Compute API

This is a reference for the OpenStack Compute API which is provided by the Nova project. To learn more about the OpenStack Compute API concepts, please refer to the API guide.

API Versions

In order to bring new features to users over time, the Nova API supports versioning. There are two kinds of versions in Nova.

  • ‘’major versions’’, which have dedicated urls

  • ‘’microversions’’, which can be requested through the use of the X-OpenStack-Nova-API-Version header, or since microversion 2.27 the OpenStack-API-Version header may also be used.

For more details about Microversions, please reference: Microversions

Note

The maximum microversion supported by each release varies. Please reference: API Microversion History for API microversion history details.

The Version APIs work differently from other APIs as they do not require authentication.

GET
/

List All Major Versions

This fetches all the information about all known major API versions in the deployment. Links to more specific information will be provided for each API version, as well as information about supported min and max microversions.

Normal Response Codes: 200

Response

Name

In

Type

Description

versions

body

array

A list of version objects that describe the API versions available.

id

body

string

A common name for the version in question. Informative only, it has no real semantic meaning.

links

body

array

Links to the resources in question. See API Guide / Links and References for more info.

min_version

body

string

If this version of the API supports microversions, the minimum microversion that is supported. This will be the empty string if microversions are not supported.

status

body

string

The status of this API version. This can be one of:

  • CURRENT: this is the preferred version of the API to use

  • SUPPORTED: this is an older, but still supported version of the API

  • DEPRECATED: a deprecated version of the API that is slated for removal

updated

body

string

This is a fixed string. It is 2011-01-21T11:33:21Z in version 2.0, 2013-07-23T11:33:21Z in version 2.1.

Note

It is vestigial and provides no useful information. It will be deprecated and removed in the future.

version

body

string

If this version of the API supports microversions, the maximum microversion that is supported. This will be the empty string if microversions are not supported.

Response Example

This demonstrates the expected response from a bleeding edge server that supports up to the current microversion. When querying OpenStack environments you will typically find the current microversion on the v2.1 API is lower than listed below.

{
    "versions": [
        {
            "id": "v2.0",
            "links": [
                {
                    "href": "http://openstack.example.com/v2/",
                    "rel": "self"
                }
            ],
            "status": "SUPPORTED",
            "version": "",
            "min_version": "",
            "updated": "2011-01-21T11:33:21Z"
        },
        {
            "id": "v2.1",
            "links": [
                {
                    "href": "http://openstack.example.com/v2.1/",
                    "rel": "self"
                }
            ],
            "status": "CURRENT",
            "version": "2.96",
            "min_version": "2.1",
            "updated": "2013-07-23T11:33:21Z"
        }
    ]
}
GET
/{api_version}/

Show Details of Specific API Version

This gets the details of a specific API at its root. Nearly all this information exists at the API root, so this is mostly a redundant operation.

Normal Response Codes: 200

Request

Name

In

Type

Description

api_version

path

string

The API version as returned in the links from the GET / call.

Response

Name

In

Type

Description

version

body

string

The version.

id

body

string

A common name for the version in question. Informative only, it has no real semantic meaning.

links

body

array

Links to the resources in question. See API Guide / Links and References for more info.

media-types

body

array

The media types. It is an array of a fixed dict.

Note

It is vestigial and provide no useful information. It will be deprecated and removed in the future.

min_version

body

string

If this version of the API supports microversions, the minimum microversion that is supported. This will be the empty string if microversions are not supported.

status

body

string

The status of this API version. This can be one of:

  • CURRENT: this is the preferred version of the API to use

  • SUPPORTED: this is an older, but still supported version of the API

  • DEPRECATED: a deprecated version of the API that is slated for removal

updated

body

string

This is a fixed string. It is 2011-01-21T11:33:21Z in version 2.0, 2013-07-23T11:33:21Z in version 2.1.

Note

It is vestigial and provides no useful information. It will be deprecated and removed in the future.

version

body

string

If this version of the API supports microversions, the maximum microversion that is supported. This will be the empty string if microversions are not supported.

Response Example

This is an example of a GET /v2.1/ on a relatively current server.

{
    "version": {
        "id": "v2.1",
        "links": [
            {
                "href": "http://openstack.example.com/v2.1/",
                "rel": "self"
            },
            {
                "href": "http://docs.openstack.org/",
                "rel": "describedby",
                "type": "text/html"
            }
        ],
        "media-types": [
            {
                "base": "application/json",
                "type": "application/vnd.openstack.compute+json;version=2.1"
            }
        ],
        "status": "CURRENT",
        "version": "2.96",
        "min_version": "2.1",
        "updated": "2013-07-23T11:33:21Z"
    }
}

Service URLs

All API calls described throughout the rest of this document require authentication with the OpenStack Identity service. After authentication, a base service url can be extracted from the Identity token of type compute. This service url will be the root url that every API call uses to build a full path.

For instance, if the service url is http://mycompute.pvt/compute/v2.1 then the full API call for /servers is http://mycompute.pvt/compute/v2.1/servers.

Depending on the deployment, the Compute service url might be http or https, a custom port, a custom path, and include your tenant id. The only way to know the urls for your deployment is by using the service catalog. The Compute URL should never be hard coded in applications, even if they are only expected to work at a single site. It should always be discovered from the Identity token.

As such, for the rest of this document we will be using short hand where GET /servers really means GET {your_compute_service_url}/servers.

Request IDs

Users can specify the global request ID in the request header. Users can receive the local request ID in the response header.

For more details about Request IDs, please reference: Faults

Request

Name

In

Type

Description

X-Openstack-Request-Id (Optional)

header

string

The global request ID, which is a unique common ID for tracking each request in OpenStack components. The format of the global request ID must be req- + UUID (UUID4). If not in accordance with the format, it is ignored. It is associated with the request and appears in the log lines for that request. By default, the middleware configuration ensures that the global request ID appears in the log files.

New in version 2.46

Response

Name

In

Type

Description

X-Compute-Request-Id

header

string

The local request ID, which is a unique ID generated automatically for tracking each request to nova. It is associated with the request and appears in the log lines for that request. By default, the middleware configuration ensures that the local request ID appears in the log files.

Note

This header exists for backward compatibility.

X-Openstack-Request-Id

header

string

The local request ID, which is a unique ID generated automatically for tracking each request to nova. It is associated with the request and appears in the log lines for that request. By default, the middleware configuration ensures that the local request ID appears in the log files.

New in version 2.46

Servers (servers)

Lists, creates, shows details for, updates, and deletes servers.

Passwords

When you create a server, you can specify a password through the optional adminPass attribute. The password must meet the complexity requirements set by your OpenStack Compute provider. The server might enter an ERROR state if the complexity requirements are not met. In this case, a client might issue a change password action to reset the server password.

If you do not specify a password, the API generates and assigns a random password that it returns in the response object. This password meets the security requirements set by the compute provider. For security reasons, subsequent GET calls do not require this password.

Server metadata

You can specify custom server metadata at server launch time. The maximum size for each metadata key-value pair is 255 bytes. The compute provider determines the maximum number of key-value pairs for each server. You can query this value through the maxServerMeta absolute limit.

Server networks

You can specify one or more networks to which the server connects at launch time. Users can also specify a specific port on the network or the fixed IP address to assign to the server interface.

Note

You can use both IPv4 and IPv6 addresses as access addresses, and you can assign both addresses simultaneously. You can update access addresses after you create a server.

Server personality

Note

The use of personality files is deprecated starting with the 2.57 microversion. Use metadata and user_data to customize a server instance.

To customize the personality of a server instance, you can inject data into its file system. For example, you might insert ssh keys, set configuration files, or store data that you want to retrieve from inside the instance. This customization method provides minimal launch-time personalization. If you require significant customization, create a custom image.

Follow these guidelines when you inject files:

  • The maximum size of the file path data is 255 bytes.

  • Encode the file contents as a Base64 string. The compute provider determines the maximum size of the file contents. The image that you use to create the server determines this value.

    Note

    The maximum limit refers to the number of bytes in the decoded data and not to the number of characters in the encoded data.

  • The maxPersonality absolute limit defines the maximum number of file path and content pairs that you can supply. The compute provider determines this value.

  • The maxPersonalitySize absolute limit is a byte limit that applies to all images in the deployment. Providers can set additional per-image personality limits.

The file injection might not occur until after the server builds and boots.

After file injection, only system administrators can access personality files. For example, on Linux, all files have root as the owner and the root group as the group owner, and allow only user and group read access (chmod 440).

Server access addresses

In a hybrid environment, the underlying implementation might not control the IP address of a server. Instead, the access IP address might be part of the dedicated hardware; for example, a router/NAT device. In this case, you cannot use the addresses that the implementation provides to access the server from outside the local LAN. Instead, the API might assign a separate access address at creation time to provide access to the server. This address might not be directly bound to a network interface on the server and might not necessarily appear when you query the server addresses. However, clients should use an access address to access the server directly.

GET
/servers

List Servers

Lists IDs, names, and links for servers.

By default the servers are filtered using the project ID associated with the authenticated request.

Servers contain a status attribute that indicates the current server state. You can filter on the server status when you complete a list servers request. The server status is returned in the response body. The possible server status values are:

  • ACTIVE. The server is active.

  • BUILD. The server has not finished the original build process.

  • DELETED. The server is permanently deleted.

  • ERROR. The server is in error.

  • HARD_REBOOT. The server is hard rebooting. This is equivalent to pulling the power plug on a physical server, plugging it back in, and rebooting it.

  • MIGRATING. The server is being migrated to a new host.

  • PASSWORD. The password is being reset on the server.

  • PAUSED. In a paused state, the state of the server is stored in RAM. A paused server continues to run in frozen state.

  • REBOOT. The server is in a soft reboot state. A reboot command was passed to the operating system.

  • REBUILD. The server is currently being rebuilt from an image.

  • RESCUE. The server is in rescue mode. A rescue image is running with the original server image attached.

  • RESIZE. Server is performing the differential copy of data that changed during its initial copy. Server is down for this stage.

  • REVERT_RESIZE. The resize or migration of a server failed for some reason. The destination server is being cleaned up and the original source server is restarting.

  • SHELVED: The server is in shelved state. Depending on the shelve offload time, the server will be automatically shelved offloaded.

  • SHELVED_OFFLOADED: The shelved server is offloaded (removed from the compute host) and it needs unshelved action to be used again.

  • SHUTOFF. The server is powered off and the disk image still persists.

  • SOFT_DELETED. The server is marked as deleted but the disk images are still available to restore.

  • SUSPENDED. The server is suspended, either by request or necessity. When you suspend a server, its state is stored on disk, all memory is written to disk, and the server is stopped. Suspending a server is similar to placing a device in hibernation and its occupied resource will not be freed but rather kept for when the server is resumed. If a server is infrequently used and the occupied resource needs to be freed to create other servers, it should be shelved.

  • UNKNOWN. The state of the server is unknown. Contact your cloud provider.

  • VERIFY_RESIZE. System is awaiting confirmation that the server is operational after a move or resize.

There is whitelist for valid filter keys. Any filter key other than from whitelist will be silently ignored.

  • For non-admin users, whitelist is different from admin users whitelist. The valid whitelist can be configured using the os_compute_api:servers:allow_all_filters policy rule. By default, the valid whitelist for non-admin users includes

    • changes-since

    • flavor

    • image

    • ip

    • ip6 (New in version 2.5)

    • name

    • not-tags (New in version 2.26)

    • not-tags-any (New in version 2.26)

    • reservation_id

    • status

    • tags (New in version 2.26)

    • tags-any (New in version 2.26)

    • changes-before (New in version 2.66)

    • locked (New in version 2.73)

    • availability_zone (New in version 2.83)

    • config_drive (New in version 2.83)

    • key_name (New in version 2.83)

    • created_at (New in version 2.83)

    • launched_at (New in version 2.83)

    • terminated_at (New in version 2.83)

    • power_state (New in version 2.83)

    • task_state (New in version 2.83)

    • vm_state (New in version 2.83)

    • progress (New in version 2.83)

    • user_id (New in version 2.83)

  • For admin user, whitelist includes all filter keys mentioned in Request Section.

Note

Starting with microversion 2.69 if server details cannot be loaded due to a transient condition in the deployment like infrastructure failure, the response body for those unavailable servers will be missing keys. See handling down cells section of the Compute API guide for more information on the keys that would be returned in the partial constructs.

Normal response codes: 200

Error response codes: badRequest(400), unauthorized(401), forbidden(403)

Request

Name

In

Type

Description

access_ip_v4 (Optional)

query

string

Filter server list result by IPv4 address that should be used to access the server.

access_ip_v6 (Optional)

query

string

Filter server list result by IPv6 address that should be used to access the server.

all_tenants (Optional)

query

boolean

Specify the all_tenants query parameter to list all instances for all projects. By default this is only allowed by administrators. If this parameter is specified without a value, the value defaults to True. If the value is specified, 1, t, true, on, y and yes are treated as True. 0, f, false, off, n and no are treated as False. (They are case-insensitive.)

auto_disk_config (Optional)

query

string

Filter the server list result by the disk_config setting of the server, Valid values are:

  • AUTO

  • MANUAL

This parameter is only valid when specified by administrators. If non-admin users specify this parameter, it is ignored.

availability_zone (Optional)

query

string

Filter the server list result by server availability zone.

This parameter is restricted to administrators until microversion 2.83. If non-admin users specify this parameter on a microversion less than 2.83, it will be ignored.

changes-since (Optional)

query

string

Filters the response by a date and time stamp when the server last changed status. To help keep track of changes this may also return recently deleted servers.

The date and time stamp format is ISO 8601:

CCYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss±hh:mm

The ±hh:mm value, if included, returns the time zone as an offset from UTC. For example, 2015-08-27T09:49:58-05:00. If you omit the time zone, the UTC time zone is assumed. When both changes-since and changes-before are specified, the value of the changes-since must be earlier than or equal to the value of the changes-before otherwise API will return 400.

config_drive (Optional)

query

string

Filter the server list result by the config drive setting of the server.

This parameter is restricted to administrators until microversion 2.83. If non-admin users specify this parameter on a microversion less than 2.83, it will be ignored.

created_at (Optional)

query

string

Filter the server list result by a date and time stamp when server was created.

The date and time stamp format is ISO 8601:

CCYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss±hh:mm

The ±hh:mm value, if included, returns the time zone as an offset from UTC. For example, 2015-08-27T09:49:58-05:00. If you omit the time zone, the UTC time zone is assumed.

This parameter is restricted to administrators until microversion 2.83. If non-admin users specify this parameter on a microversion less than 2.83, it will be ignored.

deleted (Optional)

query

boolean

Show deleted items only. In some circumstances deleted items will still be accessible via the backend database, however there is no contract on how long, so this parameter should be used with caution. 1, t, true, on, y and yes are treated as True (case-insensitive). Other than them are treated as False.

This parameter is only valid when specified by administrators. If non-admin users specify this parameter, it is ignored.

description (Optional)

query

string

Filter the server list result by description.

This parameter is only valid when specified by administrators. If non-admin users specify this parameter, it is ignored.

Note

display_description can also be requested which is alias of description but that is not recommended to use as that will be removed in future.

flavor (Optional)

query

string

Filters the response by a flavor, as a UUID. A flavor is a combination of memory, disk size, and CPUs.

host (Optional)

query

string

Filter the server list result by the host name of compute node.

This parameter is only valid when specified by administrators. If non-admin users specify this parameter, it is ignored.

hostname (Optional)

query

string

Filter the server list result by the host name of server.

This parameter is only valid when specified by administrators until microversion 2.90, after which it can be specified by all users. If non-admin users specify this parameter before microversion 2.90, it is ignored.

image (Optional)

query

string

Filters the response by an image, as a UUID.

Note

‘image_ref’ can also be requested which is alias of ‘image’ but that is not recommended to use as that will be removed in future.

ip (Optional)

query

string

An IPv4 address to filter results by.

ip6 (Optional)

query

string

An IPv6 address to filter results by.

Up to microversion 2.4, this parameter is only valid when specified by administrators. If non-admin users specify this parameter, it is ignored. Starting from microversion 2.5, this parameter is valid for no-admin users as well as administrators.

kernel_id (Optional)

query

string

Filter the server list result by the UUID of the kernel image when using an AMI.

This parameter is only valid when specified by administrators. If non-admin users specify this parameter, it is ignored.

key_name (Optional)

query

string

Filter the server list result by keypair name.

This parameter is restricted to administrators until microversion 2.83. If non-admin users specify this parameter on a microversion less than 2.83, it will be ignored.

launch_index (Optional)

query

integer

Filter the server list result by the sequence in which the servers were launched.

This parameter is only valid when specified by administrators. If non-admin users specify this parameter, it is ignored.

launched_at (Optional)

query

string

Filter the server list result by a date and time stamp when the instance was launched. The date and time stamp format is ISO 8601:

CCYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss±hh:mm

The ±hh:mm value, if included, returns the time zone as an offset from UTC. For example, 2015-08-27T09:49:58-05:00. If you omit the time zone, the UTC time zone is assumed.

This parameter is restricted to administrators until microversion 2.83. If non-admin users specify this parameter on a microversion less than 2.83, it will be ignored.

limit (Optional)

query

integer

Requests a page size of items. Returns a number of items up to a limit value. Use the limit parameter to make an initial limited request and use the ID of the last-seen item from the response as the marker parameter value in a subsequent limited request.

locked_by (Optional)

query

string

Filter the server list result by who locked the server, possible value could be admin or owner.

This parameter is only valid when specified by administrators. If non-admin users specify this parameter, it is ignored.

marker (Optional)

query

string

The ID of the last-seen item. Use the limit parameter to make an initial limited request and use the ID of the last-seen item from the response as the marker parameter value in a subsequent limited request.

name (Optional)

query

string

Filters the response by a server name, as a string. You can use regular expressions in the query. For example, the ?name=bob regular expression returns both bob and bobb. If you must match on only bob, you can use a regular expression that matches the syntax of the underlying database server that is implemented for Compute, such as MySQL or PostgreSQL.

Note

‘display_name’ can also be requested which is alias of ‘name’ but that is not recommended to use as that will be removed in future.

node (Optional)

query

string

Filter the server list result by the node.

This parameter is only valid when specified by administrators. If non-admin users specify this parameter, it is ignored.

power_state (Optional)

query

integer

Filter the server list result by server power state.

Possible values are integer values that is mapped as:

0: NOSTATE
1: RUNNING
3: PAUSED
4: SHUTDOWN
6: CRASHED
7: SUSPENDED

This parameter is restricted to administrators until microversion 2.83. If non-admin users specify this parameter on a microversion less than 2.83, it will be ignored.

progress (Optional)

query

integer

Filter the server list result by the progress of the server. The value could be from 0 to 100 as integer.

This parameter is restricted to administrators until microversion 2.83. If non-admin users specify this parameter on a microversion less than 2.83, it will be ignored.

project_id (Optional)

query

string

Filter the list of servers by the given project ID.

This filter only works when the all_tenants filter is also specified.

Note

‘tenant_id’ can also be requested which is alias of ‘project_id’ but that is not recommended to use as that will be removed in future.

ramdisk_id (Optional)

query

string

Filter the server list result by the UUID of the ramdisk image when using an AMI.

This parameter is only valid when specified by administrators. If non-admin users specify this parameter, it is ignored.

reservation_id (Optional)

query

string

A reservation id as returned by a servers multiple create call.

root_device_name (Optional)

query

string

Filter the server list result by the root device name of the server.

This parameter is only valid when specified by administrators. If non-admin users specify this parameter, it is ignored.

soft_deleted (Optional)

query

boolean

Filter the server list by SOFT_DELETED status. This parameter is only valid when the deleted=True filter parameter is specified.

sort_dir (Optional)

query

string

Sort direction. A valid value is asc (ascending) or desc (descending). Default is desc. You can specify multiple pairs of sort key and sort direction query parameters. If you omit the sort direction in a pair, the API uses the natural sorting direction of the server sort_key attribute.

sort_key (Optional)

query

string

Sorts by a server attribute. Default attribute is created_at. You can specify multiple pairs of sort key and sort direction query parameters. If you omit the sort direction in a pair, the API uses the natural sorting direction of the server sort_key attribute. The sort keys are limited to:

  • access_ip_v4

  • access_ip_v6

  • auto_disk_config

  • availability_zone

  • config_drive

  • created_at

  • display_description

  • display_name

  • host

  • hostname

  • image_ref

  • instance_type_id

  • kernel_id

  • key_name

  • launch_index

  • launched_at

  • locked (New in version 2.73)

  • locked_by

  • node

  • power_state

  • progress

  • project_id

  • ramdisk_id

  • root_device_name

  • task_state

  • terminated_at

  • updated_at

  • user_id

  • uuid

  • vm_state

host and node are only allowed for admin. If non-admin users specify them, a 403 error is returned.

status (Optional)

query

string

Filters the response by a server status, as a string. For example, ACTIVE.

Up to microversion 2.37, an empty list is returned if an invalid status is specified. Starting from microversion 2.38, a 400 error is returned in that case.

task_state (Optional)

query

string

Filter the server list result by task state.

This parameter is restricted to administrators until microversion 2.83. If non-admin users specify this parameter on a microversion less than 2.83, it will be ignored.

terminated_at (Optional)

query

string

Filter the server list result by a date and time stamp when instance was terminated. The date and time stamp format is ISO 8601:

CCYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss±hh:mm

The ±hh:mm value, if included, returns the time zone as an offset from UTC. For example, 2015-08-27T09:49:58-05:00. If you omit the time zone, the UTC time zone is assumed.

This parameter is restricted to administrators until microversion 2.83. If non-admin users specify this parameter on a microversion less than 2.83, it will be ignored.

user_id (Optional)

query

string

Filter the list of servers by the given user ID.

This parameter is restricted to administrators until microversion 2.83. If non-admin users specify this parameter on a microversion less than 2.83, it will be ignored.

uuid (Optional)

query

string

Filter the server list result by the UUID of the server.

This parameter is only valid when specified by administrators. If non-admin users specify this parameter, it is ignored.

vm_state (Optional)

query

string

Filter the server list result by vm state.

The value could be:

  • ACTIVE

  • BUILDING

  • DELETED

  • ERROR

  • PAUSED

  • RESCUED

  • RESIZED

  • SHELVED

  • SHELVED_OFFLOADED

  • SOFT_DELETED

  • STOPPED

  • SUSPENDED

This parameter is restricted to administrators until microversion 2.83. If non-admin users specify this parameter on a microversion less than 2.83, it will be ignored.

not-tags (Optional)

query

string

A list of tags to filter the server list by. Servers that don’t match all tags in this list will be returned. Boolean expression in this case is ‘NOT (t1 AND t2)’. Tags in query must be separated by comma.

New in version 2.26

not-tags-any (Optional)

query

string

A list of tags to filter the server list by. Servers that don’t match any tags in this list will be returned. Boolean expression in this case is ‘NOT (t1 OR t2)’. Tags in query must be separated by comma.

New in version 2.26

tags (Optional)

query

string

A list of tags to filter the server list by. Servers that match all tags in this list will be returned. Boolean expression in this case is ‘t1 AND t2’. Tags in query must be separated by comma.

New in version 2.26

tags-any (Optional)

query

string

A list of tags to filter the server list by. Servers that match any tag in this list will be returned. Boolean expression in this case is ‘t1 OR t2’. Tags in query must be separated by comma.

New in version 2.26

changes-before (Optional)

query

string

Filters the response by a date and time stamp when the server last changed. Those servers that changed before or equal to the specified date and time stamp are returned. To help keep track of changes this may also return recently deleted servers.

The date and time stamp format is ISO 8601:

CCYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss±hh:mm

The ±hh:mm value, if included, returns the time zone as an offset from UTC. For example, 2015-08-27T09:49:58-05:00. If you omit the time zone, the UTC time zone is assumed. When both changes-since and changes-before are specified, the value of the changes-before must be later than or equal to the value of the changes-since otherwise API will return 400.

New in version 2.66

locked (Optional)

query

boolean

Specify the locked query parameter to list all locked or unlocked instances. If the value is specified, 1, t, true, on, y and yes are treated as True. 0, f, false, off, n and no are treated as False. (They are case-insensitive.) Any other value provided will be considered invalid.

New in version 2.73

Response

Name

In

Type

Description

servers

body

array

A list of server objects.

id

body

string

The UUID of the server.

links

body

array

Links to the resources in question. See API Guide / Links and References for more info.

name

body

string

The server name.

servers_links (Optional)

body

array

Links to the next server. It is available when the number of servers exceeds limit parameter or [api]/max_limit in the configuration file. See Paginated collections for more info.

Example List Servers

{
    "servers": [
        {
            "id": "22c91117-08de-4894-9aa9-6ef382400985",
            "links": [
                {
                    "href": "http://openstack.example.com/v2/6f70656e737461636b20342065766572/servers/22c91117-08de-4894-9aa9-6ef382400985",
                    "rel": "self"
                },
                {
                    "href": "http://openstack.example.com/6f70656e737461636b20342065766572/servers/22c91117-08de-4894-9aa9-6ef382400985",
                    "rel": "bookmark"
                }
            ],
            "name": "new-server-test"
        }
    ],
    "servers_links": [
        {
            "href": "http://openstack.example.com/v2.1/6f70656e737461636b20342065766572/servers?limit=1&marker=22c91117-08de-4894-9aa9-6ef382400985",
            "rel": "next"
        }
    ]
}

Example List Servers (2.69)

This is a sample response for the servers from the non-responsive part of the deployment. The responses for the available server records will be normal without any missing keys.

{
    "servers": [
        {
            "id": "2e136db7-b4a4-4815-8a00-25d9bfe59617",
            "status": "UNKNOWN",
            "links": [
                {
                    "href": "http://openstack.example.com/v2.1/6f70656e737461636b20342065766572/servers/2e136db7-b4a4-4815-8a00-25d9bfe59617",
                    "rel": "self"
                },
                {
                    "href": "http://openstack.example.com/6f70656e737461636b20342065766572/servers/2e136db7-b4a4-4815-8a00-25d9bfe59617",
                    "rel": "bookmark"
                }
            ]
        }
    ]
}
POST
/servers

Create Server

Creates a server.

The progress of this operation depends on the location of the requested image, network I/O, host load, selected flavor, and other factors.

To check the progress of the request, make a GET /servers/{id} request. This call returns a progress attribute, which is a percentage value from 0 to 100.

The Location header returns the full URL to the newly created server and is available as a self and bookmark link in the server representation.

When you create a server, the response shows only the server ID, its links, and the admin password. You can get additional attributes through subsequent GET requests on the server.

Include the block_device_mapping_v2 parameter in the create request body to boot a server from a volume.

Include the key_name parameter in the create request body to add a keypair to the server when you create it. To create a keypair, make a create keypair request.

Note

Starting with microversion 2.37 the networks field is required.

Preconditions

  • The user must have sufficient server quota to create the number of servers requested.

  • The connection to the Image service is valid.

Asynchronous postconditions

  • With correct permissions, you can see the server status as ACTIVE through API calls.

  • With correct access, you can see the created server in the compute node that OpenStack Compute manages.

Troubleshooting

  • If the server status remains BUILDING or shows another error status, the request failed. Ensure you meet the preconditions then investigate the compute node.

  • The server is not created in the compute node that OpenStack Compute manages.

  • The compute node needs enough free resource to match the resource of the server creation request.

  • Ensure that the scheduler selection filter can fulfill the request with the available compute nodes that match the selection criteria of the filter.

Normal response codes: 202

Error response codes: badRequest(400), unauthorized(401), forbidden(403), itemNotFound(404), conflict(409)

Request

Name

In

Type

Description

server

body

object

A server object.

flavorRef

body

string

The flavor reference, as an ID (including a UUID) or full URL, for the flavor for your server instance.

name

body

string

The server name.

networks

body

array

A list of network object. Required parameter when there are multiple networks defined for the tenant. When you do not specify the networks parameter, the server attaches to the only network created for the current tenant. Optionally, you can create one or more NICs on the server. To provision the server instance with a NIC for a network, specify the UUID of the network in the uuid attribute in a networks object. To provision the server instance with a NIC for an already existing port, specify the port-id in the port attribute in a networks object.

If multiple networks are defined, the order in which they appear in the guest operating system will not necessarily reflect the order in which they are given in the server boot request. Guests should therefore not depend on device order to deduce any information about their network devices. Instead, device role tags should be used: introduced in 2.32, broken in 2.37, and re-introduced and fixed in 2.42, the tag is an optional, string attribute that can be used to assign a tag to a virtual network interface. This tag is then exposed to the guest in the metadata API and the config drive and is associated to hardware metadata for that network interface, such as bus (ex: PCI), bus address (ex: 0000:00:02.0), and MAC address.

A bug has caused the tag attribute to no longer be accepted starting with version 2.37. Therefore, network interfaces could only be tagged in versions 2.32 to 2.36 inclusively. Version 2.42 has restored the tag attribute.

Starting with microversion 2.37, this field is required and the special string values auto and none can be specified for networks. auto tells the Compute service to use a network that is available to the project, if one exists. If one does not exist, the Compute service will attempt to automatically allocate a network for the project (if possible). none tells the Compute service to not allocate a network for the instance. The auto and none values cannot be used with any other network values, including other network uuids, ports, fixed IPs or device tags. These are requested as strings for the networks value, not in a list. See the associated example.

networks.uuid (Optional)

body

string

To provision the server instance with a NIC for a network, specify the UUID of the network in the uuid attribute in a networks object. Required if you omit the port attribute.

Starting with microversion 2.37, this value is strictly enforced to be in UUID format.

networks.port (Optional)

body

string

To provision the server instance with a NIC for an already existing port, specify the port-id in the port attribute in a networks object. The port status must be DOWN. Required if you omit the uuid attribute. Requested security groups are not applied to pre-existing ports.

networks.fixed_ip (Optional)

body

string

A fixed IPv4 address for the NIC. Valid with a neutron or nova-networks network.

networks.tag (Optional)

body

string

A device role tag that can be applied to a network interface. The guest OS of a server that has devices tagged in this manner can access hardware metadata about the tagged devices from the metadata API and on the config drive, if enabled.

Note

Due to a bug, network interface tags are accepted between 2.32 and 2.36 inclusively, and subsequently starting with version 2.42.

New in version 2.32

accessIPv4 (Optional)

body

string

IPv4 address that should be used to access this server.

accessIPv6 (Optional)

body

string

IPv6 address that should be used to access this server.

adminPass (Optional)

body

string

The administrative password of the server. If you omit this parameter, the operation generates a new password.

availability_zone (Optional)

body

string

The availability zone from which to launch the server. When you provision resources, you specify from which availability zone you want your instance to be built. Typically, an admin user will use availability zones to arrange OpenStack compute hosts into logical groups.

An availability zone provides a form of physical isolation and redundancy from other availability zones. For instance, if some racks in your data center are on a separate power source, you can put servers in those racks in their own availability zone. Availability zones can also help separate different classes of hardware. By segregating resources into availability zones, you can ensure that your application resources are spread across disparate machines to achieve high availability in the event of hardware or other failure. See Availability Zones (AZs) for more information.

You can list the available availability zones by calling the Availability zones (os-availability-zone) API, but you should avoid using the default availability zone when creating the server. The default availability zone is named nova. This AZ is only shown when listing the availability zones as an admin.

block_device_mapping_v2 (Optional)

body

array

Enables fine grained control of the block device mapping for an instance. This is typically used for booting servers from volumes. An example format would look as follows:

"block_device_mapping_v2": [{
    "boot_index": "0",
    "uuid": "ac408821-c95a-448f-9292-73986c790911",
    "source_type": "image",
    "volume_size": "25",
    "destination_type": "volume",
    "delete_on_termination": true,
    "tag": "disk1",
    "disk_bus": "scsi"}]

In microversion 2.32, tag is an optional string attribute that can be used to assign a tag to the block device. This tag is then exposed to the guest in the metadata API and the config drive and is associated to hardware metadata for that block device, such as bus (ex: SCSI), bus address (ex: 1:0:2:0), and serial.

A bug has caused the tag attribute to no longer be accepted starting with version 2.33. It has been restored in version 2.42.

block_device_mapping_v2.boot_index

body

integer

Defines the order in which a hypervisor tries devices when it attempts to boot the guest from storage. Give each device a unique boot index starting from 0. To disable a device from booting, set the boot index to a negative value or use the default boot index value, which is None. The simplest usage is, set the boot index of the boot device to 0 and use the default boot index value, None, for any other devices. Some hypervisors might not support booting from multiple devices; these hypervisors consider only the device with a boot index of 0. Some hypervisors support booting from multiple devices but only if the devices are of different types. For example, a disk and CD-ROM.

block_device_mapping_v2.delete_on_termination (Optional)

body

boolean

To delete the boot volume when the server is destroyed, specify true. Otherwise, specify false. Default: false

block_device_mapping_v2.destination_type (Optional)

body

string

Defines where the block device mapping will reside. Valid values are:

  • local: The ephemeral disk resides local to the compute host on which the server runs

  • volume: The persistent volume is stored in the block storage service

block_device_mapping_v2.device_name (Optional)

body

string

A path to the device for the volume that you want to use to boot the server. Note that as of the 12.0.0 Liberty release, the Nova libvirt driver no longer honors a user-supplied device name. This is the same behavior as if the device name parameter is not supplied on the request.

block_device_mapping_v2.device_type (Optional)

body

string

The device type. For example, disk, cdrom.

block_device_mapping_v2.disk_bus (Optional)

body

string

Disk bus type, some hypervisors (currently only libvirt) support specify this parameter. Some example disk_bus values can be: fdc, ide, sata, scsi, usb, virtio, xen, lxc and uml. Support for each bus type depends on the virtualization driver and underlying hypervisor.

block_device_mapping_v2.guest_format (Optional)

body

string

Specifies the guest server disk file system format, such as ext2, ext3, ext4, xfs or swap.

Swap block device mappings have the following restrictions:

  • The source_type must be blank

  • The destination_type must be local

  • There can only be one swap disk per server

  • The size of the swap disk must be less than or equal to the swap size of the flavor

block_device_mapping_v2.no_device (Optional)

body

boolean

It is no device if True.

block_device_mapping_v2.source_type (Optional)

body

string

The source type of the block device. Valid values are:

  • blank: Depending on the destination_type and guest_format, this will either be a blank persistent volume or an ephemeral (or swap) disk local to the compute host on which the server resides

  • image: This is only valid with destination_type=volume; creates an image-backed volume in the block storage service and attaches it to the server

  • snapshot: This is only valid with destination_type=volume; creates a volume backed by the given volume snapshot referenced via the block_device_mapping_v2.uuid parameter and attaches it to the server

  • volume: This is only valid with destination_type=volume; uses the existing persistent volume referenced via the block_device_mapping_v2.uuid parameter and attaches it to the server

This parameter is required unless block_device_mapping_v2.no_device is specified.

See Block Device Mapping in Nova for more details on valid source and destination types.

block_device_mapping_v2.uuid (Optional)

body

string

This is the uuid of source resource. The uuid points to different resources based on the source_type. For example, if source_type is image, the block device is created based on the specified image which is retrieved from the image service. Similarly, if source_type is snapshot then the uuid refers to a volume snapshot in the block storage service. If source_type is volume then the uuid refers to a volume in the block storage service.

block_device_mapping_v2.volume_size (Optional)

body

integer

The size of the volume (in GiB). This is integer value from range 1 to 2147483647 which can be requested as integer and string. This parameter must be specified in the following cases:

  • An image to volume case

    • block_device_mapping_v2.source_type is image

    • block_device_mapping_v2.destination_type is volume

  • A blank to volume case

    • block_device_mapping_v2.source_type is blank

    • block_device_mapping_v2.destination_type is volume

block_device_mapping_v2.tag (Optional)

body

string

A device role tag that can be applied to a block device. The guest OS of a server that has devices tagged in this manner can access hardware metadata about the tagged devices from the metadata API and on the config drive, if enabled.

Note

Due to a bug, block device tags are accepted in version 2.32 and subsequently starting with version 2.42.

New in version 2.32

block_device_mapping_v2.volume_type (Optional)

body

string

The device volume_type. This can be used to specify the type of volume which the compute service will create and attach to the server. If not specified, the block storage service will provide a default volume type. See the block storage volume types API for more details. There are some restrictions on volume_type:

  • It can be a volume type ID or name.

  • It is only supported with source_type of blank, image or snapshot.

  • It is only supported with destination_type of volume.

New in version 2.67

config_drive (Optional)

body

boolean

Indicates whether a config drive enables metadata injection. The config_drive setting provides information about a drive that the instance can mount at boot time. The instance reads files from the drive to get information that is normally available through the metadata service. This metadata is different from the user data. Not all cloud providers enable the config_drive. Read more in the OpenStack End User Guide.

imageRef (Optional)

body

string

The UUID of the image to use for your server instance. This is not required in case of boot from volume. In all other cases it is required and must be a valid UUID otherwise API will return 400.

key_name (Optional)

body

string

Key pair name.

Note

The null value was allowed in the Nova legacy v2 API, but due to strict input validation, it is not allowed in the Nova v2.1 API.

metadata (Optional)

body

object

Metadata key and value pairs. The maximum size of the metadata key and value is 255 bytes each.

OS-DCF:diskConfig (Optional)

body

string

Controls how the API partitions the disk when you create, rebuild, or resize servers. A server inherits the OS-DCF:diskConfig value from the image from which it was created, and an image inherits the OS-DCF:diskConfig value from the server from which it was created. To override the inherited setting, you can include this attribute in the request body of a server create, rebuild, or resize request. If the OS-DCF:diskConfig value for an image is MANUAL, you cannot create a server from that image and set its OS-DCF:diskConfig value to AUTO. A valid value is:

  • AUTO. The API builds the server with a single partition the size of the target flavor disk. The API automatically adjusts the file system to fit the entire partition.

  • MANUAL. The API builds the server by using whatever partition scheme and file system is in the source image. If the target flavor disk is larger, the API does not partition the remaining disk space.

personality (Optional)

body

array

The file path and contents, text only, to inject into the server at launch. The maximum size of the file path data is 255 bytes. The maximum limit is the number of allowed bytes in the decoded, rather than encoded, data.

