NGINX · JSON Structure

Plus Http Api Nginx Http Upstream Peer Structure

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HTTP Upstream Server is a JSON Structure definition published by NGINX. It conforms to the https://json-structure.org/meta/core/v0/# meta-schema.

Meta-schema: https://json-structure.org/meta/core/v0/#

JSON Structure

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{
  "$schema": "https://json-structure.org/meta/core/v0/#",
  "name": "HTTP Upstream Server",
  "type": "object",
  "members": {
    "id": {
      "description": "The ID of the server.",
      "type": "int32",
      "readOnly": true,
      "example": 0
    },
    "server": {
      "description": "An  <a href=\"https://nginx.org/en/docs/http/ngx_http_upstream_module.html#server\">address</a> of the server.",
      "type": "string",
      "example": "example-server"
    },
    "service": {
      "description": "The <a href=\"https://nginx.org/en/docs/http/ngx_http_upstream_module.html#service\">service</a> parameter value of the <a href=\"https://nginx.org/en/docs/http/ngx_http_upstream_module.html#server\">server</a> directive.",
      "type": "string",
      "example": "example-service"
    },
    "name": {
      "description": "The name of the server specified in the <a href=\"https://nginx.org/en/docs/http/ngx_http_upstream_module.html#server\">server</a> directive.",
      "type": "string",
      "readOnly": true,
      "example": "my_shared_zone"
    },
    "backup": {
      "description": "A boolean value indicating whether the server is a <a href=\"https://nginx.org/en/docs/http/ngx_http_upstream_module.html#backup\">backup</a> server.",
      "type": "boolean",
      "example": false
    },
    "weight": {
      "description": "<a href=\"https://nginx.org/en/docs/http/ngx_http_upstream_module.html#weight\">Weight</a> of the server.",
      "type": "int32",
      "example": 0
    },
    "state": {
      "description": "Current state, which may be one of \u201c<code>up</code>\u201d, \u201c<code>draining</code>\u201d, \u201c<code>down</code>\u201d, \u201c<code>unavail</code>\u201d, \u201c<code>checking</code>\u201d, and \u201c<code>unhealthy</code>\u201d.",
      "type": "string",
      "enum": [
        "up",
        "draining",
        "down",
        "unavail",
        "checking",
        "unhealthy"
      ],
      "example": "example-state"
    },
    "active": {
      "description": "The current number of active connections.",
      "type": "int32",
      "readOnly": true,
      "example": 5
    },
    "ssl": {
      "type": "object",
      "members": {
        "handshakes": {
          "description": "The total number of successful SSL handshakes.",
          "type": "int32",
          "readOnly": true,
          "example": 79572
        },
        "handshakes_failed": {
          "description": "The total number of failed SSL handshakes.",
          "type": "int32",
          "readOnly": true,
          "example": 21025
        },
        "session_reuses": {
          "description": "The total number of session reuses during SSL handshake.",
          "type": "int32",
          "readOnly": true,
          "example": 15762
        },
        "no_common_protocol": {
          "description": "The number of SSL handshakes failed because of no common protocol.",
          "type": "int32",
          "example": 4
        },
        "handshake_timeout": {
          "description": "The number of SSL handshakes failed because of a timeout.",
          "type": "int32",
          "example": 0
        },
        "peer_rejected_cert": {
          "description": "The number of failed SSL handshakes when nginx presented the certificate to the upstream server but it was rejected with a corresponding alert message.",
          "type": "int32",
          "example": 0
        },
        "verify_failures": {
          "description": "SSL certificate verification errors",
          "type": "object",
          "members": {
            "expired_cert": {
              "description": "An expired or not yet valid certificate was presented by an upstream server.",
              "type": "int32",
              "example": 2
            },
            "revoked_cert": {
              "description": "A revoked certificate was presented by an upstream server.",
              "type": "int32",
              "example": 1
            },
            "hostname_mismatch": {
              "description": "Server's certificate doesn't match the hostname.",
              "type": "int32",
              "example": 2
            },
            "other": {
              "description": "Other SSL certificate verification errors.",
              "type": "int32",
              "example": 1
            }
          },
          "example": {}
        }
      },
      "readOnly": true,
      "example": {}
    },
    "max_conns": {
      "description": "The <a href=\"https://nginx.org/en/docs/http/ngx_http_upstream_module.html#max_conns\">max_conns</a> limit for the server.",
      "type": "int32",
      "example": 0
    },
    "requests": {
      "description": "The total number of client requests forwarded to this server.",
      "type": "int32",
