Describe Global Cluster (V2)
Returns base topology and connection information for a Global Cluster. Replication lag is intentionally excluded from this endpoint.
The base URL for this API is in the following format:
https://api.cloud.zilliz.com
The endpoints on the control plane currently supports up to 20 requests per second per user per endpoint.
export BASE_URL="https://api.cloud.zilliz.com"
The authentication token should be an API key with appropriate privileges.
ID of the Global Cluster to describe.
export TOKEN="YOUR_API_KEY"
export globalClusterId="glo-xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"
curl --request GET \
--url "${BASE_URL}/v2/globalClusters/${globalClusterId}" \
--header "Authorization: Bearer ${TOKEN}" \
--header "Content-Type: application/json"
Global Cluster ID.
Global Cluster display name.
Project ID.
Region IDs of member clusters. Values keep member order and are not deduplicated.
CU type shared by member clusters.
CU size shared by member clusters.
Global endpoint address.
Creation time in ISO 8601 format.
Member clusters in the Global Cluster.
Member cluster ID.
Member cluster name.
Region ID where the member cluster is deployed.
Member role.
Member cluster status.
Returns an error message.
Response code.
Error message.
{
"globalClusterId": "glo-xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx",
"globalClusterName": "my-global-cluster",
"projectId": "proj-xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx",
"regionIds": [
"aws-us-west-2",
"aws-eu-west-1"
],
"cuType": "Performance-optimized",
"cuSize": 4,
"connectAddress": "https://glo-xxxxxxxx.global-cluster.vectordb.zillizcloud.com",
"createTime": "2026-06-04T10:00:00Z",
"clusters": [
{
"clusterId": "in01-primary",
"clusterName": "primary-cluster",
"regionId": "aws-us-west-2",
"role": "PRIMARY",
"status": "RUNNING"
},
{
"clusterId": "in01-secondary",
"clusterName": "secondary-cluster-eu",
"regionId": "aws-eu-west-1",
"role": "SECONDARY",
"status": "RUNNING"
}
]
}