---
layout: api
page_title: Autopilot - Operator - HTTP API
description: |-
  The /operator/autopilot endpoints allow for automatic operator-friendly
  management of Consul servers including cleanup of dead servers, monitoring
  the state of the Raft cluster, and stable server introduction.
---

# Autopilot Operator HTTP API

The `/operator/autopilot` endpoints allow for automatic operator-friendly
management of Consul servers including cleanup of dead servers, monitoring
the state of the Raft cluster, and stable server introduction.

Please check the [Autopilot tutorial](/consul/tutorials/datacenter-operations/autopilot-datacenter-operations) for more details.

## Read Configuration

This endpoint retrieves its latest Autopilot configuration.

| Method | Path                                | Produces           |
| ------ | ----------------------------------- | ------------------ |
| `GET`  | `/operator/autopilot/configuration` | `application/json` |

The table below shows this endpoint's support for
[blocking queries](/consul/api-docs/features/blocking),
[consistency modes](/consul/api-docs/features/consistency),
[agent caching](/consul/api-docs/features/caching), and
[required ACLs](/consul/api-docs/api-structure#authentication).

| Blocking Queries | Consistency Modes | Agent Caching | ACL Required    |
| ---------------- | ----------------- | ------------- | --------------- |
| `NO`             | `none`            | `none`        | `operator:read` |

The corresponding CLI command is [`consul operator autopilot get-config`](/consul/commands/operator/autopilot#get-config).

### Query Parameters

- `dc` `(string: "")` - Specifies the datacenter to query. This will default to
  the datacenter of the agent being queried.

- `stale` `(bool: false)` - If the cluster does not currently have a leader an
  error will be returned. You can use the `?stale` query parameter to read the
  Raft configuration from any of the Consul servers.

### Sample Request

```shell-session
$ curl \
    http://127.0.0.1:8500/v1/operator/autopilot/configuration
```

### Sample Response

```json
{
  "CleanupDeadServers": true,
  "LastContactThreshold": "200ms",
  "MaxTrailingLogs": 250,
  "ServerStabilizationTime": "10s",
  "RedundancyZoneTag": "",
  "DisableUpgradeMigration": false,
  "UpgradeVersionTag": "",
  "CreateIndex": 4,
  "ModifyIndex": 4
}
```

For more information about the Autopilot configuration options, see the
[agent configuration section](/consul/docs/reference/agent/configuration-file/general#autopilot).

## Update Configuration

This endpoint updates the Autopilot configuration of the cluster.

| Method | Path                                | Produces           |
| ------ | ----------------------------------- | ------------------ |
| `PUT`  | `/operator/autopilot/configuration` | `application/json` |

The table below shows this endpoint's support for
[blocking queries](/consul/api-docs/features/blocking),
[consistency modes](/consul/api-docs/features/consistency),
[agent caching](/consul/api-docs/features/caching), and
[required ACLs](/consul/api-docs/api-structure#authentication).

| Blocking Queries | Consistency Modes | Agent Caching | ACL Required     |
| ---------------- | ----------------- | ------------- | ---------------- |
| `NO`             | `none`            | `none`        | `operator:write` |

The corresponding CLI command is [`consul operator autopilot set-config`](/consul/commands/operator/autopilot#set-config).

### Query Parameters

- `dc` `(string: "")` - Specifies the datacenter to query. This will default to
  the datacenter of the agent being queried.

- `cas` `(int: 0)` - Specifies to use a Check-And-Set operation. The update will
  only happen if the given index matches the `ModifyIndex` of the configuration
  at the time of writing.

### JSON Request Body Schema

- `CleanupDeadServers` `(bool: true)` - Specifies automatic removal of dead
  server nodes periodically and whenever a new server is added to the cluster.

- `LastContactThreshold` `(string: "200ms")` - Specifies the maximum amount of
  time a server can go without contact from the leader before being considered
  unhealthy. Must be a duration value such as `10s`.

- `MaxTrailingLogs` `(int: 250)` specifies the maximum number of log entries
  that a server can trail the leader by before being considered unhealthy.

- `MinQuorum` `(int: 0)` - specifies the minimum number of servers needed before
  Autopilot can prune dead servers.

- `ServerStabilizationTime` `(string: "10s")` - Specifies the minimum amount of
  time a server must be stable in the 'healthy' state before being added to the
  cluster. Only takes effect if all servers are running Raft protocol version 3
  or higher. Must be a duration value such as `30s`.

- `RedundancyZoneTag` `(string: "")` - Controls the node-meta key to use when
  Autopilot is separating servers into zones for redundancy. Only one server in
  each zone can be a voting member at one time. If left blank, this feature will
  be disabled.

