Health HTTP Endpoint

The /health endpoints query health-related information. They are provided separately from the /catalog endpoints since users may prefer not to use the optional health checking mechanisms. Additionally, some of the query results from the health endpoints are filtered while the catalog endpoints provide the raw entries.

List Checks for Node

This endpoint returns the checks specific to the node provided on the path.

Method	Path	Produces
`GET`	`/health/node/:node`	`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
`YES`	`all`	`none`	`node:read,service:read`

Parameters

node (string: <required>) - Specifies the name or ID of the node to query. This is specified as part of the URL
dc (string: "") - Specifies the datacenter to query. This will default to the datacenter of the agent being queried. This is specified as part of the URL as a query parameter.
filter (string: "") - Specifies the expression used to filter the queries results prior to returning the data.
ns (string: "") Enterprise - Specifies the namespace to list checks. This value may be provided by either the ns URL query parameter or in the X-Consul-Namespace header. If not provided, the namespace will be inherited from the request's ACL token or will default to the default namespace. To view checks for multiple namespaces the * wildcard namespace may be used. Added in Consul 1.7.0.

Sample Request

$ curl \
    -H "X-Consul-Namespace: *" \
    http://127.0.0.1:8500/v1/health/node/my-node

Sample Response

[
  {
    "ID": "40e4a748-2192-161a-0510-9bf59fe950b5",
    "Node": "foobar",
    "CheckID": "serfHealth",
    "Name": "Serf Health Status",
    "Status": "passing",
    "Notes": "",
    "Output": "",
    "ServiceID": "",
    "ServiceName": "",
    "ServiceTags": [],
    "Namespace": "default"
  },
  {
    "ID": "40e4a748-2192-161a-0510-9bf59fe950b5",
    "Node": "foobar",
    "CheckID": "service:redis",
    "Name": "Service 'redis' check",
    "Status": "passing",
    "Notes": "",
    "Output": "",
    "ServiceID": "redis",
    "ServiceName": "redis",
    "ServiceTags": ["primary"],
    "Namespace": "foo"
  }
]

Filtering

The filter will be executed against each health check in the results list with the following selectors and filter operations being supported:

Selector	Supported Operations
`CheckID`	Equal, Not Equal, In, Not In, Matches, Not Matches
`Name`	Equal, Not Equal, In, Not In, Matches, Not Matches
`Node`	Equal, Not Equal, In, Not In, Matches, Not Matches
`Notes`	Equal, Not Equal, In, Not In, Matches, Not Matches
`Output`	Equal, Not Equal, In, Not In, Matches, Not Matches
`ServiceID`	Equal, Not Equal, In, Not In, Matches, Not Matches
`ServiceName`	Equal, Not Equal, In, Not In, Matches, Not Matches
`ServiceTags`	In, Not In, Is Empty, Is Not Empty
`Status`	Equal, Not Equal, In, Not In, Matches, Not Matches

List Checks for Service

This endpoint returns the checks associated with the service provided on the path.

Method	Path	Produces
`GET`	`/health/checks/:service`	`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
`YES`	`all`	`none`	`node:read,service:read`

Parameters

service (string: <required>) - Specifies the service to list checks for. This is provided as part of the URL.
dc (string: "") - Specifies the datacenter to query. This will default to the datacenter of the agent being queried. This is specified as part of the URL as a query parameter.
near (string: "") - Specifies a node name to sort the node list in ascending order based on the estimated round trip time from that node. Passing ?near=_agent will use the agent's node for the sort. This is specified as part of the URL as a query parameter.
node-meta (string: "") - Specifies a desired node metadata key/value pair of the form key:value. This parameter can be specified multiple times, and will filter the results to nodes with the specified key/value pairs. This is specified as part of the URL as a query parameter.
filter (string: "") - Specifies the expression used to filter the queries results prior to returning the data.
ns (string: "") Enterprise - Specifies the namespace of the service. This value may be provided by either the ns URL query parameter or in the X-Consul-Namespace header. If not provided, the namespace will be inherited from the request's ACL token or will default to the default namespace. Added in Consul 1.7.0.

