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HashiCorp Nomad Agent API

Endpoints for interacting with the local Nomad agent, including health checks, member listing, and server management.

HashiCorp Nomad Agent API is one of 22 APIs that HashiCorp Nomad publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification and an AsyncAPI event-driven specification.

This API exposes 1 JSON Schema definition.

Tagged areas include Agent. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, an AsyncAPI specification, and 1 JSON Schema.

This API exposes 5 operations across 5 paths, and defines 1 schema. It is described by OpenAPI 3.1.0, at version 1.9.0.

Requests are made against a single base URL, http://localhost:4646/v1.

5 operations 5 paths 1 schemas 3 GET2 PUT

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.1.0
API Version
1.9.0
Base URL
http://localhost:4646
Authentication
API Key, HTTP Bearer
Terms of Service
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 2

HashiCorp Nomad Agent API declares 2 security schemes for authenticating requests. An API key is passed in the header as X-Nomad-Token (nomadToken). It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (bearerAuth). By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • nomadToken — ACL token passed via the X-Nomad-Token request header.
  • bearerAuth — ACL token passed via the Authorization header with Bearer scheme.

Paths & Operations 5

Across 5 paths, the API surfaces 5 operations — 3 GET, 2 PUT. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Agent 5

Endpoints for interacting with the local Nomad agent, including health checks, member listing, and server management.

GET
/agent/members
List agent members
listAgentMembers → 200401500
GET
/agent/self
Read agent self
readAgentSelf → 200401500
PUT
/agent/join
Join an agent
joinAgent 1 param → 200401500
PUT
/agent/force-leave
Force leave an agent
forceLeaveAgent 1 param → 200401500
GET
/agent/health
Read agent health
readAgentHealth → 200429500

Schemas 1

The contract defines 1 schema that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed is AgentMember (11 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

AgentMember
object
A member of the gossip pool.
11 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

nomad-agent-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs HashiCorp Nomad publishes across the network.

HashiCorp Nomad Go SDK
HashiCorp Nomad Python SDK
HashiCorp Nomad Java SDK
HashiCorp Nomad ACL API
HashiCorp Nomad Allocations API
HashiCorp Nomad Deployments API
HashiCorp Nomad Evaluations API
HashiCorp Nomad Jobs API
HashiCorp Nomad Namespaces API
HashiCorp Nomad Node Pools API
HashiCorp Nomad Nodes API
HashiCorp Nomad Operator API