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Catalog HTTP Endpoint
The Catalog is the endpoint used to register and deregister nodes, services, and checks. It also provides query endpoints.
The following endpoints are supported:
/v1/catalog/register
: Registers a new node, service, or check/v1/catalog/deregister
: Deregisters a node, service, or check/v1/catalog/datacenters
: Lists known datacenters/v1/catalog/nodes
: Lists nodes in a given DC/v1/catalog/services
: Lists services in a given DC/v1/catalog/service/<service>
: Lists the nodes in a given service/v1/catalog/node/<node>
: Lists the services provided by a node
The nodes
and services
endpoints support blocking queries and
tunable consistency modes.
/v1/catalog/register
The register endpoint is a low-level mechanism for registering or updating entries in the catalog. It is usually preferable to instead use the agent endpoints for registration as they are simpler and perform anti-entropy.
The register endpoint expects a JSON request body to be PUT
. The request
body must look something like:
{
"Datacenter": "dc1",
"ID": "40e4a748-2192-161a-0510-9bf59fe950b5",
"Node": "foobar",
"Address": "192.168.10.10",
"TaggedAddresses": {
"lan": "192.168.10.10",
"wan": "10.0.10.10"
},
"NodeMeta": {
"somekey": "somevalue"
},
"Service": {
"ID": "redis1",
"Service": "redis",
"Tags": [
"primary",
"v1"
],
"Address": "127.0.0.1",
"Port": 8000
},
"Check": {
"Node": "foobar",
"CheckID": "service:redis1",
"Name": "Redis health check",
"Notes": "Script based health check",
"Status": "passing",
"ServiceID": "redis1"
}
}
The behavior of the endpoint depends on what keys are provided. The endpoint
requires Node
and Address
to be provided while Datacenter
will be defaulted
to match that of the agent. If only those are provided, the endpoint will register
the node with the catalog. TaggedAddresses
can be used in conjunction with the
translate_wan_addrs
configuration
option and the wan
address. The lan
address was added in Consul 0.7 to help find
the LAN address if address translation is enabled. The ID
field was added in Consul
0.7.3 and is optional, but if supplied must be in the form of a hex string, 36
characters long. This is a unique identifier for this node across all time, even if
the node name or address changes.
The Meta
block was added in Consul 0.7.3 to enable associating arbitrary metadata
key/value pairs with a node for filtering purposes. For more information on node metadata,
see the node meta section of the configuration page.
If the Service
key is provided, the service will also be registered. If
ID
is not provided, it will be defaulted to the value of the Service.Service
property.
Only one service with a given ID
may be present per node. The service Tags
, Address
,
and Port
fields are all optional.
If the Check
key is provided, a health check will also be registered. The register API manipulates the health check entry in the Catalog, but it does not setup
the script, TTL, or HTTP check to monitor the node's health. To truly enable a new
health check, the check must either be provided in agent configuration or set via
the agent endpoint.
The CheckID
can be omitted and will default to the value of Name
. As with Service.ID
,
the CheckID
must be unique on this node. Notes
is an opaque field that is meant to
hold human-readable text. If a ServiceID
is provided that matches the ID
of a service on that node, the check is treated as a service level health
check, instead of a node level health check. The Status
must be one of passing
, warning
, or critical
.
Multiple checks can be provided by replacing Check
with Checks
and sending
an array of Check
objects.
It is important to note that Check
does not have to be provided with Service
and vice versa. A catalog entry can have either, neither, or both.
The endpoint supports the use of ACL tokens using the ?token= query parameter
or the X-Consul-Token
request header.
If the API call succeeds, a 200 status code is returned.
/v1/catalog/deregister
The deregister endpoint is a low-level mechanism for directly removing entries from the Catalog. It is usually preferable to instead use the agent endpoints for deregistration as they are simpler and perform anti-entropy.
The deregister endpoint expects a JSON request body to be PUT
. The request
body must look like one of the following:
{
"Datacenter": "dc1",
"Node": "foobar",
}
{
"Datacenter": "dc1",
"Node": "foobar",
"CheckID": "service:redis1"
}
{
"Datacenter": "dc1",
"Node": "foobar",
"ServiceID": "redis1",
}
The behavior of the endpoint depends on what keys are provided. The endpoint
requires Node
to be provided while Datacenter
will be defaulted
to match that of the agent. If only Node
is provided, the node and
all associated services and checks are deleted. If CheckID
is provided, only
that check is removed. If ServiceID
is provided, the
service and its associated health check (if any) are removed.
The endpoint supports the use of ACL tokens using the ?token= query parameter
or the X-Consul-Token
request header.
If the API call succeeds a 200 status code is returned.
/v1/catalog/datacenters
This endpoint is hit with a GET
and is used to return all the
datacenters that are known by the Consul server.
The datacenters will be sorted in ascending order based on the estimated median round trip time from the server to the servers in that datacenter.
It returns a JSON body like this:
["dc1", "dc2"]
This endpoint does not require a cluster leader and will succeed even during an availability outage. Therefore, it can be used as a simple check to see if any Consul servers are routable.
/v1/catalog/nodes
This endpoint is hit with a GET
and returns the nodes registered
in a given DC. By default, the datacenter of the agent is queried;
however, the dc
can be provided using the ?dc=
query parameter.