      "readOnly": true,
      "example": 31070465
    },
    "responses": {
      "type": "object",
      "members": {
        "1xx": {
          "description": "The number of responses with \u201c<code>1xx</code>\u201d status codes.",
          "type": "int32",
          "readOnly": true,
          "example": 0
        },
        "2xx": {
          "description": "The number of responses with \u201c<code>2xx</code>\u201d status codes.",
          "type": "int32",
          "readOnly": true,
          "example": 0
        },
        "3xx": {
          "description": "The number of responses with \u201c<code>3xx</code>\u201d status codes.",
          "type": "int32",
          "readOnly": true,
          "example": 0
        },
        "4xx": {
          "description": "The number of responses with \u201c<code>4xx</code>\u201d status codes.",
          "type": "int32",
          "readOnly": true,
          "example": 0
        },
        "5xx": {
          "description": "The number of responses with \u201c<code>5xx</code>\u201d status codes.",
          "type": "int32",
          "readOnly": true,
          "example": 0
        },
        "codes": {
          "description": "The number of responses per each status code.",
          "type": "object",
          "members": {
            "codeNumber": {
              "description": "The number of responses with this particular status code.",
              "type": "int32",
              "readOnly": true,
              "example": 0
            }
          },
          "readOnly": true,
          "example": {}
        },
        "total": {
          "description": "The total number of responses obtained from this server.",
          "type": "int32",
          "readOnly": true,
          "example": 98765
        }
      },
      "readOnly": true,
      "example": 1234567
    },
    "sent": {
      "description": "The total number of bytes sent to this server.",
      "type": "int32",
      "readOnly": true,
      "example": 20183175459
    },
    "received": {
      "description": "The total number of bytes received from this server.",
      "type": "int32",
      "readOnly": true,
      "example": 180157219
    },
    "fails": {
      "description": "The total number of unsuccessful attempts to communicate with the server.",
      "type": "int32",
      "readOnly": true,
      "example": 0
    },
    "unavail": {
      "description": "How many times the server became unavailable for client requests (state \u201c<code>unavail</code>\u201d) due to the number of unsuccessful attempts reaching the <a href=\"https://nginx.org/en/docs/http/ngx_http_upstream_module.html#max_fails\">max_fails</a> threshold.",
      "type": "int32",
      "readOnly": true,
      "example": 0
    },
    "health_checks": {
      "type": "object",
      "members": {
        "checks": {
          "description": "The total number of <a href=\"https://nginx.org/en/docs/http/ngx_http_upstream_hc_module.html#health_check\">health check</a> requests made.",
          "type": "int32",
          "example": 0
        },
        "fails": {
          "description": "The number of failed health checks.",
          "type": "int32",
          "example": 0
        },
        "unhealthy": {
          "description": "How many times the server became unhealthy (state \u201c<code>unhealthy</code>\u201d).",
          "type": "int32",
          "example": 0
        },
        "last_passed": {
          "description": "Boolean indicating if the last health check request was successful and passed <a href=\"https://nginx.org/en/docs/http/ngx_http_upstream_hc_module.html#match\">tests</a>.",
          "type": "boolean",
          "example": false
        }
      },
      "readOnly": true,
      "example": 0
    },
    "downtime": {
      "description": "Total time the server was in the \u201c<code>unavail</code>\u201d, \u201c<code>checking</code>\u201d, and \u201c<code>unhealthy</code>\u201d states.",
      "type": "int32",
      "readOnly": true,
      "example": 0
    },
    "downstart": {
      "description": "The time when the server became \u201c<code>unavail</code>\u201d, \u201c<code>checking</code>\u201d, or \u201c<code>unhealthy</code>\u201d, in the ISO 8601 format with millisecond resolution.",
      "type": "string",
      "readOnly": true,
      "example": "2026-04-21T10:30:00.000Z"
    },
    "selected": {
      "description": "The time when the server was last selected to process a request, in the ISO 8601 format with millisecond resolution.",
      "type": "string",
      "readOnly": true,
      "example": "2026-04-21T10:30:00.000Z"
    },
    "header_time": {
      "description": "The average time to get the <a href=\"https://nginx.org/en/docs/http/ngx_http_upstream_module.html#var_upstream_header_time\">response header</a> from the server.",
      "type": "int32",
      "readOnly": true,
      "example": 0
    },
    "response_time": {
      "description": "The average time to get the <a href=\"https://nginx.org/en/docs/http/ngx_http_upstream_module.html#var_upstream_response_time\">full response</a> from the server.",
      "type": "int32",
      "readOnly": true,
      "example": 0
    }
  }
}