---
title: "Grafana Mimir HTTP API | Grafana Enterprise Metrics documentation"
description: "Use the HTTP API to write and query time-series data, and to operate a Grafana Mimir cluster."
---

# Grafana Mimir HTTP API

Grafana Mimir exposes an HTTP API that you can use to write and query time series data, and operate the cluster.

This document groups API endpoints by service. Note that the API endpoints are exposed when you run Grafana Mimir in microservices mode, monolithic mode, and read-write mode:

- **Microservices mode**: Each service exposes its own endpoints.
- **Monolithic mode**: The Grafana Mimir instance exposes all API endpoints.
- **Read-write mode**: The component services are exposed on the endpoint that they are contained within. Either Mimir read, Mimir write, or Mimir backend. Refer to [Deployment modes](/docs/enterprise-metrics/v2.17.x/reference/mimir-arch/deployment-modes) for the grouping of components.

## Endpoints

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| API                                                                                   | Service                        | Endpoint                                                                  |
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| [Index page](#index-page)                                                             | *All services*                 | `GET /`                                                                   |
| [Configuration](#configuration)                                                       | *All services*                 | `GET /config`                                                             |
| [Status Configuration](#status-configuration)                                         | *All services*                 | `GET /api/v1/status/config`                                               |
| [Status Flags](#status-flags)                                                         | *All services*                 | `GET /api/v1/status/flags`                                                |
| [Runtime Configuration](#runtime-configuration)                                       | *All services*                 | `GET /runtime_config`                                                     |
| [Services’ status](#services-status)                                                  | *All services*                 | `GET /services`                                                           |
| [Readiness probe](#readiness-probe)                                                   | *All services*                 | `GET /ready`                                                              |
| [Metrics](#metrics)                                                                   | *All services*                 | `GET /metrics`                                                            |
| [Pprof](#pprof)                                                                       | *All services*                 | `GET /debug/pprof`                                                        |
| [Fgprof](#fgprof)                                                                     | *All services*                 | `GET /debug/fgprof`                                                       |
| [Build information](#build-information)                                               | *All services*                 | `GET /api/v1/status/buildinfo`                                            |
| [Memberlist cluster](#memberlist-cluster)                                             | *All services*                 | `GET /memberlist`                                                         |
| [Get tenant limits](#get-tenant-limits)                                               | *All services*                 | `GET /api/v1/user_limits`                                                 |
| [Remote write](#remote-write)                                                         | Distributor                    | `POST /api/v1/push`                                                       |
| [OTLP](#otlp)                                                                         | Distributor                    | `POST /otlp/v1/metrics`                                                   |
| [Influx](#influx)                                                                     | Distributor                    | `POST /api/v1/push/influx/write`                                          |
| [Tenants stats](#tenants-stats)                                                       | Distributor                    | `GET /distributor/all_user_stats`                                         |
| [HA tracker status](#ha-tracker-status)                                               | Distributor                    | `GET /distributor/ha_tracker`                                             |
| [Flush chunks / blocks](#flush-chunks--blocks)                                        | Ingester                       | `GET,POST /ingester/flush`                                                |
| [Prepare for Shutdown](#prepare-for-shutdown)                                         | Ingester                       | `GET,POST,DELETE /ingester/prepare-shutdown`                              |
| [Shutdown](#shutdown)                                                                 | Ingester                       | `POST /ingester/shutdown`                                                 |
| [Prepare Partition Downscale](#prepare-partition-downscale)                           | Ingester                       | `GET,POST,DELETE /ingester/prepare-partition-downscale`                   |
| [Prepare Instance Ring Downscale](#prepare-instance-ring-downscale)                   | Ingester                       | `GET,POST,DELETE /ingester/prepare-instance-ring-downscale`               |
| [Ingesters ring status](#ingesters-ring-status)                                       | Distributor,Ingester           | `GET /ingester/ring`                                                      |
| [Ingester tenants](#ingester-tenants)                                                 | Ingester                       | `GET /ingester/tenants`                                                   |
| [Ingester tenant TSDB](#ingester-tenant-tsdb)                                         | Ingester                       | `GET /ingester/tsdb/{tenant}`                                             |
| [Instant query](#instant-query)                                                       | Querier, Query-frontend        | `GET,POST <prometheus-http-prefix>/api/v1/query`                          |
| [Range query](#range-query)                                                           | Querier, Query-frontend        | `GET,POST <prometheus-http-prefix>/api/v1/query_range`                    |
| [Exemplar query](#exemplar-query)                                                     | Querier, Query-frontend        | `GET,POST <prometheus-http-prefix>/api/v1/query_exemplars`                |
| [Get series by label matchers](#get-series-by-label-matchers)                         | Querier, Query-frontend        | `GET,POST <prometheus-http-prefix>/api/v1/series`                         |
| [Get active series by selector](#get-active-series-by-selector)                       | Query-frontend                 | `GET, POST <prometheus-http-prefix>/api/v1/cardinality/active_series`     |
| [Get label names](#get-label-names)                                                   | Querier, Query-frontend        | `GET,POST <prometheus-http-prefix>/api/v1/labels`                         |
| [Get label values](#get-label-values)                                                 | Querier, Query-frontend        | `GET <prometheus-http-prefix>/api/v1/label/{name}/values`                 |
| [Get metric metadata](#get-metric-metadata)                                           | Querier, Query-frontend        | `GET <prometheus-http-prefix>/api/v1/metadata`                            |
| [Remote read](#remote-read)                                                           | Querier, Query-frontend        | `POST <prometheus-http-prefix>/api/v1/read`                               |
| [Label names cardinality](#label-names-cardinality)                                   | Querier, Query-frontend        | `GET, POST <prometheus-http-prefix>/api/v1/cardinality/label_names`       |
| [Label values cardinality](#label-values-cardinality)                                 | Querier, Query-frontend        | `GET, POST <prometheus-http-prefix>/api/v1/cardinality/label_values`      |
| [Build information](#build-information)                                               | Querier, Query-frontend, Ruler | `GET <prometheus-http-prefix>/api/v1/status/buildinfo`                    |
| [Format query](#format-query)                                                         | Querier, Query-frontend        | `GET, POST <prometheus-http-prefix>/api/v1/format_query`                  |
| [Get tenant ingestion stats](#get-tenant-ingestion-stats)                             | Querier                        | `GET /api/v1/user_stats`                                                  |
| [Query-scheduler ring status](#query-scheduler-ring-status)                           | Query-scheduler                | `GET /query-scheduler/ring`                                               |
| [Ruler ring status](#ruler-ring-status)                                               | Ruler                          | `GET /ruler/ring`                                                         |
| [Ruler rules](#ruler-rules)                                                           | Ruler                          | `GET /ruler/rule_groups`                                                  |
| [List Prometheus rules](#list-prometheus-rules)                                       | Ruler                          | `GET <prometheus-http-prefix>/api/v1/rules`                               |
| [List Prometheus alerts](#list-prometheus-alerts)                                     | Ruler                          | `GET <prometheus-http-prefix>/api/v1/alerts`                              |
| [List rule groups](#list-rule-groups)                                                 | Ruler                          | `GET <prometheus-http-prefix>/config/v1/rules`                            |
| [Get rule groups by namespace](#get-rule-groups-by-namespace)                         | Ruler                          | `GET <prometheus-http-prefix>/config/v1/rules/{namespace}`                |
| [Get rule group](#get-rule-group)                                                     | Ruler                          | `GET <prometheus-http-prefix>/config/v1/rules/{namespace}/{groupName}`    |
| [Set rule group](#set-rule-group)                                                     | Ruler                          | `POST <prometheus-http-prefix>/config/v1/rules/{namespace}`               |
| [Delete rule group](#delete-rule-group)                                               | Ruler                          | `DELETE <prometheus-http-prefix>/config/v1/rules/{namespace}/{groupName}` |
| [Delete namespace](#delete-namespace)                                                 | Ruler                          | `DELETE <prometheus-http-prefix>/config/v1/rules/{namespace}`             |
| [Delete tenant configuration](#delete-tenant-configuration)                           | Ruler                          | `POST /ruler/delete_tenant_config`                                        |
| [Alertmanager status](#alertmanager-status)                                           | Alertmanager                   | `GET /multitenant_alertmanager/status`                                    |
| [Alertmanager configs](#alertmanager-configs)                                         | Alertmanager                   | `GET /multitenant_alertmanager/configs`                                   |
| [Alertmanager ring status](#alertmanager-ring-status)                                 | Alertmanager                   | `GET /multitenant_alertmanager/ring`                                      |
| [Alertmanager UI](#alertmanager-ui)                                                   | Alertmanager                   | `GET <alertmanager-http-prefix>`                                          |
| [Build Information](#build-information)                                               | Alertmanager                   | `GET <alertmanager-http-prefix>/api/v1/status/buildinfo`                  |
| [Alertmanager Delete Tenant Configuration](#alertmanager-delete-tenant-configuration) | Alertmanager                   | `POST /multitenant_alertmanager/delete_tenant_config`                     |
| [Get Alertmanager configuration](#get-alertmanager-configuration)                     | Alertmanager                   | `GET /api/v1/alerts`                                                      |
| [Set Alertmanager configuration](#set-alertmanager-configuration)                     | Alertmanager                   | `POST /api/v1/alerts`                                                     |
| [Delete Alertmanager configuration](#delete-alertmanager-configuration)               | Alertmanager                   | `DELETE /api/v1/alerts`                                                   |
| [Store-gateway ring status](#store-gateway-ring-status)                               | Store-gateway                  | `GET /store-gateway/ring`                                                 |
| [Store-gateway tenants](#store-gateway-tenants)                                       | Store-gateway                  | `GET /store-gateway/tenants`                                              |
| [Store-gateway tenant blocks](#store-gateway-tenant-blocks)                           | Store-gateway                  | `GET /store-gateway/tenant/{tenant}/blocks`                               |
| [Prepare for Shutdown](#prepare-for-shutdown)                                         | Store-gateway                  | `GET,POST,DELETE /store-gateway/prepare-shutdown`                         |
| [Compactor ring status](#compactor-ring-status)                                       | Compactor                      | `GET /compactor/ring`                                                     |
| [Start block upload](#start-block-upload)                                             | Compactor                      | `POST /api/v1/upload/block/{block}/start`                                 |
| [Upload block file](#upload-block-file)                                               | Compactor                      | `POST /api/v1/upload/block/{block}/files?path={path}`                     |
| [Complete block upload](#complete-block-upload)                                       | Compactor                      | `POST /api/v1/upload/block/{block}/finish`                                |
| [Check block upload](#check-block-upload)                                             | Compactor                      | `GET /api/v1/upload/block/{block}/check`                                  |
| [Tenant delete request](#tenant-delete-request)                                       | Compactor                      | `POST /compactor/delete_tenant`                                           |
| [Tenant delete status](#tenant-delete-status)                                         | Compactor                      | `GET /compactor/delete_tenant_status`                                     |
| [Compactor tenants](#compactor-tenants)                                               | Compactor                      | `GET /compactor/tenants`                                                  |
| [Compactor tenant planned jobs](#compactor-tenant-planned-jobs)                       | Compactor                      | `GET /compactor/tenant/{tenant}/planned_jobs`                             |
| [Overrides-exporter ring status](#overrides-exporter-ring-status)                     | Overrides-exporter             | `GET /overrides-exporter/ring`                                            |