Adding the optional ?near=
parameter with a node name will sort
the node list in ascending order based on the estimated round trip
time from that node. Passing ?near=_agent
will use the agent's
node for the sort.
In Consul 0.7.3 and later, the optional ?node-meta=
parameter can be
provided with a desired node metadata key/value pair of the form key:value
.
This parameter can be specified multiple times, and will filter the results to
nodes with the specified key/value pair(s).
It returns a JSON body like this:
[
{
"ID": "40e4a748-2192-161a-0510-9bf59fe950b5",
"Node": "baz",
"Address": "10.1.10.11",
"TaggedAddresses": {
"lan": "10.1.10.11",
"wan": "10.1.10.11"
},
"Meta": {
"instance_type": "t2.medium"
}
},
{
"ID": "8f246b77-f3e1-ff88-5b48-8ec93abf3e05",
"Node": "foobar",
"Address": "10.1.10.12",
"TaggedAddresses": {
"lan": "10.1.10.11",
"wan": "10.1.10.12"
},
"Meta": {
"instance_type": "t2.large"
}
}
]
This endpoint supports blocking queries and all consistency modes.
The endpoint supports the use of ACL tokens using the ?token= query parameter
or the X-Consul-Token
request header.
/v1/catalog/services
This endpoint is hit with a GET
and returns the services registered
in a given DC. By default, the datacenter of the agent is queried;
however, the dc
can be provided using the ?dc=
query parameter.
In Consul 0.7.3 and later, the optional ?node-meta=
parameter can be
provided with a desired node metadata key/value pair of the form key:value
.
This parameter can be specified multiple times, and will filter the results to
services on nodes with the specified key/value pair(s).
It returns a JSON body like this:
{
"consul": [],
"redis": [],
"postgresql": [
"primary",
"secondary"
]
}
The keys are the service names, and the array values provide all known tags for a given service.
This endpoint supports blocking queries and all consistency modes.
The endpoint supports the use of ACL tokens using the ?token= query parameter
or the X-Consul-Token
request header.
/v1/catalog/service/<service>
This endpoint is hit with a GET
and returns the nodes providing a service
in a given DC. By default, the datacenter of the agent is queried;
however, the dc
can be provided using the ?dc=
query parameter.
The service being queried must be provided on the path. By default
all nodes in that service are returned. However, the list can be filtered
by tag using the ?tag=
query parameter.
Adding the optional ?near=
parameter with a node name will sort
the node list in ascending order based on the estimated round trip
time from that node. Passing ?near=_agent
will use the agent's
node for the sort.
In Consul 0.7.3 and later, the optional ?node-meta=
parameter can be
provided with a desired node metadata key/value pair of the form key:value
.
This parameter can be specified multiple times, and will filter the results to
service entries on nodes with the specified key/value pair(s).
It returns a JSON body like this:
[
{
"ID": "40e4a748-2192-161a-0510-9bf59fe950b5",
"Node": "foobar",
"Address": "192.168.10.10",
"TaggedAddresses": {
"lan": "192.168.10.10",
"wan": "10.0.10.10"
},
"Meta": {
"instance_type": "t2.medium"
}
"CreateIndex": 51,
"ModifyIndex": 51,
"ServiceAddress": "172.17.0.3",
"ServiceEnableTagOverride": false,
"ServiceID": "32a2a47f7992:nodea:5000",
"ServiceName": "foobar",
"ServicePort": 5000,
"ServiceTags": [
"tacos"
]
}
]
The returned fields are as follows:
Address
: IP address of the Consul node on which the service is registeredTaggedAddresses
: List of explicit LAN and WAN IP addresses for the agentMeta
: Added in Consul 0.7.3, a list of user-defined metadata key/value pairs for the nodeCreateIndex
: Internal index value representing when the service was createdModifyIndex
: Last index that modified the serviceNode
: Node name of the Consul node on which the service is registeredServiceAddress
: IP address of the service host — if empty, node address should be usedServiceEnableTagOverride
: Whether service tags can be overridden on this serviceServiceID
: A unique service instance identifierServiceName
: Name of the serviceServicePort
: Port number of the serviceServiceTags
: List of tags for the service
This endpoint supports blocking queries and all consistency modes.
The endpoint supports the use of ACL tokens using the ?token= query parameter
or the X-Consul-Token
request header.
/v1/catalog/node/<node>
This endpoint is hit with a GET
and returns the node's registered services.
By default, the datacenter of the agent is queried;
however, the dc
can be provided using the ?dc=
query parameter.
The node being queried must be provided on the path.
It returns a JSON body like this:
{
"Node": {
"ID": "40e4a748-2192-161a-0510-9bf59fe950b5",
"Node": "foobar",
"Address": "10.1.10.12",
"TaggedAddresses": {
"lan": "10.1.10.12",
"wan": "10.1.10.12"
},
"Meta": {
"instance_type": "t2.medium"
}
},
"Services": {
"consul": {
"ID": "consul",
"Service": "consul",
"Tags": null,
"Port": 8300
},
"redis": {
"ID": "redis",
"Service": "redis",
"Tags": [
"v1"
],
"Port": 8000
}
}
}
This endpoint supports blocking queries and all consistency modes.
The endpoint supports the use of ACL tokens using the ?token= query parameter
or the X-Consul-Token
request header.