# Identity object

```json metadata
{
  "schema_version": 2,
  "title": "Identity object",
  "description": "Documents the identity object used with Redis Software REST API calls.",
  "categories": ["docs","operate","rs"],
  "tableOfContents": {"sections":[]}

,
  "codeExamples": []
}
```


| Name | Type/Value | Description |
|------|------------|-------------|
| uid | integer | Assumed node's UID to join cluster. Used to replace a dead node with a new one. |
| accept_servers | boolean (default: true) | If true, no shards will be created on the node |
| addr | string | Internal IP address of node |
| external_addr | complex object | External IP addresses of node. `GET` `/jsonschema` to retrieve the object's structure. |
| name | string | Node's name |
| override_rack_id | boolean | When replacing an existing node in a rack-aware cluster, allows the new node to be located in a different rack |
| rack_id | string | Rack ID, overrides cloud config |
| second_rack_id | string | Second rack ID where node is installed |
| use_internal_ipv6 | boolean (default: false) | Node uses IPv6 for internal communication |