---
type: api
title: Cluster
url: https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/4371/api/doc/elasticsearch/v8/group/endpoint-cluster
resource: https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/4371/api/doc/elasticsearch/v8/group/endpoint-cluster
products:
  - Elasticsearch
---

# Cluster

`cluster`

- [Explain the shard allocations
](https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/4371/api/doc/elasticsearch/v8/operation/operation-cluster-allocation-explain): `POST` (also `GET`) `/_cluster/allocation/explain`
- [Update voting configuration exclusions](https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/4371/api/doc/elasticsearch/v8/operation/operation-cluster-post-voting-config-exclusions): `POST` `/_cluster/voting_config_exclusions`
- [Clear cluster voting config exclusions](https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/4371/api/doc/elasticsearch/v8/operation/operation-cluster-delete-voting-config-exclusions): `DELETE` `/_cluster/voting_config_exclusions`
- [Get cluster-wide settings](https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/4371/api/doc/elasticsearch/v8/operation/operation-cluster-get-settings): `GET` `/_cluster/settings`
- [Update the cluster settings](https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/4371/api/doc/elasticsearch/v8/operation/operation-cluster-put-settings): `PUT` `/_cluster/settings`
- [Get the cluster health status
](https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/4371/api/doc/elasticsearch/v8/operation/operation-cluster-health): `GET` `/_cluster/health/{index}`, `GET` `/_cluster/health`
- [Get cluster info](https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/4371/api/doc/elasticsearch/v8/operation/operation-cluster-info): `GET` `/_info/{target}`
- [Get the pending cluster tasks](https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/4371/api/doc/elasticsearch/v8/operation/operation-cluster-pending-tasks): `GET` `/_cluster/pending_tasks`
- [Get remote cluster information](https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/4371/api/doc/elasticsearch/v8/operation/operation-cluster-remote-info): `GET` `/_remote/info`
- [Reroute the cluster](https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/4371/api/doc/elasticsearch/v8/operation/operation-cluster-reroute): `POST` `/_cluster/reroute`
- [Get the cluster state
](https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/4371/api/doc/elasticsearch/v8/operation/operation-cluster-state): `GET` `/_cluster/state/{metric}/{index}`, `GET` `/_cluster/state/{metric}`, `GET` `/_cluster/state`
- [Get cluster statistics
](https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/4371/api/doc/elasticsearch/v8/operation/operation-cluster-stats): `GET` `/_cluster/stats/nodes/{node_id}`, `GET` `/_cluster/stats`
- [Ping the cluster](https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/4371/api/doc/elasticsearch/v8/operation/operation-ping): `HEAD` `/`
- [Clear the archived repositories metering](https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/4371/api/doc/elasticsearch/v8/operation/operation-nodes-clear-repositories-metering-archive): `DELETE` `/_nodes/{node_id}/_repositories_metering/{max_archive_version}`
- [Get cluster repositories metering](https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/4371/api/doc/elasticsearch/v8/operation/operation-nodes-get-repositories-metering-info): `GET` `/_nodes/{node_id}/_repositories_metering`
- [Get the hot threads for nodes
](https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/4371/api/doc/elasticsearch/v8/operation/operation-nodes-hot-threads): `GET` `/_nodes/{node_id}/hot_threads`, `GET` `/_nodes/hot_threads`
- [Get node information
](https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/4371/api/doc/elasticsearch/v8/operation/operation-nodes-info): `GET` `/_nodes/{node_id}/{metric}`, `GET` `/_nodes/{node_id}`, `GET` `/_nodes/{metric}`, `GET` `/_nodes`
- [Reload the keystore on nodes in the cluster
](https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/4371/api/doc/elasticsearch/v8/operation/operation-nodes-reload-secure-settings): `POST` `/_nodes/{node_id}/reload_secure_settings`, `POST` `/_nodes/reload_secure_settings`
- [Get node statistics
](https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/4371/api/doc/elasticsearch/v8/operation/operation-nodes-stats): `GET` `/_nodes/{node_id}/stats/{metric}/{index_metric}`, `GET` `/_nodes/stats/{metric}/{index_metric}`, `GET` `/_nodes/{node_id}/stats/{metric}`, `GET` `/_nodes/{node_id}/stats`, `GET` `/_nodes/stats/{metric}`, `GET` `/_nodes/stats`
- [Get feature usage information
](https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/4371/api/doc/elasticsearch/v8/operation/operation-nodes-usage): `GET` `/_nodes/{node_id}/usage/{metric}`, `GET` `/_nodes/{node_id}/usage`, `GET` `/_nodes/usage/{metric}`, `GET` `/_nodes/usage`