Sample Request

$ curl \
    http://127.0.0.1:8500/v1/health/checks/my-service?ns=default

Sample Response

[
  {
    "Node": "foobar",
    "CheckID": "service:redis",
    "Name": "Service 'redis' check",
    "Status": "passing",
    "Notes": "",
    "Output": "",
    "ServiceID": "redis",
    "ServiceName": "redis",
    "ServiceTags": ["primary"],
    "Namespace": "default"
  }
]

Filtering

The filter will be executed against each health check in the results list with the following selectors and filter operations being supported:

Selector	Supported Operations
`CheckID`	Equal, Not Equal, In, Not In, Matches, Not Matches
`Name`	Equal, Not Equal, In, Not In, Matches, Not Matches
`Node`	Equal, Not Equal, In, Not In, Matches, Not Matches
`Notes`	Equal, Not Equal, In, Not In, Matches, Not Matches
`Output`	Equal, Not Equal, In, Not In, Matches, Not Matches
`ServiceID`	Equal, Not Equal, In, Not In, Matches, Not Matches
`ServiceName`	Equal, Not Equal, In, Not In, Matches, Not Matches
`ServiceTags`	In, Not In, Is Empty, Is Not Empty
`Status`	Equal, Not Equal, In, Not In, Matches, Not Matches

List Service Instances for Service

This endpoint returns the service instances providing the service indicated on the path. Users can also build in support for dynamic load balancing and other features by incorporating the use of health checks.

Method	Path	Produces
`GET`	`/health/service/:service`	`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
`YES` ¹	`all`	`background refresh`	`node:read,service:read`

¹some query parameters will use thestreaming backend

Parameters

service (string: <required>) - Specifies the service to list services for. This is provided as part of the URL.
dc (string: "") - Specifies the datacenter to query. This will default to the datacenter of the agent being queried. This is specified as part of the URL as a query parameter.
near (string: "") - Specifies a node name to sort the node list in ascending order based on the estimated round trip time from that node. Passing ?near=_agent will use the agent's node for the sort. This is specified as part of the URL as a query parameter. Note that using near will ignore use_streaming_backend and always use blocking queries, because the data required to sort the results is not available to the streaming backend.
tag (string: "") Deprecated - Use filter with the Service.Tags selector instead. This parameter will be removed in a future version of Consul. Specifies the tag to filter the list. This is specified as part of the URL as a query parameter. Can be used multiple times for additional filtering, returning only the results that include all of the tag values provided.
node-meta (string: "") Deprecated - Use filter with the Node.Meta selector instead. This parameter will be removed in a future version of Consul. Specifies a desired node metadata key/value pair of the form key:value. This parameter can be specified multiple times, and will filter the results to nodes with the specified key/value pairs. This is specified as part of the URL as a query parameter.
passing (bool: false) - Specifies that the server should return only nodes with all checks in the passing state. This can be used to avoid additional filtering on the client side.
filter (string: "") - Specifies the expression used to filter the queries results prior to returning the data.
ns (string: "") Enterprise - Specifies the namespace of the service. This value may be provided by either the ns URL query parameter or in the X-Consul-Namespace header. If not provided, the namespace will be inherited from the request's ACL token or will default to the default namespace. Added in Consul 1.7.0.

Sample Request

$ curl \
    http://127.0.0.1:8500/v1/health/service/my-service?ns=default

Sample Response

[
  {
    "Node": {
      "ID": "40e4a748-2192-161a-0510-9bf59fe950b5",
      "Node": "foobar",
      "Address": "10.1.10.12",
      "Datacenter": "dc1",
      "TaggedAddresses": {
        "lan": "10.1.10.12",
        "wan": "10.1.10.12"
      },
      "Meta": {
        "instance_type": "t2.medium"
      }
    },
    "Service": {
      "ID": "redis",
      "Service": "redis",
      "Tags": ["primary"],
      "Address": "10.1.10.12",
      "TaggedAddresses": {
        "lan": {
          "address": "10.1.10.12",
          "port": 8000
        },
        "wan": {
          "address": "198.18.1.2",
          "port": 80
        }
      },
      "Meta": {
        "redis_version": "4.0"
      },
      "Port": 8000,
      "Weights": {
        "Passing": 10,
        "Warning": 1
      },
      "Namespace": "default"
    },
    "Checks": [
      {
        "Node": "foobar",
        "CheckID": "service:redis",
        "Name": "Service 'redis' check",
        "Status": "passing",
        "Notes": "",
        "Output": "",
        "ServiceID": "redis",
        "ServiceName": "redis",
        "ServiceTags": ["primary"],
        "Namespace": "default"
      },
      {
        "Node": "foobar",
        "CheckID": "serfHealth",
        "Name": "Serf Health Status",
        "Status": "passing",
        "Notes": "",
        "Output": "",
        "ServiceID": "",
        "ServiceName": "",
        "ServiceTags": [],
        "Namespace": "default"
      }
    ]
  }
]