### Path prefixes

The following table provides usage of placeholder path prefixes, for prefixes that are configurable.

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| Prefix                       | Default         | CLI flag                         | YAML configuration               |
|------------------------------|-----------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
| `<prometheus-http-prefix>`   | `/prometheus`   | `-http.prometheus-http-prefix`   | `api > prometheus_http_prefix`   |
| `<alertmanager-http-prefix>` | `/alertmanager` | `-http.alertmanager-http-prefix` | `api > alertmanager_http_prefix` |

### Authentication

Endpoints that require authentication must be called with the `X-Scope-OrgID` HTTP request header specified to the tenant ID.

If you disable multi-tenancy, Grafana Mimir doesn’t require any request to include the `X-Scope-OrgID` header.

Multi-tenancy can be enabled and disabled via the `-auth.multitenancy-enabled` flag or its respective YAML configuration option.

For more information about authentication and authorization, refer to [Authentication and Authorization](/docs/enterprise-metrics/v2.17.x/manage/secure/authentication-and-authorization).

## All services

The following API endpoints are exposed by all services.

### Index page

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```none
GET /
```

This endpoint displays an index page with links to other web pages exposed by Grafana Mimir.

### Configuration

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```none
GET /config
```

This endpoint displays the configuration currently applied to Grafana Mimir including default values and settings via CLI flags. This endpoint provides the configuration in YAML format and masks sensitive data.

> Note
> 
> The exported configuration doesn’t include the per-tenant overrides.

#### Different modes

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```none
GET /config?mode=diff
```

This endpoint displays the differences between the Grafana Mimir default configuration and the current configuration.

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```none
GET /config?mode=defaults
```

This endpoint displays the default configuration values.

### Status Configuration

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```none
GET /api/v1/status/config
```

This endpoint displays empty configuration settings, it exists only to be compatible with the Prometheus `/api/v1/status/config` API.

### Status Flags

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```none
GET /api/v1/status/flags
```

This endpoint displays empty configuration flags, it exists only to be compatible with the Prometheus `/api/v1/status/flags` API.

### Runtime Configuration

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```none
GET /runtime_config
```

This endpoint displays the [runtime configuration](/docs/mimir/v2.17.x/configure/about-runtime-configuration) currently applied to Grafana Mimir, in YAML format, including default values. The endpoint is only available if Grafana Mimir is configured with the `-runtime-config.file` option.

#### Different modes

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```none
GET /runtime_config?mode=diff
```

This endpoint displays the differences between the Grafana Mimir default runtime configuration and the current runtime configuration.

### Services’ status

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```none
GET /services
```

This endpoint displays a web page with the status of internal Grafana Mimir services.

### Readiness probe

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```none
GET /ready
```

This endoint returns 200 when Grafana Mimir is ready to serve traffic.