Available until version 2.56

security_groups (Optional)

body

array

One or more security groups. Specify the name of the security group in the name attribute. If you omit this attribute, the API creates the server in the default security group. Requested security groups are not applied to pre-existing ports.

user_data (Optional)

body

string

Configuration information or scripts to use upon launch. Must be Base64 encoded. Restricted to 65535 bytes.

Note

The null value allowed in Nova legacy v2 API, but due to the strict input validation, it isn’t allowed in Nova v2.1 API.

description (Optional)

body

string

A free form description of the server. Limited to 255 characters in length. Before microversion 2.19 this was set to the server name.

New in version 2.19

hostname (Optional)

body

string

The hostname to configure for the instance in the metadata service.

Starting with microversion 2.94, this can be a Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN) of up to 255 characters in length.

Note

This information is published via the metadata service and requires application such as cloud-init to propagate it through to the instance.

New in version 2.90

tags (Optional)

body

array

A list of tags. Tags have the following restrictions:

  • Tag is a Unicode bytestring no longer than 60 characters.

  • Tag is a non-empty string.

  • ‘/’ is not allowed to be in a tag name

  • Comma is not allowed to be in a tag name in order to simplify requests that specify lists of tags

  • All other characters are allowed to be in a tag name

  • Each server can have up to 50 tags.

New in version 2.52

trusted_image_certificates (Optional)

body

array

A list of trusted certificate IDs, which are used during image signature verification to verify the signing certificate. The list is restricted to a maximum of 50 IDs. This parameter is optional in server create requests if allowed by policy, and is not supported for volume-backed instances.

New in version 2.63

host (Optional)

body

string

The name of the compute service host on which the server is to be created. The API will return 400 if no compute services are found with the given host name. By default, it can be specified by administrators only.

New in version 2.74

hypervisor_hostname (Optional)

body

string

The hostname of the hypervisor on which the server is to be created. The API will return 400 if no hypervisors are found with the given hostname. By default, it can be specified by administrators only.

New in version 2.74

os:scheduler_hints (Optional)

body

object

The dictionary of data to send to the scheduler. Alternatively, you can specify OS-SCH-HNT:scheduler_hints as the key in the request body.

Note

This is a top-level key in the request body, not part of the server portion of the request body.

There are a few caveats with scheduler hints:

  • The request validation schema is per hint. For example, some require a single string value, and some accept a list of values.

  • Hints are only used based on the cloud scheduler configuration, which varies per deployment.

  • Hints are pluggable per deployment, meaning that a cloud can have custom hints which may not be available in another cloud.

For these reasons, it is important to consult each cloud’s user documentation to know what is available for scheduler hints.

os:scheduler_hints.build_near_host_ip (Optional)

body

string

Schedule the server on a host in the network specified with this parameter and a cidr (os:scheduler_hints.cidr). It is available when SimpleCIDRAffinityFilter is available on cloud side.

os:scheduler_hints.cidr (Optional)

body

string

Schedule the server on a host in the network specified with an IP address (os:scheduler_hints:build_near_host_ip) and this parameter. If os:scheduler_hints:build_near_host_ip is specified and this parameter is omitted, /24 is used. It is available when SimpleCIDRAffinityFilter is available on cloud side.

os:scheduler_hints.different_cell (Optional)

body

array

A list of cell routes or a cell route (string). Schedule the server in a cell that is not specified. It is available when DifferentCellFilter is available on cloud side that is cell v1 environment.

os:scheduler_hints.different_host (Optional)

body

array

A list of server UUIDs or a server UUID. Schedule the server on a different host from a set of servers. It is available when DifferentHostFilter is available on cloud side.

os:scheduler_hints.group (Optional)

body

string

The server group UUID. Schedule the server according to a policy of the server group (anti-affinity, affinity, soft-anti-affinity or soft-affinity). It is available when ServerGroupAffinityFilter, ServerGroupAntiAffinityFilter, ServerGroupSoftAntiAffinityWeigher, ServerGroupSoftAffinityWeigher are available on cloud side.

os:scheduler_hints.query (Optional)

body

string

Schedule the server by using a custom filter in JSON format. For example:

"query": "[\">=\",\"$free_ram_mb\",1024]"

It is available when JsonFilter is available on cloud side.

os:scheduler_hints.same_host (Optional)

body

array

A list of server UUIDs or a server UUID. Schedule the server on the same host as another server in a set of servers. It is available when SameHostFilter is available on cloud side.

os:scheduler_hints.target_cell (Optional)

body

string

A target cell name. Schedule the server in a host in the cell specified. It is available when TargetCellFilter is available on cloud side that is cell v1 environment.

Example Create Server

{
    "server" : {
        "accessIPv4": "1.2.3.4",
        "accessIPv6": "80fe::",
        "name" : "new-server-test",
        "imageRef" : "70a599e0-31e7-49b7-b260-868f441e862b",
        "flavorRef" : "1",
        "availability_zone": "us-west",
        "OS-DCF:diskConfig": "AUTO",
        "metadata" : {
            "My Server Name" : "Apache1"
        },
        "personality": [
            {
                "path": "/etc/banner.txt",
                "contents": "ICAgICAgDQoiQSBjbG91ZCBkb2VzIG5vdCBrbm93IHdoeSBp dCBtb3ZlcyBpbiBqdXN0IHN1Y2ggYSBkaXJlY3Rpb24gYW5k IGF0IHN1Y2ggYSBzcGVlZC4uLkl0IGZlZWxzIGFuIGltcHVs c2lvbi4uLnRoaXMgaXMgdGhlIHBsYWNlIHRvIGdvIG5vdy4g QnV0IHRoZSBza3kga25vd3MgdGhlIHJlYXNvbnMgYW5kIHRo ZSBwYXR0ZXJucyBiZWhpbmQgYWxsIGNsb3VkcywgYW5kIHlv dSB3aWxsIGtub3csIHRvbywgd2hlbiB5b3UgbGlmdCB5b3Vy c2VsZiBoaWdoIGVub3VnaCB0byBzZWUgYmV5b25kIGhvcml6 b25zLiINCg0KLVJpY2hhcmQgQmFjaA=="
            }
        ],
        "security_groups": [
            {
                "name": "default"
            }
        ],
        "user_data" : "IyEvYmluL2Jhc2gKL2Jpbi9zdQplY2hvICJJIGFtIGluIHlvdSEiCg=="
    },
    "OS-SCH-HNT:scheduler_hints": {
        "same_host": "48e6a9f6-30af-47e0-bc04-acaed113bb4e"
    }
}

Example Create Server With Networks(array) and Block Device Mapping V2 (v2.32)

{
    "server" : {
        "name" : "device-tagging-server",
        "flavorRef" : "http://openstack.example.com/flavors/1",
        "networks" : [{
            "uuid" : "3cb9bc59-5699-4588-a4b1-b87f96708bc6",
            "tag": "nic1"
        }],
        "block_device_mapping_v2": [{
            "uuid": "70a599e0-31e7-49b7-b260-868f441e862b",
            "source_type": "image",
            "destination_type": "volume",
            "boot_index": 0,
            "volume_size": "1",
            "tag": "disk1"
        }]
    }
}

Example Create Server With Automatic Networking (v2.37)

{
    "server": {
        "name": "auto-allocate-network",
        "imageRef": "70a599e0-31e7-49b7-b260-868f441e862b",
        "flavorRef": "http://openstack.example.com/flavors/1",
        "networks": "auto"
    }
}

Example Create Server With Trusted Image Certificates (v2.63)

{
    "server" : {
        "accessIPv4": "1.2.3.4",
        "accessIPv6": "80fe::",
        "name" : "new-server-test",
        "imageRef" : "70a599e0-31e7-49b7-b260-868f441e862b",
        "flavorRef" : "6",
        "availability_zone": "%(availability_zone)s",
        "OS-DCF:diskConfig": "AUTO",
        "metadata" : {
            "My Server Name" : "Apache1"
        },
        "security_groups": [
            {
                "name": "default"
            }
        ],
        "user_data" : "IyEvYmluL2Jhc2gKL2Jpbi9zdQplY2hvICJJIGFtIGluIHlvdSEiCg==",
        "networks": "auto",
        "trusted_image_certificates": [
            "0b5d2c72-12cc-4ba6-a8d7-3ff5cc1d8cb8",
            "674736e3-f25c-405c-8362-bbf991e0ce0a"
        ]
    },
    "OS-SCH-HNT:scheduler_hints": {
        "same_host": "[0-9a-f]{8}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{12}"
    }
}

Example Create Server With Host and Hypervisor Hostname (v2.74)

{
    "server" : {
        "adminPass": "MySecretPass",
        "accessIPv4": "1.2.3.4",
        "accessIPv6": "80fe::",
        "name" : "new-server-test",
        "imageRef" : "70a599e0-31e7-49b7-b260-868f441e862b",
        "flavorRef" : "6",
        "OS-DCF:diskConfig": "AUTO",
        "metadata" : {
            "My Server Name" : "Apache1"
        },
        "security_groups": [
            {
                "name": "default"
            }
        ],
        "user_data" : "IyEvYmluL2Jhc2gKL2Jpbi9zdQplY2hvICJJIGFtIGluIHlvdSEiCg==",
        "networks": "auto",
        "host": "openstack-node-01",
        "hypervisor_hostname": "openstack-node-01"
    }
}

Example Create Server With Hostname (v2.90)

{
    "server" : {
        "accessIPv4": "1.2.3.4",
        "accessIPv6": "80fe::",
        "name" : "new-server-test",
        "imageRef" : "70a599e0-31e7-49b7-b260-868f441e862b",
        "flavorRef" : "1",
        "availability_zone": "us-west",
        "OS-DCF:diskConfig": "AUTO",
        "hostname": "custom-hostname",
        "metadata" : {
            "My Server Name" : "Apache1"
        },
        "personality": [
            {
                "path": "/etc/banner.txt",
                "contents": "ICAgICAgDQoiQSBjbG91ZCBkb2VzIG5vdCBrbm93IHdoeSBp dCBtb3ZlcyBpbiBqdXN0IHN1Y2ggYSBkaXJlY3Rpb24gYW5k IGF0IHN1Y2ggYSBzcGVlZC4uLkl0IGZlZWxzIGFuIGltcHVs c2lvbi4uLnRoaXMgaXMgdGhlIHBsYWNlIHRvIGdvIG5vdy4g QnV0IHRoZSBza3kga25vd3MgdGhlIHJlYXNvbnMgYW5kIHRo ZSBwYXR0ZXJucyBiZWhpbmQgYWxsIGNsb3VkcywgYW5kIHlv dSB3aWxsIGtub3csIHRvbywgd2hlbiB5b3UgbGlmdCB5b3Vy c2VsZiBoaWdoIGVub3VnaCB0byBzZWUgYmV5b25kIGhvcml6 b25zLiINCg0KLVJpY2hhcmQgQmFjaA=="
            }
        ],
        "security_groups": [
            {
                "name": "default"
            }
        ],
        "user_data" : "IyEvYmluL2Jhc2gKL2Jpbi9zdQplY2hvICJJIGFtIGluIHlvdSEiCg=="
    },
    "OS-SCH-HNT:scheduler_hints": {
        "same_host": "48e6a9f6-30af-47e0-bc04-acaed113bb4e"
    }
}

Example Create Server With FQDN in Hostname (v2.94)

{
    "server" : {
        "accessIPv4": "1.2.3.4",
        "accessIPv6": "80fe::",
        "name" : "new-server-test",
        "imageRef" : "70a599e0-31e7-49b7-b260-868f441e862b",
        "flavorRef" : "1",
        "availability_zone": "us-west",
        "OS-DCF:diskConfig": "AUTO",
        "hostname": "custom-hostname.example.com",
        "metadata" : {
            "My Server Name" : "Apache1"
        },
        "personality": [
            {
                "path": "/etc/banner.txt",
                "contents": "ICAgICAgDQoiQSBjbG91ZCBkb2VzIG5vdCBrbm93IHdoeSBp dCBtb3ZlcyBpbiBqdXN0IHN1Y2ggYSBkaXJlY3Rpb24gYW5k IGF0IHN1Y2ggYSBzcGVlZC4uLkl0IGZlZWxzIGFuIGltcHVs c2lvbi4uLnRoaXMgaXMgdGhlIHBsYWNlIHRvIGdvIG5vdy4g QnV0IHRoZSBza3kga25vd3MgdGhlIHJlYXNvbnMgYW5kIHRo ZSBwYXR0ZXJucyBiZWhpbmQgYWxsIGNsb3VkcywgYW5kIHlv dSB3aWxsIGtub3csIHRvbywgd2hlbiB5b3UgbGlmdCB5b3Vy c2VsZiBoaWdoIGVub3VnaCB0byBzZWUgYmV5b25kIGhvcml6 b25zLiINCg0KLVJpY2hhcmQgQmFjaA=="
            }
        ],
        "security_groups": [
            {
                "name": "default"
            }
        ],
        "user_data" : "IyEvYmluL2Jhc2gKL2Jpbi9zdQplY2hvICJJIGFtIGluIHlvdSEiCg=="
    },
    "OS-SCH-HNT:scheduler_hints": {
        "same_host": "48e6a9f6-30af-47e0-bc04-acaed113bb4e"
    }
}

Response

Name

In

Type

Description

Location

header

string

The location URL of the server, HTTP header “Location: <server location URL>” will be returned.

server

body

object

A server object.

id

body

string

The UUID of the server.

links

body

array

Links to the resources in question. See API Guide / Links and References for more info.

OS-DCF:diskConfig

body

string

Disk configuration. The value is either:

  • AUTO. The API builds the server with a single partition the size of the target flavor disk. The API automatically adjusts the file system to fit the entire partition.

  • MANUAL. The API builds the server by using the partition scheme and file system that is in the source image. If the target flavor disk is larger, The API does not partition the remaining disk space.

security_groups

body

array

One or more security groups objects.

security_groups.name

body

string

The security group name.

adminPass (Optional)

body

string

The administrative password for the server. If you set enable_instance_password configuration option to False, the API wouldn’t return the adminPass field in response.

Example Create Server

{
    "server": {
        "OS-DCF:diskConfig": "AUTO",
        "adminPass": "6NpUwoz2QDRN",
        "id": "f5dc173b-6804-445a-a6d8-c705dad5b5eb",
        "links": [
            {
                "href": "http://openstack.example.com/v2/6f70656e737461636b20342065766572/servers/f5dc173b-6804-445a-a6d8-c705dad5b5eb",
                "rel": "self"
            },
            {
                "href": "http://openstack.example.com/6f70656e737461636b20342065766572/servers/f5dc173b-6804-445a-a6d8-c705dad5b5eb",
                "rel": "bookmark"
            }
        ],
        "security_groups": [
            {
                "name": "default"
            }
        ]
    }
}
POST
/servers

Create Multiple Servers

There is a second kind of create call which can build multiple servers at once. This supports all the same parameters as create with a few additional attributes specific to multiple create.

Error handling for multiple create is not as consistent as for single server create, and there is no guarantee that all the servers will be built. This call should generally be avoided in favor of clients doing direct individual server creates.

Request (Additional Parameters)

These are the parameters beyond single create that are supported.

Name

In

Type

Description

name

body

string

A base name for creating unique names during multiple create.

min_count (Optional)

body

integer

The min number of servers to be created. Defaults to 1.

max_count (Optional)

body

integer

The max number of servers to be created. Defaults to the value of min_count.

return_reservation_id (Optional)

body

boolean

Set to True to request that the response return a reservation ID instead of instance information. Default is False.

Example Multiple Create with reservation ID

{
    "server": {
        "name": "new-server-test",
        "imageRef": "70a599e0-31e7-49b7-b260-868f441e862b",
        "flavorRef": "1",
        "metadata": {
            "My Server Name": "Apache1"
        },
        "return_reservation_id": "True",
        "min_count": "2",
        "max_count": "3"
    }
}

Response

Name

In

Type

Description

reservation_id

body

string

The reservation id for the server. This is an id that can be useful in tracking groups of servers created with multiple create, that will all have the same reservation_id.

If return_reservation_id is set to true only the reservation_id will be returned. This can be used as a filter with list servers detailed to see the status of all the servers being built.

Example Create multiple servers with reservation ID

{
    "reservation_id": "r-3fhpjulh"
}

If return_reservation_id is set to false a representation of the first server will be returned.

Example Create multiple servers without reservation ID

{
    "server": {
        "OS-DCF:diskConfig": "AUTO",
        "adminPass": "wfksH3GTTseP",
        "id": "440cf918-3ee0-4143-b289-f63e1d2000e6",
        "links": [
            {
                "href": "http://openstack.example.com/v2/6f70656e737461636b20342065766572/servers/440cf918-3ee0-4143-b289-f63e1d2000e6",
                "rel": "self"
            },
            {
                "href": "http://openstack.example.com/6f70656e737461636b20342065766572/servers/440cf918-3ee0-4143-b289-f63e1d2000e6",
                "rel": "bookmark"
            }
        ],
        "security_groups": [
            {
                "name": "default"
            }
        ]
    }
}
GET
/servers/detail

List Servers Detailed

For each server, shows server details including config drive, extended status, and server usage information.

The extended status information appears in the OS-EXT-STS:vm_state, OS-EXT-STS:power_state, and OS-EXT-STS:task_state attributes.

The server usage information appears in the OS-SRV-USG:launched_at and OS-SRV-USG:terminated_at attributes.

HostId is unique per account and is not globally unique.

Note

Starting with microversion 2.69 if server details cannot be loaded due to a transient condition in the deployment like infrastructure failure, the response body for those unavailable servers will be missing keys. See handling down cells section of the Compute API guide for more information on the keys that would be returned in the partial constructs.

Normal response codes: 200

Error response codes: badRequest(400), unauthorized(401), forbidden(403)

Request

Name

In

Type

Description

access_ip_v4 (Optional)

query

string

Filter server list result by IPv4 address that should be used to access the server.

access_ip_v6 (Optional)

query

string

Filter server list result by IPv6 address that should be used to access the server.

all_tenants (Optional)

query

boolean

Specify the all_tenants query parameter to list all instances for all projects. By default this is only allowed by administrators. If this parameter is specified without a value, the value defaults to True. If the value is specified, 1, t, true, on, y and yes are treated as True. 0, f, false, off, n and no are treated as False. (They are case-insensitive.)

auto_disk_config (Optional)

query

string

Filter the server list result by the disk_config setting of the server, Valid values are:

  • AUTO

  • MANUAL

This parameter is only valid when specified by administrators. If non-admin users specify this parameter, it is ignored.

availability_zone (Optional)

query

string

Filter the server list result by server availability zone.

This parameter is restricted to administrators until microversion 2.83. If non-admin users specify this parameter on a microversion less than 2.83, it will be ignored.

changes-since (Optional)

query

string

Filters the response by a date and time stamp when the server last changed status. To help keep track of changes this may also return recently deleted servers.

The date and time stamp format is ISO 8601:

CCYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss±hh:mm

The ±hh:mm value, if included, returns the time zone as an offset from UTC. For example, 2015-08-27T09:49:58-05:00. If you omit the time zone, the UTC time zone is assumed. When both changes-since and changes-before are specified, the value of the changes-since must be earlier than or equal to the value of the changes-before otherwise API will return 400.

config_drive (Optional)

query

string

Filter the server list result by the config drive setting of the server.

This parameter is restricted to administrators until microversion 2.83. If non-admin users specify this parameter on a microversion less than 2.83, it will be ignored.

created_at (Optional)

query

string

Filter the server list result by a date and time stamp when server was created.

The date and time stamp format is ISO 8601:

CCYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss±hh:mm

The ±hh:mm value, if included, returns the time zone as an offset from UTC. For example, 2015-08-27T09:49:58-05:00. If you omit the time zone, the UTC time zone is assumed.

This parameter is restricted to administrators until microversion 2.83. If non-admin users specify this parameter on a microversion less than 2.83, it will be ignored.

deleted (Optional)

query

boolean

Show deleted items only. In some circumstances deleted items will still be accessible via the backend database, however there is no contract on how long, so this parameter should be used with caution. 1, t, true, on, y and yes are treated as True (case-insensitive). Other than them are treated as False.

This parameter is only valid when specified by administrators. If non-admin users specify this parameter, it is ignored.

description (Optional)

query

string

Filter the server list result by description.

This parameter is only valid when specified by administrators. If non-admin users specify this parameter, it is ignored.

Note

display_description can also be requested which is alias of description but that is not recommended to use as that will be removed in future.

flavor (Optional)

query

string

Filters the response by a flavor, as a UUID. A flavor is a combination of memory, disk size, and CPUs.

host (Optional)

query

string

Filter the server list result by the host name of compute node.

This parameter is only valid when specified by administrators. If non-admin users specify this parameter, it is ignored.

hostname (Optional)

query

string

Filter the server list result by the host name of server.

This parameter is only valid when specified by administrators until microversion 2.90, after which it can be specified by all users. If non-admin users specify this parameter before microversion 2.90, it is ignored.

image (Optional)

query

string

Filters the response by an image, as a UUID.

Note

‘image_ref’ can also be requested which is alias of ‘image’ but that is not recommended to use as that will be removed in future.

ip (Optional)

query

string

An IPv4 address to filter results by.

ip6 (Optional)

query

string

An IPv6 address to filter results by.

Up to microversion 2.4, this parameter is only valid when specified by administrators. If non-admin users specify this parameter, it is ignored. Starting from microversion 2.5, this parameter is valid for no-admin users as well as administrators.

kernel_id (Optional)

query

string

Filter the server list result by the UUID of the kernel image when using an AMI.

This parameter is only valid when specified by administrators. If non-admin users specify this parameter, it is ignored.

key_name (Optional)

query

string

Filter the server list result by keypair name.

This parameter is restricted to administrators until microversion 2.83. If non-admin users specify this parameter on a microversion less than 2.83, it will be ignored.

launch_index (Optional)

query

integer

Filter the server list result by the sequence in which the servers were launched.

This parameter is only valid when specified by administrators. If non-admin users specify this parameter, it is ignored.

launched_at (Optional)

query

string

Filter the server list result by a date and time stamp when the instance was launched. The date and time stamp format is ISO 8601:

CCYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss±hh:mm

The ±hh:mm value, if included, returns the time zone as an offset from UTC. For example, 2015-08-27T09:49:58-05:00. If you omit the time zone, the UTC time zone is assumed.

This parameter is restricted to administrators until microversion 2.83. If non-admin users specify this parameter on a microversion less than 2.83, it will be ignored.

limit (Optional)

query

integer

Requests a page size of items. Returns a number of items up to a limit value. Use the limit parameter to make an initial limited request and use the ID of the last-seen item from the response as the marker parameter value in a subsequent limited request.

locked_by (Optional)

query

string

Filter the server list result by who locked the server, possible value could be admin or owner.

This parameter is only valid when specified by administrators. If non-admin users specify this parameter, it is ignored.

marker (Optional)

query

string

The ID of the last-seen item. Use the limit parameter to make an initial limited request and use the ID of the last-seen item from the response as the marker parameter value in a subsequent limited request.

name (Optional)

query

string

Filters the response by a server name, as a string. You can use regular expressions in the query. For example, the ?name=bob regular expression returns both bob and bobb. If you must match on only bob, you can use a regular expression that matches the syntax of the underlying database server that is implemented for Compute, such as MySQL or PostgreSQL.

Note

‘display_name’ can also be requested which is alias of ‘name’ but that is not recommended to use as that will be removed in future.

node (Optional)

query

string

Filter the server list result by the node.

This parameter is only valid when specified by administrators. If non-admin users specify this parameter, it is ignored.

power_state (Optional)

query

integer

Filter the server list result by server power state.

Possible values are integer values that is mapped as:

0: NOSTATE
1: RUNNING
3: PAUSED
4: SHUTDOWN
6: CRASHED
7: SUSPENDED

This parameter is restricted to administrators until microversion 2.83. If non-admin users specify this parameter on a microversion less than 2.83, it will be ignored.

progress (Optional)

query

integer

Filter the server list result by the progress of the server. The value could be from 0 to 100 as integer.

This parameter is restricted to administrators until microversion 2.83. If non-admin users specify this parameter on a microversion less than 2.83, it will be ignored.

project_id (Optional)

query

string

Filter the list of servers by the given project ID.

This filter only works when the all_tenants filter is also specified.

Note

‘tenant_id’ can also be requested which is alias of ‘project_id’ but that is not recommended to use as that will be removed in future.

ramdisk_id (Optional)

query

string

Filter the server list result by the UUID of the ramdisk image when using an AMI.

This parameter is only valid when specified by administrators. If non-admin users specify this parameter, it is ignored.

reservation_id (Optional)

query

string

A reservation id as returned by a servers multiple create call.

root_device_name (Optional)

query

string

Filter the server list result by the root device name of the server.

This parameter is only valid when specified by administrators. If non-admin users specify this parameter, it is ignored.

soft_deleted (Optional)

query

boolean

Filter the server list by SOFT_DELETED status. This parameter is only valid when the deleted=True filter parameter is specified.

sort_dir (Optional)

query

string

Sort direction. A valid value is asc (ascending) or desc (descending). Default is desc. You can specify multiple pairs of sort key and sort direction query parameters. If you omit the sort direction in a pair, the API uses the natural sorting direction of the server sort_key attribute.

sort_key (Optional)

query

string

Sorts by a server attribute. Default attribute is created_at. You can specify multiple pairs of sort key and sort direction query parameters. If you omit the sort direction in a pair, the API uses the natural sorting direction of the server sort_key attribute. The sort keys are limited to:

  • access_ip_v4

  • access_ip_v6

  • auto_disk_config

  • availability_zone

  • config_drive

  • created_at

  • display_description

  • display_name

  • host

  • hostname

  • image_ref

  • instance_type_id

  • kernel_id

  • key_name

  • launch_index

  • launched_at

  • locked (New in version 2.73)

  • locked_by

  • node

  • power_state

  • progress

  • project_id

  • ramdisk_id

  • root_device_name

  • task_state

  • terminated_at

  • updated_at

  • user_id

  • uuid

  • vm_state

host and node are only allowed for admin. If non-admin users specify them, a 403 error is returned.

status (Optional)

query

string

Filters the response by a server status, as a string. For example, ACTIVE.

Up to microversion 2.37, an empty list is returned if an invalid status is specified. Starting from microversion 2.38, a 400 error is returned in that case.

task_state (Optional)

query

string

Filter the server list result by task state.

This parameter is restricted to administrators until microversion 2.83. If non-admin users specify this parameter on a microversion less than 2.83, it will be ignored.

terminated_at (Optional)

query

string

Filter the server list result by a date and time stamp when instance was terminated. The date and time stamp format is ISO 8601:

CCYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss±hh:mm

The ±hh:mm value, if included, returns the time zone as an offset from UTC. For example, 2015-08-27T09:49:58-05:00. If you omit the time zone, the UTC time zone is assumed.

This parameter is restricted to administrators until microversion 2.83. If non-admin users specify this parameter on a microversion less than 2.83, it will be ignored.

user_id (Optional)

query

string

Filter the list of servers by the given user ID.

This parameter is restricted to administrators until microversion 2.83. If non-admin users specify this parameter on a microversion less than 2.83, it will be ignored.

uuid (Optional)

query

string

Filter the server list result by the UUID of the server.

This parameter is only valid when specified by administrators. If non-admin users specify this parameter, it is ignored.

vm_state (Optional)

query

string

Filter the server list result by vm state.

The value could be:

  • ACTIVE

  • BUILDING

  • DELETED

  • ERROR

  • PAUSED

  • RESCUED

  • RESIZED

  • SHELVED

  • SHELVED_OFFLOADED

  • SOFT_DELETED

  • STOPPED

  • SUSPENDED

This parameter is restricted to administrators until microversion 2.83. If non-admin users specify this parameter on a microversion less than 2.83, it will be ignored.

not-tags (Optional)

query

string

A list of tags to filter the server list by. Servers that don’t match all tags in this list will be returned. Boolean expression in this case is ‘NOT (t1 AND t2)’. Tags in query must be separated by comma.

New in version 2.26

not-tags-any (Optional)

query

string

A list of tags to filter the server list by. Servers that don’t match any tags in this list will be returned. Boolean expression in this case is ‘NOT (t1 OR t2)’. Tags in query must be separated by comma.

New in version 2.26

tags (Optional)

query

string

A list of tags to filter the server list by. Servers that match all tags in this list will be returned. Boolean expression in this case is ‘t1 AND t2’. Tags in query must be separated by comma.

New in version 2.26

tags-any (Optional)

query

string

A list of tags to filter the server list by. Servers that match any tag in this list will be returned. Boolean expression in this case is ‘t1 OR t2’. Tags in query must be separated by comma.

New in version 2.26

changes-before (Optional)

query

string

Filters the response by a date and time stamp when the server last changed. Those servers that changed before or equal to the specified date and time stamp are returned. To help keep track of changes this may also return recently deleted servers.

The date and time stamp format is ISO 8601:

CCYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss±hh:mm

The ±hh:mm value, if included, returns the time zone as an offset from UTC. For example, 2015-08-27T09:49:58-05:00. If you omit the time zone, the UTC time zone is assumed. When both changes-since and changes-before are specified, the value of the changes-before must be later than or equal to the value of the changes-since otherwise API will return 400.

New in version 2.66

locked (Optional)

query

boolean

Specify the locked query parameter to list all locked or unlocked instances. If the value is specified, 1, t, true, on, y and yes are treated as True. 0, f, false, off, n and no are treated as False. (They are case-insensitive.) Any other value provided will be considered invalid.

New in version 2.73

Response

Name

In

Type

Description

servers

body

array

A list of server objects.

accessIPv4

body

string

IPv4 address that should be used to access this server. May be automatically set by the provider.

accessIPv6

body

string

IPv6 address that should be used to access this server. May be automatically set by the provider.

addresses

body

object

The addresses for the server. Servers with status BUILD hide their addresses information. This view is not updated immediately. Please consult with OpenStack Networking API for up-to-date information.

config_drive

body

string

Indicates whether or not a config drive was used for this server. The value is True or an empty string. An empty string stands for False.

created

body

string

The date and time when the resource was created. The date and time stamp format is ISO 8601

CCYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss±hh:mm

For example, 2015-08-27T09:49:58-05:00. The ±hh:mm value, if included, is the time zone as an offset from UTC. In the previous example, the offset value is -05:00.

flavor

body

object

Before microversion 2.47 this contains the ID and links for the flavor used to boot the server instance. This can be an empty object in case flavor information is no longer present in the system.

As of microversion 2.47 this contains a subset of the actual flavor information used to create the server instance, represented as a nested dictionary.

flavor.id

body

string

The ID of the flavor. While people often make this look like an int, this is really a string.

Available until version 2.46

flavor.links

body

array

Links to the flavor resource. See API Guide / Links and References for more info.

Available until version 2.46

flavor.vcpus

body

integer

The number of virtual CPUs that were allocated to the server.

New in version 2.47

flavor.ram

body

integer

The amount of RAM a flavor has, in MiB.

New in version 2.47

flavor.disk

body

integer

The size of the root disk that was created in GiB.

New in version 2.47

flavor.ephemeral

body

integer

The size of the ephemeral disk that was created, in GiB.

New in version 2.47

flavor.swap

body

integer

The size of a dedicated swap disk that was allocated, in MiB.

New in version 2.47

flavor.original_name

body

string

The display name of a flavor.

New in version 2.47

flavor.extra_specs (Optional)

body

object

A dictionary of the flavor’s extra-specs key-and-value pairs. This will only be included if the user is allowed by policy to index flavor extra_specs.

New in version 2.47

flavor.extra_specs.key

body

string

The extra spec key of a flavor.

New in version 2.47

flavor.extra_specs.value

body

string

The extra spec value of a flavor.

New in version 2.47

hostId

body

string

An ID string representing the host. This is a hashed value so will not actually look like a hostname, and is hashed with data from the project_id, so the same physical host as seen by two different project_ids, will be different. It is useful when within the same project you need to determine if two instances are on the same or different physical hosts for the purposes of availability or performance.

id

body

string

The UUID of the server.

image

body

object

The UUID and links for the image for your server instance. The image object will be an empty string when you boot the server from a volume.

key_name

body

string

The name of associated key pair, if any.

links

body

array

Links to the resources in question. See API Guide / Links and References for more info.

metadata

body

object

A dictionary of metadata key-and-value pairs, which is maintained for backward compatibility.

name

body

string

The server name.

OS-DCF:diskConfig

body

string

Disk configuration. The value is either:

  • AUTO. The API builds the server with a single partition the size of the target flavor disk. The API automatically adjusts the file system to fit the entire partition.

  • MANUAL. The API builds the server by using the partition scheme and file system that is in the source image. If the target flavor disk is larger, The API does not partition the remaining disk space.

OS-EXT-AZ:availability_zone

body

string

The availability zone name.

OS-EXT-SRV-ATTR:host

body

string

The name of the compute host on which this instance is running. Appears in the response for administrative users only.

OS-EXT-SRV-ATTR:hostname (Optional)

body

string

The hostname of the instance reported in the metadata service. This parameter only appears in responses for administrators until microversion 2.90, after which it is shown for all users.

Note

This information is published via the metadata service and requires application such as cloud-init to propagate it through to the instance.

New in version 2.3

OS-EXT-SRV-ATTR:hypervisor_hostname

body

string

The hypervisor host name provided by the Nova virt driver. For the Ironic driver, it is the Ironic node uuid. Appears in the response for administrative users only.

OS-EXT-SRV-ATTR:instance_name

body

string

The instance name. The Compute API generates the instance name from the instance name template. Appears in the response for administrative users only.

OS-EXT-SRV-ATTR:kernel_id (Optional)

body

string

The UUID of the kernel image when using an AMI. Will be null if not. By default, it appears in the response for administrative users only.

New in version 2.3

OS-EXT-SRV-ATTR:launch_index (Optional)

body

integer

When servers are launched via multiple create, this is the sequence in which the servers were launched. By default, it appears in the response for administrative users only.

New in version 2.3

OS-EXT-SRV-ATTR:ramdisk_id (Optional)

body

string

The UUID of the ramdisk image when using an AMI. Will be null if not. By default, it appears in the response for administrative users only.

New in version 2.3

OS-EXT-SRV-ATTR:reservation_id (Optional)

body

string

The reservation id for the server. This is an id that can be useful in tracking groups of servers created with multiple create, that will all have the same reservation_id. By default, it appears in the response for administrative users only.

New in version 2.3

OS-EXT-SRV-ATTR:root_device_name (Optional)

body

string

The root device name for the instance By default, it appears in the response for administrative users only.

New in version 2.3

OS-EXT-SRV-ATTR:user_data (Optional)

body

string

The user_data the instance was created with. By default, it appears in the response for administrative users only.

New in version 2.3

OS-EXT-STS:power_state

body

integer

The power state of the instance. This is an enum value that is mapped as:

0: NOSTATE
1: RUNNING
3: PAUSED
4: SHUTDOWN
6: CRASHED
7: SUSPENDED

OS-EXT-STS:task_state

body

string

The task state of the instance.

OS-EXT-STS:vm_state

body

string

The VM state.

os-extended-volumes:volumes_attached

body

array

The attached volumes, if any.

os-extended-volumes:volumes_attached.id

body

string

The attached volume ID.

os-extended-volumes:volumes_attached.delete_on_termination

body

boolean

A flag indicating if the attached volume will be deleted when the server is deleted. By default this is False.

New in version 2.3

OS-SRV-USG:launched_at

body

string

The date and time when the server was launched.

The date and time stamp format is ISO 8601:

CCYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss±hh:mm

For example, 2015-08-27T09:49:58-05:00.

The hh±:mm value, if included, is the time zone as an offset from UTC. If the deleted_at date and time stamp is not set, its value is null.

OS-SRV-USG:terminated_at

body

string

The date and time when the server was deleted.

The date and time stamp format is ISO 8601:

CCYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss±hh:mm

For example, 2015-08-27T09:49:58-05:00. The ±hh:mm value, if included, is the time zone as an offset from UTC. If the deleted_at date and time stamp is not set, its value is null.

status

body

string

The server status.

tenant_id

body

string

The UUID of the tenant in a multi-tenancy cloud.

updated

body

string

The date and time when the resource was updated. The date and time stamp format is ISO 8601

CCYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss±hh:mm

For example, 2015-08-27T09:49:58-05:00. The ±hh:mm value, if included, is the time zone as an offset from UTC. In the previous example, the offset value is -05:00.

user_id

body

string

The user ID of the user who owns the server.

fault (Optional)

body

object

A fault object. Only displayed when the server status is ERROR or DELETED and a fault occurred.

fault.code

body

integer

The error response code.

fault.created

body

string

The date and time when the exception was raised. The date and time stamp format is ISO 8601

CCYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss±hh:mm

For example, 2015-08-27T09:49:58-05:00. The ±hh:mm value, if included, is the time zone as an offset from UTC. In the previous example, the offset value is -05:00.

fault.message

body

string

The error message.

fault.details (Optional)

body

string

The stack trace. It is available if the response code is not 500 or you have the administrator privilege

pinned_availability_zone (Optional)

body

string

This is the availability zone requested during server creation. Also when cross_az_attach option is false and booting an instance from volume, the instance can be pinned to AZ and in that case, instance will be scheduled on host belonging to pinned AZ. Also when default_schedule_zone config option set to specific AZ, in that case, instance would be pinned to that specific AZ, and instance will be scheduled on host belonging to pinned AZ.

New in version 2.96

progress (Optional)

body

integer

A percentage value of the operation progress. This parameter only appears when the server status is ACTIVE, BUILD, REBUILD, RESIZE, VERIFY_RESIZE or MIGRATING.

security_groups (Optional)

body

array

One or more security groups objects.

security_group.name

body

string

The security group name.

servers_links (Optional)

body

array

Links to the next server. It is available when the number of servers exceeds limit parameter or [api]/max_limit in the configuration file. See Paginated collections for more info.

locked

body

boolean

True if the instance is locked otherwise False.

