vault/website/source/docs/http/sys-health.html.md

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http	HTTP API: /sys/health	docs-http-debug-health	The '/sys/health' endpoint is used to check the health status of Vault.

/sys/health

Description

Returns the health status of Vault. This matches the semantics of a Consul HTTP health check and provides a simple way to monitor the health of a Vault instance.

<dt>Method</dt>
<dd>GET</dd>

<dt>Parameters</dt>
<dd>
    <ul>
      <li>
        <span class="param">standbyok</span>
        <span class="param-flags">optional</span>
        A query parameter provided to indicate that being a standby should
        still return the active status code instead of the standby code
      </li>
      <li>
        <span class="param">activecode</span>
        <span class="param-flags">optional</span>
        A query parameter provided to indicate the status code that should
        be returned for an active node instead of the default of `200`
      </li>
      <li>
        <span class="param">standbycode</span>
        <span class="param-flags">optional</span>
        A query parameter provided to indicate the status code that should
        be returned for a standby node instead of the default of `429`
      </li>
      <li>
        <span class="param">sealedcode</span>
        <span class="param-flags">optional</span>
        A query parameter provided to indicate the status code that should
        be returned for a sealed node instead of the default of `500`
      </li>
    </ul>
</dd>

<dt>Returns</dt>
<dd>

```javascript
{
  "initialized": true,
  "sealed": false,
  "standby": false
}
```

Default Status Codes:

• 200 if initialized, unsealed, and active.
• 429 if unsealed and standby.
• 500 if sealed, or if not initialized.