### Metrics

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```none
GET /metrics
```

This endpoint returns the metrics for the running Grafana Mimir service in the Prometheus exposition format.

### Pprof

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```none
GET /debug/pprof/heap
GET /debug/pprof/block
GET /debug/pprof/profile
GET /debug/pprof/trace
GET /debug/pprof/goroutine
GET /debug/pprof/mutex
```

These endpoints return runtime profiling data in the format expected by the pprof visualization tool. There are many things that can be profiled using this endpoint, including heap, trace, goroutine, and so on.

For more information about pprof, refer to [pprof](https://golang.org/pkg/net/http/pprof/).

### Fgprof

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```none
GET /debug/fgprof
```

This endpoint returns the sampling Go profiling data that you can use to analyze On-CPU and Off-CPU (for example, I/O) time.

For more information about fgprof, refer to [fgprof](https://github.com/felixge/fgprof).

### Build information

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```none
GET /api/v1/status/buildinfo
GET <prometheus-http-prefix>/api/v1/status/buildinfo
GET <alertmanager-http-prefix>/api/v1/status/buildinfo
```

This endpoint returns in JSON format information about the build and enabled features. The format returned is not identical, but is similar to the [Prometheus Build Information endpoint](https://prometheus.io/docs/prometheus/latest/querying/api/#build-information).

### Format query

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```none
GET <prometheus-http-prefix>/api/v1/format_query?query={query}
POST <prometheus-http-prefix>/api/v1/format_query
```

Formats the PromQL query.

This endpoint is compatible with the Prometheus format query endpoint.

For more information about formatting queries, refer to [Prometheus’ documentation](https://prometheus.io/docs/prometheus/latest/querying/api/#formatting-query-expressions).

### Memberlist cluster

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```none
GET /memberlist
```

This admin page shows information about Memberlist cluster (list of nodes and their health) and KV store (keys and values in the KV store).

If memberlist message history is enabled, this page also shows all received and sent messages stored in the buffers. This can be useful for troubleshooting memberlist cluster. To enable message history buffers use `-memberlist.message-history-buffer-bytes` CLI flag or the corresponding YAML configuration parameter.

### Get tenant limits

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```none
GET /api/v1/user_limits
```

Returns realtime limits for the authenticated tenant, in `JSON` format. This API is experimental.

Requires [authentication](#authentication).

The endpoint is only available if Grafana Mimir is configured with the `-runtime-config.file` option.

## Distributor

The following endpoints relate to the [distributor](/docs/enterprise-metrics/v2.17.x/reference/mimir-arch/components/distributor).

### Remote write

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```none
POST /api/v1/push
```

Entrypoint for the [Prometheus remote write](https://prometheus.io/docs/prometheus/latest/configuration/configuration/#remote_write).

This endpoint accepts an HTTP POST request with a body that contains a request encoded with [Protocol Buffers](https://developers.google.com/protocol-buffers) and compressed with [Snappy](https://github.com/google/snappy). You can find the definition of the protobuf message in [pkg/mimirpb/mimir.proto](https://github.com/grafana/mimir/blob/main/pkg/mimirpb/mimir.proto). The HTTP request must contain the header `X-Prometheus-Remote-Write-Version` set to `0.1.0`.

To skip the label name validation, perform the following actions:

- Enable API’s flag `-api.skip-label-name-validation-header-enabled=true`
- Ensure that the request is sent with the header `X-Mimir-SkipLabelNameValidation: true`

This feature supports the writes from non-standard downstream clients that have metric name not Prometheus compliant.

For more information, refer to Prometheus [Remote storage integrations](https://prometheus.io/docs/prometheus/latest/storage/#remote-storage-integrations).

Requires [authentication](#authentication).

### OTLP

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```none
POST /otlp/v1/metrics
```

> Note
> 
> To send OTLP data to Grafana Cloud, refer to [Send data using OpenTelemetry Protocol (OTLP)](/docs/grafana-cloud/send-data/otlp/send-data-otlp/).

Entrypoint for the [OTLP HTTP](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-proto/blob/main/docs/specification.md).

This endpoint accepts an HTTP POST request with a body that contains a request encoded with [Protocol Buffers](https://developers.google.com/protocol-buffers) and optionally compressed with [GZIP](https://www.gnu.org/software/gzip/). You can find the definition of the protobuf message in [metrics.proto](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-proto/blob/main/opentelemetry/proto/metrics/v1/metrics.proto).

Requires [authentication](#authentication).

### Influx

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```none
POST /api/v1/push/influx/write
```

> Note
> 
> To send Influx data to Grafana Cloud, refer to [Send or visualize InfluxDB metrics](/docs/grafana-cloud/send-data/metrics/metrics-influxdb/).

Entry point for the [Influx HTTP](https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb/v1/tools/api/#write-http-endpoint).

This endpoint accepts an HTTP POST request with a body that contains a request encoded in `text/plain` and is optionally compressed with [GZIP](https://www.gnu.org/software/gzip/). You can find more information on the protocol in [InfluxDB line protocol](https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb/v1/write_protocols/line_protocol_tutorial/).

This endpoint requires [authentication](#authentication).

### Distributor ring status

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```none
GET /distributor/ring
```

This endpoint displays a web page with the distributor hash ring status, including the state, and the health and last heartbeat time of each distributor.

### Tenants stats

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```none
GET /distributor/all_user_stats
```

This endpoint displays a web page that shows per-tenant statistics updated in real time, including the total number of active series across all ingesters and the current ingestion rate displayed in samples per second.

> Note
> 
> This endpoint requires all ingesters to be `ACTIVE` in the ring for a successful response.

### HA tracker status

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```none
GET /distributor/ha_tracker
```

This endpoint displays a web page with the current status of the HA tracker, including the elected replica for each Prometheus HA cluster.

## Ingester

The following endpoints relate to the [ingester](/docs/enterprise-metrics/v2.17.x/reference/mimir-arch/components/ingester).

### Flush chunks / blocks

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```none
GET,POST /ingester/flush
```

This endpoint triggers a flush of the in-memory series time series data to the long-term storage. This endpoint also triggers the flush when `-blocks-storage.tsdb.flush-blocks-on-shutdown` is disabled.

This endpoint accepts a `tenant` parameter to specify the tenant whose blocks are compacted and shipped. This parameter might be specified multiple times to select more tenants. If no tenant is specified, all tenants are flushed.

The flush endpoint also accepts a `wait=true` parameter, which makes the call synchronous, and only returns a status code after flushing completes.

> Note
> 
> The returned status code doesn’t reflect the result of flush operation.

