open-vault/website/source/api/system/key-status.html.md

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api	/sys/key-status - HTTP API	docs-http-system-key-status	The `/sys/key-status` endpoint is used to query info about the current encryption key of Vault.

/sys/key-status

The /sys/key-status endpoint is used to query info about the current encryption key of Vault.

Get Encryption Key Status

This endpoint returns information about the current encryption key used by Vault.

Method	Path	Produces
GET	/sys/key-status	200 application/json

Sample Request

$ curl \
    --header "X-Vault-Token: ..." \
    --request GET \
    http://127.0.0.1:8200/v1/sys/key-status

Sample Response

{
  "term": 3,
  "install_time": "2015-05-29T14:50:46.223692553-07:00"
}

The term parameter is the sequential key number, and install_time is the time that encryption key was installed.