AttachVolumeToServer

This operation will attach an already existing volume to the specified Server.

POST /servers/id/os-volume_attachments

Parameters

id

The unique identifier of the server.

Request

JSON

{
   "volumeAttachment" : {
      "volumeId" : "{volume_id}",
      "device": "{device_path}"
   }
}

volumeId- string

The unique identifier of the volume.

device- string

The device path specified.

Response Codes

Success

HTTP/1.1 200 OK

Failure

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

HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found

HTTP/1.1 409 Conflict

Examples

Successfully attach a volume to specified server

POST http(s)://{api_server}/servers/test_server_0013/os-volume_attachments

Request Headers:

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

Request Body:

{
   "volumeAttachment" : {
      "volumeId" : "hbs2012May08_61EfdIZ3Y",
      "device": "/dev/test"
   }
}

Response Code:

HTTP/1.1 200 OK

Failure while trying to attach a volume that is already attached to the server

POST http(s)://{api_server}/servers/test_server_0013/os-volume_attachments

Request Headers:

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

Request Body:

{
   "volumeAttachment" : {
      "volumeId" : "hbs2012May08_61EfdIZ3Y",
      "device": "/dev/test"
   }
}

Response Code:

HTTP/1.1 409 Conflict

Response Body:

 {
   "conflict": {
      "message": "VolumeAlreadyAttached", 
      "code": 409, 
      "details": "hbs is already attached",
      "errorid": "59e0b3dd-2173-432a-8ff5-60efe16e83bf"
   }
 }

Failure while trying to attach a volume that does not exist

POST http(s)://{api_server}/servers/test_server_0013/os-volume_attachments

Request Headers:

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

Request Body:

{
   "volumeAttachment" : {
      "volumeId" : "fake_volume_id",
      "device": "/dev/test"
   }
}

Response Code:

HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found

Response Body:

 {
    "notFound": {
       "message": "VolumeNotFound", 
       "code": 404, 
       "details": "hostway block store not found",
       "errorid": "59e0b3dd-2173-432a-8ff5-60efe16e83bf"}
    }
 }

Unauthorized access

POST http(s)://{api_server}/servers/test_server_0013/os-volume_attachments

Request Headers:

   Content-Type:application/json
   Charset=UTF-8
   Authorization:Base64-encoded fake_authentication_string

Response Code:

HTTP/1.1 401 Unauthorized

Response Body:

    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.