/sys/seal-status

The /sys/seal-status endpoint is used to check the seal status of a Vault.

Seal status

Restricted endpoint

The API path can only be called from the root or administrative namespace.

This endpoint returns the seal status of the Vault. This is an unauthenticated endpoint.

Method	Path
`GET`	`/sys/seal-status`

Sample request

$ curl \
    http://127.0.0.1:8200/v1/sys/seal-status

Sample response

The "t" parameter is the threshold, and "n" is the number of shares.

{
  "type": "shamir",
  "initialized": true,
  "sealed": true,
  "t": 3,
  "n": 5,
  "progress": 2,
  "nonce": "",
  "version": "1.11.0",
  "build_date": "2022-05-03T08:34:11Z",
  "migration": false,
  "recovery_seal": false,
  "storage_type": "file"
}

Sample response when Vault is unsealed.

{
  "type": "shamir",
  "initialized": true,
  "sealed": false,
  "t": 3,
  "n": 5,
  "progress": 0,
  "nonce": "",
  "version": "1.11.0",
  "build_date": "2022-05-03T08:34:11Z",
  "migration": false,
  "cluster_name": "vault-cluster-336172e1",
  "cluster_id": "f94053ad-d80e-4270-2006-2efd67d0910a",
  "recovery_seal": false,
  "storage_type": "file"
}