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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.