Admin API

The Admin API can be used for measuring node health and debugging.

Note

The Admin API is disabled by default for security reasons. To run a node with the Admin API enabled, use config flag --api-admin-enabled=true.

This API set is for a specific node, it is unavailable on the public server.

Format

This API uses the json 2.0 RPC format. For details, see here.

Endpoint

/ext/admin

Methods

`admin.alias`

Assign an API endpoint an alias, a different endpoint for the API. The original endpoint will still work. This change only affects this node; other nodes will not know about this alias.

Signature:

admin.alias({endpoint:string, alias:string}) -> {}

endpoint is the original endpoint of the API. endpoint should only include the part of the endpoint after /ext/.
The API being aliased can now be called at ext/alias.
alias can be at most 512 characters.

Example Call:

curl -X POST --data '{
    "jsonrpc":"2.0",
    "id"     :1,
    "method" :"admin.alias",
    "params": {
        "alias":"myAlias",
        "endpoint":"bc/X"
    }
}' -H 'content-type:application/json;' 127.0.0.1:9650/ext/admin

Example Response:

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "result": {}
}

Now, calls to the X-Chain can be made to either /ext/bc/X or, equivalently, to /ext/myAlias.

`admin.aliasChain`

Give a blockchain an alias, a different name that can be used any place the blockchain's ID is used.

Note

Aliasing a chain can also be done via the Node API.

Note that the alias is set for each chain on each node individually. In a multi-node Avalanche L1, the same alias should be configured on each node to use an alias across an Avalanche L1 successfully. Setting an alias for a chain on one node does not register that alias with other nodes automatically.

Signature:

admin.aliasChain(
    {
        chain:string,
        alias:string
    }
) -> {}

chain is the blockchain's ID.
alias can now be used in place of the blockchain's ID (in API endpoints, for example.)

Example Call:

curl -X POST --data '{
    "jsonrpc":"2.0",
    "id"     :1,
    "method" :"admin.aliasChain",
    "params": {
        "chain":"sV6o671RtkGBcno1FiaDbVcFv2sG5aVXMZYzKdP4VQAWmJQnM",
        "alias":"myBlockchainAlias"
    }
}' -H 'content-type:application/json;' 127.0.0.1:9650/ext/admin

Example Response:

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "result": {}
}

Now, instead of interacting with the blockchain whose ID is sV6o671RtkGBcno1FiaDbVcFv2sG5aVXMZYzKdP4VQAWmJQnM by making API calls to /ext/bc/sV6o671RtkGBcno1FiaDbVcFv2sG5aVXMZYzKdP4VQAWmJQnM, one can also make calls to ext/bc/myBlockchainAlias.

`admin.getChainAliases`

Returns the aliases of the chain

Signature:

admin.getChainAliases(
  {
    chain:string
  }
) -> {aliases:string[]}

chain is the blockchain's ID.

Example Call:

curl -X POST --data '{
    "jsonrpc":"2.0",
    "id"     :1,
    "method" :"admin.getChainAliases",
    "params": {
        "chain":"sV6o671RtkGBcno1FiaDbVcFv2sG5aVXMZYzKdP4VQAWmJQnM"
    }
}' -H 'content-type:application/json;' 127.0.0.1:9650/ext/admin

Example Response:

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "result": {
    "aliases": [
      "X",
      "avm",
      "2eNy1mUFdmaxXNj1eQHUe7Np4gju9sJsEtWQ4MX3ToiNKuADed"
    ]
  },
  "id": 1
}

`admin.getLoggerLevel`

Returns log and display levels of loggers.

Signature:

admin.getLoggerLevel(
  {
    loggerName:string // optional
  }
) -> {
        loggerLevels: {
          loggerName: {
            logLevel: string,
            displayLevel: string
          }
        }
    }

loggerName is the name of the logger to be returned. This is an optional argument. If not specified, it returns all possible loggers.

