Consul
Status HTTP API
The /status endpoints return information about the status of the Consul
cluster. This information is generally very low level and not often useful for
clients.
Get Raft Leader
This endpoint returns the Raft leader for the datacenter in which the agent is running.
| Method | Path | Produces |
|---|---|---|
GET | /status/leader | application/json |
The table below shows this endpoint's support for blocking queries, consistency modes, agent caching, and required ACLs.
| Blocking Queries | Consistency Modes | Agent Caching | ACL Required |
|---|---|---|---|
NO | none | none | none |
Query Parameters
dc(string: "")- Specifies the datacenter to query. This will default to the datacenter of the agent being queried.
Sample Request
$ curl http://127.0.0.1:8500/v1/status/leader
Sample Response
"10.1.10.12:8300"
List Raft Peers
This endpoint retrieves the Raft peers for the datacenter in which the agent is running. This list of peers is strongly consistent and can be useful in determining when a given server has successfully joined the cluster.
| Method | Path | Produces |
|---|---|---|
GET | /status/peers | application/json |
The table below shows this endpoint's support for blocking queries, consistency modes, agent caching, and required ACLs.
| Blocking Queries | Consistency Modes | Agent Caching | ACL Required |
|---|---|---|---|
NO | none | none | none |
The corresponding CLI command is consul operator raft list-peers.
Query Parameters
dc(string: "")- Specifies the datacenter to query. This will default to the datacenter of the agent being queried.
Sample Request
$ curl http://127.0.0.1:8500/v1/status/peers
Sample Response
["10.1.10.12:8300", "10.1.10.11:8300", "10.1.10.10:8300"]