New in version 2.9

host_status (Optional)

body

string

The host status. Values where next value in list can override the previous:

  • UP if nova-compute up.

  • UNKNOWN if nova-compute not reported by servicegroup driver.

  • DOWN if nova-compute forced down.

  • MAINTENANCE if nova-compute is disabled.

  • Empty string indicates there is no host for server.

This attribute appears in the response only if the policy permits. By default, only administrators can get this parameter.

New in version 2.16

description

body

string

The description of the server. Before microversion 2.19 this was set to the server name.

New in version 2.19

tags

body

array

A list of tags. The maximum count of tags in this list is 50.

New in version 2.26

trusted_image_certificates

body

array

A list of trusted certificate IDs, that were used during image signature verification to verify the signing certificate. The list is restricted to a maximum of 50 IDs. The value is null if trusted certificate IDs are not set.

New in version 2.63

locked_reason

body

string

The reason behind locking a server.

New in version 2.73

Example List Servers Detailed (2.96)

{
    "servers": [
        {
            "accessIPv4": "1.2.3.4",
            "accessIPv6": "80fe::",
            "addresses": {
                "private": [
                    {
                        "addr": "192.168.1.30",
                        "OS-EXT-IPS-MAC:mac_addr": "00:0c:29:0d:11:74",
                        "OS-EXT-IPS:type": "fixed",
                        "version": 4
                    }
                ]
            },
            "created": "2013-09-03T04:01:32Z",
            "description": "",
            "flavor": {
                "disk": 1,
                "ephemeral": 0,
                "extra_specs": {},
                "original_name": "m1.tiny",
                "ram": 512,
                "swap": 0,
                "vcpus": 1
            },
            "hostId": "bcf92836fc9ed4203a75cb0337afc7f917d2be504164b995c2334b25",
            "id": "f5dc173b-6804-445a-a6d8-c705dad5b5eb",
            "image": {
                "id": "70a599e0-31e7-49b7-b260-868f441e862b",
                "links": [
                    {
                        "href": "http://openstack.example.com/6f70656e737461636b20342065766572/images/70a599e0-31e7-49b7-b260-868f441e862b",
                        "rel": "bookmark"
                    }
                ]
            },
            "key_name": null,
            "links": [
                {
                    "href": "http://openstack.example.com/v2/6f70656e737461636b20342065766572/servers/f5dc173b-6804-445a-a6d8-c705dad5b5eb",
                    "rel": "self"
                },
                {
                    "href": "http://openstack.example.com/6f70656e737461636b20342065766572/servers/f5dc173b-6804-445a-a6d8-c705dad5b5eb",
                    "rel": "bookmark"
                }
            ],
            "metadata": {
                "My Server Name": "Apache1"
            },
            "name": "new-server-test",
            "config_drive": "",
            "locked": false,
            "locked_reason": "",
            "OS-DCF:diskConfig": "AUTO",
            "OS-EXT-AZ:availability_zone": "us-west",
            "OS-EXT-SRV-ATTR:hostname": "new-server-test",
            "OS-EXT-STS:power_state": 1,
            "OS-EXT-STS:task_state": null,
            "OS-EXT-STS:vm_state": "active",
            "os-extended-volumes:volumes_attached": [
                {"id": "volume_id1", "delete_on_termination": false},
                {"id": "volume_id2", "delete_on_termination": false}
            ],
            "OS-SRV-USG:launched_at": "2013-09-23T13:53:12.774549",
            "OS-SRV-USG:terminated_at": null,
            "pinned_availability_zone": "us-west",
            "progress": 0,
            "security_groups": [
                {
                    "name": "default"
                }
            ],
            "status": "ACTIVE",
            "tags": [],
            "tenant_id": "6f70656e737461636b20342065766572",
            "trusted_image_certificates": null,
            "updated": "2013-09-03T04:01:32Z",
            "user_id": "fake"
        }
    ],
    "servers_links": [
        {
            "href": "http://openstack.example.com/v2.1/6f70656e737461636b20342065766572/servers/detail?limit=1&marker=f5dc173b-6804-445a-a6d8-c705dad5b5eb",
            "rel": "next"
        }
    ]
}

Example List Servers Detailed (2.73)

{
    "servers": [
        {
            "OS-DCF:diskConfig": "AUTO",
            "OS-EXT-AZ:availability_zone": "nova",
            "OS-EXT-SRV-ATTR:host": "compute",
            "OS-EXT-SRV-ATTR:hostname": "new-server-test",
            "OS-EXT-SRV-ATTR:hypervisor_hostname": "fake-mini",
            "OS-EXT-SRV-ATTR:instance_name": "instance-00000001",
            "OS-EXT-SRV-ATTR:kernel_id": "",
            "OS-EXT-SRV-ATTR:launch_index": 0,
            "OS-EXT-SRV-ATTR:ramdisk_id": "",
            "OS-EXT-SRV-ATTR:reservation_id": "r-l0i0clt2",
            "OS-EXT-SRV-ATTR:root_device_name": "/dev/sda",
            "OS-EXT-SRV-ATTR:user_data": "IyEvYmluL2Jhc2gKL2Jpbi9zdQplY2hvICJJIGFtIGluIHlvdSEiCg==",
            "OS-EXT-STS:power_state": 1,
            "OS-EXT-STS:task_state": null,
            "OS-EXT-STS:vm_state": "active",
            "OS-SRV-USG:launched_at": "2019-04-23T15:19:15.317839",
            "OS-SRV-USG:terminated_at": null,
            "accessIPv4": "1.2.3.4",
            "accessIPv6": "80fe::",
            "addresses": {
                "private": [
                    {
                        "OS-EXT-IPS-MAC:mac_addr": "00:0c:29:0d:11:74",
                        "OS-EXT-IPS:type": "fixed",
                        "addr": "192.168.1.30",
                        "version": 4
                    }
                ]
            },
            "config_drive": "",
            "created": "2019-04-23T15:19:14Z",
            "description": null,
            "flavor": {
                "disk": 1,
                "ephemeral": 0,
                "extra_specs": {},
                "original_name": "m1.tiny",
                "ram": 512,
                "swap": 0,
                "vcpus": 1
            },
            "hostId": "2091634baaccdc4c5a1d57069c833e402921df696b7f970791b12ec6",
            "host_status": "UP",
            "id": "2ce4c5b3-2866-4972-93ce-77a2ea46a7f9",
            "image": {
                "id": "70a599e0-31e7-49b7-b260-868f441e862b",
                "links": [
                    {
                        "href": "http://openstack.example.com/6f70656e737461636b20342065766572/images/70a599e0-31e7-49b7-b260-868f441e862b",
                        "rel": "bookmark"
                    }
                ]
            },
            "key_name": null,
            "links": [
                {
                    "href": "http://openstack.example.com/v2.1/6f70656e737461636b20342065766572/servers/2ce4c5b3-2866-4972-93ce-77a2ea46a7f9",
                    "rel": "self"
                },
                {
                    "href": "http://openstack.example.com/6f70656e737461636b20342065766572/servers/2ce4c5b3-2866-4972-93ce-77a2ea46a7f9",
                    "rel": "bookmark"
                }
            ],
            "locked": true,
            "locked_reason": "I don't want to work",
            "metadata": {
                "My Server Name": "Apache1"
            },
            "name": "new-server-test",
            "os-extended-volumes:volumes_attached": [],
            "progress": 0,
            "security_groups": [
                {
                    "name": "default"
                }
            ],
            "status": "ACTIVE",
            "tags": [],
            "tenant_id": "6f70656e737461636b20342065766572",
            "trusted_image_certificates": null,
            "updated": "2019-04-23T15:19:15Z",
            "user_id": "admin"
        }
    ]
}

Example List Servers Detailed (2.69)

This is a sample response for the servers from the non-responsive part of the deployment. The responses for the available server records will be normal without any missing keys.

{
    "servers": [
        {
            "created": "2018-12-03T21:06:18Z",
            "id": "b6b0410f-b65f-4473-855e-5d82a71759e0",
            "status": "UNKNOWN",
            "tenant_id": "6f70656e737461636b20342065766572",
            "links": [
                {
                    "href": "http://openstack.example.com/v2.1/6f70656e737461636b20342065766572/servers/b6b0410f-b65f-4473-855e-5d82a71759e0",
                    "rel": "self"
                },
                {
                    "href": "http://openstack.example.com/6f70656e737461636b20342065766572/servers/b6b0410f-b65f-4473-855e-5d82a71759e0",
                    "rel": "bookmark"
                }
            ]
        }
    ]
}
GET
/servers/{server_id}

Show Server Details

Shows details for a server.

Includes server details including configuration drive, extended status, and server usage information.

The extended status information appears in the OS-EXT-STS:vm_state, OS-EXT-STS:power_state, and OS-EXT-STS:task_state attributes.

The server usage information appears in the OS-SRV-USG:launched_at and OS-SRV-USG:terminated_at attributes.

HostId is unique per account and is not globally unique.

Preconditions

The server must exist.

Note

Starting with microversion 2.69 if the server detail cannot be loaded due to a transient condition in the deployment like infrastructure failure, the response body for the unavailable server will be missing keys. See handling down cells section of the Compute API guide for more information on the keys that would be returned in the partial constructs.

Normal response codes: 200

Error response codes: unauthorized(401), forbidden(403), itemNotFound(404)

Request

Name

In

Type

Description

server_id

path

string

The UUID of the server.

Response

Name

In

Type

Description

server

body

object

A server object.

accessIPv4

body

string

IPv4 address that should be used to access this server. May be automatically set by the provider.

accessIPv6

body

string

IPv6 address that should be used to access this server. May be automatically set by the provider.

addresses

body

object

The addresses for the server. Servers with status BUILD hide their addresses information. This view is not updated immediately. Please consult with OpenStack Networking API for up-to-date information.

config_drive

body

string

Indicates whether or not a config drive was used for this server. The value is True or an empty string. An empty string stands for False.

created

body

string

The date and time when the resource was created. The date and time stamp format is ISO 8601

CCYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss±hh:mm

For example, 2015-08-27T09:49:58-05:00. The ±hh:mm value, if included, is the time zone as an offset from UTC. In the previous example, the offset value is -05:00.

flavor

body

object

Before microversion 2.47 this contains the ID and links for the flavor used to boot the server instance. This can be an empty object in case flavor information is no longer present in the system.

As of microversion 2.47 this contains a subset of the actual flavor information used to create the server instance, represented as a nested dictionary.

flavor.id

body

string

The ID of the flavor. While people often make this look like an int, this is really a string.

Available until version 2.46

flavor.links

body

array

Links to the flavor resource. See API Guide / Links and References for more info.

Available until version 2.46

flavor.vcpus

body

integer

The number of virtual CPUs that were allocated to the server.

New in version 2.47

flavor.ram

body

integer

The amount of RAM a flavor has, in MiB.

New in version 2.47

flavor.disk

body

integer

The size of the root disk that was created in GiB.

New in version 2.47

flavor.ephemeral

body

integer

The size of the ephemeral disk that was created, in GiB.

New in version 2.47

flavor.swap

body

integer

The size of a dedicated swap disk that was allocated, in MiB.

New in version 2.47

flavor.original_name

body

string

The display name of a flavor.

New in version 2.47

flavor.extra_specs (Optional)

body

object

A dictionary of the flavor’s extra-specs key-and-value pairs. This will only be included if the user is allowed by policy to index flavor extra_specs.

New in version 2.47

flavor.extra_specs.key

body

string

The extra spec key of a flavor.

New in version 2.47

flavor.extra_specs.value

body

string

The extra spec value of a flavor.

New in version 2.47

hostId

body

string

An ID string representing the host. This is a hashed value so will not actually look like a hostname, and is hashed with data from the project_id, so the same physical host as seen by two different project_ids, will be different. It is useful when within the same project you need to determine if two instances are on the same or different physical hosts for the purposes of availability or performance.

id

body

string

The UUID of the server.

image

body

object

The UUID and links for the image for your server instance. The image object will be an empty string when you boot the server from a volume.

key_name

body

string

The name of associated key pair, if any.

links

body

array

Links to the resources in question. See API Guide / Links and References for more info.

metadata

body

object

A dictionary of metadata key-and-value pairs, which is maintained for backward compatibility.

name

body

string

The server name.

OS-DCF:diskConfig

body

string

Disk configuration. The value is either:

  • AUTO. The API builds the server with a single partition the size of the target flavor disk. The API automatically adjusts the file system to fit the entire partition.

  • MANUAL. The API builds the server by using the partition scheme and file system that is in the source image. If the target flavor disk is larger, The API does not partition the remaining disk space.

OS-EXT-AZ:availability_zone

body

string

The availability zone name.

OS-EXT-SRV-ATTR:host

body

string

The name of the compute host on which this instance is running. Appears in the response for administrative users only.

OS-EXT-SRV-ATTR:hostname (Optional)

body

string

The hostname of the instance reported in the metadata service. This parameter only appears in responses for administrators until microversion 2.90, after which it is shown for all users.

Note

This information is published via the metadata service and requires application such as cloud-init to propagate it through to the instance.

New in version 2.3

OS-EXT-SRV-ATTR:hypervisor_hostname

body

string

The hypervisor host name provided by the Nova virt driver. For the Ironic driver, it is the Ironic node uuid. Appears in the response for administrative users only.

OS-EXT-SRV-ATTR:instance_name

body

string

The instance name. The Compute API generates the instance name from the instance name template. Appears in the response for administrative users only.

OS-EXT-SRV-ATTR:kernel_id (Optional)

body

string

The UUID of the kernel image when using an AMI. Will be null if not. By default, it appears in the response for administrative users only.

New in version 2.3

OS-EXT-SRV-ATTR:launch_index (Optional)

body

integer

When servers are launched via multiple create, this is the sequence in which the servers were launched. By default, it appears in the response for administrative users only.

New in version 2.3

OS-EXT-SRV-ATTR:ramdisk_id (Optional)

body

string

The UUID of the ramdisk image when using an AMI. Will be null if not. By default, it appears in the response for administrative users only.

New in version 2.3

OS-EXT-SRV-ATTR:reservation_id (Optional)

body

string

The reservation id for the server. This is an id that can be useful in tracking groups of servers created with multiple create, that will all have the same reservation_id. By default, it appears in the response for administrative users only.

New in version 2.3

OS-EXT-SRV-ATTR:root_device_name (Optional)

body

string

The root device name for the instance By default, it appears in the response for administrative users only.

New in version 2.3

OS-EXT-SRV-ATTR:user_data (Optional)

body

string

The user_data the instance was created with. By default, it appears in the response for administrative users only.

New in version 2.3

OS-EXT-STS:power_state

body

integer

The power state of the instance. This is an enum value that is mapped as:

0: NOSTATE
1: RUNNING
3: PAUSED
4: SHUTDOWN
6: CRASHED
7: SUSPENDED

OS-EXT-STS:task_state

body

string

The task state of the instance.

OS-EXT-STS:vm_state

body

string

The VM state.

os-extended-volumes:volumes_attached

body

array

The attached volumes, if any.

os-extended-volumes:volumes_attached.id

body

string

The attached volume ID.

os-extended-volumes:volumes_attached.delete_on_termination

body

boolean

A flag indicating if the attached volume will be deleted when the server is deleted. By default this is False.

New in version 2.3

OS-SRV-USG:launched_at

body

string

The date and time when the server was launched.

The date and time stamp format is ISO 8601:

CCYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss±hh:mm

For example, 2015-08-27T09:49:58-05:00.

The hh±:mm value, if included, is the time zone as an offset from UTC. If the deleted_at date and time stamp is not set, its value is null.

OS-SRV-USG:terminated_at

body

string

The date and time when the server was deleted.

The date and time stamp format is ISO 8601:

CCYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss±hh:mm

For example, 2015-08-27T09:49:58-05:00. The ±hh:mm value, if included, is the time zone as an offset from UTC. If the deleted_at date and time stamp is not set, its value is null.

status

body

string

The server status.

tenant_id

body

string

The UUID of the tenant in a multi-tenancy cloud.

updated

body

string

The date and time when the resource was updated. The date and time stamp format is ISO 8601

CCYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss±hh:mm

For example, 2015-08-27T09:49:58-05:00. The ±hh:mm value, if included, is the time zone as an offset from UTC. In the previous example, the offset value is -05:00.

user_id

body

string

The user ID of the user who owns the server.

fault (Optional)

body

object

A fault object. Only displayed when the server status is ERROR or DELETED and a fault occurred.

fault.code

body

integer

The error response code.

fault.created

body

string

The date and time when the exception was raised. The date and time stamp format is ISO 8601

CCYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss±hh:mm

For example, 2015-08-27T09:49:58-05:00. The ±hh:mm value, if included, is the time zone as an offset from UTC. In the previous example, the offset value is -05:00.

fault.message

body

string

The error message.

fault.details (Optional)

body

string

The stack trace. It is available if the response code is not 500 or you have the administrator privilege

pinned_availability_zone (Optional)

body

string

This is the availability zone requested during server creation. Also when cross_az_attach option is false and booting an instance from volume, the instance can be pinned to AZ and in that case, instance will be scheduled on host belonging to pinned AZ. Also when default_schedule_zone config option set to specific AZ, in that case, instance would be pinned to that specific AZ, and instance will be scheduled on host belonging to pinned AZ.

New in version 2.96

progress (Optional)

body

integer

A percentage value of the operation progress. This parameter only appears when the server status is ACTIVE, BUILD, REBUILD, RESIZE, VERIFY_RESIZE or MIGRATING.

security_groups (Optional)

body

array

One or more security groups objects.

security_group.name

body

string

The security group name.

locked

body

boolean

True if the instance is locked otherwise False.

New in version 2.9

host_status (Optional)

body

string

The host status. Values where next value in list can override the previous:

  • UP if nova-compute up.

  • UNKNOWN if nova-compute not reported by servicegroup driver.

  • DOWN if nova-compute forced down.

  • MAINTENANCE if nova-compute is disabled.

  • Empty string indicates there is no host for server.

This attribute appears in the response only if the policy permits. By default, only administrators can get this parameter.

New in version 2.16

description

body

string

The description of the server. Before microversion 2.19 this was set to the server name.

New in version 2.19

tags

body

array

A list of tags. The maximum count of tags in this list is 50.

New in version 2.26

trusted_image_certificates

body

array

A list of trusted certificate IDs, that were used during image signature verification to verify the signing certificate. The list is restricted to a maximum of 50 IDs. The value is null if trusted certificate IDs are not set.

New in version 2.63

server_groups

body

array

The UUIDs of the server groups to which the server belongs. Currently this can contain at most one entry.

New in version 2.71

locked_reason

body

string

The reason behind locking a server.

New in version 2.73

Example Show Server Details (2.96)

{
    "server": {
        "accessIPv4": "1.2.3.4",
        "accessIPv6": "80fe::",
        "addresses": {
            "private": [
                {
                    "addr": "192.168.1.30",
                    "OS-EXT-IPS-MAC:mac_addr": "00:0c:29:0d:11:74",
                    "OS-EXT-IPS:type": "fixed",
                    "version": 4
                }
            ]
        },
        "created": "2013-09-03T04:01:32Z",
        "description": null,
        "locked": false,
        "locked_reason": null,
        "flavor": {
            "disk": 1,
            "ephemeral": 0,
            "extra_specs": {},
            "original_name": "m1.tiny",
            "ram": 512,
            "swap": 0,
            "vcpus": 1
        },
        "hostId": "92154fab69d5883ba2c8622b7e65f745dd33257221c07af363c51b29",
        "id": "0e44cc9c-e052-415d-afbf-469b0d384170",
        "image": {
            "id": "70a599e0-31e7-49b7-b260-868f441e862b",
            "links": [
                {
                    "href": "http://openstack.example.com/6f70656e737461636b20342065766572/images/70a599e0-31e7-49b7-b260-868f441e862b",
                    "rel": "bookmark"
                }
            ]
        },
        "key_name": null,
        "links": [
            {
                "href": "http://openstack.example.com/v2/6f70656e737461636b20342065766572/servers/0e44cc9c-e052-415d-afbf-469b0d384170",
                "rel": "self"
            },
            {
                "href": "http://openstack.example.com/6f70656e737461636b20342065766572/servers/0e44cc9c-e052-415d-afbf-469b0d384170",
                "rel": "bookmark"
            }
        ],
        "metadata": {
            "My Server Name": "Apache1"
        },
        "name": "new-server-test",
        "config_drive": "",
        "OS-DCF:diskConfig": "AUTO",
        "OS-EXT-AZ:availability_zone": "us-west",
        "OS-EXT-SRV-ATTR:hostname": "new-server-test",
        "OS-EXT-STS:power_state": 1,
        "OS-EXT-STS:task_state": null,
        "OS-EXT-STS:vm_state": "active",
        "os-extended-volumes:volumes_attached": [
            {"id": "volume_id1", "delete_on_termination": false},
            {"id": "volume_id2", "delete_on_termination": false}
        ],
        "OS-SRV-USG:launched_at": "2013-09-23T13:37:00.880302",
        "OS-SRV-USG:terminated_at": null,
        "pinned_availability_zone": "us-west",
        "progress": 0,
        "security_groups": [
            {
                "name": "default"
            }
        ],
        "server_groups": [],
        "status": "ACTIVE",
        "tags": [],
        "tenant_id": "6f70656e737461636b20342065766572",
        "trusted_image_certificates": null,
        "updated": "2013-09-03T04:01:33Z",
        "user_id": "fake"
    }
}

Example Show Server Details (2.73)

{
    "server": {
        "OS-DCF:diskConfig": "AUTO",
        "OS-EXT-AZ:availability_zone": "nova",
        "OS-EXT-SRV-ATTR:host": "compute",
        "OS-EXT-SRV-ATTR:hostname": "new-server-test",
        "OS-EXT-SRV-ATTR:hypervisor_hostname": "fake-mini",
        "OS-EXT-SRV-ATTR:instance_name": "instance-00000001",
        "OS-EXT-SRV-ATTR:kernel_id": "",
        "OS-EXT-SRV-ATTR:launch_index": 0,
        "OS-EXT-SRV-ATTR:ramdisk_id": "",
        "OS-EXT-SRV-ATTR:reservation_id": "r-t61j9da6",
        "OS-EXT-SRV-ATTR:root_device_name": "/dev/sda",
        "OS-EXT-SRV-ATTR:user_data": "IyEvYmluL2Jhc2gKL2Jpbi9zdQplY2hvICJJIGFtIGluIHlvdSEiCg==",
        "OS-EXT-STS:power_state": 1,
        "OS-EXT-STS:task_state": null,
        "OS-EXT-STS:vm_state": "active",
        "OS-SRV-USG:launched_at": "2019-04-23T15:19:10.855016",
        "OS-SRV-USG:terminated_at": null,
        "accessIPv4": "1.2.3.4",
        "accessIPv6": "80fe::",
        "addresses": {
            "private": [
                {
                    "OS-EXT-IPS-MAC:mac_addr": "00:0c:29:0d:11:74",
                    "OS-EXT-IPS:type": "fixed",
                    "addr": "192.168.1.30",
                    "version": 4
                }
            ]
        },
        "config_drive": "",
        "created": "2019-04-23T15:19:09Z",
        "description": null,
        "flavor": {
            "disk": 1,
            "ephemeral": 0,
            "extra_specs": {},
            "original_name": "m1.tiny",
            "ram": 512,
            "swap": 0,
            "vcpus": 1
        },
        "hostId": "2091634baaccdc4c5a1d57069c833e402921df696b7f970791b12ec6",
        "host_status": "UP",
        "id": "0e12087a-7c87-476a-8f84-7398e991cecc",
        "image": {
            "id": "70a599e0-31e7-49b7-b260-868f441e862b",
            "links": [
                {
                    "href": "http://openstack.example.com/6f70656e737461636b20342065766572/images/70a599e0-31e7-49b7-b260-868f441e862b",
                    "rel": "bookmark"
                }
            ]
        },
        "key_name": null,
        "links": [
            {
                "href": "http://openstack.example.com/v2.1/6f70656e737461636b20342065766572/servers/0e12087a-7c87-476a-8f84-7398e991cecc",
                "rel": "self"
            },
            {
                "href": "http://openstack.example.com/6f70656e737461636b20342065766572/servers/0e12087a-7c87-476a-8f84-7398e991cecc",
                "rel": "bookmark"
            }
        ],
        "locked": true,
        "locked_reason": "I don't want to work",
        "metadata": {
            "My Server Name": "Apache1"
        },
        "name": "new-server-test",
        "os-extended-volumes:volumes_attached": [],
        "progress": 0,
        "security_groups": [
            {
                "name": "default"
            }
        ],
        "server_groups": [],
        "status": "ACTIVE",
        "tags": [],
        "tenant_id": "6f70656e737461636b20342065766572",
        "trusted_image_certificates": null,
        "updated": "2019-04-23T15:19:11Z",
        "user_id": "admin"
    }
}

Example Show Server Details (2.69)

This is a sample response for a server from the non-responsive part of the deployment. The responses for available server records will be normal without any missing keys.

{
    "server": {
        "OS-EXT-AZ:availability_zone": "UNKNOWN",
        "OS-EXT-STS:power_state": 0,
        "created": "2018-12-03T21:06:18Z",
        "flavor": {
            "disk": 1,
            "ephemeral": 0,
            "extra_specs": {},
            "original_name": "m1.tiny",
            "ram": 512,
            "swap": 0,
            "vcpus": 1
        },
        "id": "33748c23-38dd-4f70-b774-522fc69e7b67",
        "image": {
            "id": "70a599e0-31e7-49b7-b260-868f441e862b",
            "links": [
                {
                    "href": "http://openstack.example.com/6f70656e737461636b20342065766572/images/70a599e0-31e7-49b7-b260-868f441e862b",
                    "rel": "bookmark"
                }
            ]
        },
        "status": "UNKNOWN",
        "tenant_id": "6f70656e737461636b20342065766572",
        "user_id": "admin",
        "links": [
            {
                "href": "http://openstack.example.com/v2.1/6f70656e737461636b20342065766572/servers/33748c23-38dd-4f70-b774-522fc69e7b67",
                "rel": "self"
            },
            {
                "href": "http://openstack.example.com/6f70656e737461636b20342065766572/servers/33748c23-38dd-4f70-b774-522fc69e7b67",
                "rel": "bookmark"
            }
        ]
    }
}
PUT
/servers/{server_id}

Update Server

Updates the editable attributes of an existing server.

Normal response codes: 200

Error response codes: badRequest(400), unauthorized(401), forbidden(403), itemNotFound(404)

Request

Name

In

Type

Description

server_id

path

string

The UUID of the server.

server

body

object

A server object.

accessIPv4 (Optional)

body

string

IPv4 address that should be used to access this server.

accessIPv6 (Optional)

body

string

IPv6 address that should be used to access this server.

name (Optional)

body

string

The server name.

hostname (Optional)

body

string

The hostname to configure for the instance in the metadata service.

Starting with microversion 2.94, this can be a Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN) of up to 255 characters in length.

Note

This information is published via the metadata service and requires application such as cloud-init to propagate it through to the instance.

New in version 2.90

OS-DCF:diskConfig (Optional)

body

string

Controls how the API partitions the disk when you create, rebuild, or resize servers. A server inherits the OS-DCF:diskConfig value from the image from which it was created, and an image inherits the OS-DCF:diskConfig value from the server from which it was created. To override the inherited setting, you can include this attribute in the request body of a server create, rebuild, or resize request. If the OS-DCF:diskConfig value for an image is MANUAL, you cannot create a server from that image and set its OS-DCF:diskConfig value to AUTO. A valid value is:

  • AUTO. The API builds the server with a single partition the size of the target flavor disk. The API automatically adjusts the file system to fit the entire partition.

  • MANUAL. The API builds the server by using whatever partition scheme and file system is in the source image. If the target flavor disk is larger, the API does not partition the remaining disk space.

description (Optional)

body

string

A free form description of the server. Limited to 255 characters in length. Before microversion 2.19 this was set to the server name.

New in version 2.19

Note

You can specify parameters to update independently. e.g. name only, description only, name and description, etc.

Example Update Server (2.63)

{
    "server": {
        "accessIPv4": "1.2.3.4",
        "accessIPv6": "80fe::",
        "OS-DCF:diskConfig": "AUTO",
        "name": "new-server-test",
        "description": "Sample description"
    }
}

Response

Name

In

Type

Description

server

body

object

A server object.

accessIPv4

body

string

IPv4 address that should be used to access this server. May be automatically set by the provider.

accessIPv6

body

string

IPv6 address that should be used to access this server. May be automatically set by the provider.

addresses

body

object

The addresses for the server. Servers with status BUILD hide their addresses information. This view is not updated immediately. Please consult with OpenStack Networking API for up-to-date information.

created

body

string

The date and time when the resource was created. The date and time stamp format is ISO 8601

CCYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss±hh:mm

For example, 2015-08-27T09:49:58-05:00. The ±hh:mm value, if included, is the time zone as an offset from UTC. In the previous example, the offset value is -05:00.

flavor

body

object

Before microversion 2.47 this contains the ID and links for the flavor used to boot the server instance. This can be an empty object in case flavor information is no longer present in the system.

As of microversion 2.47 this contains a subset of the actual flavor information used to create the server instance, represented as a nested dictionary.

flavor.id

body

string

The ID of the flavor. While people often make this look like an int, this is really a string.

Available until version 2.46

flavor.links

body

array

Links to the flavor resource. See API Guide / Links and References for more info.

Available until version 2.46

flavor.vcpus

body

integer

The number of virtual CPUs that were allocated to the server.

New in version 2.47

flavor.ram

body

integer

The amount of RAM a flavor has, in MiB.

New in version 2.47

flavor.disk

body

integer

The size of the root disk that was created in GiB.

New in version 2.47

flavor.ephemeral

body

integer

The size of the ephemeral disk that was created, in GiB.

New in version 2.47

flavor.swap

body

integer

The size of a dedicated swap disk that was allocated, in MiB.

New in version 2.47

flavor.original_name

body

string

The display name of a flavor.

New in version 2.47

flavor.extra_specs (Optional)

body

object

A dictionary of the flavor’s extra-specs key-and-value pairs. This will only be included if the user is allowed by policy to index flavor extra_specs.

New in version 2.47

flavor.extra_specs.key

body

string

The extra spec key of a flavor.

New in version 2.47

flavor.extra_specs.value

body

string

The extra spec value of a flavor.

New in version 2.47

hostId

body

string

An ID string representing the host. This is a hashed value so will not actually look like a hostname, and is hashed with data from the project_id, so the same physical host as seen by two different project_ids, will be different. It is useful when within the same project you need to determine if two instances are on the same or different physical hosts for the purposes of availability or performance.

id

body

string

The UUID of the server.

image

body

object

The UUID and links for the image for your server instance. The image object will be an empty string when you boot the server from a volume.

links

body

array

Links to the resources in question. See API Guide / Links and References for more info.

metadata

body

object

A dictionary of metadata key-and-value pairs, which is maintained for backward compatibility.

name

body

string

The server name.

OS-DCF:diskConfig

body

string

Disk configuration. The value is either:

  • AUTO. The API builds the server with a single partition the size of the target flavor disk. The API automatically adjusts the file system to fit the entire partition.

  • MANUAL. The API builds the server by using the partition scheme and file system that is in the source image. If the target flavor disk is larger, The API does not partition the remaining disk space.

status

body

string

The server status.

tenant_id

body

string

The UUID of the tenant in a multi-tenancy cloud.

updated

body

string

The date and time when the resource was updated. The date and time stamp format is ISO 8601

CCYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss±hh:mm

For example, 2015-08-27T09:49:58-05:00. The ±hh:mm value, if included, is the time zone as an offset from UTC. In the previous example, the offset value is -05:00.

user_id

body

string

The user ID of the user who owns the server.

fault (Optional)

body

object

A fault object. Only displayed when the server status is ERROR or DELETED and a fault occurred.

fault.code

body

integer

The error response code.

fault.created

body

string

The date and time when the exception was raised. The date and time stamp format is ISO 8601

CCYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss±hh:mm

For example, 2015-08-27T09:49:58-05:00. The ±hh:mm value, if included, is the time zone as an offset from UTC. In the previous example, the offset value is -05:00.

fault.message

body

string

The error message.

fault.details (Optional)

body

string

The stack trace. It is available if the response code is not 500 or you have the administrator privilege

progress (Optional)

body

integer

A percentage value of the operation progress. This parameter only appears when the server status is ACTIVE, BUILD, REBUILD, RESIZE, VERIFY_RESIZE or MIGRATING.

locked

body

boolean

True if the instance is locked otherwise False.

New in version 2.9

description

body

string

The description of the server. Before microversion 2.19 this was set to the server name.

New in version 2.19

tags

body

array

A list of tags. The maximum count of tags in this list is 50.

New in version 2.26

trusted_image_certificates

body

array

A list of trusted certificate IDs, that were used during image signature verification to verify the signing certificate. The list is restricted to a maximum of 50 IDs. The value is null if trusted certificate IDs are not set.

New in version 2.63

server_groups

body

array

The UUIDs of the server groups to which the server belongs. Currently this can contain at most one entry.

New in version 2.71

locked_reason

body

string

The reason behind locking a server.

New in version 2.73

config_drive

body

string

Indicates whether or not a config drive was used for this server. The value is True or an empty string. An empty string stands for False.

New in version 2.75

OS-EXT-AZ:availability_zone

body

string

The availability zone name.

New in version 2.75

OS-EXT-SRV-ATTR:host

body

string

The name of the compute host on which this instance is running. Appears in the response for administrative users only.

New in version 2.75

OS-EXT-SRV-ATTR:hostname (Optional)

body

string

The hostname of the instance reported in the metadata service. This parameter only appears in responses for administrators until microversion 2.90, after which it is shown for all users.

Note

This information is published via the metadata service and requires application such as cloud-init to propagate it through to the instance.

New in version 2.75

OS-EXT-SRV-ATTR:hypervisor_hostname

body

string

The hypervisor host name provided by the Nova virt driver. For the Ironic driver, it is the Ironic node uuid. Appears in the response for administrative users only.

New in version 2.75

OS-EXT-SRV-ATTR:instance_name

body

string

The instance name. The Compute API generates the instance name from the instance name template. Appears in the response for administrative users only.

New in version 2.75

OS-EXT-SRV-ATTR:kernel_id (Optional)

body

string

The UUID of the kernel image when using an AMI. Will be null if not. By default, it appears in the response for administrative users only.

New in version 2.75

OS-EXT-SRV-ATTR:launch_index (Optional)

body

integer

When servers are launched via multiple create, this is the sequence in which the servers were launched. By default, it appears in the response for administrative users only.

New in version 2.75

OS-EXT-SRV-ATTR:ramdisk_id (Optional)

body

string

The UUID of the ramdisk image when using an AMI. Will be null if not. By default, it appears in the response for administrative users only.

New in version 2.75

OS-EXT-SRV-ATTR:reservation_id (Optional)

body

string

The reservation id for the server. This is an id that can be useful in tracking groups of servers created with multiple create, that will all have the same reservation_id. By default, it appears in the response for administrative users only.

New in version 2.75

OS-EXT-SRV-ATTR:root_device_name (Optional)

body

string

The root device name for the instance By default, it appears in the response for administrative users only.

New in version 2.75

OS-EXT-SRV-ATTR:user_data (Optional)

body

string

The user_data the instance was created with. By default, it appears in the response for administrative users only.

New in version 2.75

OS-EXT-STS:power_state

body

integer

The power state of the instance. This is an enum value that is mapped as:

0: NOSTATE
1: RUNNING
3: PAUSED
4: SHUTDOWN
6: CRASHED
7: SUSPENDED

New in version 2.75

OS-EXT-STS:task_state

body

string

The task state of the instance.

New in version 2.75

OS-EXT-STS:vm_state

body

string

The VM state.

New in version 2.75

os-extended-volumes:volumes_attached

body

array

The attached volumes, if any.

New in version 2.75

os-extended-volumes:volumes_attached.id

body

string

The attached volume ID.

New in version 2.75

os-extended-volumes:volumes_attached.delete_on_termination

body

boolean

A flag indicating if the attached volume will be deleted when the server is deleted. By default this is False.

New in version 2.75

OS-SRV-USG:launched_at

body

string

The date and time when the server was launched.

The date and time stamp format is ISO 8601:

CCYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss±hh:mm

For example, 2015-08-27T09:49:58-05:00.

The hh±:mm value, if included, is the time zone as an offset from UTC. If the deleted_at date and time stamp is not set, its value is null.

New in version 2.75

OS-SRV-USG:terminated_at

body

string

The date and time when the server was deleted.

The date and time stamp format is ISO 8601:

CCYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss±hh:mm

For example, 2015-08-27T09:49:58-05:00. The ±hh:mm value, if included, is the time zone as an offset from UTC. If the deleted_at date and time stamp is not set, its value is null.

New in version 2.75

security_groups (Optional)

body

array

One or more security groups objects.

New in version 2.75

security_group.name

body

string

The security group name.

New in version 2.75

host_status (Optional)

body

string

The host status. Values where next value in list can override the previous:

  • UP if nova-compute up.

  • UNKNOWN if nova-compute not reported by servicegroup driver.

  • DOWN if nova-compute forced down.

  • MAINTENANCE if nova-compute is disabled.

  • Empty string indicates there is no host for server.

This attribute appears in the response only if the policy permits. By default, only administrators can get this parameter.

New in version 2.75

key_name

body

string

The name of associated key pair, if any.