### Prepare for Shutdown

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```none
GET,POST,DELETE /ingester/prepare-shutdown
```

This endpoint inspects or changes in-memory ingester configuration to prepare for permanently stopping an ingester instance but does not actually stop any part of the ingester.

After a `POST` to the `prepare-shutdown` endpoint returns, when the ingester process is stopped with `SIGINT` / `SIGTERM`, the ingester will be unregistered from the ring and in-memory time series data will be flushed to long-term storage. This endpoint causes the ingester to be unregistered from the ring when stopped even if you disable `-ingester.ring.unregister-on-shutdown`.

A `GET` to the `prepare-shutdown` endpoint returns the status of this configuration, either `set` or `unset`.

A `DELETE` to the `prepare-shutdown` endpoint reverts the configuration of the ingester to its previous state (with respect to unregistering on shutdown and flushing of in-memory time series data to long-term storage).

This API endpoint is usually used by Kubernetes-specific scale down automations such as the [rollout-operator](https://github.com/grafana/rollout-operator).

### Shutdown

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```none
POST /ingester/shutdown
```

This endpoint flushes in-memory time series data from ingesters to the long-term storage, and then shuts down the ingester service. After the shutdown endpoint returns, the operator or any automation that’s used terminates the process with a `SIGINT` / `SIGTERM` signal. During this time, `/ready` does not return 200. This endpoint unregisters the ingester from the ring even if you disable `-ingester.ring.unregister-on-shutdown`.

This API endpoint is usually used by scale down automations.

### Prepare partition downscale

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```none
GET,POST,DELETE /ingester/prepare-partition-downscale
```

This endpoint prepares the ingester’s partition for downscaling by setting it to the `INACTIVE` state.

A `GET` call to this endpoint returns a timestamp of when the partition was switched to the `INACTIVE` state, or 0, if the partition is not in the `INACTIVE` state.

A `POST` call switches this ingester’s partition to the `INACTIVE` state, if it isn’t `INACTIVE` already, and returns the timestamp of when the switch to the `INACTIVE` state occurred.

A `DELETE` call sets the partition back from the `INACTIVE` to the `ACTIVE` state.

If the ingester is not configured to use ingest-storage, any call to this endpoint fails.

This API endpoint is usually used by scale down automation, e.g. rollout-operator.

### Prepare instance ring downscale

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```none
GET,POST,DELETE /ingester/prepare-instance-ring-downscale
```

This endpoint prepares the ingester for downscaling by setting it to read-only mode.

A `GET` call to this endpoint returns a timestamp of when the ingester was switched to read-only mode, or 0, if the ingester is not in read-only mode.

A `POST` call switches this ingester’s partition to read-only mode, if it isn’t read-only already, and returns the timestamp of when the switch to read-only mode occurred.

A `DELETE` call sets the ingester back to read-write mode.

If the ingester is configured to use ingest-storage, any call to this endpoint fails.

This API endpoint is usually used by scale down automation, e.g. rollout-operator.

### Prepare for unregister

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```none
GET,PUT,DELETE /ingester/unregister-on-shutdown
```

This endpoint controls whether an ingester should unregister from the ring on its next termination, that is, the next time it receives a `SIGINT` or `SIGTERM` signal. Via this endpoint, Mimir operators can dynamically control an ingester’s `-ingester.ring.unregister-on-shutdown` state without having to restart the ingester.

A `PUT` sets the ingester’s unregister state. When invoked with the `PUT` method, the endpoint takes a request body:

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```none
{"unregister": true}
```

A `GET` returns the ingester’s current unregister state.

A `DELETE` resets the ingester’s unregister state to the value that was passed via the `-ingester.ring.unregister-on-shutdown` configuration option.

Regardless of the HTTP method used, the endpoint always returns a response body with the ingester’s current unregister state:

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```none
{"unregister": true}
```

### TSDB Metrics

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```none
GET /ingester/tsdb_metrics
```

This endpoint returns low-level metrics exposed by per-tenant TSDB. This can be useful for troubleshooting. Difference from `/metrics` is that metrics returned in `/metrics` are aggregated across all open TSDBs, while this endpoint returns TSDB metrics only for specific tenant.

Requires [authentication](#authentication), authenticated tenant is one whose TSDB metrics are returned.

### Ingesters ring status

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```none
GET /ingester/ring
```

This endpoint displays a web page with the ingesters hash ring status, including the state, health, and last heartbeat time of each ingester.

### Ingester tenants

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```none
GET /ingester/tenants
```

Displays a web page with the list of tenants with open TSDB on given ingester.

### Ingester tenant TSDB

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```none
GET /ingester/tsdb/{tenant}
```

Displays a web page with details about tenant’s open TSDB on given ingester.

## Querier / Query-frontend

The following endpoints are exposed both by the [querier](/docs/enterprise-metrics/v2.17.x/reference/mimir-arch/components/querier) and [query-frontend](/docs/enterprise-metrics/v2.17.x/reference/mimir-arch/components/query-frontend).

### Instant query

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```none
GET,POST <prometheus-http-prefix>/api/v1/query
```

This endpoint is compatible with the Prometheus instant query endpoint.

For more information about Prometheus instant queries, refer to Prometheus [instant query](https://prometheus.io/docs/prometheus/latest/querying/api/#instant-queries).

Requires [authentication](#authentication).

### Range query

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```none
GET,POST <prometheus-http-prefix>/api/v1/query_range
```

This endpoint is compatible with the Prometheus range query endpoint. When a client sends a request through the query-frontend, the query-frontend uses caching and execution parallelization to accelerate the query.

For more information about Prometheus range queries, refer to Prometheus [range query](https://prometheus.io/docs/prometheus/latest/querying/api/#range-queries).

Requires [authentication](#authentication).

### Exemplar query

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```none
GET,POST <prometheus-http-prefix>/api/v1/query_exemplars
```

This endpoint is compatible with the Prometheus exemplar query endpoint.

For more information about Prometheus exemplar queries, refer to Prometheus [exemplar query](https://prometheus.io/docs/prometheus/latest/querying/api/#querying-exemplars).

Requires [authentication](#authentication).

### Get series by label matchers

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```none
GET,POST <prometheus-http-prefix>/api/v1/series
```

For more information, refer to Prometheus [series endpoint](https://prometheus.io/docs/prometheus/latest/querying/api/#finding-series-by-label-matchers).

Requires [authentication](#authentication).

### Get active series by selector

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```none
GET,POST <prometheus-http-prefix>/api/v1/cardinality/active_series
```

Returns the label sets of all active series matching a PromQL selector.

This endpoint is similar to the [series endpoint](#get-series-by-label-matchers) but operates on the set of series considered *active* at the time of query processing. A series is considered active if any data has been written for it within the period specified by `-ingester.active-series-metrics-idle-timeout`.

This endpoint is disabled by default; you can enable it via the `-querier.cardinality-analysis-enabled` CLI flag (or its respective YAML configuration option).

Requires [authentication](#authentication).

#### Query parameters

- **selector** - *mandatory* - PromQL selector used to filter the result set.

#### Headers

- `Sharding-Control` - *optional* - Integer value specifying how many shards to use for request execution.
- `X-Mimir-Response-Query-Stats` - *optional* - Boolean value specifying if the response must have query stats in the `Server-Timing` header.

