ServerCreate

This operation will create a new server. The server creation is asynchronous, the progress can be checked with the URL in the response Location header or the self link in the body.

POST /servers

Parameters

JSON

{
   "server":{
      "name":"{display_server_name}",
      "imageRef":"http://{server_name}/images/{image_id}/",
      "flavorRef":"http://{server_name}/flavors/{flavor_id}/"
   }
}

name - string

Display name for this server

imageRef - string

Absolute URL of the Image to use

flavorRef - string

Absolute URL of the Flavor to use

Result

JSON

{
   "server":{
      "status":"BUILD",
      "updated":null,
      "hostId":"",
      "addresses":{
         "public":[
            {
               "version":4,
               "addr":"{ip_address}"
            }
         ],
         "private":[
            {
               "version":4,
               "addr":"{ip_address}"
            }
         ]
      },
      "links":[
         {
            "href":"http://{server_name}/servers/{server_id}/",
            "rel":"self"
         }
      ],
      "image":{
         "name":"Ubuntu 10.10 x64",
         "links":[
            {
               "href":"http://{server_name}/images/20GB_Ubuntu%2010.10%20x64%20R1soft/",
               "rel":"self"
            }
         ],
         "id":"20GB_Ubuntu 10.10 x64 R1soft"
      },
      "userId":"{user_account_id}",
      "flavor":{
         "name":"1024MB Server3",
         "links":[
            {
               "href":"{server_name}/flavors/3/",
               "rel":"self"
            }
         ],
         "id":3
      },
      "id":"{server_id}",
      "name":"{display_server_name}",
      "created":"",
      "tenantId":null,
      "accessIPv4":"{ip_address}",
      "accessIPv6":null,
      "progress":0,
      "metadata":{
 
      }
   }
}

• When a server is still pending (has not completed the provisioning process), the creation timestamp and hostId that are returned will be empty string.

server

id - string

Unique identifier for this server.

links - list

Hypermedia for this resource.

status - string

Current state of the server. Values: BUILD, ACTIVE, SUSPENDED, DELETED, UNKNOWN

hostId - string

Id of the physical host this virtual machine is running on.

userId - string

Unique identifier for the owner of this server.

name - string

Display name for this server.

created - string

The date and time this server was created. ISO 8601 format, YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS.

accessIPv4 - string

The default included public IPv4 address.

progress - number

The progress of the current this server while in the BUILD status. The value is in the range of 0 - 100, but currently will only even be 0, 50, 100.

metadata - object

Unused always an empty object.

tenantId

Unused always always null.

accessIPv6

Unused always null.

updated

Unused always null.

addresses

addresses.public.version - number

IP version of this address. Values: 4

addresses.public.addr = string

Public IP address of this server

addresses.private.version - number

IP version of this address. Values: 4

addresses.private.addr - string

Private IP address of this server

image

image.name - string

The display name of the image this server is based on.

image.links - list

Hypermedia for the image.

image.id - string

Unique identifier for image this server is based on.

flavor

flavor.name - string

The display name of the flavor this server is based on.

flavor.links - list

Hypermedia for the flavor.

flavor.id - string

Unique identifier for flavor this server is based on.

Response Codes

Success

HTTP/1.1 202 Accepted

Request is accepted.

Failure

HTTP/1.1 400 Bad Request

The resource used for creating server is not found.

Examples

Create a new server

POST http://{api_url}/servers

Request Headers:

   Content-Type:application/json
   Charset=UTF-8
   Authorization:Base64-encoded username & password string

Request Body:

   {"server" : { "flavorRef" : "http://{server_name}//flavors/{flavor_id}", "name" : "{display_server_name}", 
                 "imageRef" : "http://{server_name}//images/{image_id}" } }

Response Code:

HTTP/1.1 202 Accepted

Response Body:

   {"server": {"status": "BUILD", "updated": null, "hostId": "", 
    "addresses": {"public": [{"version": 4, "addr": "{ip_address}"}], "private": [{"version": 4, "addr":  "{ip_address}"}]}, 
    "links": [{"href": "http://{server_name}/servers/{server_id}/", "rel": "self"}], "image": {"name": "CentOS 5 Plesk", 
    "links": [{"href": "http://{server_name}/images/Centos%205%20x86%20Plesk/", "rel": "self"}], "id": "Centos 5 x86 Plesk"}, 
    "userId": "{user_account_id}", "flavor":  {"name": "", "links": [], "id": ""}, "id": "{server_id}", "name": "{display_server_name}", 
    "created": "", "tenantId": null, "accessIPv4": "{ip_address}", "accessIPv6": null, "progress": 0, "metadata": {}}}

• When a server is still pending (has not completed the provisioning process), the creation timestamp and hostId that are returned will be empty string.

Create a server with bad request body

POST http://{api_url}/servers

Request Headers:

   Content-Type:application/json
   Charset=UTF-8
   Authorization:Base64-encoded username & password string

Request Body:

{"server" : { "flavorRef" : "http://{server_name}//flavors/{flavor_id}", "name" : "{display_server_name}", 
                 "imageRef" : "http://{server_name}//images/{image_id}" } }

Response Code:

HTTP/1.1 400 Bad Request

Response Body:

{"computeFault": {"message": "Bad imageRef", "code": 400, "details": ""}}

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