ServerCreate
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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.
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POST /servers
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.
Parameters
No 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":"{state_status}", "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":"{display_image_name}", "links":[ { "href":"http://{server_name}/images/{image_id}/", "rel":"self" } ], "id":"{image_id}" }, "userId":"{user_account_id}", "flavor":{ "name":"{display_flavor_name}", "links":[ { "href":"{server_name}/flavors/{flavor_id}/", "rel":"self" } ], "id":{flavor_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.
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
Successfully create a new server
- POST http://{api_server}/servers
Request Headers:
Content-Type:application/json Charset=UTF-8 Authorization:Base64-encoded username & password string
Request Body:
{
"server" :
{
"flavorRef" : "http://{api_server}//flavors/1",
"name" : "test_server_create",
"imageRef" : "http://{api_server}//images/test_public_image"
}
}
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://{api_server}/servers/167/",
"rel": "self"
}
],
"imageRef":
{
"name": "CentOS 5 Plesk",
"links": [
{
"href": "http://{api_server}/images/test_public_image/",
"rel": "self"
}
],
"id": "test_public_image"
},
"userId": "{user_account_id}",
"flavorRef":
{
"name": "",
"links": [
{
"href": "http://{api_server}/flavors/1/",
"rel": "self"
}
],
"id": "1"
},
"id": "167",
"name": "test_server_create",
"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.
Failure create a server with bad request body
- POST http://{api_server}/servers
Request Headers:
Content-Type:application/json Charset=UTF-8 Authorization:Base64-encoded username & password string
Request Body:
{
"server" :
{
"flavorRef" : "http://{api_server}//flavors/{flavor_id}",
"name" : "{display_server_name}",
"imageRef" : "http://{api_server}//images/{fake_image_id}"
}
}
Response Code:
HTTP/1.1 400 Bad Request
Response Body:
{
"computeFault":
{
"message": "Bad imageRef",
"code": 400,
"details": ""
}
}
