Reference

Complete technical reference documentation for NATS protocols, APIs, and server components.

Configuration

NATS Server configuration reference:

• Server configuration options and settings
• Security and authentication setup
• Clustering and routing configuration

JetStream

JetStream persistence layer reference:

• API - Management and data operations
• Advisory - System events and notifications
• Metrics - Performance and usage metrics
• Errors - Error codes and troubleshooting

System

NATS system advisories and monitoring:

• Advisory - Connection and system events
• Monitoring - Health check and statistics endpoints
• Metrics - Server telemetry data

Services

NATS Services API for building microservices:

• Info Response - Service information
• Ping Response - Health check responses
• Stats Response - Service statistics

Protocols

Low-level protocol specifications for NATS communication:

• Client Protocol - Communication between clients and servers
• Route Protocol - Inter-server communication for clustering
• Leafnode Protocol - Edge server connections
• Gateway Protocol - Super-cluster connectivity