---
layout: api
page_title: /sys/config/reload - HTTP API
description: The '/sys/config/reload' endpoint is used to reload specific parts of Vault's configuration.
---

# `/sys/config/reload`

The `sys/config/reload` endpoint allows reloading specific parts of Vault's configuration.
Currently, it only supports reloading license information from files on disk.

| Method | Path                          |
| :----- | :---------------------------- |
| `PUT`  | `/sys/config/reload/:subsystem` |

### Parameters

- `subsystem` `(string: <required>)` - Specifies the subsystem for Vault to reload. This is part of the request URL.

## Reload License File

When the `:subsystem` URL parameter is specified as `license`, Vault re-reads the license file pointed to by the `license_path` configuration option and applies the license
to Vault. Vault may enable or disable various features when this happens, depending on if the features of the given
license have changed from the license Vault is currently using.

### Sample Request

```shell-session
$ curl \
  -X PUT \
  --header "X-Vault-Token: ..." \
    'http://127.0.0.1:8200/v1/sys/config/reload/license'
```
