HashiCorp Vault System API
System backend operations (init, seal, mounts, auth, audit)
HashiCorp Vault System API is one of 9 APIs that HashiCorp Vault publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.
Tagged areas include System. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, authentication docs, and a getting-started guide.
This API exposes 21 operations across 15 paths, and defines 4 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.1.0, at version 1.15.0.
Requests are made against 2 base URLs: https://127.0.0.1:8200/v1, https://{vault_host}:{port}/v1.
Metadata
The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.
Authentication & Security 1
HashiCorp Vault System API declares
1 security scheme
for authenticating requests.
An API key is passed in the header as X-Vault-Token (VaultToken).
By default, every request must be authenticated.
VaultToken— Vault client token
Paths & Operations 21
Across 15 paths, the API surfaces 21 operations — 4 DELETE, 8 GET, 4 POST, 5 PUT. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.
System backend operations (init, seal, mounts, auth, audit)
Schemas 4
The contract defines 4 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are SealStatus (14 properties), HealthStatus (10 properties), VaultResponse (8 properties), MountConfig (8 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.
Specification
The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.
Source
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