The REST API is now versioned. For more information, see "About API versioning."

REST API endpoints for Management Console

Use the REST API to manage your GitHub Enterprise Server installation.

About the Management Console endpoints

The full functionality of the Management Console endpoints was added to the Manage GHES endpoints in GitHub Enterprise Server version 3.12. With feature parity achieved, the Management Console API endpoints were removed in version 3.15.

To help you migrate, the mapping table below shows the equivalent Manage GHES operation for each Management Console operation.

Purpose	Management Console API operation	Manage GHES API operation
Get the configuration status	`GET /setup/api/configcheck`	`GET /manage/v1/config/apply`
Start a configuration process	`POST /setup/api/configure`	`POST /manage/v1/config/apply`
Get the maintenance status	`GET /setup/api/maintenance`	`GET /manage/v1/maintenance`
Enable or disable maintenance mode	`POST /setup/api/maintenance`	`POST /manage/v1/maintenance`
Get settings	`GET /setup/api/settings`	`GET /manage/v1/config/settings`
Set settings	`PUT /setup/api/settings`	`PUT /manage/v1/config/settings`
Get all authorized SSH keys	`GET /setup/api/settings/authorized-keys`	`GET /manage/v1/access/ssh`
Add an authorized SSH key	`POST /setup/api/settings/authorized-keys`	`POST /manage/v1/access/ssh`
Remove an authorized SSH key	`DELETE /setup/api/settings/authorized-keys`	`DELETE /manage/v1/access/ssh`
Create a GitHub license	`POST /setup/api/start`	`POST /manage/v1/config/init`
Upgrade a license	`POST /setup/api/upgrade`	`PUT /manage/v1/config/license`

About the Management Console

You should explicitly set the port number when making API calls to the Management Console. If TLS is enabled on your enterprise, the port number is 8443. Otherwise, the port number is 8080.

If you cannot provide a port number, you'll need to configure your tool to automatically follow redirects.

You may also need to add the -k flag when using curl, since GitHub Enterprise Server uses a self-signed certificate before you add your own TLS certificate.

Authentication as the root site administrator

You need to pass your root site administrator password as an authentication token to every endpoint in this category except "Create a GitHub license."

Use the api_key parameter to send this token with each request. For example:

curl -L 'https://HOSTNAME:ADMIN-PORT/setup/api?api_key=YOUR_PASSWORD'

You can also use standard HTTP authentication to send this token. For example:

curl -L -u "api_key:YOUR_PASSWORD" 'https://HOSTNAME:ADMIN-PORT/setup/api'

Authentication as a Management Console user

Management Console user accounts can also authenticate to access this endpoint.

To authenticate with the password for a Management Console user account, use standard HTTP authentication. In the following example, replace YOUR_USER_NAME and YOUR_PASSWORD with the account's user name and password.

curl -L -u "YOUR_USER_NAME:YOUR_PASSWORD" 'https://HOSTNAME:ADMIN-PORT/setup/api'

Get the configuration status

This endpoint allows you to check the status of the most recent configuration process:

Note that you may need to wait several seconds after you start a process before you can check its status.

The different statuses are:

Status	Description
`PENDING`	The job has not started yet
`CONFIGURING`	The job is running
`DONE`	The job has finished correctly
`FAILED`	The job has finished unexpectedly

HTTP response status codes for "Get the configuration status"

Status code	Description
`200`	OK
`401`	Unauthorized

Code samples for "Get the configuration status"

Request example

get/setup/api/configcheck

curl -L \
  -u "api_key:your-password" \
  http(s)://HOSTNAME/setup/api/configcheck

Response

Status: 200

{
  "status": "running",
  "progress": [
    {
      "status": "DONE",
      "key": "Appliance core components"
    },
    {
      "status": "DONE",
      "key": "GitHub utilities"
    },
    {
      "status": "DONE",
      "key": "GitHub applications"
    },
    {
      "status": "CONFIGURING",
      "key": "GitHub services"
    },
    {
      "status": "PENDING",
      "key": "Reloading appliance services"
    }
  ]
}

Start a configuration process

This endpoint allows you to start a configuration process at any time for your updated settings to take effect:

HTTP response status codes for "Start a configuration process"

Status code	Description
`202`	Accepted
`401`	Unauthorized

Code samples for "Start a configuration process"

Request example

post/setup/api/configure

curl -L \
  -X POST \
  -u "api_key:your-password" \
  http(s)://HOSTNAME/setup/api/configure

Response

Status: 202

Get the maintenance status

Check your installation's maintenance status:

HTTP response status codes for "Get the maintenance status"

Status code	Description
`200`	OK
`401`	Unauthorized

Code samples for "Get the maintenance status"