New in version 2.75

Example Update Server (2.75)

{
    "server": {
        "OS-DCF:diskConfig": "AUTO",
        "OS-EXT-AZ:availability_zone": "us-west",
        "OS-EXT-SRV-ATTR:host": "compute",
        "OS-EXT-SRV-ATTR:hostname": "new-server-test",
        "OS-EXT-SRV-ATTR:hypervisor_hostname": "fake-mini",
        "OS-EXT-SRV-ATTR:instance_name": "instance-00000001",
        "OS-EXT-SRV-ATTR:kernel_id": "",
        "OS-EXT-SRV-ATTR:launch_index": 0,
        "OS-EXT-SRV-ATTR:ramdisk_id": "",
        "OS-EXT-SRV-ATTR:reservation_id": "r-t61j9da6",
        "OS-EXT-SRV-ATTR:root_device_name": "/dev/sda",
        "OS-EXT-SRV-ATTR:user_data": "IyEvYmluL2Jhc2gKL2Jpbi9zdQplY2hvICJJIGFtIGluIHlvdSEiCg==",
        "OS-EXT-STS:power_state": 1,
        "OS-EXT-STS:task_state": null,
        "OS-EXT-STS:vm_state": "active",
        "OS-SRV-USG:launched_at": "2019-04-23T15:19:10.855016",
        "OS-SRV-USG:terminated_at": null,
        "accessIPv4": "1.2.3.4",
        "accessIPv6": "80fe::",
        "addresses": {
            "private": [
                {
                    "OS-EXT-IPS-MAC:mac_addr": "00:0c:29:0d:11:74",
                    "OS-EXT-IPS:type": "fixed",
                    "addr": "192.168.1.30",
                    "version": 4
                }
            ]
        },
        "config_drive": "",
        "created": "2012-12-02T02:11:57Z",
        "description": "Sample description",
        "flavor": {
            "disk": 1,
            "ephemeral": 0,
            "extra_specs": {},
            "original_name": "m1.tiny",
            "ram": 512,
            "swap": 0,
            "vcpus": 1
        },
        "hostId": "6e84af987b4e7ec1c039b16d21f508f4a505672bd94fb0218b668d07",
        "host_status": "UP",
        "id": "324dfb7d-f4a9-419a-9a19-237df04b443b",
        "image": {
            "id": "70a599e0-31e7-49b7-b260-868f441e862b",
            "links": [
                {
                    "href": "http://openstack.example.com/6f70656e737461636b20342065766572/images/70a599e0-31e7-49b7-b260-868f441e862b",
                    "rel": "bookmark"
                }
            ]
        },
        "key_name": null,
        "links": [
            {
                "href": "http://openstack.example.com/v2/6f70656e737461636b20342065766572/servers/324dfb7d-f4a9-419a-9a19-237df04b443b",
                "rel": "self"
            },
            {
                "href": "http://openstack.example.com/6f70656e737461636b20342065766572/servers/324dfb7d-f4a9-419a-9a19-237df04b443b",
                "rel": "bookmark"
            }
        ],
        "locked": false,
        "locked_reason": null,
        "metadata": {
            "My Server Name": "Apache1"
        },
        "name": "new-server-test",
        "os-extended-volumes:volumes_attached": [],
        "progress": 0,
        "security_groups": [
            {
                "name": "default"
            }
        ],
        "server_groups": [],
        "status": "ACTIVE",
        "tags": [],
        "tenant_id": "6f70656e737461636b20342065766572",
        "trusted_image_certificates": null,
        "updated": "2012-12-02T02:11:58Z",
        "user_id": "admin"
    }
}
DELETE
/servers/{server_id}

Delete Server

Deletes a server.

By default, the instance is going to be (hard) deleted immediately from the system, but you can set reclaim_instance_interval > 0 to make the API soft delete the instance, so that the instance won’t be deleted until the reclaim_instance_interval has expired since the instance was soft deleted. The instance marked as SOFT_DELETED can be recovered via restore action before it’s really deleted from the system.

Preconditions

  • The server must exist.

  • Anyone can delete a server when the status of the server is not locked and when the policy allows.

  • If the server is locked, you must have administrator privileges to delete the server.

Asynchronous postconditions

  • With correct permissions, you can see the server status as deleting.

  • The ports attached to the server, which Nova created during the server create process or when attaching interfaces later, are deleted.

  • The server does not appear in the list servers response.

  • If hard delete, the server managed by OpenStack Compute is deleted on the compute node.

Troubleshooting

  • If server status remains in deleting status or another error status, the request failed. Ensure that you meet the preconditions. Then, investigate the compute back end.

  • The request returns the HTTP 409 response code when the server is locked even if you have correct permissions. Ensure that you meet the preconditions then investigate the server status.

  • The server managed by OpenStack Compute is not deleted from the compute node.

Normal response codes: 204

Error response codes: unauthorized(401), forbidden(403), itemNotFound(404), conflict(409)

Request

Name

In

Type

Description

server_id

path

string

The UUID of the server.

Response

There is no body content for the response of a successful DELETE query

Servers - run an action (servers, action)

Enables all users to perform an action on a server. Specify the action in the request body.

You can associate a fixed or floating IP address with a server, or disassociate a fixed or floating IP address from a server.

You can create an image from a server, create a backup of a server, and force-delete a server before deferred cleanup. You can lock, pause, reboot, rebuild, rescue, resize, resume, confirm the resize of, revert a pending resize for, shelve, shelf-offload, unshelve, start, stop, unlock, unpause, and unrescue a server. You can also change the password of the server and add a security group to or remove a security group from a server. You can also trigger a crash dump into a server since Mitaka release.

You can get an serial, SPICE, or VNC console for a server.

POST
/servers/{server_id}/action

Add (Associate) Floating Ip (addFloatingIp Action) (DEPRECATED)

Warning

This API is deprecated and will fail with a 404 starting from microversion 2.44. This is replaced with using the Neutron networking service API.

Adds a floating IP address to a server, which associates that address with the server.

A pool of floating IP addresses, configured by the cloud administrator, is available in OpenStack Compute. The project quota defines the maximum number of floating IP addresses that you can allocate to the project. After you create (allocate) a floating IPaddress for a project, you can associate that address with the server. Specify the addFloatingIp action in the request body.

If an instance is connected to multiple networks, you can associate a floating IP address with a specific fixed IP address by using the optional fixed_address parameter.

Preconditions

The server must exist.

You can only add a floating IP address to the server when its status is ACTIVE or STOPPED

Normal response codes: 202

Error response codes: badRequest(400), unauthorized(401), forbidden(403), itemNotFound(404)

Request

Name

In

Type

Description

server_id

path

string

The UUID of the server.

addFloatingIp

body

object

The action. Contains required floating IP address and optional fixed_address.

address

body

string

The floating IP address.

fixed_address (Optional)

body

string

The fixed IP address with which you want to associate the floating IP address.

Example Add (Associate) Floating Ip (addFloatingIp Action)

{
    "addFloatingIp" : {
        "address": "10.10.10.10",
        "fixed_address": "192.168.1.30"
    }
}

Response

If successful, this method does not return content in the response body.

POST
/servers/{server_id}/action

Add Security Group To A Server (addSecurityGroup Action)

Adds a security group to a server.

Specify the addSecurityGroup action in the request body.

Normal response codes: 202

Error response codes: badRequest(400), unauthorized(401), forbidden(403), itemNotFound(404), conflict(409)

Request

Name

In

Type

Description

server_id

path

string

The UUID of the server.

addSecurityGroup

body

object

The action to add a security group to a server.

name

body

string

The security group name.

Example Add Security Group To A Server (addSecurityGroup Action)

{
    "addSecurityGroup": {
        "name": "test"
    }
}

Response

If successful, this method does not return content in the response body.

POST
/servers/{server_id}/action

Change Administrative Password (changePassword Action)

Changes the administrative password for a server.

Specify the changePassword action in the request body.

Policy defaults enable only users with the administrative role or the owner of the server to perform this operation. Cloud providers can change these permissions through the policy.json file.

Normal response codes: 202

Error response codes: badRequest(400), unauthorized(401), forbidden(403), itemNotFound(404), conflict(409), notImplemented(501)

Request

Name

In

Type

Description

server_id

path

string

The UUID of the server.

changePassword

body

object

The action to change an administrative password of the server.

adminPass

body

string

The administrative password for the server.

Example Change Administrative Password (changePassword Action)

{
    "changePassword" : {
        "adminPass" : "foo"
    }
}

Response

If successful, this method does not return content in the response body.

POST
/servers/{server_id}/action

Confirm Resized Server (confirmResize Action)

Confirms a pending resize action for a server.

Specify the confirmResize action in the request body.

After you make this request, you typically must keep polling the server status to determine whether the request succeeded. A successfully confirming resize operation shows a status of ACTIVE or SHUTOFF and a migration status of confirmed. You can also see the resized server in the compute node that OpenStack Compute manages.

Preconditions

You can only confirm the resized server where the status is VERIFY_RESIZE.

If the server is locked, you must have administrator privileges to confirm the server.

Troubleshooting

If the server status remains VERIFY_RESIZE, the request failed. Ensure you meet the preconditions and run the request again. If the request fails again, the server status should be ERROR and a migration status of error. Investigate the compute back end or ask your cloud provider. There are some options for trying to correct the server status:

Note that the cloud provider may still need to cleanup any orphaned resources on the source hypervisor.

Normal response codes: 204

Error response codes: badRequest(400), unauthorized(401), forbidden(403), itemNotFound(404), conflict(409)

Request

Name

In

Type

Description

server_id

path

string

The UUID of the server.

confirmResize

body

none

The action to confirm a resize operation.

Example Confirm Resized Server (confirmResize Action)

{
    "confirmResize" : null
}

Response

If successful, this method does not return content in the response body.

POST
/servers/{server_id}/action

Create Server Back Up (createBackup Action)

Creates a back up of a server.

Note

This API is not supported for volume-backed instances.

Specify the createBackup action in the request body.

Policy defaults enable only users with the administrative role or the owner of the server to perform this operation. Cloud providers can change these permissions through the policy.json file.

Note

Starting from version 2.39 the image quota enforcement with Nova metadata is removed and quota checks should be performed using Glance API directly.

Normal response codes: 202

Error response codes: badRequest(400), unauthorized(401), forbidden(403), itemNotFound(404), conflict(409)

Request

Name

In

Type

Description

server_id

path

string

The UUID of the server.

createBackup

body

object

The action.

name

body

string

The name of the image to be backed up.

backup_type

body

string

The type of the backup, for example, daily.

rotation

body

integer

The rotation of the back up image, the oldest image will be removed when image count exceed the rotation count.

metadata (Optional)

body

object

Metadata key and value pairs. The maximum size of the metadata key and value is 255 bytes each.

Example Create Server Back Up (createBackup Action)

{
    "createBackup": {
        "name": "Backup 1",
        "backup_type": "daily",
        "rotation": 1
    }
}

Response

Name

In

Type

Description

Location

header

string

The image location URL of the image or backup created, HTTP header “Location: <image location URL>” will be returned.

Note

The URL returned may not be accessible to users and should not be relied upon. Use microversion 2.45 or simply parse the image ID out of the URL in the Location response header.

Available until version 2.44

image_id

body

string

The UUID for the resulting image snapshot.

New in version 2.45

Example Create Server Back Up (v2.45)

{
    "image_id": "0e7761dd-ee98-41f0-ba35-05994e446431"
}
POST
/servers/{server_id}/action

Create Image (createImage Action)

Creates an image from a server.

Specify the createImage action in the request body.

After you make this request, you typically must keep polling the status of the created image to determine whether the request succeeded.

If the operation succeeds, the created image has a status of active and the server status returns to the original status. You can also see the new image in the image back end that OpenStack Image service manages.

Note

Starting from version 2.39 the image quota enforcement with Nova metadata is removed and quota checks should be performed using Glance API directly.

Preconditions

The server must exist.

You can only create a new image from the server when its status is ACTIVE, SHUTOFF, SUSPENDED or PAUSED (PAUSED is only supported for image-backed servers).

The project must have sufficient volume snapshot quota in the block storage service when the server has attached volumes. If the project does not have sufficient volume snapshot quota, the API returns a 403 error.

Asynchronous Postconditions

A snapshot image will be created in the Image service.

In the image-backed server case, volume snapshots of attached volumes will not be created. In the volume-backed server case, volume snapshots will be created for all volumes attached to the server and then those will be represented with a block_device_mapping image property in the resulting snapshot image in the Image service. If that snapshot image is used later to create a new server, it will result in a volume-backed server where the root volume is created from the snapshot of the original root volume. The volumes created from the snapshots of the original other volumes will be attached to the server.

Troubleshooting

If the image status remains uploading or shows another error status, the request failed. Ensure you meet the preconditions and run the request again. If the request fails again, investigate the image back end.

If the server status does not go back to an original server’s status, the request failed. Ensure you meet the preconditions, or check if there is another operation that causes race conditions for the server, then run the request again. If the request fails again, investigate the compute back end or ask your cloud provider.

If the request fails due to an error on OpenStack Compute service, the image is purged from the image store that OpenStack Image service manages. Ensure you meet the preconditions and run the request again. If the request fails again, investigate OpenStack Compute service or ask your cloud provider.

Normal response codes: 202

Error response codes: badRequest(400), unauthorized(401), forbidden(403), itemNotFound(404), conflict(409)

Request

Name

In

Type

Description

server_id

path

string

The UUID of the server.

createImage

body

object

The action to create a snapshot of the image or the volume(s) of the server.

name

body

string

The display name of an Image.

metadata (Optional)

body

object

Metadata key and value pairs for the image. The maximum size for each metadata key and value pair is 255 bytes.

Example Create Image (createImage Action)

{
    "createImage" : {
        "name" : "foo-image",
        "metadata": {
            "meta_var": "meta_val"
        }
    }
}

Response

Name

In

Type

Description

Location

header

string

The image location URL of the image or backup created, HTTP header “Location: <image location URL>” will be returned.

Note

The URL returned may not be accessible to users and should not be relied upon. Use microversion 2.45 or simply parse the image ID out of the URL in the Location response header.

Available until version 2.44

image_id

body

string

The UUID for the resulting image snapshot.

New in version 2.45

Example Create Image (v2.45)

{
    "image_id": "0e7761dd-ee98-41f0-ba35-05994e446431"
}
POST
/servers/{server_id}/action

Lock Server (lock Action)

Locks a server.

Specify the lock action in the request body.

Most actions by non-admin users are not allowed to the server after this operation is successful and the server is locked. See the “Lock, Unlock” item in Server actions for the restricted actions. But administrators can perform actions on the server even though the server is locked. Note that from microversion 2.73 it is possible to specify a reason when locking the server.

The unlock action will unlock a server in locked state so additional actions can be performed on the server by non-admin users.

You can know whether a server is locked or not and the locked_reason (if specified, from the 2.73 microversion) by the List Servers Detailed API or the Show Server Details API.

Policy defaults enable only users with the administrative role or the owner of the server to perform this operation. Cloud providers can change these permissions through the policy.json file. Administrators can overwrite owner’s lock.

Normal response codes: 202

Error response codes: unauthorized(401), forbidden(403), itemNotFound(404)

Request

Name

In

Type

Description

server_id

path

string

The UUID of the server.

lock

body

object

The action to lock a server. This parameter can be null. Up to microversion 2.73, this parameter should be null.

locked_reason (Optional)

body

string

The reason behind locking a server. Limited to 255 characters in length.

New in version 2.73

Example Lock Server (lock Action)

{
    "lock": null
}

Example Lock Server (lock Action) (v2.73)

{
    "lock": {"locked_reason": "I don't want to work"}
}

Response

If successful, this method does not return content in the response body.

POST
/servers/{server_id}/action

Pause Server (pause Action)

Pauses a server. Changes its status to PAUSED.

Specify the pause action in the request body.

Policy defaults enable only users with the administrative role or the owner of the server to perform this operation. Cloud providers can change these permissions through the policy.json file.

Normal response codes: 202

Error response codes: unauthorized(401), forbidden(403), itemNotFound(404), conflict(409), notImplemented(501)

Request

Name

In

Type

Description

server_id

path

string

The UUID of the server.

pause

body

none

The action to pause a server.

Example Pause Server (pause Action)

{
    "pause": null
}

Response

If successful, this method does not return content in the response body.

POST
/servers/{server_id}/action

Reboot Server (reboot Action)

Reboots a server.

Specify the reboot action in the request body.

Preconditions

The preconditions for rebooting a server depend on the type of reboot.

You can only SOFT reboot a server when its status is ACTIVE.

You can only HARD reboot a server when its status is one of:

  • ACTIVE

  • ERROR

  • HARD_REBOOT

  • PAUSED

  • REBOOT

  • SHUTOFF

  • SUSPENDED

If the server is locked, you must have administrator privileges to reboot the server.

Asynchronous Postconditions

After you successfully reboot a server, its status changes to ACTIVE.

Normal response codes: 202

Error response codes: unauthorized(401), forbidden(403), itemNotFound(404), conflict(409)

Request

Name

In

Type

Description

server_id

path

string

The UUID of the server.

reboot

body

object

The action to reboot a server.

type

body

string

The type of the reboot action. The valid values are HARD and SOFT. A SOFT reboot attempts a graceful shutdown and restart of the server. A HARD reboot attempts a forced shutdown and restart of the server. The HARD reboot corresponds to the power cycles of the server.

Example Reboot Server (reboot Action)

{
    "reboot" : {
        "type" : "HARD"
    }
}

Response

If successful, this method does not return content in the response body.

POST
/servers/{server_id}/action

Rebuild Server (rebuild Action)

Rebuilds a server.

Specify the rebuild action in the request body.

This operation recreates the root disk of the server.

With microversion 2.93, we support rebuilding volume backed instances which will reimage the volume with the provided image. For microversion < 2.93, this operation keeps the contents of the volume given the image provided is same as the image with which the volume was created else the operation will error out.

Preconditions

The server status must be ACTIVE, SHUTOFF or ERROR.

Asynchronous Postconditions

If the server was in status SHUTOFF before the rebuild, it will be stopped and in status SHUTOFF after the rebuild, otherwise it will be ACTIVE if the rebuild was successful or ERROR if the rebuild failed.

Note

With microversion 2.93, we support rebuilding volume backed instances. If any microversion < 2.93 is specified, there is a known limitation where the root disk is not replaced for volume-backed instances during a rebuild.

Normal response codes: 202

Error response codes: badRequest(400), unauthorized(401), forbidden(403), itemNotFound(404), conflict(409)

Request

Name

In

Type

Description

server_id

path

string

The UUID of the server.

rebuild

body

object

The action to rebuild a server.

imageRef

body

string

The UUID of the image to rebuild for your server instance. It must be a valid UUID otherwise API will return 400. To rebuild a volume-backed server with a new image, at least microversion 2.93 needs to be provided in the request else the request will fall back to old behaviour i.e. the API will return 400 (for an image different from the image used when creating the volume). For non-volume-backed servers, specifying a new image will result in validating that the image is acceptable for the current compute host on which the server exists. If the new image is not valid, the server will go into ERROR status.

accessIPv4 (Optional)

body

string

IPv4 address that should be used to access this server.

accessIPv6 (Optional)

body

string

IPv6 address that should be used to access this server.

adminPass (Optional)

body

string

The administrative password of the server. If you omit this parameter, the operation generates a new password.

metadata (Optional)

body

object

Metadata key and value pairs. The maximum size of the metadata key and value is 255 bytes each.

name (Optional)

body

string

The server name.

OS-DCF:diskConfig (Optional)

body

string

Controls how the API partitions the disk when you create, rebuild, or resize servers. A server inherits the OS-DCF:diskConfig value from the image from which it was created, and an image inherits the OS-DCF:diskConfig value from the server from which it was created. To override the inherited setting, you can include this attribute in the request body of a server create, rebuild, or resize request. If the OS-DCF:diskConfig value for an image is MANUAL, you cannot create a server from that image and set its OS-DCF:diskConfig value to AUTO. A valid value is:

  • AUTO. The API builds the server with a single partition the size of the target flavor disk. The API automatically adjusts the file system to fit the entire partition.

  • MANUAL. The API builds the server by using whatever partition scheme and file system is in the source image. If the target flavor disk is larger, the API does not partition the remaining disk space.

personality (Optional)

body

array

The file path and contents, text only, to inject into the server at launch. The maximum size of the file path data is 255 bytes. The maximum limit is the number of allowed bytes in the decoded, rather than encoded, data.

Available until version 2.56

personality.path

body

string

The path field in the personality object.

Available until version 2.56

personality.contents

body

string

The file contents field in the personality object.

Available until version 2.56

preserve_ephemeral (Optional)

body

boolean

Indicates whether the server is rebuilt with the preservation of the ephemeral partition (true).

Note

This only works with baremetal servers provided by Ironic. Passing it to any other server instance results in a fault and will prevent the rebuild from happening.

description (Optional)

body

string

A free form description of the server. Limited to 255 characters in length. Before microversion 2.19 this was set to the server name.

New in version 2.19

key_name (Optional)

body

string

Key pair name for rebuild API. If null is specified, the existing keypair is unset.

Note

Users within the same project are able to rebuild other user’s instances in that project with a new keypair. Keys are owned by users (which is the only resource that’s true of). Servers are owned by projects. Because of this a rebuild with a key_name is looking up the keypair by the user calling rebuild.

New in version 2.54

user_data (Optional)

body

string

Configuration information or scripts to use upon rebuild. Must be Base64 encoded. Restricted to 65535 bytes. If null is specified, the existing user_data is unset.

New in version 2.57

trusted_image_certificates (Optional)

body

array

A list of trusted certificate IDs, which are used during image signature verification to verify the signing certificate. The list is restricted to a maximum of 50 IDs. This parameter is optional in server rebuild requests if allowed by policy, and is not supported for volume-backed instances.

If null is specified, the existing trusted certificate IDs are either unset or reset to the configured defaults.

New in version 2.63

hostname (Optional)

body

string

The hostname to configure for the instance in the metadata service.

Starting with microversion 2.94, this can be a Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN) of up to 255 characters in length.

Note

This information is published via the metadata service and requires application such as cloud-init to propagate it through to the instance.

New in version 2.90

Example Rebuild Server (rebuild Action) (v2.63)

{
    "rebuild" : {
        "accessIPv4" : "1.2.3.4",
        "accessIPv6" : "80fe::",
        "OS-DCF:diskConfig": "AUTO",
        "imageRef" : "70a599e0-31e7-49b7-b260-868f441e862b",
        "name" : "foobar",
        "key_name": "new-key",
        "description" : "description of foobar",
        "adminPass" : "seekr3t",
        "metadata" : {
            "meta_var" : "meta_val"
        },
        "user_data": "ZWNobyAiaGVsbG8gd29ybGQi",
        "trusted_image_certificates": [
            "0b5d2c72-12cc-4ba6-a8d7-3ff5cc1d8cb8",
            "674736e3-f25c-405c-8362-bbf991e0ce0a"
        ]
    }
}

Example Rebuild Server (rebuild Action) (v2.90)

{
    "rebuild" : {
        "accessIPv4" : "1.2.3.4",
        "accessIPv6" : "80fe::",
        "OS-DCF:diskConfig": "AUTO",
        "imageRef" : "70a599e0-31e7-49b7-b260-868f441e862b",
        "name" : "foobar",
        "adminPass" : "seekr3t",
        "hostname": "custom-hostname",
        "metadata" : {
            "meta_var" : "meta_val"
        },
        "user_data": "ZWNobyAiaGVsbG8gd29ybGQi"
    }
}

Example Rebuild Server (rebuild Action) (v2.94)

{
    "rebuild" : {
        "accessIPv4" : "1.2.3.4",
        "accessIPv6" : "80fe::",
        "OS-DCF:diskConfig": "AUTO",
        "imageRef" : "70a599e0-31e7-49b7-b260-868f441e862b",
        "name" : "foobar",
        "adminPass" : "seekr3t",
        "hostname": "custom-hostname.example.com",
        "metadata" : {
            "meta_var" : "meta_val"
        },
        "user_data": "ZWNobyAiaGVsbG8gd29ybGQi"
    }
}

Response

Name

In

Type

Description

Location

header

string

The location URL of the server, HTTP header “Location: <server location URL>” will be returned.

server

body

object

A server object.

accessIPv4

body

string

IPv4 address that should be used to access this server. May be automatically set by the provider.

accessIPv6

body

string

IPv6 address that should be used to access this server. May be automatically set by the provider.

addresses

body

object

The addresses information for the server.

created

body

string

The date and time when the resource was created. The date and time stamp format is ISO 8601

CCYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss±hh:mm

For example, 2015-08-27T09:49:58-05:00. The ±hh:mm value, if included, is the time zone as an offset from UTC. In the previous example, the offset value is -05:00.

flavor

body

object

Before microversion 2.47 this contains the ID and links for the flavor used to boot the server instance. This can be an empty object in case flavor information is no longer present in the system.

As of microversion 2.47 this contains a subset of the actual flavor information used to create the server instance, represented as a nested dictionary.

flavor.id

body

string

The ID of the flavor. While people often make this look like an int, this is really a string.

Available until version 2.46

flavor.links

body

array

Links to the flavor resource. See API Guide / Links and References for more info.

Available until version 2.46

flavor.vcpus

body

integer

The number of virtual CPUs that were allocated to the server.

New in version 2.47

flavor.ram

body

integer

The amount of RAM a flavor has, in MiB.

New in version 2.47

flavor.disk

body

integer

The size of the root disk that was created in GiB.

New in version 2.47

flavor.ephemeral

body

integer

The size of the ephemeral disk that was created, in GiB.

New in version 2.47

flavor.swap

body

integer

The size of a dedicated swap disk that was allocated, in MiB.

New in version 2.47

flavor.original_name

body

string

The display name of a flavor.

New in version 2.47

flavor.extra_specs (Optional)

body

object

A dictionary of the flavor’s extra-specs key-and-value pairs. This will only be included if the user is allowed by policy to index flavor extra_specs.

New in version 2.47

flavor.extra_specs.key

body

string

The extra spec key of a flavor.

New in version 2.47

flavor.extra_specs.value

body

string

The extra spec value of a flavor.

New in version 2.47

hostId

body

string

An ID string representing the host. This is a hashed value so will not actually look like a hostname, and is hashed with data from the project_id, so the same physical host as seen by two different project_ids, will be different. It is useful when within the same project you need to determine if two instances are on the same or different physical hosts for the purposes of availability or performance.

id

body

string

The UUID of the server.

image

body

object

The UUID and links for the image for your server instance. The image object will be an empty string when you boot the server from a volume.

image.id

body

string

The ID of the Image.

image.links

body

array

Links to the resources in question. See API Guide / Links and References for more info.

links

body

array

Links pertaining to the server. See API Guide / Links and References for more info.

metadata

body

object

Metadata key and value pairs. The maximum size for each metadata key and value pair is 255 bytes.

name

body

string

The server name.

OS-DCF:diskConfig

body

string

Disk configuration. The value is either:

  • AUTO. The API builds the server with a single partition the size of the target flavor disk. The API automatically adjusts the file system to fit the entire partition.

  • MANUAL. The API builds the server by using the partition scheme and file system that is in the source image. If the target flavor disk is larger, The API does not partition the remaining disk space.

status

body

string

The server status.

tenant_id

body

string

The UUID of the tenant in a multi-tenancy cloud.

updated

body

string

The date and time when the resource was updated. The date and time stamp format is ISO 8601

CCYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss±hh:mm

For example, 2015-08-27T09:49:58-05:00. The ±hh:mm value, if included, is the time zone as an offset from UTC. In the previous example, the offset value is -05:00.

user_id

body

string

The user ID of the user who owns the server.

adminPass (Optional)

body

string

The administrative password for the server. If you set enable_instance_password configuration option to False, the API wouldn’t return the adminPass field in response.

progress (Optional)

body

integer

A percentage value of the operation progress. This parameter only appears when the server status is ACTIVE, BUILD, REBUILD, RESIZE, VERIFY_RESIZE or MIGRATING.

locked

body

boolean

True if the instance is locked otherwise False.

New in version 2.9

description

body

string

The description of the server. Before microversion 2.19 this was set to the server name.

New in version 2.19

tags

body

array

A list of tags. The maximum count of tags in this list is 50.

New in version 2.26

key_name

body

string

The name of associated key pair, if any.

New in version 2.54

user_data

body

string

The current user_data for the instance.

New in version 2.57

trusted_image_certificates

body

array

A list of trusted certificate IDs, that were used during image signature verification to verify the signing certificate. The list is restricted to a maximum of 50 IDs. The value is null if trusted certificate IDs are not set.

New in version 2.63

server_groups

body

array

The UUIDs of the server groups to which the server belongs. Currently this can contain at most one entry.

New in version 2.71

locked_reason

body

string

The reason behind locking a server.

New in version 2.73

config_drive

body

string

Indicates whether or not a config drive was used for this server. The value is True or an empty string. An empty string stands for False.

New in version 2.75

OS-EXT-AZ:availability_zone

body

string

The availability zone name.

New in version 2.75

OS-EXT-SRV-ATTR:host

body

string

The name of the compute host on which this instance is running. Appears in the response for administrative users only.

New in version 2.75

OS-EXT-SRV-ATTR:hypervisor_hostname

body

string

The hypervisor host name provided by the Nova virt driver. For the Ironic driver, it is the Ironic node uuid. Appears in the response for administrative users only.

New in version 2.75

OS-EXT-SRV-ATTR:instance_name

body

string

The instance name. The Compute API generates the instance name from the instance name template. Appears in the response for administrative users only.

New in version 2.75

OS-EXT-STS:power_state

body

integer

The power state of the instance. This is an enum value that is mapped as:

0: NOSTATE
1: RUNNING
3: PAUSED
4: SHUTDOWN
6: CRASHED
7: SUSPENDED

New in version 2.75

OS-EXT-STS:task_state

body

string

The task state of the instance.

New in version 2.75

OS-EXT-STS:vm_state

body

string

The VM state.

New in version 2.75

OS-EXT-SRV-ATTR:hostname (Optional)

body

string

The hostname of the instance reported in the metadata service. This parameter only appears in responses for administrators until microversion 2.90, after which it is shown for all users.

Note

This information is published via the metadata service and requires application such as cloud-init to propagate it through to the instance.

New in version 2.75

OS-EXT-SRV-ATTR:reservation_id (Optional)

body

string

The reservation id for the server. This is an id that can be useful in tracking groups of servers created with multiple create, that will all have the same reservation_id. By default, it appears in the response for administrative users only.

New in version 2.75

OS-EXT-SRV-ATTR:launch_index (Optional)

body

integer

When servers are launched via multiple create, this is the sequence in which the servers were launched. By default, it appears in the response for administrative users only.

New in version 2.75

OS-EXT-SRV-ATTR:kernel_id (Optional)

body

string

The UUID of the kernel image when using an AMI. Will be null if not. By default, it appears in the response for administrative users only.

New in version 2.75

OS-EXT-SRV-ATTR:ramdisk_id (Optional)

body

string

The UUID of the ramdisk image when using an AMI. Will be null if not. By default, it appears in the response for administrative users only.

New in version 2.75

OS-EXT-SRV-ATTR:root_device_name (Optional)

body

string

The root device name for the instance By default, it appears in the response for administrative users only.

New in version 2.75

os-extended-volumes:volumes_attached

body

array

The attached volumes, if any.

New in version 2.75

os-extended-volumes:volumes_attached.id

body

string

The attached volume ID.

New in version 2.75

os-extended-volumes:volumes_attached.delete_on_termination

body

boolean

A flag indicating if the attached volume will be deleted when the server is deleted. By default this is False.

New in version 2.75

OS-SRV-USG:launched_at

body

string

The date and time when the server was launched.

The date and time stamp format is ISO 8601:

CCYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss±hh:mm

For example, 2015-08-27T09:49:58-05:00.

The hh±:mm value, if included, is the time zone as an offset from UTC. If the deleted_at date and time stamp is not set, its value is null.

New in version 2.75

OS-SRV-USG:terminated_at

body

string

The date and time when the server was deleted.

The date and time stamp format is ISO 8601:

CCYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss±hh:mm

For example, 2015-08-27T09:49:58-05:00. The ±hh:mm value, if included, is the time zone as an offset from UTC. If the deleted_at date and time stamp is not set, its value is null.

New in version 2.75

security_groups (Optional)

body

array

One or more security groups objects.

New in version 2.75

security_group.name

body

string

The security group name.

New in version 2.75

host_status (Optional)

body

string

The host status. Values where next value in list can override the previous:

  • UP if nova-compute up.

  • UNKNOWN if nova-compute not reported by servicegroup driver.

  • DOWN if nova-compute forced down.

  • MAINTENANCE if nova-compute is disabled.

  • Empty string indicates there is no host for server.

This attribute appears in the response only if the policy permits. By default, only administrators can get this parameter.

New in version 2.75

Example Rebuild Server (rebuild Action) (v2.75)

{
    "server": {
        "OS-DCF:diskConfig": "AUTO",
        "OS-EXT-AZ:availability_zone": "us-west",
        "OS-EXT-SRV-ATTR:host": "compute",
        "OS-EXT-SRV-ATTR:hostname": "new-server-test",
        "OS-EXT-SRV-ATTR:hypervisor_hostname": "fake-mini",
        "OS-EXT-SRV-ATTR:instance_name": "instance-00000001",
        "OS-EXT-SRV-ATTR:kernel_id": "",
        "OS-EXT-SRV-ATTR:launch_index": 0,
        "OS-EXT-SRV-ATTR:ramdisk_id": "",
        "OS-EXT-SRV-ATTR:reservation_id": "r-t61j9da6",
        "OS-EXT-SRV-ATTR:root_device_name": "/dev/sda",
        "OS-EXT-STS:power_state": 1,
        "OS-EXT-STS:task_state": null,
        "OS-EXT-STS:vm_state": "active",
        "OS-SRV-USG:launched_at": "2019-04-23T15:19:10.855016",
        "OS-SRV-USG:terminated_at": null,
        "accessIPv4": "1.2.3.4",
        "accessIPv6": "80fe::",
        "addresses": {
            "private": [
                {
                    "OS-EXT-IPS-MAC:mac_addr": "00:0c:29:0d:11:74",
                    "OS-EXT-IPS:type": "fixed",
                    "addr": "192.168.1.30",
                    "version": 4
                }
            ]
        },
        "adminPass": "seekr3t",
        "config_drive": "",
        "created": "2019-04-23T17:10:22Z",
        "description": null,
        "flavor": {
            "disk": 1,
            "ephemeral": 0,
            "extra_specs": {},
            "original_name": "m1.tiny",
            "ram": 512,
            "swap": 0,
            "vcpus": 1
        },
        "hostId": "2091634baaccdc4c5a1d57069c833e402921df696b7f970791b12ec6",
        "host_status": "UP",
        "id": "0c37a84a-c757-4f22-8c7f-0bf8b6970886",
        "image": {
            "id": "70a599e0-31e7-49b7-b260-868f441e862b",
            "links": [
                {
                    "href": "http://openstack.example.com/6f70656e737461636b20342065766572/images/70a599e0-31e7-49b7-b260-868f441e862b",
                    "rel": "bookmark"
                }
            ]
        },
        "key_name": null,
        "links": [
            {
                "href": "http://openstack.example.com/v2.1/6f70656e737461636b20342065766572/servers/0c37a84a-c757-4f22-8c7f-0bf8b6970886",
                "rel": "self"
            },
            {
                "href": "http://openstack.example.com/6f70656e737461636b20342065766572/servers/0c37a84a-c757-4f22-8c7f-0bf8b6970886",
                "rel": "bookmark"
            }
        ],
        "locked": false,
        "locked_reason": null,
        "metadata": {
            "meta_var": "meta_val"
        },
        "name": "foobar",
        "os-extended-volumes:volumes_attached": [],
        "progress": 0,
        "security_groups": [
            {
                "name": "default"
            }
        ],
        "server_groups": [],
        "status": "ACTIVE",
        "tags": [],
        "tenant_id": "6f70656e737461636b20342065766572",
        "trusted_image_certificates": null,
        "updated": "2019-04-23T17:10:24Z",
        "user_data": "ZWNobyAiaGVsbG8gd29ybGQi",
        "user_id": "admin"
    }
}
POST
/servers/{server_id}/action

Remove (Disassociate) Floating Ip (removeFloatingIp Action) (DEPRECATED)

Warning

This API is deprecated and will fail with a 404 starting from microversion 2.44. This is replaced with using the Neutron networking service API.

Removes, or disassociates, a floating IP address from a server.

The IP address is returned to the pool of IP addresses that is available for all projects. When you remove a floating IP address and that IP address is still associated with a running instance, it is automatically disassociated from that instance.

Specify the removeFloatingIp action in the request body.

Normal response codes: 202

Error response codes: badRequest(400), unauthorized(401), forbidden(403), itemNotFound(404), conflict(409)

Request

Name

In

Type

Description

server_id

path

string

The UUID of the server.

removeFloatingIp

body

object

The action to remove or disassociate a floating IP address from the server.

address

body

string

The floating IP address.

Example Remove (Disassociate) Floating Ip (removeFloatingIp Action)

{
    "removeFloatingIp": {
        "address": "172.16.10.7"
    }
}

Response

If successful, this method does not return content in the response body.

POST
/servers/{server_id}/action

Remove Security Group From A Server (removeSecurityGroup Action)

Removes a security group from a server.

Specify the removeSecurityGroup action in the request body.

Normal response codes: 202

Error response codes: badRequest(400), unauthorized(401), forbidden(403), itemNotFound(404), conflict(409)

Request

Name

In

Type

Description

server_id

path

string

The UUID of the server.

removeSecurityGroup

body

object

The action to remove a security group from the server.

name

body

string

The security group name.

Example Remove Security Group From A Server (removeSecurityGroup Action)

{
    "removeSecurityGroup": {
        "name": "test"
    }
}

Response

If successful, this method does not return content in the response body.

POST
/servers/{server_id}/action

Rescue Server (rescue Action)

Puts a server in rescue mode and changes its status to RESCUE.

Note

Until microversion 2.87, this API is not supported for volume-backed instances.

Specify the rescue action in the request body.

If you specify the rescue_image_ref extended attribute, the image is used to rescue the instance. If you omit an image reference, the base image reference is used by default.

Asynchronous Postconditions

After you successfully rescue a server and make a GET /servers/​{server_id}​ request, its status changes to RESCUE.

Normal response codes: 200

Error response codes: badRequest(400), unauthorized(401), forbidden(403), itemNotFound(404), conflict(409), notImplemented(501)

Request

Name

In

Type

Description

server_id

path

string

The UUID of the server.

rescue

body

object

The action to rescue a server.

adminPass (Optional)

body

string

The password for the rescued instance. If you omit this parameter, the operation generates a new password.

rescue_image_ref (Optional)

body

string

The image reference to use to rescue your server instance. Specify the image reference by ID or full URL. If you omit an image reference, default is the base image reference.

