Get node information

GET /_cat/nodes

Get information about the nodes in a cluster. IMPORTANT: cat APIs are only intended for human consumption using the command line or Kibana console. They are not intended for use by applications. For application consumption, use the nodes info API.

Query parameters

bytes string

The unit used to display byte values.

Values are b, kb, mb, gb, tb, or pb.
full_id boolean | string

If true, return the full node ID. If false, return the shortened node ID.
include_unloaded_segments boolean

If true, the response includes information from segments that are not loaded into memory.
h string | array[string]

A comma-separated list of columns names to display. It supports simple wildcards.
s string | array[string]

A comma-separated list of column names or aliases that determines the sort order. Sorting defaults to ascending and can be changed by setting :asc or :desc as a suffix to the column name.
master_timeout string

The period to wait for a connection to the master node.
time string

The unit used to display time values.

Values are nanos, micros, ms, s, m, h, or d.

Responses

200 application/json
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- id string
- pid string
  
  The process identifier.
- ip string
  
  The IP address.
- port string
  
  The bound transport port.
- http_address string
  
  The bound HTTP address.
- version string
- flavor string
  
  The Elasticsearch distribution flavor.
- type string
  
  The Elasticsearch distribution type.
- build string
  
  The Elasticsearch build hash.
- jdk string
  
  The Java version.
- disk.total number | string
  
  One of:
  ByteSize number ByteSize string
- disk.used number | string
  
  One of:
  ByteSize number ByteSize string
- disk.avail number | string
  
  One of:
  ByteSize number ByteSize string
- disk.used_percent string | number
  
  One of:
  Percentage string Percentage number
- heap.current string
  
  The used heap.
- heap.percent string | number
  
  One of:
  Percentage string Percentage number
- heap.max string
  
  The maximum configured heap.
- ram.current string
  
  The used machine memory.
- ram.percent string | number
  
  One of:
  Percentage string Percentage number
- ram.max string
  
  The total machine memory.
- file_desc.current string
  
  The used file descriptors.
- file_desc.percent string | number
  
  One of:
  Percentage string Percentage number
- file_desc.max string
  
  The maximum number of file descriptors.
- cpu string
  
  The recent system CPU usage as a percentage.
- load_1m string
  
  The load average for the most recent minute.
- load_5m string
  
  The load average for the last five minutes.
- load_15m string
  
  The load average for the last fifteen minutes.
- uptime string
  
  The node uptime.
- node.role string
  
  The roles of the node. Returned values include c(cold node), d(data node), f(frozen node), h(hot node), i(ingest node), l(machine learning node), m (master eligible node), r(remote cluster client node), s(content node), t(transform node), v(voting-only node), w(warm node),and -(coordinating node only).
- master string
  
  Indicates whether the node is the elected master node. Returned values include *(elected master) and -(not elected master).
- name string
- completion.size string
  