Request example

get/setup/api/maintenance

curl -L \
  -u "api_key:your-password" \
  http(s)://HOSTNAME/setup/api/maintenance

Response

Status: 200

{
  "status": "scheduled",
  "scheduled_time": "Tuesday, January 22 at 15:34 -0800",
  "connection_services": [
    {
      "name": "git operations",
      "number": 0
    },
    {
      "name": "mysql queries",
      "number": 233
    },
    {
      "name": "aqueduct jobs",
      "number": 34
    },
    {
      "name": "resque jobs",
      "number": 54
    }
  ]
}

Enable or disable maintenance mode

Note

The request body for this operation must be submitted as application/x-www-form-urlencoded data. You can submit a parameter value as a string, or you can use a tool such as curl to submit a parameter value as the contents of a text file. For more information, see the curl documentation.

Parameters for "Enable or disable maintenance mode"

Body parameters
Name, Type, Description
`maintenance` string Required A JSON string with the attributes `enabled` and `when`. The possible values for `enabled` are `true` and `false`. When it's `false`, the attribute `when` is ignored and the maintenance mode is turned off. `when` defines the time period when the maintenance was enabled. The possible values for `when` are `now` or any date parseable by mojombo/chronic.

HTTP response status codes for "Enable or disable maintenance mode"

Status code	Description
`200`	OK
`401`	Unauthorized

Code samples for "Enable or disable maintenance mode"

Request example

post/setup/api/maintenance

curl -L \
  -X POST \
  -u "api_key:your-password" \
  http(s)://HOSTNAME/setup/api/maintenance \
   --data-urlencode 'maintenance={"enabled":true, "when":"now"}'

Response

Status: 200

{
  "status": "scheduled",
  "scheduled_time": "Tuesday, January 22 at 15:34 -0800",
  "connection_services": [
    {
      "name": "git operations",
      "number": 0
    },
    {
      "name": "mysql queries",
      "number": 233
    },
    {
      "name": "aqueduct jobs",
      "number": 34
    },
    {
      "name": "resque jobs",
      "number": 54
    }
  ]
}

Get settings

Gets the settings for your instance. To change settings, see the Set settings endpoint.

Note

You cannot retrieve the management console password with the Enterprise administration API.

HTTP response status codes for "Get settings"

Status code	Description
`200`	OK
`401`	Unauthorized

Code samples for "Get settings"

Request example

get/setup/api/settings

curl -L \
  -u "api_key:your-password" \
  http(s)://HOSTNAME/setup/api/settings

Response

Status: 200

{
  "enterprise": {
    "private_mode": false,
    "public_pages": false,
    "subdomain_isolation": true,
    "signup_enabled": false,
    "github_hostname": "ghe.local",
    "identicons_host": "dotcom",
    "http_proxy": null,
    "auth_mode": "default",
    "expire_sessions": false,
    "admin_password": null,
    "configuration_id": 1401777404,
    "configuration_run_count": 4,
    "avatar": {
      "enabled": false,
      "uri": ""
    },
    "customer": {
      "name": "GitHub",
      "email": "stannis@themannis.biz",
      "uuid": "af6cac80-e4e1-012e-d822-1231380e52e9",
      "secret_key_data": "-----BEGIN PGP PRIVATE KEY BLOCK-----\nVersion: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux)\n\nlQcYBE5TCgsBEACk4yHpUcapplebaumBMXYMiLF+nCQ0lxpx...\n-----END PGP PRIVATE KEY BLOCK-----\n",
      "public_key_data": "-----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----\nVersion: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux)\n\nmI0ETqzZYgEEALSe6snowdenXyqvLfSQ34HWD6C7....\n-----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----\n"
    },
    "license": {
      "seats": 0,
      "evaluation": false,
      "perpetual": false,
      "unlimited_seating": true,
      "support_key": "ssh-rsa AAAAB3N....",
      "ssh_allowed": true,
      "cluster_support": false,
      "expire_at": "2016-04-27T00:00:00-07:00"
    },
    "github_ssl": {
      "enabled": false,
      "cert": null,
      "key": null
    },
    "ldap": {
      "host": null,
      "port": 0,
      "base": [],
      "uid": null,
      "bind_dn": null,
      "password": null,
      "method": "Plain",
      "search_strategy": "detect",
      "user_groups": [],
      "admin_group": null,
      "virtual_attribute_enabled": false,
      "recursive_group_search": false,
      "posix_support": true,
      "user_sync_emails": false,
      "user_sync_keys": false,
      "user_sync_interval": 4,
      "team_sync_interval": 4,
      "sync_enabled": false,
      "reconciliation": {
        "user": null,
        "org": null
      },
      "profile": {
        "uid": "uid",
        "name": null,
        "mail": null,
        "key": null
      }
    },
    "cas": {
      "url": null
    },
    "saml": {
      "sso_url": null,
      "certificate": null,
      "certificate_path": null,
      "issuer": null,
      "idp_initiated_sso": false,
      "disable_admin_demote": false
    },
    "github_oauth": {
      "client_id": "12313412",
      "client_secret": "kj123131132",
      "organization_name": "Homestar Runners",
      "organization_team": "homestarrunners/characters"
    },
    "smtp": {
      "enabled": true,
      "address": "smtp.example.com",
      "authentication": "plain",
      "port": "1234",
      "domain": "blah",
      "username": "foo",
      "user_name": "mr_foo",
      "enable_starttls_auto": true,
      "password": "bar",
      "discard-to-noreply-address": true,
      "support_address": "enterprise@github.com",
      "support_address_type": "email",
      "noreply_address": "noreply@github.com"
    },
    "ntp": {
      "primary_server": "0.pool.ntp.org",
      "secondary_server": "1.pool.ntp.org"
    },
    "timezone": null,
    "snmp": {
      "enabled": false,
      "community": ""
    },
    "syslog": {
      "enabled": false,
      "server": null,
      "protocol_name": "udp"
    },
    "assets": null,
    "pages": {
      "enabled": true
    },
    "collectd": {
      "enabled": false,
      "server": null,
      "port": 0,
      "encryption": null,
      "username": null,
      "password": null
    },
    "mapping": {
      "enabled": true,
      "tileserver": null,
      "basemap": "company.map-qsz2zrvs",
      "token": null
    },
    "load_balancer": null
  },
  "run_list": [
    "recipe[enterprise-configure]"
  ]
}

