Consul Snapshot Inspect

Command: consul snapshot inspect

The snapshot inspect command is used to inspect an atomic, point-in-time snapshot of the state of the Consul servers which includes key/value entries, service catalog, prepared queries, sessions, and ACLs. The snapshot is read from the given file.

The following fields are displayed when inspecting a snapshot:

• ID - A unique ID for the snapshot, only used for differentiation purposes.

• Size - The size of the snapshot, in bytes.

• Index - The Raft index of the latest log entry in the snapshot.

• Term - The Raft term of the latest log entry in the snapshot.

• Version - The snapshot format version. This only refers to the structure of the snapshot, not the data contained within.

Usage

Usage: consul snapshot inspect [options] FILE

Examples

To inspect a snapshot from the file "backup.snap":

$ consul snapshot inspect backup.snap
ID           2-5-1477944140022
Size         667
Index        5
Term         2
Version      1

 Type                        Count      Size
 ----                        ----       ----
 Register                    3          1.7KB
 ConnectCA                   1          1.2KB
 ConnectCAProviderState      1          1.1KB
 Index                       12         344B
 AutopilotRequest            1          199B
 ConnectCAConfig             1          197B
 FederationState             1          139B
 SystemMetadata              1          68B
 ChunkingState               1          12B
 ----                        ----       ----
 Total                                   5KB

Please see the HTTP API documentation for more details about snapshot internals.