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title: CAT cluster manager
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# CAT cluster_manager
Introduced 1.0
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The CAT cluster manager operation lists information that helps identify the elected cluster manager node.

## Example

```
GET _cat/cluster_manager?v
```

## Path and HTTP methods

```
GET _cat/cluster_manager
```

## URL parameters

All CAT cluster manager URL parameters are optional.

In addition to the [common URL parameters]({{site.url}}{{site.baseurl}}/api-reference/cat/index), you can specify the following parameters:

Parameter | Type | Description
:--- | :--- | :---
cluster_manager_timeout | Time | The amount of time to wait for a connection to the cluster manager node. Default is 30 seconds.
## Response

```json
id                     |   host     |     ip     |   node
ZaIkkUd4TEiAihqJGkp5CA | 172.18.0.3 | 172.18.0.3 | opensearch-node2
```