diff --git a/pbs-api-types/src/lib.rs b/pbs-api-types/src/lib.rs
index 508ee111..4306eca3 100644
--- a/pbs-api-types/src/lib.rs
+++ b/pbs-api-types/src/lib.rs
@@ -84,6 +84,9 @@ pub use maintenance::*;
 mod network;
 pub use network::*;
 
+mod node;
+pub use node::*;
+
 pub use proxmox_auth_api::types as userid;
 pub use proxmox_auth_api::types::{Authid, Userid};
 pub use proxmox_auth_api::types::{Realm, RealmRef};
diff --git a/pbs-api-types/src/node.rs b/pbs-api-types/src/node.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..704215bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pbs-api-types/src/node.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,100 @@
+use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+use proxmox_schema::*;
+
+use crate::StorageStatus;
+
+
+#[api]
+#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Default)]
+#[serde(rename_all = "kebab-case")]
+/// Node memory usage counters
+pub struct NodeMemoryCounters {
+    /// Total memory
+    pub total: u64,
+    /// Used memory
+    pub used: u64,
+    /// Free memory
+    pub free: u64,
+}
+
+#[api]
+#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Default)]
+#[serde(rename_all = "kebab-case")]
+/// Node swap usage counters
+pub struct NodeSwapCounters {
+    /// Total swap
+    pub total: u64,
+    /// Used swap
+    pub used: u64,
+    /// Free swap
+    pub free: u64,
+}
+
+#[api]
+#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Default)]
+#[serde(rename_all = "kebab-case")]
+/// Contains general node information such as the fingerprint`
+pub struct NodeInformation {
+    /// The SSL Fingerprint
+    pub fingerprint: String,
+}
+
+#[api]
+#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Default)]
+#[serde(rename_all = "kebab-case")]
+/// Information about the CPU
+pub struct NodeCpuInformation {
+    /// The CPU model
+    pub model: String,
+    /// The number of CPU sockets
+    pub sockets: usize,
+    /// The number of CPU cores (incl. threads)
+    pub cpus: usize,
+}
+
+#[api(
+    properties: {
+        memory: {
+            type: NodeMemoryCounters,
+        },
+        root: {
+            type: StorageStatus,
+        },
+        swap: {
+            type: NodeSwapCounters,
+        },
+        loadavg: {
+            type: Array,
+            items: {
+                type: Number,
+                description: "the load",
+            }
+        },
+        cpuinfo: {
+            type: NodeCpuInformation,
+        },
+        info: {
+            type: NodeInformation,
+        }
+    },
+)]
+#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Default)]
+#[serde(rename_all = "kebab-case")]
+/// The Node status
+pub struct NodeStatus {
+    pub memory: NodeMemoryCounters,
+    pub root: StorageStatus,
+    pub swap: NodeSwapCounters,
+    /// The current uptime of the server.
+    pub uptime: u64,
+    /// Load for 1, 5 and 15 minutes.
+    pub loadavg: [f64; 3],
+    /// The current kernel version.
+    pub kversion: String,
+    /// Total CPU usage since last query.
+    pub cpu: f64,
+    /// Total IO wait since last query.
+    pub wait: f64,
+    pub cpuinfo: NodeCpuInformation,
+    pub info: NodeInformation,
+}