/sys/leader

The /sys/leader endpoint is used to check the high availability status and current leader of Vault.

Read leader status

Restricted endpoint

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

This endpoint returns the high availability status and current leader instance of Vault.

Method	Path
`GET`	`/sys/leader`

Sample request

$ curl \
    http://127.0.0.1:8200/v1/sys/leader

Sample response

{
  "ha_enabled": true,
  "is_self": false,
  "leader_address": "https://127.0.0.1:8200/",
  "leader_cluster_address": "https://127.0.0.1:8201/",
  "performance_standby": false,
  "performance_standby_last_remote_wal": 0
}