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/sys/seal-status

The /sys/seal-status endpoint is used to check the seal status of an OpenBao.

Seal status​

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

MethodPath
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 OpenBao 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": "openbao-cluster-336172e1",
  "cluster_id": "f94053ad-d80e-4270-2006-2efd67d0910a",
  "recovery_seal": false,
  "storage_type": "file"
}