- `DisableUpgradeMigration` `(bool: false)` - Disables Autopilot's upgrade
  migration strategy in Consul Enterprise of waiting until enough
  newer-versioned servers have been added to the cluster before promoting any of
  them to voters.

- `UpgradeVersionTag` `(string: "")` - Controls the node-meta key to use for
  version info when performing upgrade migrations. If left blank, the Consul
  version will be used.

### Sample Payload

```json
{
  "CleanupDeadServers": true,
  "LastContactThreshold": "200ms",
  "MaxTrailingLogs": 250,
  "MinQuorum": 3,
  "ServerStabilizationTime": "10s",
  "RedundancyZoneTag": "",
  "DisableUpgradeMigration": false,
  "UpgradeVersionTag": "",
  "CreateIndex": 4,
  "ModifyIndex": 4
}
```

## Read Health

This endpoint queries the health of the autopilot status.

| Method | Path                         | Produces           |
| ------ | ---------------------------- | ------------------ |
| `GET`  | `/operator/autopilot/health` | `application/json` |

The table below shows this endpoint's support for
[blocking queries](/consul/api-docs/features/blocking),
[consistency modes](/consul/api-docs/features/consistency),
[agent caching](/consul/api-docs/features/caching), and
[required ACLs](/consul/api-docs/api-structure#authentication).

| Blocking Queries | Consistency Modes | Agent Caching | ACL Required    |
| ---------------- | ----------------- | ------------- | --------------- |
| `NO`             | `none`            | `none`        | `operator:read` |

### Query Parameters

- `dc` `(string: "")` - Specifies the datacenter to query. This will default to
  the datacenter of the agent being queried.

### Sample Request

```shell-session
$ curl \
    http://127.0.0.1:8500/v1/operator/autopilot/health
```

### Sample response

```json
{
  "Healthy": true,
  "FailureTolerance": 0,
  "Servers": [
    {
      "ID": "e349749b-3303-3ddf-959c-b5885a0e1f6e",
      "Name": "node1",
      "Address": "127.0.0.1:8300",
      "SerfStatus": "alive",
      "Version": "0.7.4",
      "Leader": true,
      "LastContact": "0s",
      "LastTerm": 2,
      "LastIndex": 46,
      "Healthy": true,
      "Voter": true,
      "StableSince": "2017-03-06T22:07:51Z"
    },
    {
      "ID": "e36ee410-cc3c-0a0c-c724-63817ab30303",
      "Name": "node2",
      "Address": "127.0.0.1:8205",
      "SerfStatus": "alive",
      "Version": "0.7.4",
      "Leader": false,
      "LastContact": "27.291304ms",
      "LastTerm": 2,
      "LastIndex": 46,
      "Healthy": true,
      "Voter": false,
      "StableSince": "2017-03-06T22:18:26Z"
    }
  ]
}
```

- `Healthy` is whether all the servers are currently healthy.

- `FailureTolerance` is the number of redundant healthy servers that could be
  fail without causing an outage (this would be 2 in a healthy cluster of 5
  servers).

- `Servers` holds detailed health information on each server:

  - `ID` is the Raft ID of the server.

  - `Name` is the node name of the server.

  - `Address` is the address of the server.

  - `SerfStatus` is the SerfHealth check status for the server.

  - `Version` is the Consul version of the server.

  - `Leader` is whether this server is currently the leader.

  - `LastContact` is the time elapsed since this server's last contact with the leader.

  - `LastTerm` is the server's last known Raft leader term.

  - `LastIndex` is the index of the server's last committed Raft log entry.

  - `Healthy` is whether the server is healthy according to the current Autopilot configuration.

  - `Voter` is whether the server is a voting member of the Raft cluster.

  - `StableSince` is the time this server has been in its current `Healthy` state.

  The HTTP status code will indicate the health of the cluster. If `Healthy` is true, then a
  status of 200 will be returned. If `Healthy` is false, then a status of 429 will be returned.

## Read the Autopilot State

This endpoint queries the health of the autopilot status.

| Method | Path                        | Produces           |
| ------ | --------------------------- | ------------------ |
| `GET`  | `/operator/autopilot/state` | `application/json` |

The table below shows this endpoint's support for
[blocking queries](/consul/api-docs/features/blocking),
[consistency modes](/consul/api-docs/features/consistency),
[agent caching](/consul/api-docs/features/caching), and
[required ACLs](/consul/api-docs/api-structure#authentication).

| Blocking Queries | Consistency Modes | Agent Caching | ACL Required    |
| ---------------- | ----------------- | ------------- | --------------- |
| `NO`             | `none`            | `none`        | `operator:read` |

The corresponding CLI command is [`consul operator autopilot state`](/consul/commands/operator/autopilot#state).

