# X-Road (NIIS) Initialization API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/x-road-global/x-road-global-initialization-api/  
**Provider:** X-Road (NIIS) — https://apis.io/providers/x-road-global/  
**Base URL:** https://{security-server-host}:4000/api/v1  
**Documentation:** https://docs.x-road.global/

X-Road (NIIS) Initialization API is one of 40 APIs that [X-Road (NIIS)](https://apis.io/providers/x-road-global/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification. Tagged areas include Initialization. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification.

resources related to Central Server initialization

## Operations (4)

| Method | Path | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| POST | `/initialization` | Initialize a new central server with the provided initial configuration |
| GET | `/initialization/status` | Check the initialization status of the Central Server |
| POST | `/initialization/admin-user` | Create the initial admin user during Security Server initialization |
| GET | `/initialization/admin-user/status` | Check whether the initial admin user needs to be created |

## Machine-readable artifacts (1)

- **OpenAPI** — https://artifacts.apis.io/x-road-global/openapi/x-road-global-initialization-api-openapi.yml

## Other X-Road (NIIS) APIs (12)

- [X-Road Management Services (SOAP)](https://apis.io/apis/x-road-global/management-services/)
- [X-Road Environmental and Operational Monitoring (SOAP)](https://apis.io/apis/x-road-global/monitoring/)
- [X-Road (NIIS) Backups API](https://apis.io/apis/x-road-global/x-road-global-backups-api/)
- [X-Road (NIIS) Certificate Authorities API](https://apis.io/apis/x-road-global/x-road-global-certificate-authorities-api/)
- [X-Road (NIIS) Certification Services API](https://apis.io/apis/x-road-global/x-road-global-certification-services-api/)
- [X-Road (NIIS) Clients API](https://apis.io/apis/x-road-global/x-road-global-clients-api/)
- [X-Road (NIIS) Configuration Parts API](https://apis.io/apis/x-road-global/x-road-global-configuration-parts-api/)
- [X-Road (NIIS) Configuration Source Anchors API](https://apis.io/apis/x-road-global/x-road-global-configuration-source-anchors-api/)
- [X-Road (NIIS) Configuration Sources API](https://apis.io/apis/x-road-global/x-road-global-configuration-sources-api/)
- [X-Road (NIIS) Dataspace API](https://apis.io/apis/x-road-global/x-road-global-dataspace-api/)
- [X-Road (NIIS) Diagnostics API](https://apis.io/apis/x-road-global/x-road-global-diagnostics-api/)
- [X-Road (NIIS) Ds Tls Certification Authorities API](https://apis.io/apis/x-road-global/x-road-global-ds-tls-certification-authorities-api/)

## Tags

Initialization

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