/sys/replication/performance
Check performance status
Appropriate Vault Enterprise license or HCP Vault Dedicated cluster required.
This endpoint prints information about the status of replication (mode, sync progress, etc).
This is an unauthenticated endpoint.
Method | Path |
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GET | /sys/replication/performance/status |
Sample request
Sample response from primary
The printed status of the replication environment. As an example, for a primary, it will look something like:
Sample response from secondary
The printed status of the replication environment. As an example, for a secondary, it will look something like:
Enable performance primary replication
Appropriate Vault Enterprise license required
Restricted endpoint
The API path can only be called from the root namespace.This endpoint enables replication in primary mode. This is used when replication is currently disabled on the cluster (if the cluster is already a secondary, it must be promoted).
Only one primary should be active at a given time. Multiple primaries may result in data loss!
Method | Path |
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POST | /sys/replication/performance/primary/enable |
Parameters
primary_cluster_addr
(string: "")
– Specifies the cluster address that the primary gives to secondary nodes. Useful if the primary's cluster address is not directly accessible and must be accessed via an alternate path/address, such as through a TCP-based load balancer. If not set, uses vault's configured cluster address.
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Demote performance primary
Appropriate Vault Enterprise license required
Restricted endpoint
The API path can only be called from the root namespace.This endpoint demotes a performance primary cluster to a performance secondary. This secondary cluster will not attempt to connect to a primary (see the update-primary call), but will maintain knowledge of its cluster ID and can be reconnected to the same replication set without wiping local storage.
Method | Path |
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POST | /sys/replication/performance/primary/demote |
Sample request
Disable performance primary
Appropriate Vault Enterprise license required
Restricted endpoint
The API path can only be called from the root namespace.This endpoint disables Performance Replication entirely on the cluster. Any performance secondaries will no longer be able to connect. Caution: re-enabling this node as a primary or secondary will change its cluster ID; in the secondary case this means a wipe of the underlying storage when connected to a primary, and in the primary case, secondaries connecting back to the cluster (even if they have connected before) will require a wipe of the underlying storage.
Method | Path |
---|---|
POST | /sys/replication/performance/primary/disable |
Sample request
Generate performance secondary token
Appropriate Vault Enterprise license required
Restricted endpoint
The API path can only be called from the root namespace.This endpoint generates a performance secondary activation token for the cluster with the given opaque identifier, which must be unique. This identifier can later be used to revoke a secondary's access.
This endpoint requires 'sudo' capability.
Method | Path |
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POST | /sys/replication/performance/primary/secondary-token |
Parameters
id
(string: <required>)
– Specifies an opaque identifier, e.g. 'us-east'ttl
(string: "30m")
– Specifies the TTL for the secondary activation token.secondary_public_key
(string: "")
– Specifies the secondary's generated public key, if using encryption rather than response wrapping to protect the secondary credentials. (Vault 1.3+)
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Revoke performance secondary token
Appropriate Vault Enterprise license required
Restricted endpoint
The API path can only be called from the root namespace.This endpoint revokes a performance secondary's ability to connect to the performance primary cluster; the secondary will immediately be disconnected and will not be allowed to connect again unless given a new activation token.
Method | Path |
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POST | /sys/replication/performance/primary/revoke-secondary |
Parameters
id
(string: <required>)
– Specifies an opaque identifier, e.g. 'us-east'
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Sample request
Create paths filter
Appropriate Vault Enterprise license required
Restricted endpoint
The API path can only be called from the root namespace.This endpoint is used to modify the mounts and namespaces that are filtered to a secondary. Filtering can be specified in allow mode or deny mode. In allow mode the secret and auth mounts that are specified are included to the selected secondary. In deny mode, the mount and namespace paths are excluded.
Method | Path |
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POST | /sys/replication/performance/primary/paths-filter/:id |
Parameters
id
(string: <required>)
– Specifies the unique performance secondary identifier. Note that this identifier is not arbitrary. This should be the secondary cluster ID as reported by thecluster_id
field of the replication status API endpoint. If, for example, a new performance secondary token is created, and used to call update-primary, then path filters will need to be re-created via this API endpoint.mode
(string: "allow")
– Specifies the filtering mode. Available values are "allow" and "deny".paths
(array: [])
– The list of mount and namespace paths that are filtered.
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Read paths filter
Appropriate Vault Enterprise license required
Restricted endpoint
The API path can only be called from the root namespace.This endpoint is used to read the mode and the mount/namespace paths that are filtered for a secondary.
Method | Path | |
---|---|---|
GET | /sys/replication/performance/primary/paths-filter/:id | 200 (empty body) |
Parameters
id
(string: <required>)
– Specifies the unique performance secondary identifier.
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Sample response
Delete paths filter
Appropriate Vault Enterprise license required
Restricted endpoint
The API path can only be called from the root namespace.This endpoint is used to delete the mount and namespace filters for a secondary.
Restricted endpoint
The API path can only be called from the root namespace.Method | Path |
---|---|
DELETE | /sys/replication/performance/primary/paths-filter/:id |
Parameters
id
(string: <required>)
– Specifies the unique performance secondary identifier.
Sample request
Read dynamically generated filter (PRIMARY)
Appropriate Vault Enterprise license required
Restricted endpoint
The API path can only be called from the root namespace.This endpoint is used to read the namespace and the mount paths that are dynamically filtered for a secondary on the primary.