Set settings

Applies settings on your instance. For a list of the available settings, see the Get settings endpoint.

Notes:

The request body for this operation must be submitted as application/x-www-form-urlencoded data. You can submit a parameter value as a string, or you can use a tool such as curl to submit a parameter value as the contents of a text file. For more information, see the curl documentation.
You cannot set the management console password with the Enterprise administration API. Use the ghe-set-password utility to change the management console password. For more information, see "Command-line utilities."

Parameters for "Set settings"

Body parameters
Name, Type, Description
`settings` string Required A JSON string with the new settings. Note that you only need to pass the specific settings you want to modify. For a list of the available settings, see the Get settings endpoint.

HTTP response status codes for "Set settings"

Status code	Description
`204`	No Content
`401`	Unauthorized

Code samples for "Set settings"

Request example

put/setup/api/settings

curl -L \
  -X PUT \
  -u "api_key:your-password" \
  http(s)://HOSTNAME/setup/api/settings \
   --data-urlencode 'settings={ "enterprise": { "public_pages": true }}'

Response

Status: 204

Get all authorized SSH keys

HTTP response status codes for "Get all authorized SSH keys"

Status code	Description
`200`	OK
`401`	Unauthorized

Code samples for "Get all authorized SSH keys"

Request example

get/setup/api/settings/authorized-keys

curl -L \
  -u "api_key:your-password" \
  http(s)://HOSTNAME/setup/api/settings/authorized-keys

Response

Status: 200

[
  {
    "key": "ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAAB...",
    "pretty-print": "ssh-rsa 01:14:0f:f2:0f:e2:fe:e8:f4:72:62:af:75:f7:1a:88:3e:04:92:64"
  },
  {
    "key": "ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAAB...",
    "pretty-print": "ssh-rsa 01:14:0f:f2:0f:e2:fe:e8:f4:72:62:af:75:f7:1a:88:3e:04:92:64"
  },
  {
    "key": "ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAAB...",
    "pretty-print": "ssh-rsa 01:14:0f:f2:0f:e2:fe:e8:f4:72:62:af:75:f7:1a:88:3e:04:92:64"
  }
]

Add an authorized SSH key

Note: The request body for this operation must be submitted as application/x-www-form-urlencoded data. You can submit a parameter value as a string, or you can use a tool such as curl to submit a parameter value as the contents of a text file. For more information, see the curl documentation.

Parameters for "Add an authorized SSH key"

Body parameters
Name, Type, Description
`authorized_key` string Required The public SSH key.

