: http://localhost:8081
metadata:
type: object
description: Additional metadata key-value pairs
additionalProperties:
type: string
HealthResponse:
type: object
description: Health status from a proxied instance health endpoint
properties:
status:
type: string
description: Health status
enum:
- UP
- DOWN
- OUT_OF_SERVICE
- UNKNOWN
components:
type: object
description: Component health details
additionalProperties:
type: object
properties:
status:
type: string
details:
type: object
additionalProperties: true
Instance:
type: object
description: A single registered Spring Boot application instance
properties:
id:
type: string
description: Unique instance identifier assigned by Admin server
example: abc123def456
version:
type: integer
description: Optimistic locking version
registration:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/ApplicationRegistration'
registered:
type: boolean
description: Whether the instance is currently registered
statusInfo:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/StatusInfo'
statusTimestamp:
type: string
format: date-time
description: Timestamp of the last status change
info:
type: object
description: Application info collected from the /info Actuator endpoint
additionalProperties: true
endpoints:
type: array
description: Available Actuator endpoints for this instance
items:
type: object
properties:
id:
type: string
description: Endpoint ID (health, metrics, loggers, etc.)
url:
type: string
description: Endpoint URL
buildVersion:
type: string
description: Application build version from /info
nullable: true
tags:
type: object
description: Custom tags for this instance
additionalProperties:
type: string
StatusInfo:
type: object
description: Status information for an application instance
properties:
status:
type: string
description: Current instance status
enum:
- UP
- DOWN
- OUT_OF_SERVICE
- UNKNOWN
- RESTRICTED
- OFFLINE
details:
type: object
description: Additional status details from the health endpoint
additionalProperties: true