[[rest-api-root]]
== Root API
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<titleabbrev>Root API</titleabbrev>
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The Elasticsearch API's base url returns its basic build, 
version, and cluster information. 

[source,console]
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GET /
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[discrete]
[[rest-api-root-prereq]]
=== {api-prereq-title}

* If the {es} {security-features} are enabled, you must have the
`monitor`, `manage`, or `all`
<<privileges-list-cluster,cluster privilege>> to use this API.

[role="child_attributes"]
[discrete]
[[rest-api-root-response-body]]
=== {api-response-body-title}


`name` ::
The responding <<node-name,Node's `name`>>.

`cluster_name` ::
The responding <<cluster-name,Cluster's `name`>>.

`cluster_uuid` ::
The responding Cluster's `uuid` as confirmed by 
<<cluster-state,Cluster State>>.

`version` ::
(object) 
Contains information about the running version of Elasticsearch.
+ properties of `version`
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`number` ::
Version number of responding 
https://www.elastic.co/downloads/past-releases#elasticsearch[Elasticsearch release].

`build_flavor` ::
Build flavor, e.g. `default`.

`build_type` ::
Build type corresponding to how 
<<install-elasticsearch,Elasticsearch was installed>, 
e.g. `docker`, `rpm`, `tar`.

`build_hash` ::
Elasticsearch's Git commit's SHA hash.

`build_date` ::
Elasticsearch's Git commit's date.

`build_snapshot` ::
If Elasticsearch's build was from a snapshot.

`lucene_version` ::
Version number of Elasticsearch's 
<<https://archive.apache.org/dist/lucene/java/,underlying Lucene software>>.

`minimum_wire_compatibility_version` ::
Minimum node version with which the responding node can 
communicate. Also minimum  version from which you can perform 
a <<rolling-upgrades,Rolling Upgrade>>.

`minimum_index_compatibility_version` ::
Minimum index version with which the responding node can read 
from disk.
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[discrete]
[[rest-api-root-response-example]]
=== {api-examples-title}

The API returns the following response: 

[source,console-result]
----
{
  "name": "instance-0000000000",
  "cluster_name": "my_test_cluster",
  "cluster_uuid": "5QaxoN0pRZuOmWSxstBBwQ",
  "version": {
    "build_date": "2024-02-01T13:07:13.727175297Z",
    "minimum_wire_compatibility_version": "7.17.0",
    "build_hash": "6185ba65d27469afabc9bc951cded6c17c21e3f3",
    "number": "8.12.1",
    "lucene_version": "9.9.2",
    "minimum_index_compatibility_version": "7.0.0",
    "build_flavor": "default",
    "build_snapshot": false,
    "build_type": "docker"
  },
  "tagline": "You Know, for Search"
}
----
// TESTRESPONSE[s/"name": "instance-0000000000"/"name": "$body.name"/]
// TESTRESPONSE[s/"cluster_name": "my_test_cluster"/"cluster_name": "$body.cluster_name"/]
// TESTRESPONSE[s/"cluster_uuid": "5QaxoN0pRZuOmWSxstBBwQ"/"cluster_uuid": "$body.cluster_uuid"/]
// TESTRESPONSE[s/"build_date": "2024-02-01T13:07:13.727175297Z"/"build_date": "$body.version.build_date"/]
// TESTRESPONSE[s/"minimum_wire_compatibility_version": "7.17.0"/"minimum_wire_compatibility_version": "$body.version.minimum_wire_compatibility_version"/]
// TESTRESPONSE[s/"build_hash": "6185ba65d27469afabc9bc951cded6c17c21e3f3"/"build_hash": "$body.version.build_hash"/]
// TESTRESPONSE[s/"number": "8.12.1"/"number": "$body.version.number"/]
// TESTRESPONSE[s/"lucene_version": "9.9.2"/"lucene_version": "$body.version.lucene_version"/]
// TESTRESPONSE[s/"minimum_index_compatibility_version": "7.0.0"/"minimum_index_compatibility_version": "$body.version.minimum_index_compatibility_version"/]
// TESTRESPONSE[s/"build_flavor": "default"/"build_flavor": "$body.version.build_flavor"/]
// TESTRESPONSE[s/"build_snapshot": false/"build_snapshot": "$body.version.build_snapshot"/]
// TESTRESPONSE[s/"build_type": "docker"/"build_type": "$body.version.build_type"/]