Method | Path | |
---|---|---|
GET | /sys/replication/performance/primary/dynamic-filter/:id | 200 (empty body) |
Parameters
id
(string: <required>)
– Specifies the unique performance secondary identifier.
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Read dynamically generated filter (SECONDARY)
Appropriate Vault Enterprise license required
Restricted endpoint
The API path can only be called from the root namespace.This endpoint is used to read the namespace and the mount paths that are dynamically filtered for a secondary on the secondary.
Method | Path | |
---|---|---|
GET | /sys/replication/performance/secondary/dynamic-filter/:id | 200 (empty body) |
Parameters
id
(string: <required>)
– Specifies the unique performance secondary identifier.
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Fetch performance secondary public key
Appropriate Vault Enterprise license required
Restricted endpoint
The API path can only be called from the root namespace.This endpoint allows fetching a public key that is used to encrypt the returned credential information (instead of using a response wrapped token). This avoids needing to make an API call to the primary during activation.
Method | Path |
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POST | /sys/replication/performance/secondary/generate-public-key |
Sample request
Enable performance secondary
Appropriate Vault Enterprise license required
Restricted endpoint
The API path can only be called from the root namespace.This endpoint enables Performance Replication on a secondary using a secondary activation token.
This will immediately clear all data in the secondary cluster!
Method | Path |
---|---|
POST | /sys/replication/performance/secondary/enable |
Parameters
token
(string: <required>)
– Specifies the secondary activation token fetched from the primary.primary_api_addr
(string: "")
– Set this to the API address (normal Vault address) to override the value embedded in the token. This can be useful if the primary's redirect address is not accessible directly from this cluster (e.g. through a load balancer).ca_file
(string: "")
– Specifies the path to a CA root file (PEM format) that the secondary can use when unwrapping the token from the primary. If this and ca_path are not given, defaults to system CA roots.ca_path
(string: "")
– Specifies the path to a CA root directory containing PEM-format files that the secondary can use when unwrapping the token from the primary. If this and ca_file are not given, defaults to system CA roots.
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Promote performance secondary
Appropriate Vault Enterprise license required
Restricted endpoint
The API path can only be called from the root namespace.This endpoint promotes the performance secondary cluster to performance primary. For data safety and security reasons, new secondary tokens will need to be issued to other secondaries, and there should never be more than one performance primary at a time.
Method | Path |
---|---|
POST | /sys/replication/performance/secondary/promote |
Parameters
primary_cluster_addr
(string: "")
– Specifies the cluster address that the primary gives to secondary nodes. Useful if the primary's cluster address is not directly accessible and must be accessed via an alternate path/address (e.g. through a load balancer).force
(bool: false)
- If true the cluster will be promoted even if it fails certain safety checks. Caution: Forcing promotion could result in data loss if data isn't fully replicated.
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Disable performance secondary
Appropriate Vault Enterprise license required
Restricted endpoint
The API path can only be called from the root namespace.This endpoint disables Performance Replication entirely on the cluster. The cluster will no longer be able to connect to the performance primary.
Re-enabling this node as a performance primary or secondary will change its cluster ID; in the secondary case this means a wipe of the underlying storage when connected to a primary, and in the primary case, secondaries connecting back to the cluster (even if they have connected before) will require a wipe of the underlying storage.
Method | Path |
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POST | /sys/replication/performance/secondary/disable |
Sample request
Update performance secondary's primary
Appropriate Vault Enterprise license required
Restricted endpoint
The API path can only be called from the root namespace.The update endpoint changes the primary cluster assigned to a performance secondary cluster. Changing the primary cluster assignment does not wipe data in the secondary cluster.
There are two ways to update the primary assignment:
- Use a secondary activation token with the
token
parameter. - Use primary cluster addresses with the
update_primary_addrs
parameter. During the update, cluster addresses are pinged one at a time via gRPC. The first cluster to respond successfully is assigned as the new primary address.
The two update methods are mutually exclusive. You may use one or the other,
but not both. A good rule of thumb is to use token
on DR secondary
clusters and update_primary_addrs
on performance secondary clusters.
Method | Path |
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POST | /sys/replication/performance/secondary/update-primary |
Parameters
token
(string: <required>)
– Specifies the secondary activation token fetched from the primary. If you set this to a blank string, the cluster will stay a secondary but clear its knowledge of any past primary (and thus not attempt to connect to the previous primary). This can be useful if the primary is down to stop the secondary from trying to reconnect to it.primary_api_addr
(string: )
– Specifies the API address (normal Vault address) to override the value embedded in the token. This can be useful if the primary's redirect address is not accessible directly from this cluster.ca_file
(string: "")
– Specifies the path to a CA root file (PEM format) that the secondary can use when unwrapping the token from the primary. If this and ca_path are not given, defaults to system CA roots.ca_path
string: ()
– Specifies the path to a CA root directory containing PEM-format files that the secondary can use when unwrapping the token from the primary. If this and ca_file are not given, defaults to system CA roots.update_primary_addrs
array: []
– List of cluster addresses for potential primary clusters. These addresses will be pinged in sequence, and if any of them respond successfully, these will be recorded as the new primary addresses. This is a lighter weight version of specifying a token and should result in less disruption of replication.
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