Example Rescue server (rescue Action)

{
    "rescue": {
        "adminPass": "MySecretPass",
        "rescue_image_ref": "70a599e0-31e7-49b7-b260-868f441e862b"
    }
}

Response

Name

In

Type

Description

adminPass (Optional)

body

string

The administrative password for the server. If you set enable_instance_password configuration option to False, the API wouldn’t return the adminPass field in response.

Example Rescue server (rescue Action)

{
    "adminPass": "MySecretPass"
}
POST
/servers/{server_id}/action

Resize Server (resize Action)

Resizes a server.

Specify the resize action in the request body.

Preconditions

You can only resize a server when its status is ACTIVE or SHUTOFF.

If the server is locked, you must have administrator privileges to resize the server.

Asynchronous Postconditions

A successfully resized server shows a VERIFY_RESIZE status and finished migration status. If the cloud has configured the resize_confirm_window option of the Compute service to a positive value, the Compute service automatically confirms the resize operation after the configured interval.

Note

There is a known limitation that ephemeral disks are not resized.

Normal response codes: 202

Error response codes: badRequest(400), unauthorized(401), forbidden(403), itemNotFound(404), conflict(409)

Request

Name

In

Type

Description

server_id

path

string

The UUID of the server.

resize

body

object

The action to resize a server.

flavorRef

body

string

The flavor ID for resizing the server. The size of the disk in the flavor being resized to must be greater than or equal to the size of the disk in the current flavor.

If a specified flavor ID is the same as the current one of the server, the request returns a Bad Request (400) response code.

OS-DCF:diskConfig (Optional)

body

string

Controls how the API partitions the disk when you create, rebuild, or resize servers. A server inherits the OS-DCF:diskConfig value from the image from which it was created, and an image inherits the OS-DCF:diskConfig value from the server from which it was created. To override the inherited setting, you can include this attribute in the request body of a server create, rebuild, or resize request. If the OS-DCF:diskConfig value for an image is MANUAL, you cannot create a server from that image and set its OS-DCF:diskConfig value to AUTO. A valid value is:

  • AUTO. The API builds the server with a single partition the size of the target flavor disk. The API automatically adjusts the file system to fit the entire partition.

  • MANUAL. The API builds the server by using whatever partition scheme and file system is in the source image. If the target flavor disk is larger, the API does not partition the remaining disk space.

Example Resize Server (Resize Action)

{
    "resize" : {
        "flavorRef" : "2",
        "OS-DCF:diskConfig": "AUTO"
    }
}

Response

If successful, this method does not return content in the response body.

POST
/servers/{server_id}/action

Resume Suspended Server (resume Action)

Resumes a suspended server and changes its status to ACTIVE.

Specify the resume action in the request body.

Policy defaults enable only users with the administrative role or the owner of the server to perform this operation. Cloud providers can change these permissions through the policy.json file.

Normal response codes: 202

Error response codes: unauthorized(401), forbidden(403), itemNotFound(404), conflict(409)

Request

Name

In

Type

Description

server_id

path

string

The UUID of the server.

resume

body

none

The action to resume a suspended server.

Example Resume Suspended Server (Resume Action)

{
    "resume": null
}

Response

If successful, this method does not return content in the response body.

POST
/servers/{server_id}/action

Revert Resized Server (revertResize Action)

Cancels and reverts a pending resize action for a server.

Specify the revertResize action in the request body.

Preconditions

You can only revert the resized server where the status is VERIFY_RESIZE and the OS-EXT-STS:vm_state is resized.

If the server is locked, you must have administrator privileges to revert the resizing.

Asynchronous Postconditions

After you make this request, you typically must keep polling the server status to determine whether the request succeeded. A reverting resize operation shows a status of REVERT_RESIZE and a task_state of resize_reverting. If successful, the status will return to ACTIVE or SHUTOFF. You can also see the reverted server in the compute node that OpenStack Compute manages.

Troubleshooting

If the server status remains VERIFY_RESIZE, the request failed. Ensure you meet the preconditions and run the request again. If the request fails again, investigate the compute back end.

The server is not reverted in the compute node that OpenStack Compute manages.

Normal response codes: 202

Error response codes: badRequest(400), unauthorized(401), forbidden(403), itemNotFound(404), conflict(409)

Request

Name

In

Type

Description

server_id

path

string

The UUID of the server.

revertResize

body

none

The action to revert a resize operation.

Example Revert Resized Server (revertResize Action)

{
    "revertResize" : null
}

Response

If successful, this method does not return content in the response body.

POST
/servers/{server_id}/action

Start Server (os-start Action)

Starts a stopped server and changes its status to ACTIVE.

Specify the os-start action in the request body.

Preconditions

The server status must be SHUTOFF.

If the server is locked, you must have administrator privileges to start the server.

Asynchronous Postconditions

After you successfully start a server, its status changes to ACTIVE.

Troubleshooting

If the server status does not change to ACTIVE, the start operation failed. Ensure that you meet the preconditions and run the request again. If the request fails again, investigate whether another operation is running that causes a race condition.

Normal response codes: 202

Error response codes: unauthorized(401), forbidden(403), itemNotFound(404), conflict(409)

Request

Name

In

Type

Description

server_id

path

string

The UUID of the server.

os-start

body

none

The action to start a stopped server.

Example Start server

{
    "os-start" : null
}

Response

If successful, this method does not return content in the response body.

POST
/servers/{server_id}/action

Stop Server (os-stop Action)

Stops a running server and changes its status to SHUTOFF.

Specify the os-stop action in the request body.

Preconditions

The server status must be ACTIVE or ERROR.

If the server is locked, you must have administrator privileges to stop the server.

Asynchronous Postconditions

After you successfully stop a server, its status changes to SHUTOFF. This API operation does not delete the server instance data and the data will be available again after os-start action.

Normal response codes: 202

Error response codes: unauthorized(401), forbidden(403), itemNotFound(404), conflict(409)

Request

Name

In

Type

Description

server_id

path

string

The UUID of the server.

os-stop

body

none

The action to stop a running server.

Example Stop server

{
    "os-stop" : null
}

Response

If successful, this method does not return content in the response body.

POST
/servers/{server_id}/action

Suspend Server (suspend Action)

Suspends a server and changes its status to SUSPENDED.

Specify the suspend action in the request body.

Policy defaults enable only users with the administrative role or the owner of the server to perform this operation. Cloud providers can change these permissions through the policy.json file.

Normal response codes: 202

Error response codes: unauthorized(401), forbidden(403), itemNotFound(404), conflict(409)

Request

Name

In

Type

Description

server_id

path

string

The UUID of the server.

suspend

body

none

The action to suspend a server.

Example Suspend Server (suspend Action)

{
    "suspend": null
}

Response

If successful, this method does not return content in the response body.

POST
/servers/{server_id}/action

Unlock Server (unlock Action)

Unlocks a locked server.

Specify the unlock action in the request body.

Policy defaults enable only users with the administrative role or the owner of the server to perform this operation. Cloud providers can change these permissions through the policy.json file.

Normal response codes: 202

Error response codes: unauthorized(401), forbidden(403), itemNotFound(404)

Request

Name

In

Type

Description

server_id

path

string

The UUID of the server.

unlock

body

none

The action to unlock a locked server.

Example Unlock Server (unlock Action)

{
    "unlock": null
}

Response

If successful, this method does not return content in the response body.

POST
/servers/{server_id}/action

Unpause Server (unpause Action)

Unpauses a paused server and changes its status to ACTIVE.

Specify the unpause action in the request body.

Policy defaults enable only users with the administrative role or the owner of the server to perform this operation. Cloud providers can change these permissions through the policy.json file.

Normal response codes: 202

Error response codes: unauthorized(401), forbidden(403), itemNotFound(404), conflict(409), notImplemented(501)

Request

Name

In

Type

Description

server_id

path

string

The UUID of the server.

unpause

body

none

The action to unpause a paused server.

Example Unpause Server (unpause Action)

{
    "unpause": null
}

Response

If successful, this method does not return content in the response body.

POST
/servers/{server_id}/action

Unrescue Server (unrescue Action)

Unrescues a server. Changes status to ACTIVE.

Specify the unrescue action in the request body.

Preconditions

The server must exist.

You can only unrescue a server when its status is RESCUE.

Asynchronous Postconditions

After you successfully unrescue a server and make a GET /servers/​{server_id}​ request, its status changes to ACTIVE.

Normal response codes: 202

Error response codes: unauthorized(401), forbidden(403), itemNotFound(404), conflict(409), notImplemented(501)

Request

Name

In

Type

Description

server_id

path

string

The UUID of the server.

unrescue

body

none

The action to unrescue a server in rescue mode.

Example Unrescue server

{
    "unrescue": null
}

Response

If successful, this method does not return content in the response body.

POST
/servers/{server_id}/action

Add (Associate) Fixed Ip (addFixedIp Action) (DEPRECATED)

Warning

This API is deprecated and will fail with a 404 starting from microversion 2.44. This is replaced with using the Neutron networking service API.

Adds a fixed IP address to a server instance, which associates that address with the server. The fixed IP address is retrieved from the network that you specify in the request.

Specify the addFixedIp action and the network ID in the request body.

Policy defaults enable only users with the administrative role or the owner of the server to perform this operation. Cloud providers can change these permissions through the policy.json file.

Normal response codes: 202

Error response codes: badRequest(400), unauthorized(401), forbidden(403), itemNotFound(404)

Request

Name

In

Type

Description

server_id

path

string

The UUID of the server.

addFixedIp

body

object

The action to add a fixed ip address to a server.

networkId

body

string

The network ID.

Example Add (Associate) Fixed Ip (addFixedIp Action)

{
    "addFixedIp": {
        "networkId": "e1882e38-38c2-4239-ade7-35d644cb963a"
    }
}

Response

No response body is returned after a successful addFixedIp action.

POST
/servers/{server_id}/action

Remove (Disassociate) Fixed Ip (removeFixedIp Action) (DEPRECATED)

Warning

This API is deprecated and will fail with a 404 starting from microversion 2.44. This is replaced with using the Neutron networking service API.

Removes, or disassociates, a fixed IP address from a server.

Specify the removeFixedIp action in the request body.

Policy defaults enable only users with the administrative role or the owner of the server to perform this operation. Cloud providers can change these permissions through the policy.json file.

Normal response codes: 202

Error response codes: badRequest(400), unauthorized(401), forbidden(403), itemNotFound(404)

Request

Name

In

Type

Description

server_id

path

string

The UUID of the server.

removeFixedIp

body

object

The action to remove a fixed ip address from a server.

address

body

string

The IP address.

Example Remove (Disassociate) Fixed Ip (removeFixedIp Action)

{
    "removeFixedIp": {
        "address": "10.0.0.4"
    }
}

Response

No response body is returned after a successful removeFixedIp action.

POST
/servers/{server_id}/action

Force-Delete Server (forceDelete Action)

Force-deletes a server before deferred cleanup.

Specify the forceDelete action in the request body.

Policy defaults enable only users with the administrative role or the owner of the server to perform this operation. Cloud providers can change these permissions through the policy.json file.

Normal response codes: 202

Error response codes: unauthorized(401), forbidden(403), itemNotFound(404), conflict(409)

Request

Name

In

Type

Description

server_id

path

string

The UUID of the server.

forceDelete

body

none

The action.

Example Force-Delete Server (forceDelete Action): JSON request

{
    "forceDelete": null
}

Response

No body is returned on a successful submission.

POST
/servers/{server_id}/action

Restore Soft-Deleted Instance (restore Action)

Restores a previously soft-deleted server instance. You cannot use this method to restore deleted instances.

Specify the restore action in the request body.

Policy defaults enable only users with the administrative role or the owner of the server to perform this operation. Cloud providers can change these permissions through the policy.json file.

Normal response codes: 202

Error response codes: unauthorized(401), forbidden(403), itemNotFound(404), conflict(409)

Request

Name

In

Type

Description

server_id

path

string

The UUID of the server.

restore

body

none

The action.

Example Restore Soft-Deleted Instance (restore Action): JSON request

{
    "restore": null
}

Response

No body is returned on a successful submission.

POST
/servers/{server_id}/action

Show Console Output (os-getConsoleOutput Action)

Shows console output for a server.

This API returns the text of the console since boot. The content returned may be large. Limit the lines of console text, beginning at the tail of the content, by setting the optional length parameter in the request body.

The server to get console log from should set export LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8 in order to avoid incorrect unicode error.

Normal response codes: 200

Error response codes: unauthorized(401), forbidden(403), notFound(404), conflict(409), methodNotImplemented(501)

Request

Name

In

Type

Description

server_id

path

string

The UUID of the server.

os-getConsoleOutput

body

object

The action to get console output of the server.

length (Optional)

body

integer

The number of lines to fetch from the end of console log. All lines will be returned if this is not specified.

Note

This parameter can be specified as not only ‘integer’ but also ‘string’.

Example Show Console Output (os-getConsoleOutput Action)

This example requests the last 50 lines of console content from the specified server.

{
    "os-getConsoleOutput": {
        "length": 50
    }
}

Response

Name

In

Type

Description

output

body

string

The console output as a string. Control characters will be escaped to create a valid JSON string.

Example Show Console Output (os-getConsoleOutput Action)

{
    "output": "FAKE CONSOLE OUTPUT\nANOTHER\nLAST LINE"
}
POST
/servers/{server_id}/action

Shelve Server (shelve Action)

Shelves a server.

Specify the shelve action in the request body.

All associated data and resources are kept but anything still in memory is not retained. To restore a shelved instance, use the unshelve action. To remove a shelved instance, use the shelveOffload action.

Policy defaults enable only users with the administrative role or the owner of the server to perform this operation. Cloud providers can change these permissions through the policy.json file.

Preconditions

The server status must be ACTIVE, SHUTOFF, PAUSED, or SUSPENDED.

If the server is locked, you must have administrator privileges to shelve the server.

Asynchronous Postconditions

After you successfully shelve a server, its status changes to SHELVED and the image status is ACTIVE. The server instance data appears on the compute node that the Compute service manages.

If you boot the server from volumes or set the shelved_offload_time option to 0, the Compute service automatically deletes the instance on compute nodes and changes the server status to SHELVED_OFFLOADED.

Troubleshooting

If the server status does not change to SHELVED or SHELVED_OFFLOADED, the shelve operation failed. Ensure that you meet the preconditions and run the request again. If the request fails again, investigate whether another operation is running that causes a race condition.

Normal response codes: 202

Error response codes: unauthorized(401), forbidden(403), itemNotFound(404), conflict(409)

Request

Name

In

Type

Description

server_id

path

string

The UUID of the server.

shelve

body

none

The action.


Example Shelve server (shelve Action)

{
    "shelve": null
}

Response

If successful, this method does not return content in the response body.

POST
/servers/{server_id}/action

Shelf-Offload (Remove) Server (shelveOffload Action)

Shelf-offloads, or removes, a shelved server.

Specify the shelveOffload action in the request body.

Data and resource associations are deleted. If an instance is no longer needed, you can remove that instance from the hypervisor to minimize resource usage.

Policy defaults enable only users with the administrative role or the owner of the server to perform this operation. Cloud providers can change these permissions through the policy.json file.

Preconditions

The server status must be SHELVED.

If the server is locked, you must have administrator privileges to shelve-offload the server.

Asynchronous Postconditions

After you successfully shelve-offload a server, its status changes to SHELVED_OFFLOADED. The server instance data appears on the compute node.

Troubleshooting

If the server status does not change to SHELVED_OFFLOADED, the shelve-offload operation failed. Ensure that you meet the preconditions and run the request again. If the request fails again, investigate whether another operation is running that causes a race condition.

Normal response codes: 202

Error response codes: unauthorized(401), forbidden(403), itemNotFound(404), conflict(409)

Request

Name

In

Type

Description

server_id

path

string

The UUID of the server.

shelveOffload

body

none

The action.


Example Shelf-Offload server (shelveOffload Action)

{
    "shelveOffload": null
}

Response

If successful, this method does not return content in the response body.

POST
/servers/{server_id}/action

Unshelve (Restore) Shelved Server (unshelve Action)

Unshelves, or restores, a shelved server.

Specify the unshelve action in the request body.

Policy defaults enable only users with the administrative role or the owner of the server to perform this operation. Cloud providers can change these permissions through the policy.json file.

Preconditions

Unshelving a server without parameters requires its status to be SHELVED or SHELVED_OFFLOADED.

Unshelving a server with availability_zone and/or host parameters requires its status to be only SHELVED_OFFLOADED otherwise HTTP 409 conflict response is returned.

If a server is locked, you must have administrator privileges to unshelve the server.

As of microversion 2.91, you can unshelve to a specific compute node if you have PROJECT_ADMIN privileges. This microversion also gives the ability to pin a server to an availability_zone and to unpin a server from any availability_zone.

When a server is pinned to an availability_zone, the server move operations will keep the server in that availability_zone. However, when the server is not pinned to any availability_zone, the move operations can move the server to nodes in different availability_zones.

The behavior according to unshelve parameters will follow the below table.

Boot

AZ (1)

Host (1)

Result

No AZ

No AZ or AZ=null

No

Free scheduling (2)

No AZ

No AZ or AZ=null

Host1

Schedule to Host1. Server remains unpinned.

No AZ

AZ=”AZ1”

No

Schedule to any host in “AZ1”. Server is pined to “AZ1”.

No AZ

AZ=”AZ1”

Host1

Verify Host1 is in “AZ1”, then schedule to Host1, otherwise reject the request. Server is pined to “AZ1”.

AZ1

No AZ

No

Schedule to any host in “AZ1”. Server remains pined to “AZ1”.

AZ1

AZ=null

No

Free scheduling (2). Server is unpinned.

AZ1

No AZ

Host1

Verify Host1 is in “AZ1”, then schedule to Host1, otherwise reject the request. Server remains pined to “AZ1”.

AZ1

AZ=null

Host1

Schedule to Host1. Server is unpinned.

AZ1

AZ=”AZ2”

No

Schedule to any host in “AZ2”. Server is pined to “AZ2”.

AZ1

AZ=”AZ2”

Host1

Verify Host1 is in “AZ2” then schedule to Host1, otherwise reject the request. Server is pined to “AZ2”.

  1. Unshelve body parameters

  2. Schedule to any host available.

Asynchronous Postconditions

After you successfully unshelve a server, its status changes to ACTIVE. The server appears on the compute node.

The shelved image is deleted from the list of images returned by an API call.

Troubleshooting

If the server status does not change to ACTIVE, the unshelve operation failed. Ensure that you meet the preconditions and run the request again. If the request fails again, investigate whether another operation is running that causes a race condition.

Normal response codes: 202

Error response codes: badRequest(400), unauthorized(401), forbidden(403), itemNotFound(404), conflict(409)

Request

Note

Since microversion 2.77, allowed request body schema are {“unshelve”: null} or {“unshelve”: {“availability_zone”: <string>}}. A request body of {“unshelve”: {}} is not allowed.

Note

Since microversion 2.91, allowed request body schema are

  • {“unshelve”: null} (Keep compatibility with previous microversions)

or

  • {“unshelve”: {“availability_zone”: <string>}} (Unshelve and pin server to availability_zone)

  • {“unshelve”: {“availability_zone”: null}} (Unshelve and unpin server from any availability zone)

  • {“unshelve”: {“host”: <fqdn>}}

  • {“unshelve”: {“availability_zone”: <string>, “host”: <fqdn>}}

  • {“unshelve”: {“availability_zone”: null, “host”: <fqdn>}}

Everything else is not allowed, examples:

  • {“unshelve”: {}}

  • {“unshelve”: {“host”: <fqdn>, “host”: <fqdn>}}

  • {“unshelve”: {“foo”: <string>}}

Name

In

Type

Description

server_id

path

string

The UUID of the server.

unshelve

body

none

The action.

availability_zone (Optional)

body

string

The availability zone name. Specifying an availability zone is only allowed when the server status is SHELVED_OFFLOADED otherwise HTTP 409 conflict response is returned.

Since microversion 2.91 "availability_zone":null allows unpinning the instance from any availability_zone it is pinned to.

New in version 2.77

host (Optional)

body

string

The destination host name. Specifying a destination host is by default only allowed to project_admin, if it not the case HTTP 403 forbidden response is returned.

New in version 2.91


Example Unshelve server (unshelve Action)

{
    "unshelve": null
}

Example Unshelve server (unshelve Action) (v2.77)

{
    "unshelve": {
        "availability_zone": "us-west"
    }
}

Examples Unshelve server (unshelve Action) (v2.91)

{
    "unshelve": {
        "host": "host01"
    }
}
{
    "unshelve": {
        "availability_zone": "nova",
        "host": "host01"
    }
}
{
    "unshelve": {
        "availability_zone": null,
        "host": "host01"
    }
}
{
    "unshelve": {
        "availability_zone": null
    }
}

Response

If successful, this method does not return content in the response body.

POST
/servers/{server_id}/action

Trigger Crash Dump In Server

Added in version 2.17.

Trigger a crash dump in a server.

When a server starts behaving oddly at a fundamental level, it maybe be useful to get a kernel level crash dump to debug further. The crash dump action forces a crash dump followed by a system reboot of the server. Once the server comes back online, you can find a Kernel Crash Dump file in a certain location of the filesystem. For example, for Ubuntu you can find it in the /var/crash directory.

Warning

This action can cause data loss. Also, network connectivity can be lost both during and after this operation.

Normal response codes: 202

Error response codes: badRequest(400), unauthorized(401), forbidden(403), itemNotFound(404), conflict(409)

  • 400 is returned if the server does not support a crash dump (either by configuration or because the backend does not support it)

  • 409 is returned if the server is not in a state where a crash dump action is allowed.

Request

Name

In

Type

Description

server_id

path

string

The UUID of the server.

trigger_crash_dump

body

none

Specifies the trigger crash dump action should be run

Example Trigger crash dump: JSON request

{
    "trigger_crash_dump": null
}

Response

No body is returned on a successful submission.

POST
/servers/{server_id}/action

Get Serial Console (os-getSerialConsole Action) (DEPRECATED)

Gets a serial console for a server.

Warning

This action is deprecated in microversion 2.5 and superseded by the API Server Consoles in microversion 2.6. The new API offers a unified API for different console types.

Specify the os-getSerialConsole action in the request body.

The only supported connection type is serial. The type parameter should be set as serial.

Normal response codes: 200

Error response codes: badRequest(400), unauthorized(401), forbidden(403), itemNotFound(404), conflict(409), notImplemented(501)

Request

Name

In

Type

Description

server_id

path

string

The UUID of the server.

os-getSerialConsole

body

object

The action.

type

body

string

The type of serial console. The only valid value is serial.

Example Get Serial Console (os-getSerialConsole Action)

{
    "os-getSerialConsole": {
        "type": "serial"
    }
}

Response

Name

In

Type

Description

console

body

object

The remote console object.

type

body

string

The type of serial console. The only valid value is serial.

url

body

string

The URL used to connect to the Serial console.

Example Get Serial Console (os-getSerialConsole Action)

{
    "console": {
        "type": "serial",
        "url":"ws://127.0.0.1:6083/?token=f9906a48-b71e-4f18-baca-c987da3ebdb3"
    }
}
POST
/servers/{server_id}/action

Get SPICE Console (os-getSPICEConsole Action) (DEPRECATED)

Gets a SPICE console for a server.

Warning

This action is deprecated in microversion 2.5 and superseded by the API Server Consoles in microversion 2.6. The new API offers a unified API for different console types.

Specify the os-getSPICEConsole action in the request body.

The only supported connection type is spice-html5. The type parameter should be set to spice-html5.

Normal response codes: 200

Error response codes: badRequest(400), unauthorized(401), forbidden(403), itemNotFound(404), conflict(409), notImplemented(501)

Request

Name

In

Type

Description

server_id

path

string

The UUID of the server.

os-getSPICEConsole

body

object

The action.

type

body

string

The type of SPICE console. The only valid value is spice-html5.

Example Get Spice Console (os-getSPICEConsole Action)

{
    "os-getSPICEConsole": {
        "type": "spice-html5"
    }
}

Response

Name

In

Type

Description

console

body

object

The remote console object.

type

body

string

The type of SPICE console. The only valid value is spice-html5.

url

body

string

The URL used to connect to the SPICE console.

Example Get SPICE Console (os-getSPICEConsole Action)

{
    "console": {
        "type": "spice-html5",
        "url": "http://127.0.0.1:6082/spice_auto.html?token=a30e5d08-6a20-4043-958f-0852440c6af4"
    }
}
POST
/servers/{server_id}/action

Get VNC Console (os-getVNCConsole Action) (DEPRECATED)

Gets a VNC console for a server.

Warning

This action is deprecated in microversion 2.5 and superseded by the API Server Consoles in microversion 2.6. The new API offers a unified API for different console types.

Specify the os-getVNCConsole action in the request body.

Normal response codes: 200

Error response codes: badRequest(400), unauthorized(401), forbidden(403), itemNotFound(404), conflict(409), notImplemented(501)

Request

Name

In

Type

Description

server_id

path

string

The UUID of the server.

os-getVNCConsole

body

object

The action.

type

body

string

The type of VNC console. The only valid value is novnc.

Example Get Vnc Console (os-getVNCConsole Action)

{
    "os-getVNCConsole": {
        "type": "novnc"
    }
}

Response

Name

In

Type

Description

console

body

object

The remote console object.

type

body

string

The type of VNC console. The only valid value is novnc.

url

body

string

The URL used to connect to the VNC console.

Example Get VNC Console (os-getVNCConsole Action)

{
    "console": {
        "type": "novnc",
        "url": "http://127.0.0.1:6080/vnc_auto.html?path=%3Ftoken%3Ddaae261f-474d-4cae-8f6a-1865278ed8c9"
    }
}

Servers - run an administrative action (servers, action)

Enables administrators to perform an action on a server. Specify the action in the request body.

You can inject network information into, migrate, live-migrate, reset networking on, reset the state of a server, and evacuate a server from a failed host to a new host.

POST
/servers/{server_id}/action

Inject Network Information (injectNetworkInfo Action)

Injects network information into a server.

Specify the injectNetworkInfo action in the request body.

Policy defaults enable only users with the administrative role to perform this operation. Cloud providers can change these permissions through the policy.json file.

Warning

There is very limited support on this API, For more information, see nova virt support matrix

Normal response codes: 202

Error response codes: unauthorized(401), forbidden(403), itemNotFound(404), conflict(409)

Request

Name

In

Type

Description

server_id

path

string

The UUID of the server.

injectNetworkInfo

body

none

The action.

Example Inject Network Information (injectNetworkInfo Action)

{
    "injectNetworkInfo": null
}

Response

If successful, this method does not return content in the response body.

POST
/servers/{server_id}/action

Migrate Server (migrate Action)

Migrates a server to a host.

Specify the migrate action in the request body.

Up to microversion 2.55, the scheduler chooses the host. Starting from microversion 2.56, the host parameter is available to specify the destination host. If you specify null or don’t specify this parameter, the scheduler chooses a host.

Asynchronous Postconditions

A successfully migrated server shows a VERIFY_RESIZE status and finished migration status. If the cloud has configured the resize_confirm_window option of the Compute service to a positive value, the Compute service automatically confirms the migrate operation after the configured interval.

There are two different policies for this action, depending on whether the host parameter is set. Both defaults enable only users with the administrative role to perform this operation. Cloud providers can change these permissions through the policy.json file.

Normal response codes: 202

Error response codes: badRequest(400), unauthorized(401), forbidden(403) itemNotFound(404), conflict(409)

Request

Name

In

Type

Description

server_id

path

string

The UUID of the server.

migrate

body

object

The action to cold migrate a server. This parameter can be null. Up to microversion 2.55, this parameter should be null.

host (Optional)

body

string

The host to which to migrate the server. If you specify null or don’t specify this parameter, the scheduler chooses a host.

New in version 2.56

Example Migrate Server (migrate Action) (v2.1)

{
    "migrate": null
}

Example Migrate Server (migrate Action) (v2.56)

{
    "migrate": {
        "host": "host1"
    }
}

Response

If successful, this method does not return content in the response body.

POST
/servers/{server_id}/action

Live-Migrate Server (os-migrateLive Action)

Live-migrates a server to a new host without rebooting.

Specify the os-migrateLive action in the request body.

Use the host parameter to specify the destination host. If this param is null, the scheduler chooses a host. If a scheduled host is not suitable to do migration, the scheduler tries up to migrate_max_retries rescheduling attempts.

Starting from API version 2.25, the block_migration parameter could be to auto so that nova can decide value of block_migration during live migration.

Policy defaults enable only users with the administrative role to perform this operation. Cloud providers can change these permissions through the policy.json file.

Starting from REST API version 2.34 pre-live-migration checks are done asynchronously, results of these checks are available in instance-actions. Nova responds immediately, and no pre-live-migration checks are returned. The instance will not immediately change state to ERROR, if a failure of the live-migration checks occurs.

Starting from API version 2.68, the force parameter is no longer accepted as this could not be meaningfully supported by servers with complex resource allocations.

Normal response codes: 202

Error response codes: badRequest(400), unauthorized(401), forbidden(403) itemNotFound(404), conflict(409)

Request

Name

In

Type

Description

server_id

path

string

The UUID of the server.

os-migrateLive

body

object

The action.

host

body

string

The host to which to migrate the server. If this parameter is None, the scheduler chooses a host.

Warning

Prior to microversion 2.30, specifying a host will bypass validation by the scheduler, which could result in failures to actually migrate the instance to the specified host, or over-subscription of the host. It is recommended to either not specify a host so that the scheduler will pick one, or specify a host with microversion >= 2.30 and without force=True set.

block_migration

body

boolean

Set to True to migrate local disks by using block migration. If the source or destination host uses shared storage and you set this value to True, the live migration fails.

Available until version 2.24

block_migration

body

string

Migrates local disks by using block migration. Set to auto which means nova will detect whether source and destination hosts on shared storage. if they are on shared storage, the live-migration won’t be block migration. Otherwise the block migration will be executed. Set to True, means the request will fail when the source or destination host uses shared storage. Set to False means the request will fail when the source and destination hosts are not on the shared storage.

New in version 2.25

disk_over_commit

body

boolean

Set to True to enable over commit when the destination host is checked for available disk space. Set to False to disable over commit. This setting affects only the libvirt virt driver.

Available until version 2.25

force (Optional)

body

boolean

Force a live-migration by not verifying the provided destination host by the scheduler.

Warning

This could result in failures to actually live migrate the instance to the specified host. It is recommended to either not specify a host so that the scheduler will pick one, or specify a host without force=True set.

New in version 2.30

Available until version 2.67

Example Live-Migrate Server (os-migrateLive Action)

{
    "os-migrateLive": {
        "host": "01c0cadef72d47e28a672a76060d492c",
        "block_migration": "auto",
        "force": false
    }
}

Response

If successful, this method does not return content in the response body.

POST
/servers/{server_id}/action

Reset Networking On A Server (resetNetwork Action) (DEPRECATED)

Resets networking on a server.

Warning

This action was only supported by the XenAPI virt driver, which was deprecated in the 20.0.0 (Train) release and removed in the 22.0.0 (Victoria) release. This action should be avoided in new applications. It was removed in the 23.0.0 (Wallaby) release.

Specify the resetNetwork action in the request body.

Policy defaults enable only users with the administrative role to perform this operation. Cloud providers can change these permissions through the policy.json file.

Normal response codes: 202

Error response codes: unauthorized(401), forbidden(403), itemNotFound(404), conflict(409), gone(410)

Request

Name

In

Type

Description

server_id

path

string

The UUID of the server.

resetNetwork

body

none

The action.

Example Reset Networking On A Server (resetNetwork Action)

{
    "resetNetwork": null
}

Response

If successful, this method does not return content in the response body.

POST
/servers/{server_id}/action

Reset Server State (os-resetState Action)

Resets the state of a server.

Specify the os-resetState action and the state in the request body.

Policy defaults enable only users with the administrative role to perform this operation. Cloud providers can change these permissions through the policy.json file.

Normal response codes: 202

Error response codes: unauthorized(401), forbidden(403), itemNotFound(404)

Request

Name

In

Type

Description

server_id

path

string

The UUID of the server.

os-resetState

body

object

The action.

os-resetState.state

body

string

The state of the server to be set, active or error are valid.

Example Reset Server State (os-resetState Action)

{
    "os-resetState": {
        "state": "active"
    }
}

Response

If successful, this method does not return content in the response body.

POST
/servers/{server_id}/action

Evacuate Server (evacuate Action)

Evacuates a server from a failed host to a new host.

  • Specify the evacuate action in the request body.

  • In the request body, if onSharedStorage is set, then do not set adminPass.

  • The target host should not be the same as the instance host.

Preconditions

  • The failed host must be fenced and no longer running the original server.

  • The failed host must be reported as down or marked as forced down using Update Forced Down.

Starting from API version 2.68, the force parameter is no longer accepted as this could not be meaningfully supported by servers with complex resource allocations.

Starting from API version 2.95, the server will remain stopped on the destination until it is manually started. If the server should end in the same power state on the destination as it had on the source before the evacuation, older microversions can be used.

Normal response codes: 200

Error response codes: badRequest(400), unauthorized(401), forbidden(403), itemNotFound(404), conflict(409)

Request

Name

In

Type

Description

server_id

path

string

The UUID of the server.

evacuate

body

object

The action to evacuate a server to another host.

host (Optional)

body

string

The name or ID of the host to which the server is evacuated. If you omit this parameter, the scheduler chooses a host.

Warning

Prior to microversion 2.29, specifying a host will bypass validation by the scheduler, which could result in failures to actually evacuate the instance to the specified host, or over-subscription of the host. It is recommended to either not specify a host so that the scheduler will pick one, or specify a host with microversion >= 2.29 and without force=True set.

adminPass (Optional)

body

string

An administrative password to access the evacuated server. If you omit this parameter, the operation generates a new password. Up to API version 2.13, if onSharedStorage is set to True and this parameter is specified, an error is raised.

onSharedStorage

body

boolean

Server on shared storage.

Note

Starting since version 2.14, Nova automatically detects whether the server is on shared storage or not. Therefore this parameter was removed.

Available until version 2.13

force (Optional)

body

boolean

Force an evacuation by not verifying the provided destination host by the scheduler.

Warning

This could result in failures to actually evacuate the instance to the specified host. It is recommended to either not specify a host so that the scheduler will pick one, or specify a host without force=True set.

Furthermore, this should not be specified when evacuating instances managed by a clustered hypervisor driver like ironic since you cannot specify a node, so the compute service will pick a node randomly which may not be able to accommodate the instance.

New in version 2.29

Available until version 2.67


Example Evacuate Server (evacuate Action)

{
    "evacuate": {
        "host": "b419863b7d814906a68fb31703c0dbd6",
        "adminPass": "MySecretPass",
        "onSharedStorage": "False"
    }
}

Response

Name

In

Type

Description

adminPass (Optional)

body

string

An administrative password to access the evacuated instance. If you set enable_instance_password configuration option to False, the API wouldn’t return the adminPass field in response.

Available until version 2.13

Note

API does not return any Response for Microversion 2.14 or greater.

Example Evacuate Server (evacuate Action)

{
    "adminPass": "MySecretPass"
}

Server Consoles

Manage server consoles.

POST
/servers/{server_id}/remote-consoles

Create Console

Note

Microversion 2.6 or greater is required for this API.

The API provides a unified request for creating a remote console. The user can get a URL to connect the console from this API. The URL includes the token which is used to get permission to access the console. Servers may support different console protocols. To return a remote console using a specific protocol, such as VNC, set the protocol parameter to vnc.

Normal response codes: 200

Error response codes: badRequest(400), unauthorized(401), forbidden(403), itemNotFound(404), conflict(409), notImplemented(501)

Request

Name

In

Type

Description

server_id

path

string

The UUID of the server.

remote_console

body

object

The remote console object.

protocol

body

string

The protocol of remote console. The valid values are vnc, spice, serial and mks. The protocol mks is added since Microversion 2.8.

type

body

string

The type of remote console. The valid values are novnc, spice-html5, serial, and webmks. The type webmks is added since Microversion 2.8.

Example Get Remote VNC Console

{
    "remote_console": {
        "protocol": "vnc",
        "type": "novnc"
    }
}

Response

Name

In

Type

Description

remote_console

body

object

The remote console object.

protocol

body

string

The protocol of remote console. The valid values are vnc, spice, serial and mks. The protocol mks is added since Microversion 2.8.

type

body

string

The type of remote console. The valid values are novnc, spice-html5, serial, and webmks. The type webmks is added since Microversion 2.8.

url

body

string

The URL is used to connect the console.

Example Get Remote VNC Console

{
    "remote_console": {
        "protocol": "vnc",
        "type": "novnc",
        "url": "http://example.com:6080/vnc_auto.html?path=%3Ftoken%3Db60bcfc3-5fd4-4d21-986c-e83379107819"
    }
}
GET
/os-console-auth-tokens/{console_token}

Show Console Connection Information

Given the console authentication token for a server, shows the related connection information.

Nova HyperV driver has been removed therefore requests for RDP console connection information will always return an http 400 error. Starting from microversion 2.31 it’s available for all other console types.

Normal response codes: 200

Error response codes: badRequest(400), unauthorized(401), forbidden(403), itemNotFound(404)

Request

Name

In

Type

Description

console_token

path

string

Console authentication token.

Response

Name

In

Type

Description

console

body

object

The console object.

instance_uuid

body

string

The UUID of the server.

host (Optional)

body

string

The name or ID of the host.

port

body

integer

The port number.

internal_access_path (Optional)

body

string

The id representing the internal access path.

Example Show Console Authentication Token

{
    "console": {
        "instance_uuid": "b48316c5-71e8-45e4-9884-6c78055b9b13",
        "host": "localhost",
        "port": 5900,
        "internal_access_path": "51af38c3-555e-4884-a314-6c8cdde37444"
    }
}

Servers Security Groups (servers, os-security-groups)

Lists Security Groups for a server.

