Revision as of 14:32, 14 December 2012

The reboot action allows for either a soft or hard reboot of a Server. With a soft reboot (SOFT), the operating system is signaled to restart, which allows for a graceful shutdown of all processes. A hard reboot (HARD) is the equivalent of power cycling the server.

POST /servers/id/action

Parameters

id

The unique identifier of the server to reboot.

JSON

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

type - string

Type of reboot to perform. Values: HARD, SOFT.

Response Codes

Success

HTTP/1.1 202 Accepted : The request is accepted for processing.

Failure

HTTP/1.1 400 Bad Request : Check your parameter. / Other error

HTTP/1.1 401 Unauthorized - This server could not verify that you are authorized to access the document you requested. Either you supplied the wrong credentials (e.g., bad password), or your browser does not understand how to supply the credentials required.

HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found : The resource requested is not found.

HTTP/1.1 405 Method Not Allowed : The requested action is not supported.

HTTP/1.1 409 Conflict : Already rebooting.