### Query Parameters

- `dc` `(string: "")` - Specifies the datacenter to query. This will default to
  the datacenter of the agent being queried.

### Sample Request

```shell-session
$ curl \
    http://127.0.0.1:8500/v1/operator/autopilot/state
```

### Response Format

```json
{
  "Healthy": true,
  "FailureTolerance": 1,
  "OptimisticFailureTolerance": 4,
  "Servers": {
    "5e26a3af-f4fc-4104-a8bb-4da9f19cb278": {},
    "10b71f14-4b08-4ae5-840c-f86d39e7d330": {},
    "1fd52e5e-2f72-47d3-8cfc-2af760a0c8c2": {},
    "63783741-abd7-48a9-895a-33d01bf7cb30": {},
    "6cf04fd0-7582-474f-b408-a830b5471285": {}
  },
  "Leader": "5e26a3af-f4fc-4104-a8bb-4da9f19cb278",
  "Voters": [
    "5e26a3af-f4fc-4104-a8bb-4da9f19cb278",
    "10b71f14-4b08-4ae5-840c-f86d39e7d330",
    "1fd52e5e-2f72-47d3-8cfc-2af760a0c8c2"
  ],
  "RedundancyZones": {
    "az1": {},
    "az2": {},
    "az3": {}
  },
  "ReadReplicas": [
    "63783741-abd7-48a9-895a-33d01bf7cb30",
    "6cf04fd0-7582-474f-b408-a830b5471285"
  ],
  "Upgrade": {}
}
```

- `Healthy` is whether all the servers are currently healthy.

- `FailureTolerance` is the number of redundant healthy servers that could be
  fail without causing an outage (this would be 2 in a healthy cluster of 5
  servers).
- `OptimisticFailuretolerance` <EnterpriseAlert inline /> is the maximum number
  of servers that could fail in the right order over the right period of time
  without causing an outage. This value is only useful when using the [Redundancy
  Zones feature](/consul/docs/manage/scale/redundancy-zone) with autopilot.

- `Servers` is a mapping of server ID to an object holding detailed information about that server.
  The format of the detailed info is documented in its own section.

- `Leader` is the server ID of current leader. This value can be used as an index into the `Servers` object.

- `Voters` is a list of server IDs that are voters. These values can be used as indexes into the `Servers` object.

- `RedundancyZones` <EnterpriseAlert inline /> is mapping of redundancy zone name to redundancy zone information.
  The format of the redundancy zone information is documented in its own section.

- `ReadReplicas` <EnterpriseAlert inline /> is a list of server IDs that autopilot has identified as read replicas.
  These will never be promoted. These values can be used as indexes into the `Servers` map.
- `Upgrade` <EnterpriseAlert inline /> is an object holding all the information about any ongoing automated upgrade.
  The format of this object is detailed in its own section.

### Server Response Format

```json
{
  "ID": "1c3e3278-3f88-4a97-9f6a-1058584e8058",
  "Name": "node1",
  "Address": "198.18.0.1:8300",
  "NodeStatus": "alive",
  "Version": "1.9.0+ent",
  "LastContact": "1.321ms",
  "LastTerm": 4,
  "LastIndex": 42,
  "Healthy": true,
  "StableSince": "2020-08-12T12:13:14Z",
  "RedundancyZone": "az1",
  "UpgradeVersion": "1.2.3",
  "ReadReplica": false,
  "Status": "voter",
  "Meta": {
    "build": "1.2.3",
    "zone": "az1"
  },
  "NodeType": "redundancy-zone-voter"
}
```

- `ID` is the Raft ID of the server.

- `Name` is the node name of the server.

- `Address` is the address of the server.

- `NodeStatus` is the SerfHealth check status for the server.

- `Version` is the Consul version of the server.

- `LastContact` is the time elapsed since this server's last contact with the leader.

- `LastTerm` is the server's last known Raft leader term.

- `LastIndex` is the index of the server's last committed Raft log entry.

- `Healthy` is whether the server is healthy according to the current Autopilot configuration.