#### Response headers

- `Server-Timing` - *optional* - Contains query execution stats if the `X-Mimir-Response-Query-Stats` header is set to `true`. The content of the header is a comma-separated list of key-value pairs, where the key is the name of the metric and the value is the metric value. The contents of this header might change without notice. For example: `Server-Timing: encode_time_seconds;dur=0.041, estimated_series_count;val=31950, fetched_chunk_bytes;val=23791904, fetched_chunks_count;val=329964, fetched_index_bytes;val=28647863, fetched_series_count;val=29906, query_wall_time_seconds;dur=6259.888, queue_time_seconds;dur=0.020, response_size_bytes;val=118, response_time;dur=6267.381, results_cache_hit_bytes;val=0, results_cache_miss_bytes;val=0, sharded_queries;val=0, split_queries;val=0`
  
  - Metrics:
    
    - `encode_time_seconds`: The time, in seconds, spent at the frontend encoding the query’s final results. This value does not include time spent serializing results at the querier.
    - `estimated_series_count`: The estimated number of series to be fetched for the query.
    - `fetched_chunk_bytes`: The number of bytes of the chunks fetched for the query, after any deduplication.
    - `fetched_chunks_count`: The number of chunks fetched for the query, after any deduplication.
    - `fetched_index_bytes`: The number of index bytes fetched on the store-gateway for the query.
    - `fetched_series_count`: The number of series fetched for the query.
    - `query_wall_time_seconds`: The sum of all wall time, in seconds, spent in the querier to run the query.
    - `queue_time_seconds`: The sum of durations, in seconds, that the query spent in the queue, before being handled by querier.
    - `response_size_bytes`: The number of bytes of the response.
    - `response_time`: The time, in milliseconds, spent processing the query.
    - `results_cache_hit_bytes`: The number of results cache hits.
    - `results_cache_miss_bytes`: The number of results cache misses.
    - `sharded_queries`: The number of sharded queries run. Set to `0` if sharding is disabled, or if the query can’t be sharded.
    - `split_queries`: The number of split partial queries run. Set to `0` if splitting is disabled, or if the query can’t be split.

#### Response format

The response format is a subset of the [series endpoint](#get-series-by-label-matchers) format including only the `data` field. The following shows an example request/response pair for this endpoint. Each item in the `data` array corresponds to a matched series.

shell ![Copy code to clipboard](/media/images/icons/icon-copy-small-2.svg) Copy

```shell
$ curl 'http://localhost:9090/api/v1/cardinality/active_series' \
    --header 'Sharding-Control: 4' \ # optional
    --data-urlencode 'selector=up'
```

shell ![Copy code to clipboard](/media/images/icons/icon-copy-small-2.svg) Copy

```shell
{
   "data" : [
      {
         "__name__" : "up",
         "job" : "prometheus",
         "instance" : "localhost:9090"
      },
      {
         "__name__" : "up",
         "job" : "node",
         "instance" : "localhost:9091"
      },
      {
         "__name__" : "process_start_time_seconds",
         "job" : "prometheus",
         "instance" : "localhost:9090"
      }
   ]
}
```

#### Caching

Responses for the active series endpoint are never cached.

### Get label names

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```none
GET,POST <prometheus-http-prefix>/api/v1/labels
```

For more information, refer to Prometheus [get label names](https://prometheus.io/docs/prometheus/latest/querying/api/#getting-label-names).

Requires [authentication](#authentication).

#### Caching

The query-frontend can return a stale response fetched from the query results cache if `-query-frontend.cache-results` is enabled and `-query-frontend.results-cache-ttl-for-labels-query` set to a value greater than `0`.

### Get label values

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```none
GET <prometheus-http-prefix>/api/v1/label/{name}/values
```

For more information, refer to Prometheus [get label values](https://prometheus.io/docs/prometheus/latest/querying/api/#querying-label-values).

Requires [authentication](#authentication).

#### Caching

The query-frontend can return a stale response fetched from the query results cache if `-query-frontend.cache-results` is enabled and `-query-frontend.results-cache-ttl-for-labels-query` set to a value greater than `0`.

### Get metric metadata

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```none
GET <prometheus-http-prefix>/api/v1/metadata
```

Prometheus-compatible metric metadata endpoint.

For more information, refer to Prometheus [metric metadata](https://prometheus.io/docs/prometheus/latest/querying/api/#querying-metric-metadata).

Requires [authentication](#authentication).

### Remote read

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```none
POST <prometheus-http-prefix>/api/v1/read
```

Prometheus-compatible [remote read](https://prometheus.io/docs/prometheus/latest/configuration/configuration/#remote_read) endpoint.

For more information, refer to Prometheus [Remote storage integrations](https://prometheus.io/docs/prometheus/latest/storage/#remote-storage-integrations).

Requires [authentication](#authentication).

### Label names cardinality

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```none
GET,POST <prometheus-http-prefix>/api/v1/cardinality/label_names
```

Returns label names cardinality across all ingesters, for the authenticated tenant, in `JSON` format. It counts distinct label values per label name.

The items in the field `cardinality` are sorted by `label_values_count` in DESC order and by `label_name` in ASC order. The count of items is limited by `limit` request param.

This endpoint is disabled by default and can be enabled via the `-querier.cardinality-analysis-enabled` CLI flag (or its respective YAML config option).

Requires [authentication](#authentication).

#### Count series by `inmemory` or `active`

Two methods of counting are available: `inmemory` and `active`. To choose one, use the `count_method` parameter.

The `inmemory` method counts the labels in currently opened TSDBs in Mimir’s ingesters. Two subsequent calls might return completely different results if an ingester cut a block between calls. This method of counting is most useful for understanding ingester memory usage.

The `active` method also counts labels in currently opened TSDBs in Mimir’s ingesters, but filters out values that have not received a sample within a configurable duration of time. To configure this duration, use the `-ingester.active-series-metrics-idle-timeout` parameter. This method of counting is most useful for understanding what label values are represented in the samples ingested by Mimir in the last `-ingester.active-series-metrics-idle-timeout`. Two subsequent calls will likely return similar results, because this window of time is not related to the block cutting on ingesters. Values will change only as a result of changes in the data ingested by Mimir.

#### Caching

The query-frontend can return a stale response fetched from the query results cache if `-query-frontend.cache-results` is enabled and `-query-frontend.results-cache-ttl-for-cardinality-query` set to a value greater than `0`.

#### Request params

- **selector** - *optional* - specifies PromQL selector that will be used to filter series that must be analyzed.
- **count\_method** - *optional* - specifies which series counting method will be used. (default=“inmemory”, available options=\[“inmemory”, “active”])
- **limit** - *optional* - specifies max count of items in field `cardinality` in response (default=20, min=0, max=500)

#### Response schema

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```json
{
  "label_values_count_total": <number>,
  "label_names_count": <number>,
  "cardinality": [
    {
      "label_name": <string>,
      "label_values_count": <number>
    }
  ]
}
```

