Dynamic Configuration Management

The rekuiper REST API supports dynamic runtime updates to global configurations without restarting the server daemon.

Inspect Configurations

Use this endpoint to retrieve the current basic server configuration:

GET http://localhost:9081/configs

Note: GET http://localhost:9081/config is also supported as an alias.

Response sample (HTTP 200 OK):

{
  "basic": {
    "debug": false,
    "logLevel": "info",
    "port": 20498,
    "restPort": 9081
  }
}

Reload Basic Configurations

Use this endpoint to update logging and time zone configurations dynamically:

PATCH http://localhost:9081/configs
Content-Type: application/json

Request payload:

{
  "debug": true,
  "consoleLog": true,
  "fileLog": true,
  "timezone": "UTC"
}

Supported Dynamically Reloadable Parameters

• debug: Enables or disables debug-level logging.
• consoleLog: Enables or disables stdout console logging.
• fileLog: Enables or disables file-based logging.
• timezone: Sets the system timezone for time calculations.

Shutdown rekuiper

Use this endpoint to stop the rekuiper server process gracefully:

POST http://localhost:9081/stop