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title: Remote cluster information
parent: REST API reference
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# Remote cluster information
Introduced 1.0
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This operation provides connection information for any remote OpenSearch clusters that you've configured for the local cluster, such as the remote cluster alias, connection mode (`sniff` or `proxy`), IP addresses for seed nodes, and timeout settings.

The response is more comprehensive and useful than a call to `_cluster/settings`, which only includes the cluster alias and seed nodes.


## Path and HTTP methods

```
GET _remote/info
```


## Response

```json
{
  "opensearch-cluster2": {
    "connected": true,
    "mode": "sniff",
    "seeds": [
      "172.28.0.2:9300"
    ],
    "num_nodes_connected": 1,
    "max_connections_per_cluster": 3,
    "initial_connect_timeout": "30s",
    "skip_unavailable": false
  }
}
```