GET
/servers/{server_id}/os-security-groups

List Security Groups By Server

Lists security groups for a server.

Normal response codes: 200

Error response codes: unauthorized(401), forbidden(403), itemNotFound(404)

Request

Name

In

Type

Description

server_id

path

string

The UUID of the server.

Response

Name

In

Type

Description

security_groups

body

array

One or more security groups objects.

description

body

string

Security group description.

id

body

string

The ID of the security group.

name

body

string

The security group name.

rules

body

array

The list of security group rules.

tenant_id

body

string

The UUID of the tenant in a multi-tenancy cloud.

Example List security groups by server

{
    "security_groups": [
        {
            "description": "default",
            "id": 1,
            "name": "default",
            "rules": [],
            "tenant_id": "6f70656e737461636b20342065766572"
        }
    ]
}

Servers diagnostics (servers, diagnostics)

Shows the usage data for a server.

GET
/servers/{server_id}/diagnostics

Show Server Diagnostics

Shows basic usage data for a server.

Policy defaults enable only users with the administrative role. Cloud providers can change these permissions through the policy.json file.

Normal response codes: 200

Error response codes: unauthorized(401), forbidden(403), notfound(404), conflict(409), notimplemented(501)

Request

Name

In

Type

Description

server_id

path

string

The UUID of the server.

Response

Starting from microversion 2.48 diagnostics response is standardized across all virt drivers. The response should be considered a debug interface only and not relied upon by programmatic tools. All response fields are listed below. If the virt driver is unable to provide a specific field then this field will be reported as None in the response.

Name

In

Type

Description

config_drive

body

boolean

Indicates whether or not a config drive was used for this server.

New in version 2.48

state

body

string

A string enum denoting the current state of the VM. Possible values are:

  • pending

  • running

  • paused

  • shutdown

  • crashed

  • suspended

New in version 2.48

driver

body

string

The driver on which the VM is running. Possible values are:

  • libvirt

  • xenapi

  • vmwareapi

  • ironic

New in version 2.48

hypervisor

body

string

The hypervisor on which the VM is running. Examples for libvirt driver may be: qemu, kvm or xen.

New in version 2.48

hypervisor_os

body

string

The hypervisor OS.

New in version 2.48

uptime

body

integer

The amount of time in seconds that the VM has been running.

New in version 2.48

num_cpus

body

integer

The number of vCPUs.

New in version 2.48

num_disks

body

integer

The number of disks.

New in version 2.48

num_nics

body

integer

The number of vNICs.

New in version 2.48

memory_details

body

array

The dictionary with information about VM memory usage. Following fields are presented in the dictionary:

  • maximum - Amount of memory provisioned for the VM in MiB (Integer)

  • used - Amount of memory that is currently used by the guest operating system and its applications in MiB (Integer)

New in version 2.48

cpu_details

body

array

The list of dictionaries with detailed information about VM CPUs. Following fields are presented in each dictionary:

  • id - the ID of CPU (Integer)

  • time - CPU Time in nano seconds (Integer)

  • utilisation - CPU utilisation in percents (Integer)

New in version 2.48

disk_details

body

array

The list of dictionaries with detailed information about VM disks. Following fields are presented in each dictionary:

  • read_bytes - Disk reads in bytes (Integer)

  • read_requests - Read requests (Integer)

  • write_bytes - Disk writes in bytes (Integer)

  • write_requests - Write requests (Integer)

  • errors_count - Disk errors (Integer)

New in version 2.48

nic_details

body

array

The list of dictionaries with detailed information about VM NICs. Following fields are presented in each dictionary:

  • mac_address - Mac address of the interface (String)

  • rx_octets - Received octets (Integer)

  • rx_errors - Received errors (Integer)

  • rx_drop - Received packets dropped (Integer)

  • rx_packets - Received packets (Integer)

  • rx_rate - Receive rate in bytes (Integer)

  • tx_octets - Transmitted Octets (Integer)

  • tx_errors - Transmit errors (Integer)

  • tx_drop - Transmit dropped packets (Integer)

  • tx_packets - Transmit packets (Integer)

  • tx_rate - Transmit rate in bytes (Integer)

New in version 2.48

Example Server diagnostics (2.48)

{
    "config_drive": true,
    "cpu_details": [
        {
            "id": 0,
            "time": 17300000000,
            "utilisation": 15
        }
    ],
    "disk_details": [
        {
            "errors_count": 1,
            "read_bytes": 262144,
            "read_requests": 112,
            "write_bytes": 5778432,
            "write_requests": 488
        }
    ],
    "driver": "libvirt",
    "hypervisor": "kvm",
    "hypervisor_os": "ubuntu",
    "memory_details": {
        "maximum": 524288,
        "used": 0
    },
    "nic_details": [
        {
            "mac_address": "01:23:45:67:89:ab",
            "rx_drop": 200,
            "rx_errors": 100,
            "rx_octets": 2070139,
            "rx_packets": 26701,
            "rx_rate": 300,
            "tx_drop": 500,
            "tx_errors": 400,
            "tx_octets": 140208,
            "tx_packets": 662,
            "tx_rate": 600
        }
    ],
    "num_cpus": 1,
    "num_disks": 1,
    "num_nics": 1,
    "state": "running",
    "uptime": 46664
}

Warning

Before microversion 2.48 the response format for diagnostics was not well defined. Each hypervisor had its own format.

Example Server diagnostics (2.1)

Below is an example of diagnostics for a libvirt based instance. The unit of the return value is hypervisor specific, but in this case the unit of vnet1_rx* and vnet1_tx* is octets.

{
    "cpu0_time": 17300000000,
    "memory": 524288,
    "vda_errors": -1,
    "vda_read": 262144,
    "vda_read_req": 112,
    "vda_write": 5778432,
    "vda_write_req": 488,
    "vnet1_rx": 2070139,
    "vnet1_rx_drop": 0,
    "vnet1_rx_errors": 0,
    "vnet1_rx_packets": 26701,
    "vnet1_tx": 140208,
    "vnet1_tx_drop": 0,
    "vnet1_tx_errors": 0,
    "vnet1_tx_packets": 662
}

Servers IPs (servers, ips)

Lists the IP addresses for an instance and shows details for an IP address.

GET
/servers/{server_id}/ips

List Ips

Lists IP addresses that are assigned to an instance.

Policy defaults enable only users with the administrative role or the owner of the server to perform this operation. Cloud providers can change these permissions through the policy.json file.

Normal response codes: 200

Error response codes: unauthorized(401), forbidden(403), itemNotFound(404)

Request

Name

In

Type

Description

server_id

path

string

The UUID of the server.

Response

Name

In

Type

Description

addresses

body

object

The addresses information for the server.

network_label

body

array

List of IP address and IP version pairs. The network_label stands for the name of a network, such as public or private.

addr

body

string

The IP address.

version

body

integer

The IP version of the address associated with server.

Example List Ips

{
    "addresses": {
        "private": [
            {
                "addr": "192.168.1.30",
                "version": 4
            }
        ]
    }
}
GET
/servers/{server_id}/ips/{network_label}

Show Ip Details

Shows IP addresses details for a network label of a server instance.

Policy defaults enable only users with the administrative role or the owner of the server to perform this operation. Cloud providers can change these permissions through the policy.json file.

Normal response codes: 200

Error response codes: unauthorized(401), forbidden(403), itemNotFound(404)

Request

Name

In

Type

Description

server_id

path

string

The UUID of the server.

network_label

path

string

The network label, such as public or private.

Response

Name

In

Type

Description

network_label

body

array

List of IP address and IP version pairs. The network_label stands for the name of a network, such as public or private.

addr

body

string

The IP address.

version

body

integer

The IP version of the address associated with server.

Example Show Ip Details

{
    "private": [
        {
            "addr": "192.168.1.30",
            "version": 4
        }
    ]
}

Server metadata (servers, metadata)

Lists metadata, creates or replaces one or more metadata items, and updates one or more metadata items for a server.

Shows details for, creates or replaces, and updates a metadata item, by key, for a server.

GET
/servers/{server_id}/metadata

List All Metadata

Lists all metadata for a server.

Policy defaults enable only users with the administrative role or the owner of the server to perform this operation. Cloud providers can change these permissions through the policy.json file.

Normal response codes: 200

Error response codes: unauthorized(401), forbidden(403), itemNotFound(404)

Request

Name

In

Type

Description

server_id

path

string

The UUID of the server.

Response

Name

In

Type

Description

metadata

body

object

Metadata key and value pairs. The maximum size for each metadata key and value pair is 255 bytes.

Example List All Metadata

{
    "metadata": {
        "foo": "Foo Value"
    }
}
POST
/servers/{server_id}/metadata

Create or Update Metadata Items

Create or update one or more metadata items for a server.

Creates any metadata items that do not already exist in the server, replaces exists metadata items that match keys. Does not modify items that are not in the request.

Policy defaults enable only users with the administrative role or the owner of the server to perform this operation. Cloud providers can change these permissions through the policy.json file.

Normal response codes: 200

Error response codes: badRequest(400), unauthorized(401), forbidden(403), itemNotFound(404), conflict(409)

Request

Name

In

Type

Description

server_id

path

string

The UUID of the server.

metadata

body

object

Metadata key and value pairs. The maximum size for each metadata key and value pair is 255 bytes.

Example Update Metadata Items

{
    "metadata": {
        "foo": "Foo Value"
    }
}

Response

Name

In

Type

Description

metadata

body

object

Metadata key and value pairs. The maximum size for each metadata key and value pair is 255 bytes.

Example Update Metadata Items

{
    "metadata": {
        "foo": "Foo Value"
    }
}
PUT
/servers/{server_id}/metadata

Replace Metadata Items

Replaces one or more metadata items for a server.

Creates any metadata items that do not already exist in the server. Removes and completely replaces any metadata items that already exist in the server with the metadata items in the request.

Policy defaults enable only users with the administrative role or the owner of the server to perform this operation. Cloud providers can change these permissions through the policy.json file.

Normal response codes: 200

Error response codes: badRequest(400), unauthorized(401), forbidden(403), itemNotFound(404), conflict(409)

Request

Name

In

Type

Description

server_id

path

string

The UUID of the server.

metadata

body

object

Metadata key and value pairs. The maximum size for each metadata key and value pair is 255 bytes.

Example Create Or Replace Metadata Items

{
    "metadata": {
        "foo": "Foo Value"
    }
}

Response

Name

In

Type

Description

metadata

body

object

Metadata key and value pairs. The maximum size for each metadata key and value pair is 255 bytes.

Example Create Or Replace Metadata Items

{
    "metadata": {
        "foo": "Foo Value"
    }
}
GET
/servers/{server_id}/metadata/{key}

Show Metadata Item Details

Shows details for a metadata item, by key, for a server.

Policy defaults enable only users with the administrative role or the owner of the server to perform this operation. Cloud providers can change these permissions through the policy.json file.

Normal response codes: 200

Error response codes: unauthorized(401), forbidden(403), itemNotFound(404)

Request

Name

In

Type

Description

server_id

path

string

The UUID of the server.

key

path

string

The metadata item key, as a string. Maximum length is 255 characters.

Response

Name

In

Type

Description

meta

body

object

Metadata key and value pairs. The maximum size for each metadata key and value pair is 255 bytes.

Example Show Metadata Item Details

{
    "meta": {
        "foo": "Foo Value"
    }
}
PUT
/servers/{server_id}/metadata/{key}

Create Or Update Metadata Item

Creates or replaces a metadata item, by key, for a server.

Creates a metadata item that does not already exist in the server. Replaces existing metadata items that match keys with the metadata item in the request.

Policy defaults enable only users with the administrative role or the owner of the server to perform this operation. Cloud providers can change these permissions through the policy.json file.

Normal response codes: 200

Error response codes: badRequest(400), unauthorized(401), forbidden(403), itemNotFound(404), conflict(409)

Request

Name

In

Type

Description

server_id

path

string

The UUID of the server.

key

path

string

The metadata item key, as a string. Maximum length is 255 characters.

Example Create Or Update Metadata Item

{
    "meta": {
        "foo": "Bar Value"
    }
}

Response

Name

In

Type

Description

meta

body

object

Metadata key and value pairs. The maximum size for each metadata key and value pair is 255 bytes.

Example Create Or Update Metadata Item

{
    "meta": {
        "foo": "Foo Value"
    }
}
DELETE
/servers/{server_id}/metadata/{key}

Delete Metadata Item

Deletes a metadata item, by key, from a server.

Policy defaults enable only users with the administrative role or the owner of the server to perform this operation. Cloud providers can change these permissions through the policy.json file.

Normal response codes: 204

Error response codes: unauthorized(401), forbidden(403), itemNotFound(404), conflict(409)

Request

Name

In

Type

Description

server_id

path

string

The UUID of the server.

key

path

string

The metadata item key, as a string. Maximum length is 255 characters.

Response

If successful, this method does not return content in the response body.

Servers actions (servers, os-instance-actions)

List actions and action details for a server.

GET
/servers/{server_id}/os-instance-actions

List Actions For Server

Lists actions for a server.

Action information of deleted instances can be returned for requests starting with microversion 2.21.

Policy defaults enable only users with the administrative role or the owner of the server to perform this operation. Cloud providers can change these permissions through the policy.json file.

Normal response codes: 200

Error response codes: badRequest(400), unauthorized(401), forbidden(403), itemNotFound(404)

Request

Name

In

Type

Description

server_id

path

string

The UUID of the server.

limit (Optional)

query

integer

Requests a page size of items. Returns a number of items up to a limit value. Use the limit parameter to make an initial limited request and use the last-seen item from the response as the marker parameter value in a subsequent limited request.

New in version 2.58

marker (Optional)

query

string

The request_id of the last-seen instance action. Use the limit parameter to make an initial limited request and use the last-seen item from the response as the marker parameter value in a subsequent limited request.

New in version 2.58

changes-since (Optional)

query

string

Filters the response by a date and time stamp when the instance action last changed.

The date and time stamp format is ISO 8601:

CCYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss±hh:mm

The ±hh:mm value, if included, returns the time zone as an offset from UTC. For example, 2015-08-27T09:49:58-05:00. If you omit the time zone, the UTC time zone is assumed. When both changes-since and changes-before are specified, the value of the changes-since must be earlier than or equal to the value of the changes-before otherwise API will return 400.

New in version 2.58

changes-before (Optional)

query

string

Filters the response by a date and time stamp when the instance actions last changed. Those instances that changed before or equal to the specified date and time stamp are returned.

The date and time stamp format is ISO 8601:

CCYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss±hh:mm

The ±hh:mm value, if included, returns the time zone as an offset from UTC. For example, 2015-08-27T09:49:58-05:00. If you omit the time zone, the UTC time zone is assumed. When both changes-since and changes-before are specified, the value of the changes-before must be later than or equal to the value of the changes-since otherwise API will return 400.

New in version 2.66

Response

Name

In

Type

Description

instanceActions

body

array

List of the actions for the given instance in descending order of creation.

action

body

string

The name of the action.

instance_uuid

body

string

The UUID of the server.

message

body

string

The related error message for when an action fails.

project_id

body

string

The ID of the project which initiated the server action.

request_id

body

string

The request id generated when execute the API of this action.

start_time

body

string

The date and time when the action was started. The date and time stamp format is ISO 8601

CCYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss±hh:mm

For example, 2015-08-27T09:49:58-05:00. The ±hh:mm value, if included, is the time zone as an offset from UTC. In the previous example, the offset value is -05:00.

user_id

body

string

The ID of the user which initiated the server action.

updated_at

body

string

The date and time when the instance action or the action event of instance action was updated. The date and time stamp format is ISO 8601

CCYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss±hh:mm

For example, 2015-08-27T09:49:58-05:00. The ±hh:mm value, if included, is the time zone as an offset from UTC. In the previous example, the offset value is -05:00.

New in version 2.58

links (Optional)

body

array

Links pertaining to the instance action. This parameter is returned when paging and more data is available. See Paginated collections for more info.

New in version 2.58

Example List Actions For Server: JSON response

{
    "instanceActions": [
        {
            "action": "stop",
            "instance_uuid": "fcd19ef2-b593-40b1-90a5-fc31063fa95c",
            "message": null,
            "project_id": "6f70656e737461636b20342065766572",
            "request_id": "req-f8a59f03-76dc-412f-92c2-21f8612be728",
            "start_time": "2018-04-25T01:26:29.092892",
            "user_id": "admin"
        },
        {
            "action": "create",
            "instance_uuid": "fcd19ef2-b593-40b1-90a5-fc31063fa95c",
            "message": null,
            "project_id": "6f70656e737461636b20342065766572",
            "request_id": "req-50189019-626d-47fb-b944-b8342af09679",
            "start_time": "2018-04-25T01:26:25.877278",
            "user_id": "admin"
        }
    ]
}

Example List Actions For Server With Links (v2.58):

{
    "instanceActions": [
        {
            "action": "stop",
            "instance_uuid": "ca3d3be5-1a40-427f-9515-f5e181f479d0",
            "message": null,
            "project_id": "6f70656e737461636b20342065766572",
            "request_id": "req-4dbefbb7-d743-4d42-b0a1-a79cbe256138",
            "start_time": "2018-04-25T01:26:28.909887",
            "updated_at": "2018-04-25T01:26:29.400606",
            "user_id": "admin"
        }
    ],
    "links": [
        {
            "href": "http://openstack.example.com/v2.1/6f70656e737461636b20342065766572/servers/ca3d3be5-1a40-427f-9515-f5e181f479d0/os-instance-actions?limit=1&marker=req-4dbefbb7-d743-4d42-b0a1-a79cbe256138",
            "rel": "next"
        }
    ]
}
GET
/servers/{server_id}/os-instance-actions/{request_id}

Show Server Action Details

Shows details for a server action.

Action details of deleted instances can be returned for requests later than microversion 2.21.

Policy defaults enable only users with the administrative role or the owner of the server to perform this operation. Cloud providers can change these permissions through the policy.json file.

Normal response codes: 200

Error response codes: unauthorized(401), forbidden(403), itemNotFound(404)

Request

Name

In

Type

Description

server_id

path

string

The UUID of the server.

request_id

path

string

The ID of the request.

Response

Name

In

Type

Description

instanceAction

body

object

The instance action object.

action

body

string

The name of the action.

instance_uuid

body

string

The UUID of the server.

message

body

string

The related error message for when an action fails.

project_id

body

string

The ID of the project which initiated the server action.

request_id

body

string

The request id generated when execute the API of this action.

start_time

body

string

The date and time when the action was started. The date and time stamp format is ISO 8601

CCYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss±hh:mm

For example, 2015-08-27T09:49:58-05:00. The ±hh:mm value, if included, is the time zone as an offset from UTC. In the previous example, the offset value is -05:00.

user_id

body

string

The ID of the user which initiated the server action.

events (Optional)

body

array

The events which occurred in this action in descending order of creation.

Policy defaults enable only users with the administrative role to see instance action event information. Cloud providers can change these permissions through the policy.json file.

Available until version 2.50

events

body

array

The events which occurred in this action in descending order of creation.

Policy defaults enable only users with the administrative role or the owner of the server to see instance action event information. Cloud providers can change these permissions through the policy.json file.

New in version 2.51

events.event

body

string

The name of the event.

events.start_time

body

string

The date and time when the event was started. The date and time stamp format is ISO 8601

CCYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss±hh:mm

For example, 2015-08-27T09:49:58-05:00. The ±hh:mm value, if included, is the time zone as an offset from UTC. In the previous example, the offset value is -05:00.

events.finish_time

body

string

The date and time when the event was finished. The date and time stamp format is ISO 8601

CCYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss±hh:mm

For example, 2015-08-27T09:49:58-05:00. The ±hh:mm value, if included, is the time zone as an offset from UTC. In the previous example, the offset value is -05:00.

events.result

body

string

The result of the event.

events.traceback

body

string

The traceback stack if an error occurred in this event.

Policy defaults enable only users with the administrative role to see an instance action event traceback. Cloud providers can change these permissions through the policy.json file.

events.hostId

body

string

An obfuscated hashed host ID string, or the empty string if there is no host for the event. This is a hashed value so will not actually look like a hostname, and is hashed with data from the project_id, so the same physical host as seen by two different project_ids will be different. This is useful when within the same project you need to determine if two events occurred on the same or different physical hosts.

New in version 2.62

events.host (Optional)

body

string

The name of the host on which the event occurred.

Policy defaults enable only users with the administrative role to see an instance action event host. Cloud providers can change these permissions through the policy.json file.

New in version 2.62

events.details

body

string

Details of the event. May be null.

New in version 2.84

updated_at

body

string

The date and time when the instance action or the action event of instance action was updated. The date and time stamp format is ISO 8601

CCYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss±hh:mm

For example, 2015-08-27T09:49:58-05:00. The ±hh:mm value, if included, is the time zone as an offset from UTC. In the previous example, the offset value is -05:00.

New in version 2.58

Example Show Server Action Details For Admin (v2.62)

{
    "instanceAction": {
        "action": "stop",
        "events": [
            {
                "event": "compute_stop_instance",
                "finish_time": "2018-04-25T01:26:36.790544",
                "host": "compute",
                "hostId": "2091634baaccdc4c5a1d57069c833e402921df696b7f970791b12ec6",
                "result": "Success",
                "start_time": "2018-04-25T01:26:36.539271",
                "traceback": null
            }
        ],
        "instance_uuid": "4bf3473b-d550-4b65-9409-292d44ab14a2",
        "message": null,
        "project_id": "6f70656e737461636b20342065766572",
        "request_id": "req-0d819d5c-1527-4669-bdf0-ffad31b5105b",
        "start_time": "2018-04-25T01:26:36.341290",
        "updated_at": "2018-04-25T01:26:36.790544",
        "user_id": "admin"
    }
}

Example Show Server Action Details For Non-Admin (v2.62)

{
    "instanceAction": {
        "action": "stop",
        "events": [
            {
                "event": "compute_stop_instance",
                "finish_time": "2018-04-25T01:26:34.784165",
                "hostId": "2091634baaccdc4c5a1d57069c833e402921df696b7f970791b12ec6",
                "result": "Success",
                "start_time": "2018-04-25T01:26:34.612020"
            }
        ],
        "instance_uuid": "79edaa44-ad4f-4af7-b994-154518c2b927",
        "message": null,
        "project_id": "6f70656e737461636b20342065766572",
        "request_id": "req-8eb28d4a-db6c-4337-bab8-ce154e9c620e",
        "start_time": "2018-04-25T01:26:34.388280",
        "updated_at": "2018-04-25T01:26:34.784165",
        "user_id": "fake"
    }
}

Example Show Server Action Details For System Reader (v2.84)

{
    "instanceAction": {
        "action": "stop",
        "events": [
            {
                "event": "compute_stop_instance",
                "finish_time": "2018-04-25T01:26:36.790544",
                "host": "compute",
                "hostId": "2091634baaccdc4c5a1d57069c833e402921df696b7f970791b12ec6",
                "result": "Success",
                "start_time": "2018-04-25T01:26:36.539271",
                "traceback": null,
                "details": null
            }
        ],
        "instance_uuid": "4bf3473b-d550-4b65-9409-292d44ab14a2",
        "message": null,
        "project_id": "6f70656e737461636b20342065766572",
        "request_id": "req-0d819d5c-1527-4669-bdf0-ffad31b5105b",
        "start_time": "2018-04-25T01:26:36.341290",
        "updated_at": "2018-04-25T01:26:36.790544",
        "user_id": "admin"
    }
}

Port interfaces (servers, os-interface)

List port interfaces, show port interface details of the given server. Create a port interface and uses it to attach a port to the given server, detach a port interface from the given server.

GET
/servers/{server_id}/os-interface

List Port Interfaces

Lists port interfaces that are attached to a server.

Normal response codes: 200

Error response codes: unauthorized(401), forbidden(403), itemNotFound(404), NotImplemented(501)

Request

Name

In

Type

Description

server_id

path

string

The UUID of the server.

Response

Name

In

Type

Description

interfaceAttachments

body

array

List of the interface attachments.

port_state

body

string

The port state.

fixed_ips

body

array

Fixed IP addresses with subnet IDs.

ip_address

body

string

The IP address.

subnet_id

body

string

The UUID of the subnet.

mac_addr

body

string

The MAC address.

net_id

body

string

The network ID.

port_id

body

string

The port ID.

tag

body

string

The device tag applied to the virtual network interface or null.

New in version 2.70

Example List Port Interfaces: JSON response

{
    "interfaceAttachments": [
        {
            "fixed_ips": [
                {
                    "ip_address": "192.168.1.3",
                    "subnet_id": "f8a6e8f8-c2ec-497c-9f23-da9616de54ef"
                }
            ],
            "mac_addr": "fa:16:3e:4c:2c:30",
            "net_id": "3cb9bc59-5699-4588-a4b1-b87f96708bc6",
            "port_id": "ce531f90-199f-48c0-816c-13e38010b442",
            "port_state": "ACTIVE"
        }
    ]
}

Example List Tagged Port Interfaces (v2.70): JSON response

{
    "interfaceAttachments": [
        {
            "fixed_ips": [
                {
                    "ip_address": "192.168.1.3",
                    "subnet_id": "f8a6e8f8-c2ec-497c-9f23-da9616de54ef"
                }
            ],
            "mac_addr": "fa:16:3e:4c:2c:30",
            "net_id": "3cb9bc59-5699-4588-a4b1-b87f96708bc6",
            "port_id": "ce531f90-199f-48c0-816c-13e38010b442",
            "port_state": "ACTIVE",
            "tag": "public"
        }
    ]
}
POST
/servers/{server_id}/os-interface

Create Interface

Creates a port interface and uses it to attach a port to a server.

Normal response codes: 200

Error response codes: badRequest(400), unauthorized(401), forbidden(403), itemNotFound(404), conflict(409), computeFault(500), NotImplemented(501)

Request

Name

In

Type

Description

server_id

path

string

The UUID of the server.

interfaceAttachment

body

string

Specify the interfaceAttachment action in the request body.

port_id (Optional)

body

string

The ID of the port for which you want to create an interface. The net_id and port_id parameters are mutually exclusive. If you do not specify the port_id parameter, the OpenStack Networking API v2.0 allocates a port and creates an interface for it on the network.

net_id (Optional)

body

string

The ID of the network for which you want to create a port interface. The net_id and port_id parameters are mutually exclusive. If you do not specify the net_id parameter, the OpenStack Networking API v2.0 uses the network information cache that is associated with the instance.

fixed_ips (Optional)

body

array

Fixed IP addresses. If you request a specific fixed IP address without a net_id, the request returns a Bad Request (400) response code.

ip_address

body

string

The IP address. It is required when fixed_ips is specified.

tag (Optional)

body

string

A device role tag that can be applied to a network interface when attaching it to the VM. The guest OS of a server that has devices tagged in this manner can access hardware metadata about the tagged devices from the metadata API and on the config drive, if enabled.

New in version 2.49

Example Create Interface: JSON request

Create interface with net_id and fixed_ips.

{
    "interfaceAttachment": {
        "fixed_ips": [
            {
                "ip_address": "192.168.1.3"
            }
        ],
        "net_id": "3cb9bc59-5699-4588-a4b1-b87f96708bc6"
    }
}

Create interface with port_id.

{
    "interfaceAttachment": {
        "port_id": "ce531f90-199f-48c0-816c-13e38010b442"
    }
}

Example Create Tagged Interface (v2.49): JSON request

{
    "interfaceAttachment": {
        "port_id": "ce531f90-199f-48c0-816c-13e38010b442",
        "tag": "foo"
    }
}

Response

Name

In

Type

Description

interfaceAttachment

body

object

The interface attachment.

fixed_ips

body

array

Fixed IP addresses with subnet IDs.

ip_address

body

string

The IP address.

subnet_id

body

string

The UUID of the subnet.

mac_addr

body

string

The MAC address.

net_id

body

string

The network ID.

port_id

body

string

The port ID.

port_state

body

string

The port state.

tag

body

string

The device tag applied to the virtual network interface or null.

New in version 2.70

Example Create Interface: JSON response

{
    "interfaceAttachment": {
        "fixed_ips": [
            {
                "ip_address": "192.168.1.3",
                "subnet_id": "f8a6e8f8-c2ec-497c-9f23-da9616de54ef"
            }
        ],
        "mac_addr": "fa:16:3e:4c:2c:30",
        "net_id": "3cb9bc59-5699-4588-a4b1-b87f96708bc6",
        "port_id": "ce531f90-199f-48c0-816c-13e38010b442",
        "port_state": "ACTIVE"
    }
}

Example Create Tagged Interface (v2.70): JSON response

{
    "interfaceAttachment": {
        "fixed_ips": [
            {
                "ip_address": "192.168.1.3",
                "subnet_id": "f8a6e8f8-c2ec-497c-9f23-da9616de54ef"
            }
        ],
        "mac_addr": "fa:16:3e:4c:2c:30",
        "net_id": "3cb9bc59-5699-4588-a4b1-b87f96708bc6",
        "port_id": "ce531f90-199f-48c0-816c-13e38010b442",
        "port_state": "ACTIVE",
        "tag": "public"
    }
}
GET
/servers/{server_id}/os-interface/{port_id}

Show Port Interface Details

Shows details for a port interface that is attached to a server.

Normal response codes: 200

Error response codes: unauthorized(401), forbidden(403), itemNotFound(404)

Request

Name

In

Type

Description

server_id

path

string

The UUID of the server.

port_id

path

string

The UUID of the port.

Response

Name

In

Type

Description

interfaceAttachment

body

object

The interface attachment.

port_state

body

string

The port state.

fixed_ips

body

array

Fixed IP addresses with subnet IDs.

ip_address

body

string

The IP address.

subnet_id

body

string

The UUID of the subnet.

mac_addr

body

string

The MAC address.

net_id

body

string

The network ID.

port_id

body

string

The port ID.

tag

body

string

The device tag applied to the virtual network interface or null.

New in version 2.70

Example Show Port Interface Details: JSON response

{
    "interfaceAttachment": {
        "fixed_ips": [
            {
                "ip_address": "192.168.1.3",
                "subnet_id": "f8a6e8f8-c2ec-497c-9f23-da9616de54ef"
            }
        ],
        "mac_addr": "fa:16:3e:4c:2c:30",
        "net_id": "3cb9bc59-5699-4588-a4b1-b87f96708bc6",
        "port_id": "ce531f90-199f-48c0-816c-13e38010b442",
        "port_state": "ACTIVE"
    }
}

Example Show Tagged Port Interface Details (v2.70): JSON response

{
    "interfaceAttachment": {
        "fixed_ips": [
            {
                "ip_address": "192.168.1.3",
                "subnet_id": "f8a6e8f8-c2ec-497c-9f23-da9616de54ef"
            }
        ],
        "mac_addr": "fa:16:3e:4c:2c:30",
        "net_id": "3cb9bc59-5699-4588-a4b1-b87f96708bc6",
        "port_id": "ce531f90-199f-48c0-816c-13e38010b442",
        "port_state": "ACTIVE",
        "tag": "public"
    }
}
DELETE
/servers/{server_id}/os-interface/{port_id}

Detach Interface

Detaches a port interface from a server.

Normal response codes: 202

Error response codes: unauthorized(401), forbidden(403), itemNotFound(404), conflict(409), NotImplemented(501)

Request

Name

In

Type

Description

server_id

path

string

The UUID of the server.

port_id

path

string

The UUID of the port.

Response

No body is returned on successful request.

Servers password (servers, os-server-password)

Shows the encrypted administrative password. Also, clears the encrypted administrative password for a server, which removes it from the metadata server.

GET
/servers/{server_id}/os-server-password

Show Server Password

Shows the administrative password for a server.

This operation calls the metadata service to query metadata information and does not read password information from the server itself.

The password saved in the metadata service is typically encrypted using the public SSH key injected into this server, so the SSH private key is needed to read the password.

Policy defaults enable only users with the administrative role or the owner of the server to perform this operation. Cloud providers can change these permissions through the policy.json file.

Normal response codes: 200

Error response codes: unauthorized(401), forbidden(403), itemNotFound(404)

Request

Name

In

Type

Description

server_id

path

string

The UUID of the server.

Response

Name

In

Type

Description

password (Optional)

body

string

The password returned from metadata server.

Example Show Server Password

{
    "password": "xlozO3wLCBRWAa2yDjCCVx8vwNPypxnypmRYDa/zErlQ+EzPe1S/Gz6nfmC52mOlOSCRuUOmG7kqqgejPof6M7bOezS387zjq4LSvvwp28zUknzy4YzfFGhnHAdai3TxUJ26pfQCYrq8UTzmKF2Bq8ioSEtVVzM0A96pDh8W2i7BOz6MdoiVyiev/I1K2LsuipfxSJR7Wdke4zNXJjHHP2RfYsVbZ/k9ANu+Nz4iIH8/7Cacud/pphH7EjrY6a4RZNrjQskrhKYed0YERpotyjYk1eDtRe72GrSiXteqCM4biaQ5w3ruS+AcX//PXk3uJ5kC7d67fPXaVz4WaQRYMg=="
}
DELETE
/servers/{server_id}/os-server-password

Clear Admin Password

Clears the encrypted administrative password for a server, which removes it from the database.

This action does not actually change the instance server password.

Policy defaults enable only users with the administrative role or the owner of the server to perform this operation. Cloud providers can change these permissions through the policy.json file.

Normal response codes: 204

Error response codes: unauthorized(401), forbidden(403), itemNotFound(404)

Request

Name

In

Type

Description

server_id

path

string

The UUID of the server.

Response

If successful, this method does not return content in the response body.

Servers with volume attachments (servers, os-volume_attachments)

Attaches volumes that are created through the volume API to server instances. Also, lists volume attachments for a server, shows details for a volume attachment, and detaches a volume.

GET
/servers/{server_id}/os-volume_attachments

List volume attachments for an instance

List volume attachments for an instance.

Normal response codes: 200

Error response codes: unauthorized(401), forbidden(403), itemNotFound(404)

Request

Name

In

Type

Description

server_id

path

string

The UUID of the server.

limit (Optional)

query

integer

Used in conjunction with offset to return a slice of items. limit is the maximum number of items to return. If limit is not specified, or exceeds the configurable max_limit, then max_limit will be used instead.

offset (Optional)

query

integer

Used in conjunction with limit to return a slice of items. offset is where to start in the list.

Response

Name

In

Type

Description

volumeAttachments

body

array

The list of volume attachments.

id

body

string

The volume ID of the attachment.

Available until version 2.88

serverId

body

string

The UUID of the server.

volumeId

body

string

The UUID of the attached volume.

device (Optional)

body

string

Name of the device in the attachment object, such as, /dev/vdb.

tag

body

string

The device tag applied to the volume block device or null.

New in version 2.70

delete_on_termination

body

boolean

A flag indicating if the attached volume will be deleted when the server is deleted.

New in version 2.79

attachment_id

body

string

The UUID of the associated volume attachment in Cinder.

New in version 2.89

bdm_uuid

body

string

The UUID of the block device mapping record in Nova for the attachment.

New in version 2.89

Example List volume attachments for an instance: JSON response

{
    "volumeAttachments": [
        {
            "device": "/dev/sdc",
            "id": "227cc671-f30b-4488-96fd-7d0bf13648d8",
            "serverId": "4b293d31-ebd5-4a7f-be03-874b90021e54",
            "volumeId": "227cc671-f30b-4488-96fd-7d0bf13648d8"
        },
        {
            "device": "/dev/sdb",
            "id": "a07f71dc-8151-4e7d-a0cc-cd24a3f11113",
            "serverId": "4b293d31-ebd5-4a7f-be03-874b90021e54",
            "volumeId": "a07f71dc-8151-4e7d-a0cc-cd24a3f11113"
        }
    ]
}

Example List tagged volume attachments for an instance (v2.89): JSON response

{
    "volumeAttachments": [
        {
            "attachment_id": "979ce4f8-033a-409d-85e6-6b5c0f6a6302",
            "delete_on_termination": false,
            "device": "/dev/sdc",
            "serverId": "7696780b-3f53-4688-ab25-019bfcbbd806",
            "tag": null,
            "volumeId": "227cc671-f30b-4488-96fd-7d0bf13648d8",
            "bdm_uuid": "c088db45-92b8-49e8-81e2-a1b77a144b3b"
        },
        {
            "attachment_id": "c5684109-0311-4fca-9814-350e46ab7d2a",
            "delete_on_termination": true,
            "device": "/dev/sdb",
            "serverId": "7696780b-3f53-4688-ab25-019bfcbbd806",
            "tag": "foo",
            "volumeId": "a07f71dc-8151-4e7d-a0cc-cd24a3f11113",
            "bdm_uuid": "1aa24536-6fb5-426c-8894-d627f39aa48b"
        }
    ]
}
POST
/servers/{server_id}/os-volume_attachments

Attach a volume to an instance

Attach a volume to an instance.

Normal response codes: 200

Error response codes: badRequest(400), unauthorized(401), forbidden(403), itemNotFound(404), conflict(409)

Note

From v2.20 attach a volume to an instance in SHELVED or SHELVED_OFFLOADED state is allowed.

Note

From v2.60, attaching a multiattach volume to multiple instances is supported for instances that are not SHELVED_OFFLOADED. The ability to actually support a multiattach volume depends on the volume type and compute hosting the instance.

Note

This is an asynchronous API, callers should poll the status and list of attachments of the volume within the volume API to determine when the attachment has completed successfully.

Request

Name

In

Type

Description

server_id

path

string

The UUID of the server.

volumeAttachment

body

object

A dictionary representation of a volume attachment containing the fields device and volumeId.

volumeId

body

string

The UUID of the volume to attach.

device (Optional)

body

string

Name of the device such as, /dev/vdb. Omit or set this parameter to null for auto-assignment, if supported. If you specify this parameter, the device must not exist in the guest operating system. Note that as of the 12.0.0 Liberty release, the Nova libvirt driver no longer honors a user-supplied device name. This is the same behavior as if the device name parameter is not supplied on the request.

tag (Optional)

body

string

A device role tag that can be applied to a volume when attaching it to the VM. The guest OS of a server that has devices tagged in this manner can access hardware metadata about the tagged devices from the metadata API and on the config drive, if enabled.