Example Call:

curl -X POST --data '{
    "jsonrpc":"2.0",
    "id"     :1,
    "method" :"admin.getLoggerLevel",
    "params": {
        "loggerName": "C"
    }
}' -H 'content-type:application/json;' 127.0.0.1:9650/ext/admin

Example Response:

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "result": {
    "loggerLevels": {
      "C": {
        "logLevel": "DEBUG",
        "displayLevel": "INFO"
      }
    }
  },
  "id": 1
}

`admin.loadVMs`

Dynamically loads any virtual machines installed on the node as plugins. See here for more information on how to install a virtual machine on a node.

Signature:

admin.loadVMs() -> {
  newVMs: map[string][]string
  failedVMs: map[string]string,
}

failedVMs is only included in the response if at least one virtual machine fails to be loaded.

Example Call:

curl -X POST --data '{
    "jsonrpc":"2.0",
    "id"     :1,
    "method" :"admin.loadVMs",
    "params" :{}
}' -H 'content-type:application/json;' 127.0.0.1:9650/ext/admin

Example Response:

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "result": {
    "newVMs": {
      "tGas3T58KzdjLHhBDMnH2TvrddhqTji5iZAMZ3RXs2NLpSnhH": ["foovm"]
    },
    "failedVMs": {
      "rXJsCSEYXg2TehWxCEEGj6JU2PWKTkd6cBdNLjoe2SpsKD9cy": "error message"
    }
  },
  "id": 1
}

`admin.lockProfile`

Writes a profile of mutex statistics to lock.profile.

Signature:

admin.lockProfile() -> {}

Example Call:

curl -X POST --data '{
    "jsonrpc":"2.0",
    "id"     :1,
    "method" :"admin.lockProfile",
    "params" :{}
}' -H 'content-type:application/json;' 127.0.0.1:9650/ext/admin

Example Response:

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "result": {}
}

`admin.memoryProfile`

Writes a memory profile of the to mem.profile.

Signature:

admin.memoryProfile() -> {}

Example Call:

curl -X POST --data '{
    "jsonrpc":"2.0",
    "id"     :1,
    "method" :"admin.memoryProfile",
    "params" :{}
}' -H 'content-type:application/json;' 127.0.0.1:9650/ext/admin

Example Response:

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "result": {}
}

`admin.setLoggerLevel`

Sets log and display levels of loggers.

Signature:

admin.setLoggerLevel(
  {
    loggerName: string, // optional
    logLevel: string, // optional
    displayLevel: string, // optional
  }
) -> {}

loggerName is the logger's name to be changed. This is an optional parameter. If not specified, it changes all possible loggers.
logLevel is the log level of written logs, can be omitted.
displayLevel is the log level of displayed logs, can be omitted.

logLevel and displayLevel cannot be omitted at the same time.

Example Call:

curl -X POST --data '{
    "jsonrpc":"2.0",
    "id"     :1,
    "method" :"admin.setLoggerLevel",
    "params": {
        "loggerName": "C",
        "logLevel": "DEBUG",
        "displayLevel": "INFO"
    }
}' -H 'content-type:application/json;' 127.0.0.1:9650/ext/admin

Example Response:

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "result": {}
}

`admin.startCPUProfiler`

Start profiling the CPU utilization of the node. To stop, call admin.stopCPUProfiler. On stop, writes the profile to cpu.profile.

Signature:

admin.startCPUProfiler() -> {}

Example Call:

curl -X POST --data '{
    "jsonrpc":"2.0",
    "id"     :1,
    "method" :"admin.startCPUProfiler",
    "params" :{}
}' -H 'content-type:application/json;' 127.0.0.1:9650/ext/admin

Example Response:

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "result": {}
}

`admin.stopCPUProfiler`

Stop the CPU profile that was previously started.

Signature:

admin.stopCPUProfiler() -> {}

Example Call:

curl -X POST --data '{
    "jsonrpc":"2.0",
    "id"     :1,
    "method" :"admin.stopCPUProfiler"
}' -H 'content-type:application/json;' 127.0.0.1:9650/ext/admin

Example Response:

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "result": {}
}

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