vault/website/source/api/system/index.html.md

---
layout: "api"
page_title: "System Backend - HTTP API"
sidebar_current: "docs-http-system"
description: |-
  The system backend is a default backend in Vault that is mounted at the `/sys`
  endpoint. This endpoint cannot be disabled or moved, and is used to configure
  Vault and interact with many of Vault's internal features.
---

# System Backend

The system backend is a default backend in Vault that is mounted at the `/sys`
endpoint. This endpoint cannot be disabled or moved, and is used to configure
Vault and interact with many of Vault's internal features.

For more information about a particular path, please click on it in the sidebar.
Redo docs for system backend This commit updates the API documentation for the system backend to break things apart on a per-page basis and provide specific examples. This pattern will give more flexibility for future documentation as well. 2017-03-15 02:40:33 -04:00			`---`
/docs/http -> /api 2017-03-17 14:06:03 -04:00			`layout: "api"`
Redo docs for system backend This commit updates the API documentation for the system backend to break things apart on a per-page basis and provide specific examples. This pattern will give more flexibility for future documentation as well. 2017-03-15 02:40:33 -04:00			`page_title: "System Backend - HTTP API"`
			`sidebar_current: "docs-http-system"`
			`description: \|-`
			The system backend is a default backend in Vault that is mounted at the `/sys`
More naming cleanup 2017-09-21 17:14:40 -04:00			`endpoint. This endpoint cannot be disabled or moved, and is used to configure`
Redo docs for system backend This commit updates the API documentation for the system backend to break things apart on a per-page basis and provide specific examples. This pattern will give more flexibility for future documentation as well. 2017-03-15 02:40:33 -04:00			`Vault and interact with many of Vault's internal features.`
			`---`

			`# System Backend`

			The system backend is a default backend in Vault that is mounted at the `/sys`
More naming cleanup 2017-09-21 17:14:40 -04:00			`endpoint. This endpoint cannot be disabled or moved, and is used to configure`
Redo docs for system backend This commit updates the API documentation for the system backend to break things apart on a per-page basis and provide specific examples. This pattern will give more flexibility for future documentation as well. 2017-03-15 02:40:33 -04:00			`Vault and interact with many of Vault's internal features.`

			`For more information about a particular path, please click on it in the sidebar.`