Note

Tagged volume attachment is not supported for shelved-offloaded instances.

New in version 2.49

delete_on_termination (Optional)

body

boolean

To delete the attached volume when the server is destroyed, specify true. Otherwise, specify false. Default: false

New in version 2.79

Example Attach a volume to an instance: JSON request

{
    "volumeAttachment": {
        "volumeId": "a07f71dc-8151-4e7d-a0cc-cd24a3f11113",
        "device": "/dev/sdb"
    }
}

Example Attach a volume to an instance and tag it (v2.49): JSON request

{
    "volumeAttachment": {
        "volumeId": "a07f71dc-8151-4e7d-a0cc-cd24a3f11113",
        "tag": "foo"
    }
}

Example Attach a volume to an instance with “delete_on_termination” (v2.79): JSON request

{
    "volumeAttachment": {
        "volumeId": "a07f71dc-8151-4e7d-a0cc-cd24a3f11113",
        "tag": "foo",
        "delete_on_termination": true
    }
}

Response

Name

In

Type

Description

volumeAttachment

body

object

A dictionary representation of a volume attachment containing the fields device, id, serverId and volumeId.

device

body

string

Name of the device such as, /dev/vdb.

id (Optional)

body

string

The UUID of the attachment.

serverId

body

string

The UUID of the server.

volumeId

body

string

The UUID of the attached volume.

tag

body

string

The device tag applied to the volume block device or null.

New in version 2.70

delete_on_termination

body

boolean

A flag indicating if the attached volume will be deleted when the server is deleted.

New in version 2.79

Example Attach a volume to an instance: JSON response

{
    "volumeAttachment": {
        "device": "/dev/sdb",
        "id": "a07f71dc-8151-4e7d-a0cc-cd24a3f11113",
        "serverId": "802db873-0373-4bdd-a433-d272a539ba18",
        "volumeId": "a07f71dc-8151-4e7d-a0cc-cd24a3f11113"
    }
}

Example Attach a tagged volume to an instance (v2.70): JSON response

{
    "volumeAttachment": {
        "device": "/dev/sdb",
        "id": "a07f71dc-8151-4e7d-a0cc-cd24a3f11113",
        "serverId": "70f5c62a-972d-4a8b-abcf-e1375ca7f8c0",
        "tag": "foo",
        "volumeId": "a07f71dc-8151-4e7d-a0cc-cd24a3f11113"
    }
}

Example Attach a volume with “delete_on_termination” (v2.79): JSON response

{
    "volumeAttachment": {
        "delete_on_termination": true,
        "device": "/dev/sdb",
        "id": "a07f71dc-8151-4e7d-a0cc-cd24a3f11113",
        "serverId": "09b3b9d1-b8c5-48e1-841d-62c3ef967a88",
        "tag": "foo",
        "volumeId": "a07f71dc-8151-4e7d-a0cc-cd24a3f11113"
    }
}
GET
/servers/{server_id}/os-volume_attachments/{volume_id}

Show a detail of a volume attachment

Show a detail of a volume attachment.

Normal response codes: 200

Error response codes: unauthorized(401), forbidden(403), itemNotFound(404)

Request

Name

In

Type

Description

server_id

path

string

The UUID of the server.

volume_id

path

string

The UUID of the attached volume.

Response

Name

In

Type

Description

volumeAttachment

body

object

A dictionary representation of a volume attachment containing the fields device, id, serverId and volumeId.

id

body

string

The volume ID of the attachment.

Available until version 2.88

serverId

body

string

The UUID of the server.

volumeId

body

string

The UUID of the attached volume.

device (Optional)

body

string

Name of the device in the attachment object, such as, /dev/vdb.

tag

body

string

The device tag applied to the volume block device or null.

New in version 2.70

delete_on_termination

body

boolean

A flag indicating if the attached volume will be deleted when the server is deleted.

New in version 2.79

attachment_id

body

string

The UUID of the associated volume attachment in Cinder.

New in version 2.89

bdm_uuid

body

string

The UUID of the block device mapping record in Nova for the attachment.

New in version 2.89

Example Show a detail of a volume attachment: JSON response

{
    "volumeAttachment": {
        "device": "/dev/sdb",
        "id": "a07f71dc-8151-4e7d-a0cc-cd24a3f11113",
        "serverId": "1ad6852e-6605-4510-b639-d0bff864b49a",
        "volumeId": "a07f71dc-8151-4e7d-a0cc-cd24a3f11113"
    }
}

Example Show a detail of a tagged volume attachment (v2.89): JSON response

{
    "volumeAttachment": {
        "attachment_id": "721a5c82-5ebc-4c6a-8339-3d33d8d027ed",
        "delete_on_termination": true,
        "device": "/dev/sdb",
        "serverId": "7ebed2ce-85b3-40b5-84ae-8cc725c37ed2",
        "tag": "foo",
        "volumeId": "a07f71dc-8151-4e7d-a0cc-cd24a3f11113",
        "bdm_uuid": "c088db45-92b8-49e8-81e2-a1b77a144b3b"
    }
}
PUT
/servers/{server_id}/os-volume_attachments/{volume_id}

Update a volume attachment

Update a volume attachment.

Note

This action only valid when the server is in ACTIVE, PAUSED and RESIZED state, or a conflict(409) error will be returned.

Warning

When updating volumeId, this API is typically meant to only be used as part of a larger orchestrated volume migration operation initiated in the block storage service via the os-retype or os-migrate_volume volume actions. Direct usage of this API to update volumeId is not recommended and may result in needing to hard reboot the server to update details within the guest such as block storage serial IDs. Furthermore, updating volumeId via this API is only implemented by certain compute drivers.

Policy default role is ‘rule:system_admin_or_owner’, its scope is [system, project], which allow project members or system admins to change the fields of an attached volume of a server. Policy defaults enable only users with the administrative role to change volumeId via this operation. Cloud providers can change these permissions through the policy.json file.

Updating, or what is commonly referred to as “swapping”, volume attachments with volumes that have more than one read/write attachment, is not supported.

Normal response codes: 202

Error response codes: badRequest(400), unauthorized(401), forbidden(403), itemNotFound(404), conflict(409)

Request

Name

In

Type

Description

server_id

path

string

The UUID of the server.

volume_id

path

string

The UUID of the volume being replaced.

volumeAttachment

body

object

A dictionary representation of a volume attachment containing the field volumeId which is the UUID of the replacement volume, and other fields to update in the attachment.

volumeId

body

string

The UUID of the volume to attach instead of the attached volume.

delete_on_termination (Optional)

body

boolean

A flag indicating if the attached volume will be deleted when the server is deleted.

New in version 2.85

device (Optional)

body

string

Name of the device in the attachment object, such as, /dev/vdb.

New in version 2.85

serverId (Optional)

body

string

The UUID of the server.

New in version 2.85

tag

body

string

The device tag applied to the volume block device or null.

New in version 2.85

id (Optional)

body

string

The UUID of the attachment.

New in version 2.85

Note

Other than volumeId, as of v2.85 only delete_on_termination may be changed from the current value.

Example Update a volume attachment (v2.85): JSON request

{
    "volumeAttachment": {
        "volumeId": "a07f71dc-8151-4e7d-a0cc-cd24a3f11113",
        "delete_on_termination": true
    }
}

Response

No body is returned on successful request.

DELETE
/servers/{server_id}/os-volume_attachments/{volume_id}

Detach a volume from an instance

Detach a volume from an instance.

Normal response codes: 202

Error response codes: badRequest(400), unauthorized(401), forbidden(403), itemNotFound(404), conflict(409)

Note

From v2.20 detach a volume from an instance in SHELVED or SHELVED_OFFLOADED state is allowed.

Note

This is an asynchronous API, callers should poll the list of volume attachments provided by GET /servers/{server_id}/os-volume_attachments to determine when the detachment of the volume has completed successfully.

Request

Name

In

Type

Description

server_id

path

string

The UUID of the server.

volume_id

path

string

The UUID of the volume to detach.

Response

No body is returned on successful request.

Flavors

Show and manage server flavors.

Flavors are a way to describe the basic dimensions of a server to be created including how much cpu, ram, and disk space are allocated to a server built with this flavor.

GET
/flavors

List Flavors

Lists all flavors accessible to your project.

Normal response codes: 200

Error response codes: unauthorized(401), forbidden(403)

Request

Name

In

Type

Description

sort_key (Optional)

query

string

Sorts by a flavor attribute. Default attribute is flavorid. You can specify multiple pairs of sort key and sort direction query parameters. If you omit the sort direction in a pair, the API uses the natural sorting direction of the flavor sort_key attribute. The sort keys are limited to:

  • created_at

  • description

  • disabled

  • ephemeral_gb

  • flavorid

  • id

  • is_public

  • memory_mb

  • name

  • root_gb

  • rxtx_factor

  • swap

  • updated_at

  • vcpu_weight

  • vcpus

sort_dir (Optional)

query

string

Sort direction. A valid value is asc (ascending) or desc (descending). Default is asc. You can specify multiple pairs of sort key and sort direction query parameters. If you omit the sort direction in a pair, the API uses the natural sorting direction of the flavor sort_key attribute.

limit (Optional)

query

integer

Requests a page size of items. Returns a number of items up to a limit value. Use the limit parameter to make an initial limited request and use the ID of the last-seen item from the response as the marker parameter value in a subsequent limited request.

marker (Optional)

query

string

The ID of the last-seen item. Use the limit parameter to make an initial limited request and use the ID of the last-seen item from the response as the marker parameter value in a subsequent limited request.

minDisk (Optional)

query

integer

Filters the response by a minimum disk space, in GiB. For example, 100.

minRam (Optional)

query

integer

Filters the response by a minimum RAM, in MiB. For example, 512.

is_public (Optional)

query

string

This parameter is only applicable to users with the administrative role. For all other non-admin users, the parameter is ignored and only public flavors will be returned. Filters the flavor list based on whether the flavor is public or private. If the value of this parameter is not specified, it is treated as True. If the value is specified, 1, t, true, on, y and yes are treated as True. 0, f, false, off, n and no are treated as False (they are case-insensitive). If the value is None (case-insensitive) both public and private flavors will be listed in a single request.

Response

Name

In

Type

Description

flavors

body

array

An array of flavor objects.

id

body

string

The ID of the flavor. While people often make this look like an int, this is really a string.

name

body

string

The display name of a flavor.

description

body

string

The description of the flavor.

New in version 2.55

links

body

array

Links to the resources in question. See API Guide / Links and References for more info.

Example List Flavors (v2.55)

{
    "flavors": [
        {
            "id": "1",
            "links": [
                {
                    "href": "http://openstack.example.com/v2/6f70656e737461636b20342065766572/flavors/1",
                    "rel": "self"
                },
                {
                    "href": "http://openstack.example.com/6f70656e737461636b20342065766572/flavors/1",
                    "rel": "bookmark"
                }
            ],
            "name": "m1.tiny",
            "description": null
        },
        {
            "id": "2",
            "links": [
                {
                    "href": "http://openstack.example.com/v2/6f70656e737461636b20342065766572/flavors/2",
                    "rel": "self"
                },
                {
                    "href": "http://openstack.example.com/6f70656e737461636b20342065766572/flavors/2",
                    "rel": "bookmark"
                }
            ],
            "name": "m1.small",
            "description": null
        },
        {
            "id": "3",
            "links": [
                {
                    "href": "http://openstack.example.com/v2/6f70656e737461636b20342065766572/flavors/3",
                    "rel": "self"
                },
                {
                    "href": "http://openstack.example.com/6f70656e737461636b20342065766572/flavors/3",
                    "rel": "bookmark"
                }
            ],
            "name": "m1.medium",
            "description": null
        },
        {
            "id": "4",
            "links": [
                {
                    "href": "http://openstack.example.com/v2/6f70656e737461636b20342065766572/flavors/4",
                    "rel": "self"
                },
                {
                    "href": "http://openstack.example.com/6f70656e737461636b20342065766572/flavors/4",
                    "rel": "bookmark"
                }
            ],
            "name": "m1.large",
            "description": null
        },
        {
            "id": "5",
            "links": [
                {
                    "href": "http://openstack.example.com/v2/6f70656e737461636b20342065766572/flavors/5",
                    "rel": "self"
                },
                {
                    "href": "http://openstack.example.com/6f70656e737461636b20342065766572/flavors/5",
                    "rel": "bookmark"
                }
            ],
            "name": "m1.xlarge",
            "description": null
        },
        {
            "id": "6",
            "links": [
                {
                    "href": "http://openstack.example.com/v2/6f70656e737461636b20342065766572/flavors/6",
                    "rel": "self"
                },
                {
                    "href": "http://openstack.example.com/6f70656e737461636b20342065766572/flavors/6",
                    "rel": "bookmark"
                }
            ],
            "name": "m1.tiny.specs",
            "description": null
        },
        {
            "id": "7",
            "links": [
                {
                    "href": "http://openstack.example.com/v2/6f70656e737461636b20342065766572/flavors/7",
                    "rel": "self"
                },
                {
                    "href": "http://openstack.example.com/6f70656e737461636b20342065766572/flavors/7",
                    "rel": "bookmark"
                }
            ],
            "name": "m1.small.description",
            "description": "test description"
        }
    ]
}
POST
/flavors

Create Flavor

Creates a flavor.

Creating a flavor is typically only available to administrators of a cloud because this has implications for scheduling efficiently in the cloud.

Note

Flavors with special characters in the flavor ID, except the hyphen ‘-‘, underscore ‘_’, spaces and dots ‘.’, are not permitted.

Flavor IDs are meant to be UUIDs. Serialized strings separated/grouped by “-” represent the default flavor ID or UUID. eg: 01cc74d8-4816-4bef-835b-e36ff188c406.

Only for backward compatibility, an integer as a flavor ID is permitted.

Normal response codes: 200

Error response codes: badRequest(400), unauthorized(401), forbidden(403), conflict(409)

Request

Name

In

Type

Description

flavor

body

object

The ID and links for the flavor for your server instance. A flavor is a combination of memory, disk size, and CPUs.

name

body

string

The display name of a flavor.

description (Optional)

body

string

A free form description of the flavor. Limited to 65535 characters in length. Only printable characters are allowed.

New in version 2.55

id (Optional)

body

string

Only alphanumeric characters with hyphen ‘-’, underscore ‘_’, spaces and dots ‘.’ are permitted. If an ID is not provided, then a default UUID will be assigned.

ram

body

integer

The amount of RAM a flavor has, in MiB.

disk

body

integer

The size of the root disk that will be created in GiB. If 0 the root disk will be set to exactly the size of the image used to deploy the instance. However, in this case the scheduler cannot select the compute host based on the virtual image size. Therefore, 0 should only be used for volume booted instances or for testing purposes. Volume-backed instances can be enforced for flavors with zero root disk via the os_compute_api:servers:create:zero_disk_flavor policy rule.

vcpus

body

integer

The number of virtual CPUs that will be allocated to the server.

OS-FLV-EXT-DATA:ephemeral (Optional)

body

integer

The size of the ephemeral disk that will be created, in GiB. Ephemeral disks may be written over on server state changes. So should only be used as a scratch space for applications that are aware of its limitations. Defaults to 0.

swap (Optional)

body

integer

The size of a dedicated swap disk that will be allocated, in MiB. If 0 (the default), no dedicated swap disk will be created.

rxtx_factor (Optional)

body

float

The receive / transmit factor (as a float) that will be set on ports if the network backend supports the QOS extension. Otherwise it will be ignored. It defaults to 1.0.

os-flavor-access:is_public (Optional)

body

boolean

Whether the flavor is public (available to all projects) or scoped to a set of projects. Default is True if not specified.

Example Create Flavor (v2.55)

{
    "flavor": {
        "name": "test_flavor",
        "ram": 1024,
        "vcpus": 2,
        "disk": 10,
        "id": "10",
        "rxtx_factor": 2.0,
        "description": "test description"
    }
}

Response

Name

In

Type

Description

flavor

body

object

The ID and links for the flavor for your server instance. A flavor is a combination of memory, disk size, and CPUs.

name

body

string

The display name of a flavor.

description

body

string

The description of the flavor.

New in version 2.55

id

body

string

The ID of the flavor. While people often make this look like an int, this is really a string.

ram

body

integer

The amount of RAM a flavor has, in MiB.

disk

body

integer

The size of the root disk that will be created in GiB. If 0 the root disk will be set to exactly the size of the image used to deploy the instance. However, in this case the scheduler cannot select the compute host based on the virtual image size. Therefore, 0 should only be used for volume booted instances or for testing purposes. Volume-backed instances can be enforced for flavors with zero root disk via the os_compute_api:servers:create:zero_disk_flavor policy rule.

vcpus

body

integer

The number of virtual CPUs that will be allocated to the server.

links

body

array

Links to the resources in question. See API Guide / Links and References for more info.

OS-FLV-EXT-DATA:ephemeral

body

integer

The size of the ephemeral disk that will be created, in GiB. Ephemeral disks may be written over on server state changes. So should only be used as a scratch space for applications that are aware of its limitations. Defaults to 0.

OS-FLV-DISABLED:disabled (Optional)

body

boolean

Whether or not the flavor has been administratively disabled. This is typically only visible to administrative users.

swap

body

integer

The size of a dedicated swap disk that will be allocated, in MiB. If 0 (the default), no dedicated swap disk will be created. Currently, the empty string (‘’) is used to represent 0. As of microversion 2.75 default return value of swap is 0 instead of empty string.

rxtx_factor

body

float

The receive / transmit factor (as a float) that will be set on ports if the network backend supports the QOS extension. Otherwise it will be ignored. It defaults to 1.0.

os-flavor-access:is_public

body

boolean

Whether the flavor is public (available to all projects) or scoped to a set of projects. Default is True if not specified.

extra_specs (Optional)

body

object

A dictionary of the flavor’s extra-specs key-and-value pairs. This will only be included if the user is allowed by policy to index flavor extra_specs.

New in version 2.61

Example Create Flavor (v2.75)

{
    "flavor": {
        "OS-FLV-DISABLED:disabled": false,
        "disk": 10,
        "OS-FLV-EXT-DATA:ephemeral": 0,
        "os-flavor-access:is_public": true,
        "id": "10",
        "links": [
            {
                "href": "http://openstack.example.com/v2/6f70656e737461636b20342065766572/flavors/10",
                "rel": "self"
            },
            {
                "href": "http://openstack.example.com/6f70656e737461636b20342065766572/flavors/10",
                "rel": "bookmark"
            }
        ],
        "name": "test_flavor",
        "ram": 1024,
        "swap": 0,
        "rxtx_factor": 2.0,
        "vcpus": 2,
        "description": "test description",
        "extra_specs": {}
    }
}
GET
/flavors/detail

List Flavors With Details

Lists flavors with details.

Normal response codes: 200

Error response codes: badRequest(400), unauthorized(401), forbidden(403)

Request

Name

In

Type

Description

sort_key (Optional)

query

string

Sorts by a flavor attribute. Default attribute is flavorid. You can specify multiple pairs of sort key and sort direction query parameters. If you omit the sort direction in a pair, the API uses the natural sorting direction of the flavor sort_key attribute. The sort keys are limited to:

  • created_at

  • description

  • disabled

  • ephemeral_gb

  • flavorid

  • id

  • is_public

  • memory_mb

  • name

  • root_gb

  • rxtx_factor

  • swap

  • updated_at

  • vcpu_weight

  • vcpus

sort_dir (Optional)

query

string

Sort direction. A valid value is asc (ascending) or desc (descending). Default is asc. You can specify multiple pairs of sort key and sort direction query parameters. If you omit the sort direction in a pair, the API uses the natural sorting direction of the flavor sort_key attribute.

limit (Optional)

query

integer

Requests a page size of items. Returns a number of items up to a limit value. Use the limit parameter to make an initial limited request and use the ID of the last-seen item from the response as the marker parameter value in a subsequent limited request.

marker (Optional)

query

string

The ID of the last-seen item. Use the limit parameter to make an initial limited request and use the ID of the last-seen item from the response as the marker parameter value in a subsequent limited request.

minDisk (Optional)

query

integer

Filters the response by a minimum disk space, in GiB. For example, 100.

minRam (Optional)

query

integer

Filters the response by a minimum RAM, in MiB. For example, 512.

is_public (Optional)

query

string

This parameter is only applicable to users with the administrative role. For all other non-admin users, the parameter is ignored and only public flavors will be returned. Filters the flavor list based on whether the flavor is public or private. If the value of this parameter is not specified, it is treated as True. If the value is specified, 1, t, true, on, y and yes are treated as True. 0, f, false, off, n and no are treated as False (they are case-insensitive). If the value is None (case-insensitive) both public and private flavors will be listed in a single request.

Response

Name

In

Type

Description

flavors

body

array

An array of flavor objects.

name

body

string

The display name of a flavor.

description

body

string

The description of the flavor.

New in version 2.55

id

body

string

The ID of the flavor. While people often make this look like an int, this is really a string.

ram

body

integer

The amount of RAM a flavor has, in MiB.

disk

body

integer

The size of the root disk that will be created in GiB. If 0 the root disk will be set to exactly the size of the image used to deploy the instance. However, in this case the scheduler cannot select the compute host based on the virtual image size. Therefore, 0 should only be used for volume booted instances or for testing purposes. Volume-backed instances can be enforced for flavors with zero root disk via the os_compute_api:servers:create:zero_disk_flavor policy rule.

vcpus

body

integer

The number of virtual CPUs that will be allocated to the server.

links

body

array

Links to the resources in question. See API Guide / Links and References for more info.

OS-FLV-EXT-DATA:ephemeral

body

integer

The size of the ephemeral disk that will be created, in GiB. Ephemeral disks may be written over on server state changes. So should only be used as a scratch space for applications that are aware of its limitations. Defaults to 0.

OS-FLV-DISABLED:disabled (Optional)

body

boolean

Whether or not the flavor has been administratively disabled. This is typically only visible to administrative users.

swap

body

integer

The size of a dedicated swap disk that will be allocated, in MiB. If 0 (the default), no dedicated swap disk will be created. Currently, the empty string (‘’) is used to represent 0. As of microversion 2.75 default return value of swap is 0 instead of empty string.

rxtx_factor

body

float

The receive / transmit factor (as a float) that will be set on ports if the network backend supports the QOS extension. Otherwise it will be ignored. It defaults to 1.0.

os-flavor-access:is_public

body

boolean

Whether the flavor is public (available to all projects) or scoped to a set of projects. Default is True if not specified.

extra_specs (Optional)

body

object

A dictionary of the flavor’s extra-specs key-and-value pairs. This will only be included if the user is allowed by policy to index flavor extra_specs.

New in version 2.61

Example List Flavors With Details (v2.75)

{
    "flavors": [
        {
            "OS-FLV-DISABLED:disabled": false,
            "disk": 1,
            "OS-FLV-EXT-DATA:ephemeral": 0,
            "os-flavor-access:is_public": true,
            "id": "1",
            "links": [
                {
                    "href": "http://openstack.example.com/v2/6f70656e737461636b20342065766572/flavors/1",
                    "rel": "self"
                },
                {
                    "href": "http://openstack.example.com/6f70656e737461636b20342065766572/flavors/1",
                    "rel": "bookmark"
                }
            ],
            "name": "m1.tiny",
            "ram": 512,
            "swap": 0,
            "vcpus": 1,
            "rxtx_factor": 1.0,
            "description": null,
            "extra_specs": {}
        },
        {
            "OS-FLV-DISABLED:disabled": false,
            "disk": 20,
            "OS-FLV-EXT-DATA:ephemeral": 0,
            "os-flavor-access:is_public": true,
            "id": "2",
            "links": [
                {
                    "href": "http://openstack.example.com/v2/6f70656e737461636b20342065766572/flavors/2",
                    "rel": "self"
                },
                {
                    "href": "http://openstack.example.com/6f70656e737461636b20342065766572/flavors/2",
                    "rel": "bookmark"
                }
            ],
            "name": "m1.small",
            "ram": 2048,
            "swap": 0,
            "vcpus": 1,
            "rxtx_factor": 1.0,
            "description": null,
            "extra_specs": {}
        },
        {
            "OS-FLV-DISABLED:disabled": false,
            "disk": 40,
            "OS-FLV-EXT-DATA:ephemeral": 0,
            "os-flavor-access:is_public": true,
            "id": "3",
            "links": [
                {
                    "href": "http://openstack.example.com/v2/6f70656e737461636b20342065766572/flavors/3",
                    "rel": "self"
                },
                {
                    "href": "http://openstack.example.com/6f70656e737461636b20342065766572/flavors/3",
                    "rel": "bookmark"
                }
            ],
            "name": "m1.medium",
            "ram": 4096,
            "swap": 0,
            "vcpus": 2,
            "rxtx_factor": 1.0,
            "description": null,
            "extra_specs": {}
        },
        {
            "OS-FLV-DISABLED:disabled": false,
            "disk": 80,
            "OS-FLV-EXT-DATA:ephemeral": 0,
            "os-flavor-access:is_public": true,
            "id": "4",
            "links": [
                {
                    "href": "http://openstack.example.com/v2/6f70656e737461636b20342065766572/flavors/4",
                    "rel": "self"
                },
                {
                    "href": "http://openstack.example.com/6f70656e737461636b20342065766572/flavors/4",
                    "rel": "bookmark"
                }
            ],
            "name": "m1.large",
            "ram": 8192,
            "swap": 0,
            "vcpus": 4,
            "rxtx_factor": 1.0,
            "description": null,
            "extra_specs": {}
        },
        {
            "OS-FLV-DISABLED:disabled": false,
            "disk": 160,
            "OS-FLV-EXT-DATA:ephemeral": 0,
            "os-flavor-access:is_public": true,
            "id": "5",
            "links": [
                {
                    "href": "http://openstack.example.com/v2/6f70656e737461636b20342065766572/flavors/5",
                    "rel": "self"
                },
                {
                    "href": "http://openstack.example.com/6f70656e737461636b20342065766572/flavors/5",
                    "rel": "bookmark"
                }
            ],
            "name": "m1.xlarge",
            "ram": 16384,
            "swap": 0,
            "vcpus": 8,
            "rxtx_factor": 1.0,
            "description": null,
            "extra_specs": {}
        },
        {
            "OS-FLV-DISABLED:disabled": false,
            "disk": 1,
            "OS-FLV-EXT-DATA:ephemeral": 0,
            "os-flavor-access:is_public": true,
            "id": "6",
            "links": [
                {
                    "href": "http://openstack.example.com/v2/6f70656e737461636b20342065766572/flavors/6",
                    "rel": "self"
                },
                {
                    "href": "http://openstack.example.com/6f70656e737461636b20342065766572/flavors/6",
                    "rel": "bookmark"
                }
            ],
            "name": "m1.tiny.specs",
            "ram": 512,
            "swap": 0,
            "vcpus": 1,
            "rxtx_factor": 1.0,
            "description": null,
            "extra_specs": {
                "hw:numa_nodes": "1"
            }
        },
        {
            "OS-FLV-DISABLED:disabled": false,
            "disk": 20,
            "OS-FLV-EXT-DATA:ephemeral": 0,
            "os-flavor-access:is_public": true,
            "id": "7",
            "links": [
                {
                    "href": "http://openstack.example.com/v2/6f70656e737461636b20342065766572/flavors/7",
                    "rel": "self"
                },
                {
                    "href": "http://openstack.example.com/6f70656e737461636b20342065766572/flavors/7",
                    "rel": "bookmark"
                }
            ],
            "name": "m1.small.description",
            "ram": 2048,
            "swap": 0,
            "vcpus": 1,
            "rxtx_factor": 1.0,
            "description": "test description",
            "extra_specs": {
                "hw:cpu_policy": "shared",
                "hw:numa_nodes": "1"
            }
        }
    ]
}
GET
/flavors/{flavor_id}

Show Flavor Details

Shows details for a flavor.

Normal response codes: 200

Error response codes: unauthorized(401), forbidden(403), itemNotFound(404)

Request

Name

In

Type

Description

flavor_id

path

string

The ID of the flavor.

Response

Name

In

Type

Description

flavor

body

object

The ID and links for the flavor for your server instance. A flavor is a combination of memory, disk size, and CPUs.

name

body

string

The display name of a flavor.

description

body

string

The description of the flavor.

New in version 2.55

id

body

string

The ID of the flavor. While people often make this look like an int, this is really a string.

ram

body

integer

The amount of RAM a flavor has, in MiB.

disk

body

integer

The size of the root disk that will be created in GiB. If 0 the root disk will be set to exactly the size of the image used to deploy the instance. However, in this case the scheduler cannot select the compute host based on the virtual image size. Therefore, 0 should only be used for volume booted instances or for testing purposes. Volume-backed instances can be enforced for flavors with zero root disk via the os_compute_api:servers:create:zero_disk_flavor policy rule.

vcpus

body

integer

The number of virtual CPUs that will be allocated to the server.

links

body

array

Links to the resources in question. See API Guide / Links and References for more info.

OS-FLV-EXT-DATA:ephemeral

body

integer

The size of the ephemeral disk that will be created, in GiB. Ephemeral disks may be written over on server state changes. So should only be used as a scratch space for applications that are aware of its limitations. Defaults to 0.

OS-FLV-DISABLED:disabled (Optional)

body

boolean

Whether or not the flavor has been administratively disabled. This is typically only visible to administrative users.

swap

body

integer

The size of a dedicated swap disk that will be allocated, in MiB. If 0 (the default), no dedicated swap disk will be created. Currently, the empty string (‘’) is used to represent 0. As of microversion 2.75 default return value of swap is 0 instead of empty string.

rxtx_factor

body

float

The receive / transmit factor (as a float) that will be set on ports if the network backend supports the QOS extension. Otherwise it will be ignored. It defaults to 1.0.

os-flavor-access:is_public

body

boolean

Whether the flavor is public (available to all projects) or scoped to a set of projects. Default is True if not specified.

extra_specs (Optional)

body

object

A dictionary of the flavor’s extra-specs key-and-value pairs. This will only be included if the user is allowed by policy to index flavor extra_specs.

New in version 2.61

Example Show Flavor Details (v2.75)

{
    "flavor": {
        "OS-FLV-DISABLED:disabled": false,
        "disk": 20,
        "OS-FLV-EXT-DATA:ephemeral": 0,
        "os-flavor-access:is_public": true,
        "id": "7",
        "links": [
            {
                "href": "http://openstack.example.com/v2/6f70656e737461636b20342065766572/flavors/7",
                "rel": "self"
            },
            {
                "href": "http://openstack.example.com/6f70656e737461636b20342065766572/flavors/7",
                "rel": "bookmark"
            }
        ],
        "name": "m1.small.description",
        "ram": 2048,
        "swap": 0,
        "vcpus": 1,
        "rxtx_factor": 1.0,
        "description": "test description",
        "extra_specs": {
            "hw:cpu_policy": "shared",
            "hw:numa_nodes": "1"
        }
    }
}
PUT
/flavors/{flavor_id}

Update Flavor Description

Updates a flavor description.

This API is available starting with microversion 2.55.

Policy defaults enable only users with the administrative role to perform this operation. Cloud providers can change these permissions through the policy.json file.

Normal response codes: 200

Error response codes: badRequest(400), unauthorized(401), forbidden(403), itemNotFound(404)

Request

Name

In

Type

Description

flavor_id

path

string

The ID of the flavor.

flavor

body

object

The ID and links for the flavor for your server instance. A flavor is a combination of memory, disk size, and CPUs.

description

body

string

A free form description of the flavor. Limited to 65535 characters in length. Only printable characters are allowed.

Example Update Flavor Description (v2.55)

{
    "flavor": {
        "description": "updated description"
    }
}

Response

Name

In

Type

Description

flavor

body

object

The ID and links for the flavor for your server instance. A flavor is a combination of memory, disk size, and CPUs.

name

body

string

The display name of a flavor.

description

body

string

The description of the flavor.

id

body

string

The ID of the flavor. While people often make this look like an int, this is really a string.

ram

body

integer

The amount of RAM a flavor has, in MiB.

disk

body

integer

The size of the root disk that will be created in GiB. If 0 the root disk will be set to exactly the size of the image used to deploy the instance. However, in this case the scheduler cannot select the compute host based on the virtual image size. Therefore, 0 should only be used for volume booted instances or for testing purposes. Volume-backed instances can be enforced for flavors with zero root disk via the os_compute_api:servers:create:zero_disk_flavor policy rule.

vcpus

body

integer

The number of virtual CPUs that will be allocated to the server.

links

body

array

Links to the resources in question. See API Guide / Links and References for more info.

OS-FLV-EXT-DATA:ephemeral

body

integer

The size of the ephemeral disk that will be created, in GiB. Ephemeral disks may be written over on server state changes. So should only be used as a scratch space for applications that are aware of its limitations. Defaults to 0.

OS-FLV-DISABLED:disabled (Optional)

body

boolean

Whether or not the flavor has been administratively disabled. This is typically only visible to administrative users.

swap

body

integer

The size of a dedicated swap disk that will be allocated, in MiB. If 0 (the default), no dedicated swap disk will be created. Currently, the empty string (‘’) is used to represent 0. As of microversion 2.75 default return value of swap is 0 instead of empty string.

rxtx_factor

body

float

The receive / transmit factor (as a float) that will be set on ports if the network backend supports the QOS extension. Otherwise it will be ignored. It defaults to 1.0.

os-flavor-access:is_public

body

boolean

Whether the flavor is public (available to all projects) or scoped to a set of projects. Default is True if not specified.

extra_specs (Optional)

body

object

A dictionary of the flavor’s extra-specs key-and-value pairs. This will only be included if the user is allowed by policy to index flavor extra_specs.

New in version 2.61

Example Update Flavor Description (v2.75)

{
    "flavor": {
        "OS-FLV-DISABLED:disabled": false,
        "disk": 1,
        "OS-FLV-EXT-DATA:ephemeral": 0,
        "os-flavor-access:is_public": true,
        "id": "1",
        "links": [
            {
                "href": "http://openstack.example.com/v2.1/6f70656e737461636b20342065766572/flavors/1",
                "rel": "self"
            },
            {
                "href": "http://openstack.example.com/6f70656e737461636b20342065766572/flavors/1",
                "rel": "bookmark"
            }
        ],
        "name": "m1.tiny",
        "ram": 512,
        "swap": 0,
        "vcpus": 1,
        "rxtx_factor": 1.0,
        "description": "updated description",
        "extra_specs": {}
    }
}
DELETE
/flavors/{flavor_id}

Delete Flavor

Deletes a flavor.

This is typically an admin only action. Deleting a flavor that is in use by existing servers is not recommended as it can cause incorrect data to be returned to the user under some operations.

Normal response codes: 202

Error response codes: unauthorized(401), forbidden(403), itemNotFound(404)

Request

Name

In

Type

Description

flavor_id

path

string

The ID of the flavor.

Response

No body content is returned on a successful DELETE.

Flavors access (flavors, os-flavor-access)

Lists tenants who have access to a private flavor and adds private flavor access to and removes private flavor access from tenants. By default, only administrators can manage private flavor access. A private flavor has is_public set to false while a public flavor has is_public set to true.

GET
/flavors/{flavor_id}/os-flavor-access

List Flavor Access Information For Given Flavor

Lists flavor access information.

Normal response codes: 200

Error response codes: unauthorized(401), forbidden(403), itemNotFound(404)

Request

Name

In

Type

Description

flavor_id

path

string

The ID of the flavor.

Response

Name

In

Type

Description

flavor_access

body

array

A list of objects, each with the keys flavor_id and tenant_id.

tenant_id

body

string

The UUID of the tenant in a multi-tenancy cloud.

flavor_id

body

string

The ID of the flavor. While people often make this look like an int, this is really a string.

Example List Flavor Access Information For Given Flavor: JSON response

{
    "flavor_access": [
        {
            "flavor_id": "10",
            "tenant_id": "6f70656e737461636b20342065766572"
        }
    ]
}
POST
/flavors/{flavor_id}/action

Add Flavor Access To Tenant (addTenantAccess Action)

Adds flavor access to a tenant and flavor.

Specify the addTenantAccess action and the tenant in the request body.

Normal response codes: 200

Error response codes: badRequest(400), unauthorized(401), forbidden(403), itemNotFound(404), conflict(409)

  • 400 - BadRequest - if the tenant is not found in your OpenStack deployment, a 400 is returned to prevent typos on the API call.

Request

Name

In

Type

Description

flavor_id

path

string

The ID of the flavor.

addTenantAccess

body

string

The action.

tenant

body

string

The UUID of the tenant in a multi-tenancy cloud.

Example Add Flavor Access To Tenant: JSON request

{
    "addTenantAccess": {
        "tenant": "fake_tenant"
    }
}

Response

Name

In

Type

Description

flavor_access

body

array

A list of objects, each with the keys flavor_id and tenant_id.

tenant_id

body

string

The UUID of the tenant in a multi-tenancy cloud.

flavor_id

body

string

The ID of the flavor. While people often make this look like an int, this is really a string.

Example Add Flavor Access To Tenant: JSON response

{
    "flavor_access": [
        {
            "flavor_id": "10",
            "tenant_id": "6f70656e737461636b20342065766572"
        }
    ]
}
POST
/flavors/{flavor_id}/action

Remove Flavor Access From Tenant (removeTenantAccess Action)

Removes flavor access from a tenant and flavor.

Specify the removeTenantAccess action and the tenant in the request body.

Normal response codes: 200

Error response codes: badRequest(400), unauthorized(401), forbidden(403), itemNotFound(404), conflict(409)

  • 400 - BadRequest - if the tenant is not found in your OpenStack deployment, a 400 is returned to prevent typos on the API call.

Request

Name

In

Type

Description

flavor_id

path

string

The ID of the flavor.

removeTenantAccess

body

string

The action.

tenant

body

string

The UUID of the tenant in a multi-tenancy cloud.

Example Remove Flavor Access From Tenant: JSON request

{
    "removeTenantAccess": {
        "tenant": "fake_tenant"
    }
}

Response

Name

In

Type

Description

flavor_access

body

array

A list of objects, each with the keys flavor_id and tenant_id.

tenant_id

body

string

The UUID of the tenant in a multi-tenancy cloud.

flavor_id

body

string

The ID of the flavor. While people often make this look like an int, this is really a string.

