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HashiCorp Nomad Scaling API

Endpoints for querying scaling policies and their status.

HashiCorp Nomad Scaling 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 Scaling. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, an AsyncAPI specification, and 1 JSON Schema.

This API exposes 2 operations across 2 paths, and defines 2 schemas. 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.

2 operations 2 paths 2 schemas 2 GET

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 Scaling 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 2

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

Scaling 2

Endpoints for querying scaling policies and their status.

GET
/scaling/policies
List scaling policies
listScalingPolicies 5 params → 200401500
GET
/scaling/policy/{policyID}
Read a scaling policy
readScalingPolicy 1 param → 200401404500

Schemas 2

The contract defines 2 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are ScalingPolicy (10 properties), ScalingPolicyListStub (6 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

ScalingPolicyListStub
object
A stub representation of a scaling policy.
6 properties
ScalingPolicy
object
A scaling policy for a task group.
10 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

nomad-scaling-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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