Get cluster info

GET

Auth

Get basic build, version, and cluster information. ::: In Serverless, this API is retained for backward compatibility only. Some response fields, such as the version number, should be ignored.

Required authorization

Cluster privileges monitor

Response

application/json

cluster_name string required: The responding cluster's name.
cluster_uuid string required
name string required: The responding node's name.
tagline string required
version object required: The running version of Elasticsearch.

Examples

Request Console 1 / 8 languages

Console Kibana Dev Tools

GET /

JavaScript Elasticsearch JavaScript Client

const response = await client.info();

Python Elasticsearch Python Client

resp = client.info()

curl Shell

curl -X GET "$ELASTICSEARCH_URL/" \
  -H "Authorization: ApiKey $ELASTIC_API_KEY"

Java Elasticsearch Java Client

client.info();

C# Elasticsearch .NET Client

var response = await client.InfoAsync();

PHP Elasticsearch PHP Client

$resp = $client->info();

Ruby Elasticsearch Ruby Client

response = client.info

Response

A successful response from GET /.

{
  "name": "instance-0000000000",
  "cluster_name": "my_test_cluster",
  "cluster_uuid": "zk-HjQtYQGyL3NFSSu7InA",
  "version": {
    "number": "9.1.0",
    "build_flavor": "default",
    "build_type": "docker",
    "build_hash": 0,
    "build_date": "2025-07-09T22:10:13.578Z",
    "build_snapshot": false,
    "lucene_version": "10.2.2",
    "minimum_wire_compatibility_version": "8.19.0",
    "minimum_index_compatibility_version": "8.0.0"
  },
  "tagline": "You Know, for Search"
}