  The size of completion.
- fielddata.memory_size string
  
  The used fielddata cache.
- fielddata.evictions string
  
  The fielddata evictions.
- query_cache.memory_size string
  
  The used query cache.
- query_cache.evictions string
  
  The query cache evictions.
- query_cache.hit_count string
  
  The query cache hit counts.
- query_cache.miss_count string
  
  The query cache miss counts.
- request_cache.memory_size string
  
  The used request cache.
- request_cache.evictions string
  
  The request cache evictions.
- request_cache.hit_count string
  
  The request cache hit counts.
- request_cache.miss_count string
  
  The request cache miss counts.
- flush.total string
  
  The number of flushes.
- flush.total_time string
  
  The time spent in flush.
- get.current string
  
  The number of current get ops.
- get.time string
  
  The time spent in get.
- get.total string
  
  The number of get ops.
- get.exists_time string
  
  The time spent in successful gets.
- get.exists_total string
  
  The number of successful get operations.
- get.missing_time string
  
  The time spent in failed gets.
- get.missing_total string
  
  The number of failed gets.
- indexing.delete_current string
  
  The number of current deletions.
- indexing.delete_time string
  
  The time spent in deletions.
- indexing.delete_total string
  
  The number of delete operations.
- indexing.index_current string
  
  The number of current indexing operations.
- indexing.index_time string
  
  The time spent in indexing.
- indexing.index_total string
  
  The number of indexing operations.
- indexing.index_failed string
  
  The number of failed indexing operations.
- merges.current string
  
  The number of current merges.
- merges.current_docs string
  
  The number of current merging docs.
- merges.current_size string
  
  The size of current merges.
- merges.total string
  
  The number of completed merge operations.
- merges.total_docs string
  
  The docs merged.
- merges.total_size string
  
  The size merged.
- merges.total_time string
  
  The time spent in merges.
- refresh.total string
  
  The total refreshes.
- refresh.time string
  
  The time spent in refreshes.
- refresh.external_total string
  
  The total external refreshes.
- refresh.external_time string
  
  The time spent in external refreshes.
- refresh.listeners string
  
  The number of pending refresh listeners.
- script.compilations string
  
  The total script compilations.
- script.cache_evictions string
  
  The total compiled scripts evicted from the cache.
- script.compilation_limit_triggered string
  
  The script cache compilation limit triggered.
- search.fetch_current string
  
  The current fetch phase operations.
- search.fetch_time string
  
  The time spent in fetch phase.
- search.fetch_total string
  
  The total fetch operations.
- search.open_contexts string
  
  The open search contexts.
- search.query_current string
  
  The current query phase operations.
- search.query_time string
  
  The time spent in query phase.
- search.query_total string
  
  The total query phase operations.
- search.scroll_current string
  
  The open scroll contexts.
- search.scroll_time string
  
  The time scroll contexts held open.
- search.scroll_total string
  
  The completed scroll contexts.
- segments.count string
  
  The number of segments.
- segments.memory string
  
  The memory used by segments.
- segments.index_writer_memory string
  
  The memory used by the index writer.
- segments.version_map_memory string
  
  The memory used by the version map.
- segments.fixed_bitset_memory string
  
  The memory used by fixed bit sets for nested object field types and export type filters for types referred in _parent fields.
- suggest.current string
  
  The number of current suggest operations.
- suggest.time string
  
  The time spend in suggest.
- suggest.total string
  
  The number of suggest operations.
- bulk.total_operations string
  
  The number of bulk shard operations.
- bulk.total_time string
  
  The time spend in shard bulk.
- bulk.total_size_in_bytes string
  
  The total size in bytes of shard bulk.
- bulk.avg_time string
  
  The average time spend in shard bulk.
- bulk.avg_size_in_bytes string
  
  The average size in bytes of shard bulk.

GET /_cat/nodes

curl \
 --request GET 'http://api.example.com/_cat/nodes' \
 --header "Authorization: $API_KEY"

Response examples (200)

A successful response from `GET /_cat/nodes?v=true&format=json`. The `ip`, `heap.percent`, `ram.percent`, `cpu`, and `load_*` columns provide the IP addresses and performance information of each node. The `node.role`, `master`, and `name` columns provide information useful for monitoring an entire cluster, particularly large ones.

[
  {
    "ip": "127.0.0.1",
    "heap.percent": "65",
    "ram.percent": "99",
    "cpu": "42",
    "load_1m": "3.07",
    "load_5m": null,
    "load_15m": null,
    "node.role": "cdfhilmrstw",
    "master": "*",
    "name": "mJw06l1"
  }
]

A successful response from `GET /_cat/nodes?v=true&h=id,ip,port,v,m&format=json`. It returns the `id`, `ip`, `port`, `v` (version), and `m` (master) columns.

[
  {
    "id": "veJR",
    "ip": "127.0.0.1",
    "port": "59938",
    "v": "9.0.0",
    "m": "*"
  }
]