Example Remove Flavor Access From Tenant: JSON response

{
    "flavor_access": [
    ]
}

Flavors extra-specs (flavors, os-flavor-extra-specs)

Lists, creates, deletes, and updates the extra-specs or keys for a flavor.

Refer to Compute Flavors for available built-in extra specs.

GET
/flavors/{flavor_id}/os-extra_specs

List Extra Specs For A Flavor

Lists all extra specs for a flavor, by ID.

Normal response codes: 200

Error response codes: unauthorized(401), forbidden(403), itemNotFound(404)

Request

Name

In

Type

Description

flavor_id

path

string

The ID of the flavor.

Response

Name

In

Type

Description

extra_specs

body

object

A dictionary of the flavor’s extra-specs key-and-value pairs. It appears in the os-extra-specs’ “create” REQUEST body, as well as the os-extra-specs’ “create” and “list” RESPONSE body.

key

body

string

The extra spec key of a flavor. It appears in the os-extra-specs’ “create” and “update” REQUEST body, as well as the os-extra-specs’ “create”, “list”, “show”, and “update” RESPONSE body.

value

body

string

The extra spec value of a flavor. It appears in the os-extra-specs’ “create” and “update” REQUEST body, as well as the os-extra-specs’ “create”, “list”, “show”, and “update” RESPONSE body.

Example List Extra Specs For A Flavor: JSON response

{
    "extra_specs": {
        "hw:cpu_policy": "shared",
        "hw:numa_nodes": "1"
    }
}
POST
/flavors/{flavor_id}/os-extra_specs

Create Extra Specs For A Flavor

Creates extra specs for a flavor, by ID.

Normal response codes: 200

Error response codes: unauthorized(401), forbidden(403), itemNotFound(404), conflict(409)

Request

Name

In

Type

Description

flavor_id

path

string

The ID of the flavor.

extra_specs

body

object

A dictionary of the flavor’s extra-specs key-and-value pairs. It appears in the os-extra-specs’ “create” REQUEST body, as well as the os-extra-specs’ “create” and “list” RESPONSE body.

key

body

string

The extra spec key of a flavor. It appears in the os-extra-specs’ “create” and “update” REQUEST body, as well as the os-extra-specs’ “create”, “list”, “show”, and “update” RESPONSE body.

value

body

string

The extra spec value of a flavor. It appears in the os-extra-specs’ “create” and “update” REQUEST body, as well as the os-extra-specs’ “create”, “list”, “show”, and “update” RESPONSE body.

Example Create Extra Specs For A Flavor: JSON request

{
    "extra_specs": {
        "hw:cpu_policy": "shared",
        "hw:numa_nodes": "1"
    }
}

Response

Name

In

Type

Description

extra_specs

body

object

A dictionary of the flavor’s extra-specs key-and-value pairs. It appears in the os-extra-specs’ “create” REQUEST body, as well as the os-extra-specs’ “create” and “list” RESPONSE body.

key

body

string

The extra spec key of a flavor. It appears in the os-extra-specs’ “create” and “update” REQUEST body, as well as the os-extra-specs’ “create”, “list”, “show”, and “update” RESPONSE body.

value

body

string

The extra spec value of a flavor. It appears in the os-extra-specs’ “create” and “update” REQUEST body, as well as the os-extra-specs’ “create”, “list”, “show”, and “update” RESPONSE body.

Example Create Extra Specs For A Flavor: JSON response

{
    "extra_specs": {
        "hw:cpu_policy": "shared",
        "hw:numa_nodes": "1"
    }
}
GET
/flavors/{flavor_id}/os-extra_specs/{flavor_extra_spec_key}

Show An Extra Spec For A Flavor

Shows an extra spec, by key, for a flavor, by ID.

Normal response codes: 200

Error response codes: unauthorized(401), forbidden(403), itemNotFound(404)

Request

Name

In

Type

Description

flavor_id

path

string

The ID of the flavor.

flavor_extra_spec_key

path

string

The extra spec key for the flavor.

Response

Name

In

Type

Description

key

body

string

The extra spec key of a flavor. It appears in the os-extra-specs’ “create” and “update” REQUEST body, as well as the os-extra-specs’ “create”, “list”, “show”, and “update” RESPONSE body.

value

body

string

The extra spec value of a flavor. It appears in the os-extra-specs’ “create” and “update” REQUEST body, as well as the os-extra-specs’ “create”, “list”, “show”, and “update” RESPONSE body.

Example Show An Extra Spec For A Flavor: JSON response

{
    "hw:numa_nodes": "1"
}
PUT
/flavors/{flavor_id}/os-extra_specs/{flavor_extra_spec_key}

Update An Extra Spec For A Flavor

Updates an extra spec, by key, for a flavor, by ID.

Normal response codes: 200

Error response codes: badRequest(400), unauthorized(401), forbidden(403) itemNotFound(404), conflict(409)

Request

Name

In

Type

Description

flavor_id

path

string

The ID of the flavor.

flavor_extra_spec_key

path

string

The extra spec key for the flavor.

key

body

string

The extra spec key of a flavor. It appears in the os-extra-specs’ “create” and “update” REQUEST body, as well as the os-extra-specs’ “create”, “list”, “show”, and “update” RESPONSE body.

value

body

string

The extra spec value of a flavor. It appears in the os-extra-specs’ “create” and “update” REQUEST body, as well as the os-extra-specs’ “create”, “list”, “show”, and “update” RESPONSE body.

Example Update An Extra Spec For A Flavor: JSON request

{
    "hw:numa_nodes": "2"
}

Response

Name

In

Type

Description

key

body

string

The extra spec key of a flavor. It appears in the os-extra-specs’ “create” and “update” REQUEST body, as well as the os-extra-specs’ “create”, “list”, “show”, and “update” RESPONSE body.

value

body

string

The extra spec value of a flavor. It appears in the os-extra-specs’ “create” and “update” REQUEST body, as well as the os-extra-specs’ “create”, “list”, “show”, and “update” RESPONSE body.

Example Update An Extra Spec For A Flavor: JSON response

{
    "hw:numa_nodes": "2"
}
DELETE
/flavors/{flavor_id}/os-extra_specs/{flavor_extra_spec_key}

Delete An Extra Spec For A Flavor

Deletes an extra spec, by key, for a flavor, by ID.

Normal response codes: 200

Error response codes: unauthorized(401), forbidden(403), itemNotFound(404)

Request

Name

In

Type

Description

flavor_id

path

string

The ID of the flavor.

flavor_extra_spec_key

path

string

The extra spec key for the flavor.

Response

There is no body content for the response of a successful DELETE action.

Keypairs (keypairs)

Generates, imports, and deletes SSH keys.

GET
/os-keypairs

List Keypairs

Lists keypairs that are associated with the account.

Normal response codes: 200

Error response codes: unauthorized(401), forbidden(403)

Request

Name

In

Type

Description

user_id (Optional)

query

string

This allows administrative users to operate key-pairs of specified user ID.

New in version 2.10

limit (Optional)

query

integer

Requests a page size of items. Returns a number of items up to a limit value. Use the limit parameter to make an initial limited request and use the last-seen item from the response as the marker parameter value in a subsequent limited request.

New in version 2.35

marker (Optional)

query

string

The last-seen item. Use the limit parameter to make an initial limited request and use the last-seen item from the response as the marker parameter value in a subsequent limited request.

New in version 2.35

Response

Name

In

Type

Description

keypairs

body

array

Array of Keypair objects

keypair

body

object

Keypair object

name

body

string

The name for the keypair.

public_key

body

string

The keypair public key.

fingerprint

body

string

The fingerprint for the keypair.

type

body

string

The type of the keypair. Allowed values are ssh or x509.

New in version 2.2

keypairs_links (Optional)

body

array

Links pertaining to keypair. See API Guide / Links and References for more info.

New in version 2.35

Example List Keypairs (v2.35): JSON response

{
    "keypairs": [
        {
            "keypair": {
                "fingerprint": "7e:eb:ab:24:ba:d1:e1:88:ae:9a:fb:66:53:df:d3:bd",
                "name": "keypair-5d935425-31d5-48a7-a0f1-e76e9813f2c3",
                "type": "ssh",
                "public_key": "ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAADAQABAAABAQCkF3MX59OrlBs3dH5CU7lNmvpbrgZxSpyGjlnE8Flkirnc/Up22lpjznoxqeoTAwTW034k7Dz6aYIrZGmQwe2TkE084yqvlj45Dkyoj95fW/sZacm0cZNuL69EObEGHdprfGJQajrpz22NQoCD8TFB8Wv+8om9NH9Le6s+WPe98WC77KLw8qgfQsbIey+JawPWl4O67ZdL5xrypuRjfIPWjgy/VH85IXg/Z/GONZ2nxHgSShMkwqSFECAC5L3PHB+0+/12M/iikdatFSVGjpuHvkLOs3oe7m6HlOfluSJ85BzLWBbvva93qkGmLg4ZAc8rPh2O+YIsBUHNLLMM/oQp Generated-by-Nova\n"
            }
        }
    ],
    "keypairs_links": [
        {
            "href": "http://openstack.example.com/v2.1/6f70656e737461636b20342065766572/os-keypairs?limit=1&marker=keypair-5d935425-31d5-48a7-a0f1-e76e9813f2c3",
            "rel": "next"
        }
    ]
}
POST
/os-keypairs

Import (or create) Keypair

Imports (or generates) a keypair.

Warning

Generating a keypair is no longer possible starting from version 2.92.

Normal response codes: 200, 201

Note

The success status code was changed from 200 to 201 in version 2.2

Error response codes: badRequest(400), unauthorized(401), forbidden(403), conflict(409)

Request

Name

In

Type

Description

keypair

body

object

Keypair object

name

body

string

A name for the keypair which will be used to reference it later.

Note

Since microversion 2.92, allowed characters are ASCII letters [a-zA-Z], digits [0-9] and the following special characters: [@._- ].

public_key

body

string

The public ssh key to import. Was optional before microversion 2.92 : if you were omitting this value, a keypair was generated for you.

type (Optional)

body

string

The type of the keypair. Allowed values are ssh or x509.

New in version 2.2

user_id (Optional)

body

string

The user_id for a keypair. This allows administrative users to upload keys for other users than themselves.

New in version 2.10

Example Create Or Import Keypair (v2.10): JSON request

{
    "keypair": {
        "name": "keypair-d20a3d59-9433-4b79-8726-20b431d89c78",
        "type": "ssh",
        "public_key": "ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAADAQABAAAAgQDx8nkQv/zgGgB4rMYmIf+6A4l6Rr+o/6lHBQdW5aYd44bd8JttDCE/F/pNRr0lRE+PiqSPO8nDPHw0010JeMH9gYgnnFlyY3/OcJ02RhIPyyxYpv9FhY+2YiUkpwFOcLImyrxEsYXpD/0d3ac30bNH6Sw9JD9UZHYcpSxsIbECHw== Generated-by-Nova",
        "user_id": "fake"
    }
}

Example Import Keypair (v2.92): JSON request

{
    "keypair": {
        "name": "me.and.myself@this.nice.domain.com mooh.",
        "type": "ssh",
        "public_key": "ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAADAQABAAAAgQDx8nkQv/zgGgB4rMYmIf+6A4l6Rr+o/6lHBQdW5aYd44bd8JttDCE/F/pNRr0lRE+PiqSPO8nDPHw0010JeMH9gYgnnFlyY3/OcJ02RhIPyyxYpv9FhY+2YiUkpwFOcLImyrxEsYXpD/0d3ac30bNH6Sw9JD9UZHYcpSxsIbECHw== Generated-by-Nova",
        "user_id": "fake"
    }
}

Response

Name

In

Type

Description

keypair

body

object

Keypair object

name

body

string

The name for the keypair.

public_key

body

string

The keypair public key.

fingerprint

body

string

The fingerprint for the keypair.

user_id

body

string

The user_id for a keypair.

private_key (Optional)

body

string

If you do not provide a public key on create, a new keypair will be built for you, and the private key will be returned during the initial create call. Make sure to save this, as there is no way to get this private key again in the future.

Available until version 2.91

type

body

string

The type of the keypair. Allowed values are ssh or x509.

New in version 2.2

Example Create Or Import Keypair (v2.10): JSON response

{
    "keypair": {
        "fingerprint": "1e:2c:9b:56:79:4b:45:77:f9:ca:7a:98:2c:b0:d5:3c",
        "name": "keypair-803a1926-af78-4b05-902a-1d6f7a8d9d3e",
        "type": "ssh",
        "public_key": "ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAADAQABAAAAgQDx8nkQv/zgGgB4rMYmIf+6A4l6Rr+o/6lHBQdW5aYd44bd8JttDCE/F/pNRr0lRE+PiqSPO8nDPHw0010JeMH9gYgnnFlyY3/OcJ02RhIPyyxYpv9FhY+2YiUkpwFOcLImyrxEsYXpD/0d3ac30bNH6Sw9JD9UZHYcpSxsIbECHw== Generated-by-Nova",
        "user_id": "fake"
    }
}

Example Import Keypair (v2.92): JSON response

{
    "keypair": {
        "fingerprint": "1e:2c:9b:56:79:4b:45:77:f9:ca:7a:98:2c:b0:d5:3c",
        "name": "me.and.myself@this.nice.domain.com mooh.",
        "type": "ssh",
        "public_key": "ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAADAQABAAAAgQDx8nkQv/zgGgB4rMYmIf+6A4l6Rr+o/6lHBQdW5aYd44bd8JttDCE/F/pNRr0lRE+PiqSPO8nDPHw0010JeMH9gYgnnFlyY3/OcJ02RhIPyyxYpv9FhY+2YiUkpwFOcLImyrxEsYXpD/0d3ac30bNH6Sw9JD9UZHYcpSxsIbECHw== Generated-by-Nova",
        "user_id": "fake"
    }
}
GET
/os-keypairs/{keypair_name}

Show Keypair Details

Shows details for a keypair that is associated with the account.

Normal response codes: 200

Error response codes: unauthorized(401), forbidden(403), itemNotFound(404)

Request

Name

In

Type

Description

keypair_name

path

string

The keypair name.

user_id (Optional)

query

string

This allows administrative users to operate key-pairs of specified user ID.

New in version 2.10

Response

Name

In

Type

Description

keypair

body

object

Keypair object

created_at

body

string

The date and time when the resource was created. The date and time stamp format is ISO 8601

CCYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss±hh:mm

For example, 2015-08-27T09:49:58-05:00. The ±hh:mm value, if included, is the time zone as an offset from UTC. In the previous example, the offset value is -05:00.

deleted

body

boolean

A boolean indicates whether this keypair is deleted or not. The value is always false (not deleted).

deleted_at

body

none

It is always null.

fingerprint

body

string

The fingerprint for the keypair.

id

body

integer

The keypair ID.

name

body

string

The name for the keypair.

public_key

body

string

The keypair public key.

updated_at

body

none

It is always null.

user_id

body

string

The user_id for a keypair.

type

body

string

The type of the keypair. Allowed values are ssh or x509.

New in version 2.2

Example Show Keypair Details (v2.10): JSON response

{
    "keypair": {
        "fingerprint": "44:fe:29:6e:23:14:b9:53:5b:65:82:58:1c:fe:5a:c3",
        "name": "keypair-6638abdb-c4e8-407c-ba88-c8dd7cc3c4f1",
        "type": "ssh",
        "public_key": "ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAADAQABAAABAQC1HTrHCbb9NawNLSV8N6tSa8i637+EC2dA+lsdHHfQlT54t+N0nHhJPlKWDLhc579j87vp6RDFriFJ/smsTnDnf64O12z0kBaJpJPH2zXrBkZFK6q2rmxydURzX/z0yLSCP77SFJ0fdXWH2hMsAusflGyryHGX20n+mZK6mDrxVzGxEz228dwQ5G7Az5OoZDWygH2pqPvKjkifRw0jwUKf3BbkP0QvANACOk26cv16mNFpFJfI1N3OC5lUsZQtKGR01ptJoWijYKccqhkAKuo902tg/qup58J5kflNm7I61sy1mJon6SGqNUSfoQagqtBH6vd/tU1jnlwZ03uUroAL Generated-by-Nova\n",
        "user_id": "fake",
        "deleted": false,
        "created_at": "2014-05-07T12:06:13.681238",
        "updated_at": null,
        "deleted_at": null,
        "id": 1
    }
}
DELETE
/os-keypairs/{keypair_name}

Delete Keypair

Deletes a keypair.

Normal response codes: 202, 204

Note

The normal return code is 204 in version 2.2 to match the fact that no body content is returned.

Error response codes: unauthorized(401), forbidden(403), itemNotFound(404)

Request

Name

In

Type

Description

keypair_name

path

string

The keypair name.

user_id (Optional)

query

string

This allows administrative users to operate key-pairs of specified user ID.

New in version 2.10

Response

There is no body content for the response of a successful DELETE query

Limits (limits)

Shows rate and absolute limits for the project.

GET
/limits

Show Rate And Absolute Limits

Shows rate and absolute limits for the project.

Normal response codes: 200

Error response codes: unauthorized(401), forbidden(403)

Request

Name

In

Type

Description

reserved (Optional)

query

integer

Specify whether the result of resource total includes reserved resources or not.

  • 0: Not include reserved resources.

  • Other than 0: Include reserved resources.

If non integer value is specified, it is the same as 0.

tenant_id (Optional)

query

string

Specify the project ID (tenant ID) to show the rate and absolute limits. This parameter can be specified by admin only.

Response

Name

In

Type

Description

limits

body

object

Data structure that contains both absolute limits within a deployment.

absolute

body

object

Name/value pairs that set quota limits within a deployment and Name/value pairs of resource usage.

maxServerGroupMembers

body

integer

The number of allowed members for each server group.

maxServerGroups

body

integer

The number of allowed server groups for each tenant.

maxServerMeta

body

integer

The number of allowed metadata items for each server.

maxTotalCores

body

integer

The number of allowed server cores for each tenant.

maxTotalInstances

body

integer

The number of allowed servers for each tenant.

maxTotalKeypairs

body

integer

The number of allowed key pairs for each user.

maxTotalRAMSize

body

integer

The amount of allowed server RAM, in MiB, for each tenant.

totalCoresUsed

body

integer

The number of used server cores in each tenant. If reserved query parameter is specified and it is not 0, the number of reserved server cores are also included.

totalInstancesUsed

body

integer

The number of servers in each tenant. If reserved query parameter is specified and it is not 0, the number of reserved servers are also included.

totalRAMUsed

body

integer

The amount of used server RAM in each tenant. If reserved query parameter is specified and it is not 0, the amount of reserved server RAM is also included.

totalServerGroupsUsed

body

integer

The number of used server groups in each tenant. If reserved query parameter is specified and it is not 0, the number of reserved server groups are also included.

maxSecurityGroupRules

body

integer

The number of allowed rules for each security group.

Available until version 2.35

maxSecurityGroups

body

integer

The number of allowed security groups for each tenant.

Available until version 2.35

maxTotalFloatingIps

body

integer

The number of allowed floating IP addresses for each tenant.

Available until version 2.35

totalFloatingIpsUsed

body

integer

The number of used floating IP addresses in each tenant. If reserved query parameter is specified and it is not 0, the number of reserved floating IP addresses are also included.

Available until version 2.35

totalSecurityGroupsUsed

body

integer

The number of used security groups in each tenant. If reserved query parameter is specified and it is not 0, the number of reserved security groups are also included.

Available until version 2.35

maxImageMeta

body

integer

The number of allowed metadata items for each image. Starting from version 2.39 this field is dropped from ‘os-limits’ response, because ‘image-metadata’ proxy API was deprecated.

Available until version 2.38

maxPersonality

body

integer

The number of allowed injected files for each tenant.

Available until version 2.56

maxPersonalitySize

body

integer

The number of allowed bytes of content for each injected file.

Available until version 2.56

rate

body

array

An empty list for backwards compatibility purposes.

Example Show Rate And Absolute Limits: JSON response

{
    "limits": {
        "absolute": {
            "maxImageMeta": 128,
            "maxPersonality": 5,
            "maxPersonalitySize": 10240,
            "maxSecurityGroupRules": -1,
            "maxSecurityGroups": -1,
            "maxServerMeta": 128,
            "maxTotalCores": 20,
            "maxTotalFloatingIps": -1,
            "maxTotalInstances": 10,
            "maxTotalKeypairs": 100,
            "maxTotalRAMSize": 51200,
            "maxServerGroups": 10,
            "maxServerGroupMembers": 10,
            "totalCoresUsed": 0,
            "totalInstancesUsed": 0,
            "totalRAMUsed": 0,
            "totalSecurityGroupsUsed": 0,
            "totalFloatingIpsUsed": 0,
            "totalServerGroupsUsed": 0
        },
        "rate": []
    }
}

Host aggregates (os-aggregates)

Creates and manages host aggregates. An aggregate assigns metadata to groups of compute nodes.

Policy defaults enable only users with the administrative role to perform operations with aggregates. Cloud providers can change these permissions through policy file configuration.

GET
/os-aggregates

List Aggregates

Lists all aggregates. Includes the ID, name, and availability zone for each aggregate.

Normal response codes: 200

Error response codes: unauthorized(401), forbidden(403)

Response

Name

In

Type

Description

aggregates

body

array

The list of existing aggregates.

availability_zone

body

string

The availability zone of the host aggregate.

created_at

body

string

The date and time when the resource was created. The date and time stamp format is ISO 8601

CCYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss±hh:mm

For example, 2015-08-27T09:49:58-05:00. The ±hh:mm value, if included, is the time zone as an offset from UTC. In the previous example, the offset value is -05:00.

deleted_at

body

string

The date and time when the resource was deleted. If the resource has not been deleted yet, this field will be null, The date and time stamp format is ISO 8601

CCYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss±hh:mm

For example, 2015-08-27T09:49:58-05:00. The ±hh:mm value, if included, is the time zone as an offset from UTC. In the previous example, the offset value is -05:00.

deleted

body

boolean

A boolean indicates whether this aggregate is deleted or not, if it has not been deleted, false will appear.

hosts

body

array

A list of host ids in this aggregate.

id

body

integer

The ID of the host aggregate.

metadata

body

object

Metadata key and value pairs associated with the aggregate.

name

body

string

The name of the host aggregate.

updated_at

body

string

The date and time when the resource was updated, if the resource has not been updated, this field will show as null. The date and time stamp format is ISO 8601

CCYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss±hh:mm

For example, 2015-08-27T09:49:58-05:00. The ±hh:mm value, if included, is the time zone as an offset from UTC. In the previous example, the offset value is -05:00.

uuid

body

string

The UUID of the host aggregate.

New in version 2.41

Example List Aggregates (v2.41): JSON response

{
    "aggregates": [
        {
            "availability_zone": "london",
            "created_at": "2016-12-27T23:47:32.911515",
            "deleted": false,
            "deleted_at": null,
            "hosts": [
                "compute"
            ],
            "id": 1,
            "metadata": {
                "availability_zone": "london"
            },
            "name": "name",
            "updated_at": null,
            "uuid": "6ba28ba7-f29b-45cc-a30b-6e3a40c2fb14"
        }
    ]
}
POST
/os-aggregates

Create Aggregate

Creates an aggregate. If specifying an option availability_zone, the aggregate is created as an availability zone and the availability zone is visible to normal users.

Normal response codes: 200

Error response codes: badRequest(400), unauthorized(401), forbidden(403), conflict(409)

Request

Name

In

Type

Description

aggregate

body

object

The host aggregate object.

name

body

string

The name of the host aggregate.

availability_zone (Optional)

body

string

The availability zone of the host aggregate. You should use a custom availability zone rather than the default returned by the os-availability-zone API. The availability zone must not include ‘:’ in its name.

Example Create Aggregate: JSON request

{
    "aggregate":
    {
        "name": "name",
        "availability_zone": "london"
    }
}

Response

Name

In

Type

Description

aggregate

body

object

The host aggregate object.

availability_zone

body

string

The availability zone of the host aggregate.

created_at

body

string

The date and time when the resource was created. The date and time stamp format is ISO 8601

CCYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss±hh:mm

For example, 2015-08-27T09:49:58-05:00. The ±hh:mm value, if included, is the time zone as an offset from UTC. In the previous example, the offset value is -05:00.

deleted_at

body

string

The date and time when the resource was deleted. If the resource has not been deleted yet, this field will be null, The date and time stamp format is ISO 8601

CCYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss±hh:mm

For example, 2015-08-27T09:49:58-05:00. The ±hh:mm value, if included, is the time zone as an offset from UTC. In the previous example, the offset value is -05:00.

deleted

body

boolean

A boolean indicates whether this aggregate is deleted or not, if it has not been deleted, false will appear.

id

body

integer

The ID of the host aggregate.

name

body

string

The name of the host aggregate.

updated_at

body

string

The date and time when the resource was updated, if the resource has not been updated, this field will show as null. The date and time stamp format is ISO 8601

CCYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss±hh:mm

For example, 2015-08-27T09:49:58-05:00. The ±hh:mm value, if included, is the time zone as an offset from UTC. In the previous example, the offset value is -05:00.

uuid

body

string

The UUID of the host aggregate.

New in version 2.41

Example Create Aggregate (v2.41): JSON response

{
    "aggregate": {
        "availability_zone": "london",
        "created_at": "2016-12-27T22:51:32.877711",
        "deleted": false,
        "deleted_at": null,
        "id": 1,
        "name": "name",
        "updated_at": null,
        "uuid": "86a0da0e-9f0c-4f51-a1e0-3c25edab3783"
    }
}
GET
/os-aggregates/{aggregate_id}

Show Aggregate Details

Shows details for an aggregate. Details include hosts and metadata.

Normal response codes: 200

Error response codes: unauthorized(401), forbidden(403), itemNotFound(404)

Request

Name

In

Type

Description

aggregate_id

path

integer

The aggregate ID.

Response

Name

In

Type

Description

aggregate

body

object

The host aggregate object.

availability_zone

body

string

The availability zone of the host aggregate.

created_at

body

string

The date and time when the resource was created. The date and time stamp format is ISO 8601

CCYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss±hh:mm

For example, 2015-08-27T09:49:58-05:00. The ±hh:mm value, if included, is the time zone as an offset from UTC. In the previous example, the offset value is -05:00.

deleted_at

body

string

The date and time when the resource was deleted. If the resource has not been deleted yet, this field will be null, The date and time stamp format is ISO 8601

CCYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss±hh:mm

For example, 2015-08-27T09:49:58-05:00. The ±hh:mm value, if included, is the time zone as an offset from UTC. In the previous example, the offset value is -05:00.

deleted

body

boolean

A boolean indicates whether this aggregate is deleted or not, if it has not been deleted, false will appear.

hosts

body

array

An array of host information.

id

body

integer

The ID of the host aggregate.

metadata

body

object

Metadata key and value pairs associated with the aggregate.

name

body

string

The name of the host aggregate.

updated_at

body

string

The date and time when the resource was updated, if the resource has not been updated, this field will show as null. The date and time stamp format is ISO 8601

CCYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss±hh:mm

For example, 2015-08-27T09:49:58-05:00. The ±hh:mm value, if included, is the time zone as an offset from UTC. In the previous example, the offset value is -05:00.

uuid

body

string

The UUID of the host aggregate.

New in version 2.41

Example Show Aggregate Details (v2.41): JSON response

{
    "aggregate": {
        "availability_zone": "london",
        "created_at": "2016-12-27T23:47:30.563527",
        "deleted": false,
        "deleted_at": null,
        "hosts": [],
        "id": 1,
        "metadata": {
            "availability_zone": "london"
        },
        "name": "name",
        "updated_at": null,
        "uuid": "fd0a5b12-7e8d-469d-bfd5-64a6823e7407"
    }
}
PUT
/os-aggregates/{aggregate_id}

Update Aggregate

Updates either or both the name and availability zone for an aggregate. If the aggregate to be updated has host that already in the given availability zone, the request will fail with 400 error.

Normal response codes: 200

Error response codes: badRequest(400), unauthorized(401), forbidden(403), itemNotFound(404), conflict(409)

Request

Name

In

Type

Description

aggregate_id

path

integer

The aggregate ID.

aggregate

body

object

The host aggregate object.

name (Optional)

body

string

The name of the host aggregate.

availability_zone (Optional)

body

string

The availability zone of the host aggregate. You should use a custom availability zone rather than the default returned by the os-availability-zone API. The availability zone must not include ‘:’ in its name.

Warning

You should not change or unset the availability zone of an aggregate when that aggregate has hosts which contain servers in it since that may impact the ability for those servers to move to another host.

Example Update Aggregate: JSON request

{
    "aggregate":
    {
        "name": "newname",
        "availability_zone": "nova2"
    }
}

Response

Name

In

Type

Description

aggregate

body

object

The host aggregate object.

availability_zone

body

string

The availability zone of the host aggregate.

created_at

body

string

The date and time when the resource was created. The date and time stamp format is ISO 8601

CCYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss±hh:mm

For example, 2015-08-27T09:49:58-05:00. The ±hh:mm value, if included, is the time zone as an offset from UTC. In the previous example, the offset value is -05:00.

deleted_at

body

string

The date and time when the resource was deleted. If the resource has not been deleted yet, this field will be null, The date and time stamp format is ISO 8601

CCYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss±hh:mm

For example, 2015-08-27T09:49:58-05:00. The ±hh:mm value, if included, is the time zone as an offset from UTC. In the previous example, the offset value is -05:00.

deleted

body

boolean

A boolean indicates whether this aggregate is deleted or not, if it has not been deleted, false will appear.

hosts

body

array

An array of host information.

id

body

integer

The ID of the host aggregate.

metadata

body

object

Metadata key and value pairs associated with the aggregate.

name

body

string

The name of the host aggregate.

updated_at

body

string

The date and time when the resource was updated, if the resource has not been updated, this field will show as null. The date and time stamp format is ISO 8601

CCYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss±hh:mm

For example, 2015-08-27T09:49:58-05:00. The ±hh:mm value, if included, is the time zone as an offset from UTC. In the previous example, the offset value is -05:00.

uuid

body

string

The UUID of the host aggregate.

New in version 2.41

Example Update Aggregate (v2.41): JSON response

{
    "aggregate": {
        "availability_zone": "nova2",
        "created_at": "2016-12-27T23:47:32.897139",
        "deleted": false,
        "deleted_at": null,
        "hosts": [],
        "id": 1,
        "metadata": {
            "availability_zone": "nova2"
        },
        "name": "newname",
        "updated_at": "2016-12-27T23:47:33.067180",
        "uuid": "6f74e3f3-df28-48f3-98e1-ac941b1c5e43"
    }
}
DELETE
/os-aggregates/{aggregate_id}

Delete Aggregate

Deletes an aggregate.

Normal response codes: 200

Error response codes: badRequest(400), unauthorized(401), forbidden(403), itemNotFound(404)

Request

Name

In

Type

Description

aggregate_id

path

integer

The aggregate ID.

Response

There is no body content for the response of a successful DELETE action.

POST
/os-aggregates/{aggregate_id}/action

Add Host

Adds a host to an aggregate.

Specify the add_host action and host name in the request body.

It is not allowed to move a host with servers between Availability Zones. Such request is rejected with 409 error.

Normal response codes: 200

Error response codes: badRequest(400), unauthorized(401), forbidden(403), itemNotFound(404), conflict(409)

Request

Name

In

Type

Description

aggregate_id

path

integer

The aggregate ID.

add_host

body

object

The add_host object used to add host to aggregate.

host

body

string

The name of the host.

Example Add Host: JSON request

{
    "add_host": {
        "host": "21549b2f665945baaa7101926a00143c"
    }
}

Response

Name

In

Type

Description

aggregate

body

object

The host aggregate object.

availability_zone

body

string

The availability zone of the host aggregate.

created_at

body

string

The date and time when the resource was created. The date and time stamp format is ISO 8601

CCYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss±hh:mm

For example, 2015-08-27T09:49:58-05:00. The ±hh:mm value, if included, is the time zone as an offset from UTC. In the previous example, the offset value is -05:00.

deleted_at

body

string

The date and time when the resource was deleted. If the resource has not been deleted yet, this field will be null, The date and time stamp format is ISO 8601

CCYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss±hh:mm

For example, 2015-08-27T09:49:58-05:00. The ±hh:mm value, if included, is the time zone as an offset from UTC. In the previous example, the offset value is -05:00.

deleted

body

boolean

A boolean indicates whether this aggregate is deleted or not, if it has not been deleted, false will appear.

hosts

body

array

An array of host information.

id

body

integer

The ID of the host aggregate.

metadata

body

object

Metadata key and value pairs associated with the aggregate.

name

body

string

The name of the host aggregate.

updated_at

body

string

The date and time when the resource was updated, if the resource has not been updated, this field will show as null. The date and time stamp format is ISO 8601

CCYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss±hh:mm

For example, 2015-08-27T09:49:58-05:00. The ±hh:mm value, if included, is the time zone as an offset from UTC. In the previous example, the offset value is -05:00.

uuid

body

string

The UUID of the host aggregate.

New in version 2.41

Example Add Host (v2.41): JSON response

{
    "aggregate": {
        "availability_zone": "london",
        "created_at": "2016-12-27T23:47:30.594805",
        "deleted": false,
        "deleted_at": null,
        "hosts": [
            "compute"
        ],
        "id": 1,
        "metadata": {
            "availability_zone": "london"
        },
        "name": "name",
        "updated_at": null,
        "uuid": "d1842372-89c5-4fbd-ad5a-5d2e16c85456"
    }
}
POST
/os-aggregates/{aggregate_id}/action

Remove Host

Removes a host from an aggregate.

Specify the remove_host action and host name in the request body.

It is not allowed to move a host with servers between Availability Zones. Such request is rejected with 409 error.

Normal response codes: 200

Error response codes: badRequest(400), unauthorized(401), forbidden(403), itemNotFound(404), conflict(409)

Request

Name

In

Type

Description

aggregate_id

path

integer

The aggregate ID.

remove_host

body

object

The add_host object used to remove host from aggregate.

host

body

string

The name of the host.

Example Remove Host: JSON request

{
    "remove_host": {
        "host": "bf1454b3d71145d49fca2101c56c728d"
    }
}

Response

Name

In

Type

Description

aggregate

body

object

The host aggregate object.

availability_zone

body

string

The availability zone of the host aggregate.

created_at

body

string

The date and time when the resource was created. The date and time stamp format is ISO 8601

CCYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss±hh:mm

For example, 2015-08-27T09:49:58-05:00. The ±hh:mm value, if included, is the time zone as an offset from UTC. In the previous example, the offset value is -05:00.

deleted_at

body

string

The date and time when the resource was deleted. If the resource has not been deleted yet, this field will be null, The date and time stamp format is ISO 8601

CCYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss±hh:mm

For example, 2015-08-27T09:49:58-05:00. The ±hh:mm value, if included, is the time zone as an offset from UTC. In the previous example, the offset value is -05:00.

deleted

body

boolean

A boolean indicates whether this aggregate is deleted or not, if it has not been deleted, false will appear.

hosts

body

array

An array of host information.

id

body

integer

The ID of the host aggregate.

metadata

body

object

Metadata key and value pairs associated with the aggregate.

name

body

string

The name of the host aggregate.

updated_at

body

string

The date and time when the resource was updated, if the resource has not been updated, this field will show as null. The date and time stamp format is ISO 8601

CCYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss±hh:mm

For example, 2015-08-27T09:49:58-05:00. The ±hh:mm value, if included, is the time zone as an offset from UTC. In the previous example, the offset value is -05:00.

uuid

body

string

The UUID of the host aggregate.

New in version 2.41

Example Remove Host (v2.41): JSON response

{
    "aggregate": {
        "availability_zone": "london",
        "created_at": "2016-12-27T23:47:30.594805",
        "deleted": false,
        "deleted_at": null,
        "hosts": [],
        "id": 1,
        "metadata": {
            "availability_zone": "london"
        },
        "name": "name",
        "updated_at": null,
        "uuid": "d1842372-89c5-4fbd-ad5a-5d2e16c85456"
    }
}
POST
/os-aggregates/{aggregate_id}/action

Create Or Update Aggregate Metadata

Creates or replaces metadata for an aggregate.

Specify the set_metadata action and metadata info in the request body.

Normal response codes: 200

Error response codes: badRequest(400), unauthorized(401), forbidden(403), itemNotFound(404)

Request

Name

In

Type

Description

aggregate_id

path

integer

The aggregate ID.

set_metadata

body

object

The set_metadata object used to set metadata for host aggregate.

metadata

body

object

Metadata key and value pairs associated with the aggregate. The maximum size for each metadata key and value pair is 255 bytes.

New keys will be added to existing aggregate metadata. For existing keys, if the value is null the entry is removed, otherwise the value is updated. Note that the special availability_zone metadata entry cannot be unset to null.

Warning

You should not change the availability zone of an aggregate when that aggregate has hosts which contain servers in it since that may impact the ability for those servers to move to another host.

Example Create Or Update Aggregate Metadata: JSON request

{
    "set_metadata":
        {
            "metadata":
                {
                    "key": "value"
                }
        }
}

Response

Name

In

Type

Description

aggregate

body

object

The host aggregate object.

availability_zone

body

string

The availability zone of the host aggregate.

created_at

body

string

The date and time when the resource was created. The date and time stamp format is ISO 8601

CCYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss±hh:mm

For example, 2015-08-27T09:49:58-05:00. The ±hh:mm value, if included, is the time zone as an offset from UTC. In the previous example, the offset value is -05:00.

deleted_at

body

string

The date and time when the resource was deleted. If the resource has not been deleted yet, this field will be null, The date and time stamp format is ISO 8601

CCYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss±hh:mm

For example, 2015-08-27T09:49:58-05:00. The ±hh:mm value, if included, is the time zone as an offset from UTC. In the previous example, the offset value is -05:00.

deleted

body

boolean

A boolean indicates whether this aggregate is deleted or not, if it has not been deleted,