### Label values cardinality

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```none
GET,POST <prometheus-http-prefix>/api/v1/cardinality/label_values
```

Returns label values cardinality associated to request param `label_names[]` across all ingesters, for the authenticated tenant, in `JSON` format. It returns the series count per label value associated to request param `label_names[]`.

The items in the field `labels` are sorted by `series_count` in descending order and by `label_name` in ascending order. The items in the field `cardinality` are sorted by `series_count` in DESC order and by `label_value` in ASC order. The count of `cardinality` items is limited by request parameter `limit`.

This endpoint is disabled by default; you can enable it via the `-querier.cardinality-analysis-enabled` CLI flag (or its respective YAML configuration option).

Requires [authentication](#authentication).

#### Count series by `inmemory` or `active`

Two methods of counting are available: `inmemory` and `active`. To choose one, use the `count_method` parameter.

The `inmemory` method counts the number of series in currently opened TSDBs in Mimir’s ingesters. Two subsequent calls might return completely different results if an ingester cut a block between calls. This method of counting is most useful for understanding ingester memory usage.

The `active` method also counts series in currently opened TSDBs in Mimir’s ingesters, but filters out series that have not received a sample within a configurable duration of time. To configure this duration, use the `-ingester.active-series-metrics-idle-timeout` parameter. This method of counting is most useful for understanding what label values are represented in the samples ingested by Mimir in the last `-ingester.active-series-metrics-idle-timeout`. Two subsequent calls will likely return similar results, because this window of time is not related to the block cutting on ingesters. Values will change only as a result of changes in the data ingested by Mimir.

#### Caching

The query-frontend can return a stale response fetched from the query results cache if `-query-frontend.cache-results` is enabled and `-query-frontend.results-cache-ttl-for-cardinality-query` set to a value greater than `0`.

#### Request params

- **label\_names\[]** - *required* - specifies labels for which cardinality must be provided.
- **selector** - *optional* - specifies PromQL selector that will be used to filter series that must be analyzed.
- **count\_method** - *optional* - specifies which series counting method will be used. (default=“inmemory”, available options=\[“inmemory”, “active”])
- **limit** - *optional* - specifies max count of items in field `cardinality` in response (default=20, min=0, max=500).

#### Response schema

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```json
{
  "series_count_total": <number>,
  "labels": [
    {
      "label_name": <string>,
      "label_values_count": <number>,
      "series_count": <number>,
      "cardinality": [
        {
          "label_value": <string>,
          "series_count": <number>
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}
```

- **series\_count\_total** - total number of series across opened TSDBs in all ingesters
- **labels\[].label\_name** - label name requested via the request param `label_names[]`
- **labels\[].label\_values\_count** - total number of label values for the label name (note that dependent on the `limit` request param it is possible that not all label values are present in `cardinality`)
- **labels\[].series\_count** - total number of series having `labels[].label_name`
- **labels\[].cardinality\[].label\_value** - label value associated to `labels[].label_name`
- **labels\[].cardinality\[].series\_count** - total number of series having `label_value` for `label_name`

## Querier

### Get tenant ingestion stats

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```none
GET /api/v1/user_stats
```

Returns realtime ingestion rate, for the authenticated tenant, in `JSON` format.

Requires [authentication](#authentication).

## Query-scheduler

### Query-scheduler ring status

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```none
GET /query-scheduler/ring
```

Displays a web page with the query-scheduler hash ring status, including the state, healthy and last heartbeat time of each query-scheduler. The query-scheduler ring is available only when `-query-scheduler.service-discovery-mode` is set to `ring`.

## Ruler

The ruler API endpoints require to configure a backend object storage to store the recording rules and alerts. The ruler API uses the concept of a “namespace” when creating rule groups. This is a stand in for the name of the rule file in Prometheus and rule groups must be named uniquely within a namespace.

### Ruler ring status

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```none
GET /ruler/ring
```

Displays a web page with the ruler hash ring status, including the state, healthy and last heartbeat time of each ruler.

### Ruler rules

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```none
GET /ruler/rule_groups
```

List all tenant rules. This endpoint is not part of ruler-API and is always available regardless of whether ruler-API is enabled or not. It should not be exposed to end users. This endpoint returns a YAML dictionary with all the rule groups for each tenant and `200` status code on success.

### List Prometheus rules

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```none
GET <prometheus-http-prefix>/api/v1/rules?type={alert|record}&file={}&rule_group={}&rule_name={}&exclude_alerts={true|false}
```

Prometheus-compatible rules endpoint to list alerting and recording rules that are currently loaded.

The `type` parameter is optional. If set, only the specified type of rule is returned.

The `file`, `rule_group` and `rule_name` parameters are optional, and can accept multiple values. If set, the response content is filtered accordingly. The parameters can also be provided as `file[]`, `rule_group[]` and `rule_name[]` - if both are provided e.g `file` and `file[]` , `file[]` will take precdent.

The `exclude_alerts` parameter is optional. If set, it only returns rules and excludes active alerts.

The `group_limit` and `group_next_token` parameters are optional. If `group_limit` is set, it will limit the number of rule groups returned in a single response. If the total number of rule groups exceeds this value, the response will contain a `groupNextToken`. This can be passed into subsequent requests via `group_next_token` to paginate over the remaining groups. The final response will not contain a token. For more information, refer to Prometheus [rules](https://prometheus.io/docs/prometheus/latest/querying/api/#rules).

If both alerting and recording rule evaluation are disabled for the tenant, the endpoint returns an error with HTTP status code `422`. If either alerting or recording rule evaluation is disabled for the tenant, the successful response includes `warnings`, that indicate that.

Requires [authentication](#authentication).

### List Prometheus alerts

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```none
GET <prometheus-http-prefix>/api/v1/alerts
```

Prometheus-compatible rules endpoint to list all active alerts.

For more information, refer to Prometheus [alerts](https://prometheus.io/docs/prometheus/latest/querying/api/#alerts) documentation.

Requires [authentication](#authentication).

### List rule groups

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```none
GET <prometheus-http-prefix>/config/v1/rules
```

List all rules configured for the authenticated tenant. This endpoint returns a YAML dictionary with all the rule groups for each namespace and `200` status code on success.

This endpoint can be disabled via the `-ruler.enable-api` CLI flag (or its respective YAML config option).

Requires [authentication](#authentication).

> Note
> 
> To list all rule groups from Mimir, use [`mimirtool rules list` command](/docs/enterprise-metrics/v2.17.x/manage/mimir-tools/mimirtool/#list-rules).

**Example response**

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```yaml
---
<namespace1>:
- name: <string>
  interval: <duration;optional>
  source_tenants:
    - <string>
  rules:
  - record: <string>
      expr: <string>
  - alert: <string>
      expr: <string>
      for: <duration>
      annotations:
        <annotation_name>: <string>
      labels:
        <label_name>: <string>
- name: <string>
  interval: <duration;optional>
  source_tenants:
    - <string>
  rules:
  - record: <string>
      expr: <string>
  - alert: <string>
      expr: <string>
      for: <duration>
      annotations:
        <annotation_name>: <string>
      labels:
        <label_name>: <string>
<namespace2>:
- name: <string>
  interval: <duration;optional>
  source_tenants:
    - <string>
  rules:
  - record: <string>
      expr: <string>
  - alert: <string>
      expr: <string>
      for: <duration>
      annotations:
        <annotation_name>: <string>
      labels:
        <label_name>: <string>
```