Filtering

The filter will be executed against each entry in the top level results list with the following selectors and filter operations being supported:

Selector	Supported Operations
`Checks`	Is Empty, Is Not Empty
`Checks.CheckID`	Equal, Not Equal, In, Not In, Matches, Not Matches
`Checks.Name`	Equal, Not Equal, In, Not In, Matches, Not Matches
`Checks.Node`	Equal, Not Equal, In, Not In, Matches, Not Matches
`Checks.Notes`	Equal, Not Equal, In, Not In, Matches, Not Matches
`Checks.Output`	Equal, Not Equal, In, Not In, Matches, Not Matches
`Checks.ServiceID`	Equal, Not Equal, In, Not In, Matches, Not Matches
`Checks.ServiceName`	Equal, Not Equal, In, Not In, Matches, Not Matches
`Checks.ServiceTags`	In, Not In, Is Empty, Is Not Empty
`Checks.Status`	Equal, Not Equal, In, Not In, Matches, Not Matches
`Node.Address`	Equal, Not Equal, In, Not In, Matches, Not Matches
`Node.Datacenter`	Equal, Not Equal, In, Not In, Matches, Not Matches
`Node.ID`	Equal, Not Equal, In, Not In, Matches, Not Matches
`Node.Meta`	Is Empty, Is Not Empty, In, Not In
`Node.Meta.<any>`	Equal, Not Equal, In, Not In, Matches, Not Matches
`Node.Node`	Equal, Not Equal, In, Not In, Matches, Not Matches
`Node.TaggedAddresses`	Is Empty, Is Not Empty, In, Not In
`Node.TaggedAddresses.<any>`	Equal, Not Equal, In, Not In, Matches, Not Matches
`Service.Address`	Equal, Not Equal, In, Not In, Matches, Not Matches
`Service.Connect.Native`	Equal, Not Equal
`Service.EnableTagOverride`	Equal, Not Equal
`Service.ID`	Equal, Not Equal, In, Not In, Matches, Not Matches
`Service.Kind`	Equal, Not Equal, In, Not In, Matches, Not Matches
`Service.Meta`	Is Empty, Is Not Empty, In, Not In
`Service.Meta.<any>`	Equal, Not Equal, In, Not In, Matches, Not Matches
`Service.Port`	Equal, Not Equal
`Service.Proxy.DestinationServiceID`	Equal, Not Equal, In, Not In, Matches, Not Matches
`Service.Proxy.DestinationServiceName`	Equal, Not Equal, In, Not In, Matches, Not Matches
`Service.Proxy.LocalServiceAddress`	Equal, Not Equal, In, Not In, Matches, Not Matches
`Service.Proxy.LocalServicePort`	Equal, Not Equal
`Service.Proxy.Mode`	Equal, Not Equal, In, Not In, Matches, Not Matches
`Service.Proxy.TransparentProxy.OutboundListenerPort`	Equal, Not Equal
`Service.Proxy.MeshGateway.Mode`	Equal, Not Equal, In, Not In, Matches, Not Matches
`Service.Proxy.Upstreams`	Is Empty, Is Not Empty
`Service.Proxy.Upstreams.Datacenter`	Equal, Not Equal, In, Not In, Matches, Not Matches
`Service.Proxy.Upstreams.DestinationName`	Equal, Not Equal, In, Not In, Matches, Not Matches
`Service.Proxy.Upstreams.DestinationNamespace`	Equal, Not Equal, In, Not In, Matches, Not Matches
`Service.Proxy.Upstreams.DestinationType`	Equal, Not Equal, In, Not In, Matches, Not Matches
`Service.Proxy.Upstreams.LocalBindAddress`	Equal, Not Equal, In, Not In, Matches, Not Matches
`Service.Proxy.Upstreams.LocalBindPort`	Equal, Not Equal
`Service.Proxy.Upstreams.MeshGateway.Mode`	Equal, Not Equal, In, Not In, Matches, Not Matches
`Service.Service`	Equal, Not Equal, In, Not In, Matches, Not Matches
`Service.TaggedAddresses`	Is Empty, Is Not Empty, In, Not In
`Service.TaggedAddresses.<any>.Address`	Equal, Not Equal, In, Not In, Matches, Not Matches
`Service.TaggedAddresses.<any>.Port`	Equal, Not Equal
`Service.Tags`	In, Not In, Is Empty, Is Not Empty
`Service.Weights.Passing`	Equal, Not Equal
`Service.Weights.Warning`	Equal, Not Equal

