/sys/rotate/root

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The /sys/rotate/root endpoint is available from version v2.4.0.

The /sys/rotate/root endpoint is used to perform a root key rotation without requiring existing key shares to be provided.

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• sudo required - This endpoint requires sudo capability in addition to any path-specific capabilities.

Method	Path
POST	/sys/rotate/root

Sample request

$ curl \
    --header "X-Vault-Token: ..." \
    http://127.0.0.1:8200/v1/sys/rotate/root