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Kibana system API

Get information about the system status, resource usage, features, and installed plugins.

Kibana system API is one of 60 APIs that Kibana 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, and authentication docs.

This API exposes 2 operations across 2 paths, and defines 2 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.0.3.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://{kibana_url}.

2 operations 2 paths 2 schemas 2 GET

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.0.3
Base URL
https://localhost:5601/api
Authentication
API Key, HTTP Basic
Contact
Kibana Team
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 2

Kibana system API declares 2 security schemes for authenticating requests. An API key is passed in the header as Authorization (apiKeyAuth). It accepts HTTP basic authentication (basicAuth). By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • apiKeyAuth — These APIs use key-based authentication. You must create an API key and use the encoded value in the request header. For example: Authorization: ApiKey base64A…

Paths & Operations 2

Across 2 paths, the API surfaces 2 operations — 2 GET. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

system 2

Get information about the system status, resource usage, features, and installed plugins.

GET
/api/features
Get features
get-features → 200
GET
/api/status
Get Kibana's current status
get-status 2 params → 200503

Schemas 2

The contract defines 2 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are Kibana_HTTP_APIs_core_status_response (5 properties), Kibana_HTTP_APIs_core_status_redactedResponse (1 property). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

Kibana_HTTP_APIs_core_status_response
object
Kibana's operational status as well as a detailed breakdown of plugin statuses indication of various loads (like event loop utilization and network traffic) at…
5 properties 5 required
Kibana_HTTP_APIs_core_status_redactedResponse
object
A minimal representation of Kibana's operational status.
1 property 1 required

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

kibana-system-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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