- `StableSince` is the time this server has been in its current `Healthy` state.
- `RedundancyZone` <EnterpriseAlert inline /> is the name of the redundancy zone this server is within.
- `UpgradeVersion` <EnterpriseAlert inline /> is the version that will be used for automated upgrade calculations.
- `ReadReplica` <EnterpriseAlert inline /> indicates whether this server is a read replica or not.
- `Status` indicates the current Raft status of this server. Possible values are:
  `leader`, `voter`, `non-voter`, or `staging`.
- `Meta` is the node metadata of this server. Values within this map are used for determining a server's
  redundancy zone and upgrade version.
- `NodeType` is the desired type autopilot thinks this server should have. In Consul CE, the only possible
  value is `voter` as all present servers should having voting rights. In Consul Enterprise the possible values also
  include `read-replica`, `zone-voter`, `zone-standby` and `zone-extra-voter`. `zone-voter` indicates that autopilot
  wants this server to be the voter for a particular redundancy zone. When a zone has no voter all nodes will be typed
  as this until one is promoted. When that happens the other non-voters in the zone will be typed as `zone-standby`.
  This indicates that they are currently desired to be standby servers in case the voter from the zone fails. Finally,
  the `zone-extra-voter` status indicates that autopilot wants this server to be a voter due to a failure of all servers
  in another zone and that when one of the servers in that failed zone are restored, this server will be demoted.

### Redundancy Zone Response Format <EnterpriseAlert inline />

```json
{
  "Servers": [
    "10b71f14-4b08-4ae5-840c-f86d39e7d330",
    "b007061c-6d15-4c90-b3d6-2fef276a0650"
  ],
  "Voters": ["b007061c-6d15-4c90-b3d6-2fef276a0650"],
  "FailureTolerance": 1
}
```

Each zone in the responses `RedundancyZones` mapping will have this structure.

- `Servers` is a list of server IDs of all the servers in this zone. These values can be used as indexes
  into the top level response's `Servers` mapping.
- `Voters` is a list of server IDs of all servers in this zone that have voting rights. Typically this will
  be a list with 1 value but in some failure scenarios or upgrade scenarios the size could increase. These
  values can be used as indexes into the top level response's `Servers` mapping.

- `FailureTolerance` is the number of servers in this zone that could fail without causing a total zone failure
  and subsequent promotion of a server from another zone as a fallback.

### Upgrade Information Response Format <EnterpriseAlert inline />

```json
{
  "Status": "awaiting-new-servers",
  "TargetVersion": "1.9.1+ent",
  "TargetVersionVoters": ["f0344689-3e1f-4125-b55d-e888d3abf514"],
  "TargetVersionNonVoters": [
    "619a4ba6-1a0b-476e-8a1a-28aeee7735a2",
    "fd683fe6-541f-4ebf-bc5a-6eae51571ddb"
  ],
  "TargetVersionReadReplicas": ["9f1e27ae-1129-45ef-97dd-6d8c3ec47e6a"],
  "OtherVersionVoters": [
    "0cbdd493-235f-48f2-98d9-1bf2443b9d72",
    "21812bd7-2f21-4565-9892-2fdd3d4e1a99",
    "c654ba5c-cc76-4056-a5ca-6e78d95f27ad"
  ],
  "OtherVersionNonVoters": [
    "6d973f11-6bdb-4f7d-8a90-c1300066da4c",
    "6241ab45-371e-4b2a-a0f1-d847c3b7b1b0"
  ],
  "OtherVersionReadReplicas": ["42d10fc3-581b-4403-832d-945b3a0d8841"]
}
```

- `Status` is the automated upgrade status. Possible values are:

  - `disabled` indicates that automated upgrades are disabled either from user configuration or due to being unlicensed.

  - `idle` indicates that there is no ongoing upgrade and that all servers are running the same Consul version.

  - `await-new-voters` indicates that a newer versioned server has been added but that autopilot is waiting for more servers
    of that version to be added before proceeding with the upgrade.
  - `promoting` indicates that enough servers of the target version have been added and autopilot will now promote them
    to voters.
  - `demoting` indicates that autopilot is currently demoting the servers not running the target version.

  - `leader-transfer` indicates that autopilot is in the process of transferring leadership to a server running
    the target version.
  - `await-new-servers` indicates that the majority of the upgrade is complete but that more servers running the target
    version need to be added to completely replace all of the previous servers.
  - `await-server-removal` indicates that the upgrade is complete and it is now safe to remove the previous servers.

- `TargetVersion` is the version that Autopilot is upgrading to. This will be the maximum version of all servers
  `UpgradeVersion` field in the top level `Servers` mapping.
- `TargetVersionVoters` is a list of IDs of servers running the target version and that currently have voting rights.

- `TargetVersionNonVoters` is a list of IDs of servers running the target version and that currently do not have voting rights.

- `TargetVersionReadReplicas` is a list of IDs of servers running the target version and are read replicas.

- `OtherVersionVoters` is a list of IDs of servers not running the target version and that currently have voting rights.

- `OtherVersionNonVoters` is a list of IDs of servers not running the target version and that currently do not have voting rights.

- `OtherVersionReadReplicas` is a list of IDs of servers not running the target version and are read replicas.