HTTP response status codes for "Add an authorized SSH key"

Status code	Description
`201`	Created
`401`	Unauthorized

Code samples for "Add an authorized SSH key"

Request example

post/setup/api/settings/authorized-keys

curl -L \
  -X POST \
  -u "api_key:your-password" \
  http(s)://HOSTNAME/setup/api/settings/authorized-keys \
   --data-urlencode 'authorized_key=ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAADAQABAAAAgQCssTL/Vtu/ODLTj0VtZoRAbvf7uiv5997GyDq0MoAZUjb5jmA5wYe2/wF6sFuhiZTnZoF1ZtCHunPp0hM/GHrn6VySBhNncx14YO8FPt1CIhEeRMSEjUK9cY3xAbS365oXY8vnUHJsS9+1tr/2bx/+4NJfcUt/Ezf1OR/0LStQXw=='

Response

Status: 201

[
  {
    "key": "ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAAB...",
    "pretty-print": "ssh-rsa 01:14:0f:f2:0f:e2:fe:e8:f4:72:62:af:75:f7:1a:88:3e:04:92:64"
  },
  {
    "key": "ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAAB...",
    "pretty-print": "ssh-rsa 01:14:0f:f2:0f:e2:fe:e8:f4:72:62:af:75:f7:1a:88:3e:04:92:64"
  },
  {
    "key": "ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAAB...",
    "pretty-print": "ssh-rsa 01:14:0f:f2:0f:e2:fe:e8:f4:72:62:af:75:f7:1a:88:3e:04:92:64"
  }
]

Remove an authorized SSH key

Parameters for "Remove an authorized SSH key"

Body parameters
Name, Type, Description
`authorized_key` string Required The public SSH key.

HTTP response status codes for "Remove an authorized SSH key"

Status code	Description
`200`	OK
`401`	Unauthorized

Code samples for "Remove an authorized SSH key"

Request example

delete/setup/api/settings/authorized-keys

curl -L \
  -X DELETE \
  -u "api_key:your-password" \
  http(s)://HOSTNAME/setup/api/settings/authorized-keys \
   --data-urlencode 'authorized_key=ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAADAQABAAAAgQCssTL/Vtu/ODLTj0VtZoRAbvf7uiv5997GyDq0MoAZUjb5jmA5wYe2/wF6sFuhiZTnZoF1ZtCHunPp0hM/GHrn6VySBhNncx14YO8FPt1CIhEeRMSEjUK9cY3xAbS365oXY8vnUHJsS9+1tr/2bx/+4NJfcUt/Ezf1OR/0LStQXw=='

Response

Status: 200

[
  {
    "key": "ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAAB...",
    "pretty-print": "ssh-rsa 01:14:0f:f2:0f:e2:fe:e8:f4:72:62:af:75:f7:1a:88:3e:04:92:64"
  },
  {
    "key": "ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAAB...",
    "pretty-print": "ssh-rsa 01:14:0f:f2:0f:e2:fe:e8:f4:72:62:af:75:f7:1a:88:3e:04:92:64"
  },
  {
    "key": "ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAAB...",
    "pretty-print": "ssh-rsa 01:14:0f:f2:0f:e2:fe:e8:f4:72:62:af:75:f7:1a:88:3e:04:92:64"
  }
]

Create a GitHub license

When you boot a GitHub instance for the first time, you can use the following endpoint to upload a license.

Note that you need to POST to /setup/api/configure to start the actual configuration process.

When using this endpoint, your GitHub instance must have a password set. This can be accomplished two ways:

If you're working directly with the API before accessing the web interface, you must pass in the password parameter to set your password.
If you set up your instance via the web interface before accessing the API, your calls to this endpoint do not need the password parameter.

Note

The request body for this operation must be submitted as multipart/form-data data. You can can reference the license file by prefixing the filename with the @ symbol using curl. For more information, see the curl documentation.

Parameters for "Create a GitHub license"

Body parameters
Name, Type, Description
`license` string Required The content of your .ghl license file.
`password` string You must provide a password only if you are uploading your license for the first time. If you previously set a password through the web interface, you don't need this parameter.
`settings` string An optional JSON string containing the installation settings. For a list of the available settings, see the Get settings endpoint.

HTTP response status codes for "Create a GitHub license"

Status code	Description
`202`	Accepted
`401`	Unauthorized

Code samples for "Create a GitHub license"

Request example

post/setup/api/start

curl -L \
  -X POST \
  -u "api_key:your-password" \
  -H "Content-Type: multipart/form-data" \
  http(s)://HOSTNAME/setup/api/start \
   --form 'license=@enterprise.ghl' --form 'password=secret'

Response

Status: 202

Upgrade a license

This API upgrades your license and also triggers the configuration process.

Note

Parameters for "Upgrade a license"

Body parameters
Name, Type, Description
`license` string The content of your new .ghl license file.

HTTP response status codes for "Upgrade a license"

Status code	Description
`202`	Accepted
`401`	Unauthorized

Code samples for "Upgrade a license"

Request example

post/setup/api/upgrade

curl -L \
  -X POST \
  -u "api_key:your-password" \
  -H "Content-Type: multipart/form-data" \
  http(s)://HOSTNAME/setup/api/upgrade \
   --form 'license=@enterprise.ghl'

Response

Status: 202