List Service Instances for Connect-enabled Service

This endpoint returns the service instances providing a Connect-capable service in a given datacenter. This will include both proxies and native integrations. A service may register both Connect-capable and incapable services at the same time, so this endpoint may be used to filter only the Connect-capable endpoints.

Method	Path	Produces
`GET`	`/health/connect/:service`	`application/json`

Parameters and response format are the same as /health/service/:service.

List Service Instances for Ingress Gateways Associated with a Service

1.8.0+: This API is available in Consul versions 1.8.0 and later.

This endpoint returns the service instances providing an ingress gateway for a service in a given datacenter.

Method	Path	Produces
`GET`	`/health/ingress/:service`	`application/json`

Parameters and response format are the same as /health/service/:service.

Note that unlike /health/connect/:service and /health/service/:service this endpoint does not support the streaming backend.

List Checks in State

This endpoint returns the checks in the state provided on the path.

Method	Path	Produces
`GET`	`/health/state/:state`	`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
`YES`	`all`	`none`	`node:read,service:read`

Parameters

state (string: <required>) - Specifies the state to query. Supported states are any, passing, warning, or critical. The any state is a wildcard that can be used to return all checks.
dc (string: "") - Specifies the datacenter to query. This will default to the datacenter of the agent being queried. This is specified as part of the URL as a query parameter.
near (string: "") - Specifies a node name to sort the node list in ascending order based on the estimated round trip time from that node. Passing ?near=_agent will use the agent's node for the sort. This is specified as part of the URL as a query parameter.
node-meta (string: "") - Specifies a desired node metadata key/value pair of the form key:value. This parameter can be specified multiple times, and will filter the results to nodes with the specified key/value pairs. This is specified as part of the URL as a query parameter.
filter (string: "") - Specifies the expression used to filter the queries results prior to returning the data.
ns (string: "") Enterprise - Specifies the namespace to query. This value may be provided by either the ns URL query parameter or in the X-Consul-Namespace header. If not provided, the namespace will be inherited from the request's ACL token or will default to the default namespace. Added in Consul 1.7.0.

Sample Request

$ curl \
    http://127.0.0.1:8500/v1/health/state/passing?ns=default

Sample Response

[
  {
    "Node": "foobar",
    "CheckID": "serfHealth",
    "Name": "Serf Health Status",
    "Status": "passing",
    "Notes": "",
    "Output": "",
    "ServiceID": "",
    "ServiceName": "",
    "ServiceTags": [],
    "Namespace": "default"
  },
  {
    "Node": "foobar",
    "CheckID": "service:redis",
    "Name": "Service 'redis' check",
    "Status": "passing",
    "Notes": "",
    "Output": "",
    "ServiceID": "redis",
    "ServiceName": "redis",
    "ServiceTags": ["primary"],
    "Namespace": "default"
  }
]

Filtering

The filter will be executed against each health check in the results list with the following selectors and filter operations being supported:

Selector	Supported Operations
`CheckID`	Equal, Not Equal, In, Not In, Matches, Not Matches
`Name`	Equal, Not Equal, In, Not In, Matches, Not Matches
`Node`	Equal, Not Equal, In, Not In, Matches, Not Matches
`Notes`	Equal, Not Equal, In, Not In, Matches, Not Matches
`Output`	Equal, Not Equal, In, Not In, Matches, Not Matches
`ServiceID`	Equal, Not Equal, In, Not In, Matches, Not Matches
`ServiceName`	Equal, Not Equal, In, Not In, Matches, Not Matches
`ServiceTags`	In, Not In, Is Empty, Is Not Empty
`Status`	Equal, Not Equal, In, Not In, Matches, Not Matches