### Get rule groups by namespace

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```none
GET <prometheus-http-prefix>/config/v1/rules/{namespace}
```

Returns the rule groups defined for a given namespace. Escape the `{namespace}` path segment using percent-encoding, as defined by [RFC 3986](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc3986). For example, escape `/` to `%2F`.

This endpoint can be disabled via the `-ruler.enable-api` CLI flag (or its respective YAML config option).

Requires [authentication](#authentication).

**Example response**

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```yaml
name: <string>
interval: <duration;optional>
source_tenants:
  - <string>
rules:
  - record: <string>
    expr: <string>
  - alert: <string>
    expr: <string>
    for: <duration>
    annotations:
      <annotation_name>: <string>
    labels:
      <label_name>: <string>
```

### Get rule group

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```none
GET <prometheus-http-prefix>/config/v1/rules/{namespace}/{groupName}
```

Returns the rule group matching the request namespace and group name. Escape the `{namespace}` and `{groupName}` path segments using percent-encoding, as defined by [RFC 3986](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc3986). For example, escape `/` to `%2F`.

This endpoint can be disabled via the `-ruler.enable-api` CLI flag (or its respective YAML config option).

Requires [authentication](#authentication).

> Note
> 
> To retrieve a single rule group from Mimir, use [`mimirtool rules get` command](/docs/enterprise-metrics/v2.17.x/manage/mimir-tools/mimirtool/#get-rule-group) .

### Set rule group

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```none
POST /<prometheus-http-prefix>/config/v1/rules/{namespace}
```

Creates or updates a rule group. This endpoint expects a request with `Content-Type: application/yaml` header and the rules group **YAML** definition in the request body, and returns `202` on success. The request body must contain the definition of one and only one rule group. Escape the `{namespace}` path segment using percent-encoding, as defined by [RFC 3986](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc3986). For example, escape `/` to `%2F`.

This endpoint can be disabled via the `-ruler.enable-api` CLI flag (or its respective YAML config option).

Requires [authentication](#authentication).

> Note
> 
> To load one or more rule groups into Mimir, use [`mimirtool rules load` command](/docs/enterprise-metrics/v2.17.x/manage/mimir-tools/mimirtool/#load-rule-group) .

> Note
> 
> When using `curl` to send the request body from a file, ensure that you use the `--data-binary` flag instead of `-d`, `--data`, or `--data-ascii`.
> 
> The latter options don’t preserve carriage returns and newlines.

#### Example request body

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```yaml
name: MyGroupName
rules:
  - alert: MyAlertName
    expr: up == 0
    labels:
      severity: warning
```

### Delete rule group

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```none
DELETE /<prometheus-http-prefix>/config/v1/rules/{namespace}/{groupName}
```

Deletes a rule group by namespace and group name. This endpoints returns `202` on success. Escape the `{namespace}` and `{groupName}` path segments using percent-encoding, as defined by [RFC 3986](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc3986). For example, escape `/` to `%2F`.

This endpoint can be disabled via the `-ruler.enable-api` CLI flag (or its respective YAML config option).

Requires [authentication](#authentication).

> Note
> 
> To delete a rule group from Mimir, use [`mimirtool rules delete` command](/docs/enterprise-metrics/v2.17.x/manage/mimir-tools/mimirtool/#delete-rule-group).

### Delete namespace

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```none
DELETE /<prometheus-http-prefix>/config/v1/rules/{namespace}
```

Deletes all the rule groups in a namespace (including the namespace itself). This endpoint returns `202` on success. Escape the `{namespace}` path segment using percent-encoding, as defined by [RFC 3986](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc3986). For example, escape `/` to `%2F`.

This endpoint can be disabled via the `-ruler.enable-api` CLI flag (or its respective YAML config option).

Requires [authentication](#authentication).

### Delete tenant configuration

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```none
POST /ruler/delete_tenant_config
```

This deletes all rule groups for a tenant, and returns `200` on success. Calling this endpoint when no rule groups exist for a tenant returns `200`. Authentication is only to identify the tenant.

This is intended as internal API, and not to be exposed to users. This endpoint is enabled regardless of whether `-ruler.enable-api` is enabled or not.

Requires [authentication](#authentication).

## Alertmanager

### Alertmanager status

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```none
GET /multitenant_alertmanager/status
```

Displays a web page with the current status of the Alertmanager, including the Alertmanager cluster members.

### Alertmanager configs

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```none
GET /multitenant_alertmanager/configs
```

List all Alertmanager configurations. This endpoint is not part of Alertmanager API and is always available regardless of whether Alertmanager API is enabled or not. It should not be exposed to end users. This endpoint returns a YAML dictionary with all the Alertmanager configurations and `200` status code on success.

### Alertmanager ring status

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```none
GET /multitenant_alertmanager/ring
```

Displays a web page with the Alertmanager hash ring status, including the state, healthy and last heartbeat time of each Alertmanager instance.

### Alertmanager UI

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```none
GET /<alertmanager-http-prefix>
```

Displays the Alertmanager UI.

Requires [authentication](#authentication).

### Alertmanager Delete Tenant Configuration

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```none
POST /multitenant_alertmanager/delete_tenant_config
```

This endpoint deletes configuration for a tenant identified by `X-Scope-OrgID` header. It is internal, available even if Alertmanager API is disabled. The endpoint returns a status code of `200` if the user’s configuration has been deleted, or it didn’t exist in the first place.

Requires [authentication](#authentication).

### Get Alertmanager configuration

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```none
GET /api/v1/alerts
```

Get the current Alertmanager configuration for the authenticated tenant, reading it from the configured object storage.

This endpoint doesn’t accept any URL query parameter and returns `200` on success.

This endpoint can be enabled and disabled via the `-alertmanager.enable-api` CLI flag (or its respective YAML config option).

Requires [authentication](#authentication).

> Note
> 
> To retrieve a tenant’s Alertmanager configuration from Mimir, use [`mimirtool alertmanager get` command](/docs/enterprise-metrics/v2.17.x/manage/mimir-tools/mimirtool/#get-alertmanager-configuration).

### Set Alertmanager configuration

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```none
POST /api/v1/alerts
```

Stores or updates the Alertmanager configuration for the authenticated tenant. The Alertmanager configuration is stored in the configured backend object storage.

This endpoint expects the Alertmanager **YAML** configuration in the request body and returns `201` on success.

The names of the templates in `template_files` must be valid file names and not contain any path separators. For example, both `/templates/my-template.tpl` and `./my-template.tpl` are invalid, whereas `my-template.tpl` is valid.

This endpoint can be enabled and disabled via the `-alertmanager.enable-api` CLI flag (or its respective YAML config option).

Requires [authentication](#authentication).

> Note
> 
> To load a tenant’s Alertmanager configuration to Mimir, use [`mimirtool alertmanager load` command](/docs/enterprise-metrics/v2.17.x/manage/mimir-tools/mimirtool/#load-alertmanager-configuration).

> Note
> 
> When using `curl` to send the request body from a file, ensure that you use the `--data-binary` flag instead of `-d`, `--data`, or `--data-ascii`.
> 
> The latter options don’t preserve carriage returns and newlines.

#### Example request body

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```yaml
template_files:
  default_template: |
    {{ define "__alertmanager" }}AlertManager{{ end }}
    {{ define "__alertmanagerURL" }}{{ .ExternalURL }}/#/alerts?receiver={{ .Receiver | urlquery }}{{ end }}
alertmanager_config: |
  global:
    smtp_smarthost: 'localhost:25'
    smtp_from: 'youraddress@example.org'
  templates:
    - 'default_template'
  route:
    receiver: example-email
  receivers:
    - name: example-email
      email_configs:
      - to: 'youraddress@example.org'
```

