---
title: "GEL Node API | Grafana Enterprise Logs documentation"
description: "Describes the GEL node API."
---

# GEL Node API

An HTTP API called Node API is available within each GEL binary, and each binary runs either as a microservice (such as an ingester) or in single-process mode where `target=all`. The Node API fetches basic information about that microservice or single process.

### Get debug information

`GET /node/api/v1/debug-export`

This endpoint exports debug information from the GEL target. The response is a ZIP file with the following structure:

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```none
debug
├── config.default.yaml
├── config.actual.yaml
├── process-mappings.txt
├── version.json
```

The files contain:

- `config.default.yaml` The default configuration file for the requested service.
- `config.actual.yaml` The actual runtime configuration file for the requested service.
- `process-mappings.txt` Shows how memory is being used by the process from the operating system’s perspective.
- `version.json` The version information about the requested service.