HashiCorp Vault Health API

Check Vault health and initialization status.

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vault-health-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.0.3
info:
  title: HashiCorp Vault KV Secrets Engine Auth Methods Health API
  description: 'The HashiCorp Vault KV (Key/Value) secrets engine API provides endpoints for reading, writing, versioning, and managing secrets stored in Vault. KV v2 supports secret versioning, metadata management, soft delete, and permanent destruction of secret versions. All paths are mounted under the KV engine mount point (default: secret/).'
  version: '2.0'
  contact:
    name: HashiCorp Support
    url: https://support.hashicorp.com
  termsOfService: https://www.hashicorp.com/terms-of-service
  license:
    name: BUSL-1.1
    url: https://github.com/hashicorp/vault/blob/main/LICENSE
  x-generated-from: documentation
servers:
- url: https://vault.example.com/v1
  description: Vault Server Instance
security:
- vaultToken: []
tags:
- name: Health
  description: Check Vault health and initialization status.
paths:
  /sys/health:
    get:
      operationId: getHealth
      summary: HashiCorp Vault Get Health Status
      description: Returns the health status of Vault. Returns HTTP 200 if Vault is initialized and unsealed, 429 if standby, 472 if recovery mode, and 503 if sealed or uninitialized.
      tags:
      - Health
      security: []
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Vault is initialized and active (leader)
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/HealthResponse'
              examples:
                getHealth200Example:
                  summary: Default getHealth 200 response
                  x-microcks-default: true
                  value:
                    initialized: true
                    sealed: false
                    standby: false
                    version: 2.0.0
                    cluster_name: vault-cluster-01
        '429':
          description: Vault is standby
        '503':
          description: Vault is sealed or uninitialized
      x-microcks-operation:
        delay: 0
        dispatcher: FALLBACK
components:
  schemas:
    HealthResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        initialized:
          type: boolean
          description: Whether Vault has been initialized.
          example: true
        sealed:
          type: boolean
          description: Whether Vault is sealed.
          example: false
        standby:
          type: boolean
          description: Whether this Vault node is in standby mode.
          example: false
        version:
          type: string
          description: Vault version string.
          example: 2.0.0
        cluster_name:
          type: string
          description: Name of the Vault cluster.
          example: vault-cluster-01
        cluster_id:
          type: string
          description: UUID of the Vault cluster.
          example: a1b2c3d4-e5f6-7890-abcd-ef1234567890
  securitySchemes:
    vaultToken:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: X-Vault-Token
      description: Vault token for authenticating API requests. Tokens can be created via login endpoints or the token auth method. The token must have appropriate policy permissions for the requested operations.
externalDocs:
  description: Vault KV v2 API Reference
  url: https://developer.hashicorp.com/vault/api-docs/secret/kv/kv-v2