### Delete Alertmanager configuration

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```none
DELETE /api/v1/alerts
```

Deletes the Alertmanager configuration for the authenticated tenant.

This endpoint doesn’t accept any URL query parameter and returns `200` on success.

This endpoint can be enabled and disabled via the `-alertmanager.enable-api` CLI flag (or its respective YAML config option).

Requires [authentication](#authentication).

> Note
> 
> To delete a tenant’s Alertmanager configuration from Mimir, use [`mimirtool alertmanager delete` command](/docs/enterprise-metrics/v2.17.x/manage/mimir-tools/mimirtool/#delete-alertmanager-configuration).

## Store-gateway

### Store-gateway ring status

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```none
GET /store-gateway/ring
```

Displays a web page with the store-gateway hash ring status, including the state, healthy and last heartbeat time of each store-gateway.

### Store-gateway tenants

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```none
GET /store-gateway/tenants
```

Displays a web page with the list of tenants with blocks in the storage configured for store-gateway.

### Store-gateway tenant blocks

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```none
GET /store-gateway/tenant/{tenant}/blocks
```

Displays a web page listing the blocks for a given tenant.

### Prepare for Shutdown

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```none
GET,POST,DELETE /store-gateway/prepare-shutdown
```

This endpoint changes in-memory store-gateway configuration to prepare for permanently stopping a store-gateway instance but does not actually stop any part of the latter.

After a `POST` to the `prepare-shutdown` endpoint returns, when the store-gateway process is stopped with `SIGINT` / `SIGTERM`, the store-gateway will be unregistered from the ring.

A `GET` to the `prepare-shutdown` endpoint returns the status of this configuration, either `set` or `unset`.

A `DELETE` to the `prepare-shutdown` endpoint reverts the configuration of the store-gateway to its previous state (with respect to unregistering).

This API endpoint is usually used by Kubernetes-specific scale down automations such as the [rollout-operator](https://github.com/grafana/rollout-operator).

## Compactor

### Compactor ring status

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```none
GET /compactor/ring
```

Displays a web page with the compactor hash ring status, including the state, healthy and last heartbeat time of each compactor.

### Start block upload

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```none
POST /api/v1/upload/block/{block}/start
```

Starts the uploading of a TSDB block with a given ID to object storage. The client should send the block’s `meta.json` file as the request body. If the complete block already exists in object storage, a `409` (Conflict) status code gets returned. If the provided `meta.json` file is invalid, a `400` (Bad Request) status code gets returned. If the block’s max time is before the tenant’s retention period, a `422` (Unprocessable Entity) status code gets returned.

The provided `meta.json` file must have a `thanos.files` section with the list of the block’s files, otherwise the request will be rejected.

If the API request succeeds, a sanitized version of the block’s `meta.json` file gets uploaded to object storage as `uploading-meta.json`, and a `200` status code gets returned. Then you can start uploading files, and once done, you can request completion of the block upload.

Requires [authentication](#authentication).

### Upload block file

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```none
POST /api/v1/upload/block/{block}/files?path={path}
```

Uploads a file with a given path, for a block with a given ID. The file path has to be one of the following, otherwise a `400` (Bad Request) status code gets returned:

- `index`
- `chunks/<6-digit number>`

The client must send the content of the file as the body of the request; if the body is empty, a `400` (Bad Request) status code gets returned. If the complete block already exists in object storage, a `409` (Conflict) status code gets returned. If an in-flight meta file (`uploading-meta.json`) doesn’t exist in object storage for the block in question, a `404` (Not Found) status code gets returned.

If the API request succeeds, the file gets uploaded with the given path to the block’s directory in object storage, and a `200` status code gets returned.

Requires [authentication](#authentication).

### Complete block upload

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```none
POST /api/v1/upload/block/{block}/finish
```

Initiates the completion of a TSDB block with a given ID to object storage. If the complete block already exists in object storage, a `409` (Conflict) status code gets returned. If an in-flight meta file (`uploading-meta.json`) doesn’t exist in object storage for the block in question, a `404` (Not Found) status code gets returned. If the compactor has reached its limit for the maximum number of concurrent block upload validations, which is configured with `-compactor.max-block-upload-validation-concurrency`, a `429` (Too Many Requests) will be returned.

If the API request succeeds, compactor will start the block validation in the background. If the background validation passes block upload is finished by renaming in-flight meta file to `meta.json` in the block’s directory.

This API endpoint returns `200` (OK) at the beginning of the validation. To further check state of the block upload, use [Check block upload](#check-block-upload) API endpoint.

Requires [authentication](#authentication).

This API endpoint is experimental and subject to change.

### Check block upload

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```none
GET /api/v1/upload/block/{block}/check
```

Returns state of the block upload. State is returned as JSON object with field `result`, with following possible values:

- `complete` – block validation is complete, and block upload is now finished.
- `uploading` – block is still being uploaded, and [Complete block upload](#complete-block-upload) has not yet been called on the block.
- `validating` – block is being validated. Validation was started by call to [Complete block upload](#complete-block-upload) API.
- `failed` – block validation has failed. Error message is available from `error` field of the returned JSON object.

**Example response**

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```json
{ "result": "uploading" }
```

**Example response**

JSON ![Copy code to clipboard](/media/images/icons/icon-copy-small-2.svg) Copy

```json
{ "result": "failed", "error": "missing index file" }
```

Requires [authentication](#authentication).

This API endpoint is experimental and subject to change.

### Tenant Delete Request

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```none
POST /compactor/delete_tenant
```

Request deletion of ALL tenant data for the tenant specified in the `X-Scope-OrgID` header. If authentication is disabled, then the default `anonymous` tenant is deleted (configurable by `-auth.no-auth-tenant`).

Requires [authentication](#authentication).

### Tenant Delete Status

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```none
GET /compactor/delete_tenant_status
```

Returns status of tenant deletion.

#### Response schema

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```json
{
  "tenant_id": "<id>",
  "blocks_deleted": true
}
```

The `blocks_deleted` field will be set to `true` if all the tenant’s blocks have been deleted.

Requires [authentication](#authentication).

### Compactor tenants

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```none
GET /compactor/tenants
```

Displays a web page with the list of tenants that have blocks in the storage configured for the compactor.

### Compactor tenant planned jobs

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```none
GET /compactor/tenant/{tenant}/planned_jobs
```

Displays a web page listing planned compaction jobs computed from the bucket index for the given tenant.

## Overrides-exporter

### Overrides-exporter ring status

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```none
GET /overrides-exporter/ring
```

Displays a web page with the overrides-exporter hash ring status, including the state, healthy and last heartbeat time of each overrides-exporter. The overrides-exporter ring is available only when `-overrides-exporter.ring.enabled` is set to `true`.
