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Chaos Mesh Common API

Utility endpoints for cluster metadata, namespaces, and configuration

Chaos Mesh Common API is one of 7 APIs that Chaos Mesh publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

This API exposes 1 JSON Schema definition.

Tagged areas include Common. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, a getting-started guide, a GitHub repository, a JSON-LD context, and 1 JSON Schema.

This API exposes 11 operations across 11 paths, and defines 9 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version 1.0.

Requests are made against 2 base URLs: http://localhost:2333/api, http://{dashboardHost}:{dashboardPort}.

11 operations 11 paths 9 schemas 8 GET3 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.2.0
API Version
1.0
Servers
http://localhost:2333/api
http://{dashboardHost}:{dashboardPort}
Authentication
HTTP Bearer
License
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

Chaos Mesh Common API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (bearerAuth).

  • bearerAuth — Bearer token for authenticating API requests. Typically a Kubernetes service account token with RBAC permissions to read/write Chaos Mesh custom resources in t…

Paths & Operations 11

Across 11 paths, the API surfaces 11 operations — 8 GET, 3 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Common 11

Utility endpoints for cluster metadata, namespaces, and configuration

GET
/common/config
Chaos Mesh Get Dashboard configuration
getDashboardConfig → 200500
GET
/common/namespaces
Chaos Mesh Get all Kubernetes namespaces
listNamespaces → 200500
GET
/common/chaos-available-namespaces
Chaos Mesh Get namespaces available for chaos injection
listChaosAvailableNamespaces → 200500
GET
/common/kinds
Chaos Mesh Get all available chaos kinds
listChaosKinds → 200500
GET
/common/labels
Chaos Mesh Get pod labels
getPodLabels 1 param → 200400500
GET
/common/annotations
Chaos Mesh Get pod annotations
getPodAnnotations 1 param → 200400500
POST
/common/pods
Chaos Mesh List pods matching a selector
listPods body → 200400500
POST
/common/physicalmachines
Chaos Mesh List physical machines matching a selector
listPhysicalMachines body → 200400500
GET
/common/rbac-config
Chaos Mesh Get RBAC configuration
getRbacConfig 3 params → 200500
GET
/api/common/namespaces
Chaos Mesh List namespaces
listNamespaces → 200401500
POST
/api/common/pods
Chaos Mesh List pods for a selector
listPodsForSelector body → 200400401500

Schemas 9

The contract defines 9 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are PodInfo (5 properties), PodSelectorRequest (4 properties), Pod (4 properties), DashboardConfig (4 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

PhysicalMachine
object
A physical machine or VM registered as a Chaos Mesh target.
3 properties
MapStringSliceResponse
object
A map from string keys to arrays of string values.
DashboardConfig
object
Configuration settings for the Chaos Mesh Dashboard.
4 properties
Pod
object
Summary of a Kubernetes pod available for chaos targeting.
4 properties
SelectorRequest
object
Request body for selecting pods or physical machines by label selectors.
3 properties
APIError
object
Error response returned when an API request fails.
3 properties 2 required
PodInfo
object
Information about a Kubernetes pod that could be targeted by a chaos experiment.
5 properties
PodSelectorRequest
object
Request body for previewing which pods match a chaos experiment selector before creating the experiment.
4 properties 2 required
ErrorResponse
object
Error response returned when an API operation fails.
2 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

chaos-mesh-common-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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