status

The status command prints the current state of Vault including whether it is sealed and if HA mode is enabled. This command prints regardless of whether the Vault is sealed.

The exit code reflects the seal status:

0 - unsealed
1 - error
2 - sealed

Examples

Print the current Vault status:

$ vault status

Example output of a Vault server running in development mode.

Key             Value
---             -----
Seal Type       shamir
Initialized     true
Sealed          false
Total Shares    5
Threshold       3
Version         1.19.1
Build Date      2025-04-02T15:43:36Z
Storage Type    inmem
Cluster Name    vault-cluster-1e76691a
Cluster ID      c4ca5956-383b-20cc-7a7d-494e0b01f045
HA Enabled      false

Example output of a Vault cluster configured with integrated storage as its storage backend.

Key                     Value
---                     -----
Seal Type               shamir
Initialized             true
Sealed                  false
Total Shares            5
Threshold               3
Version                 1.19.2
Build Date              2025-04-17T16:41:30Z
Storage Type            raft
Cluster Name            vault-cluster-c754bf5d
Cluster ID              460c2929-1f4a-7dc2-c436-fbf8712d5d09
Removed From Cluster    false
HA Enabled              true
HA Cluster              https://10.1.42.101:8201
HA Mode                 active
Active Since            2025-04-25T18:48:04.102445716Z
Raft Committed Index    52
Raft Applied Index      52

Output references

Refer to the command output fields section to learn more about the output.

Usage

The following flags are available in addition to the standard set of flags included on all commands.

Output options

-format (string: "table") - Print the output in the given format. Valid formats are "table", "json", or "yaml". This can also be specified via the VAULT_FORMAT environment variable.

Command output fields

The output includes the following fields that are relevant to your Vault server.

Field name	Description
Seal Type	The seal type configured to protect the Vault's root key
Initialized	Indicates if the Vault has been initialized or not
Sealed	`false` if the Vault is unsealed and ready to operate; otherwise, `true` and you need to perform the unseal operation.
Total Shares	The total number of unseal keys when the seal type is Shamir seals.
Threshold	The number of key shares required to construct the root key.
Total Recovery Shares	The total number of recovery keys when configured with auto-unseal.
Version	Vault version
Build Date	The Vault binary build date.
Storage Type	Vault storage configured to store Vault data.
Cluster Name	Name of the Vault cluster.
Cluster ID	ID of the Valut cluster.
HA Enabled	Indicates if the Vault is a highly availabile cluster.

The following fields are only for highly available (HA) clusters:

Field name	Description
HA Cluster	The address to advertise to other Vault nodes in the cluster for request forwarding.
HA Mode	The HA mode of the Vault: active or standby.
Active Since	Indicates if the Vault is active and has a valid active time.

The following fields are only when the storage or HA backend is raft:

Field name	Description
Removed From Cluster	Indicates if the node has been removed from the HA cluster. This field is displayed only when the storage or HA backend is raft.
Raft Committed Index	The index of the committed log entry if the value is non-zero.
Raft Applied Index	The highest index of raft log last applied to the finite state machine or added to `fsm_pending` queue if the value is non-zero.
Last WAL	Index of the last write-ahead log (WAL) if the value is non-zero.

Field name	Description
Active Node Address	The active node address that performance standby nodes use for request forwarding.
Performance Standby Node	Indicates if the node is a performance standby node or not.
Performance Standby Last Remote WAL	Index of the last write-ahead log (WAL) received from the active node.

In addition, the output displays the following fields if applicable:

Unseal Progress and Unseal Nonce when the Vault is sealed.
HCP Link Status and HCP Link Resource ID when HCP link is configured.
Seal Migration in Progress when the seal migration is in progress.