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http	HTTP API: /sys/rotate	docs-http-rotate-rotate	The `/sys/rotate` endpoint is used to rotate the encryption key.

/sys/rotate

PUT

Description

Trigger a rotation of the backend encryption key. This is the key that is used to encrypt data written to the storage backend, and is not provided to operators. This operation is done online. Future values are encrypted with the new key, while old values are decrypted with previous encryption keys.

Method

PUT

URL

`/sys/rotate`

Parameters

None

Returns

`204` response code.