ServerCreate

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This operation will create a new server. 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 /accounts/{accountId}/flexcloud/servers

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

Request

Request Parameters

accountId - string
The selected account Id.

JSON 

{
   "server":{
      "name":"{display_server_name}",
      "imageRef":"http://{server_name}/accounts/{accountId}/flexcloud/images/{image_id}/",
      "flavorRef":"http://{server_name}/accounts/{accountId}/flexcloud/flavors/{flavor_id}/",
      "securityGroupRef":"http://{server_name}/accounts/{accountId}/flexcloud/os-security-groups/{security_group_id}/",
      "adminPass":"{initial_password}",
      "zone": "{zone_textkey}"
   }
}
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
securityGroupRef - string
Absolute URL of the SecurityGroup to use
adminPass - string
Initial admin password. If not specified, the automatically generated password would be returned.
zone
Zone textkey

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}/accounts/{accountId}/flexcloud/servers/{server_id}/",
            "rel":"self"
         }
      ],
      "image":{
         "name":"{display_image_name}",
         "links":[
            {
               "href":"http://{server_name}/accounts/{accountId}/flexcloud/images/{image_id}/",
               "rel":"self"
            }
         ],
         "id":"{image_id}"
      },
      "securityGroup": {
         "id":"{security_group_id}",
         "links":[
            {
               "href":"http://{api_server}/accounts/{accountId}/flexcloud/os-security-groups/{security_group_id}/",
               "rel":"self"
            }
         ]
      },
      "userId":"{user_account_id}",
      "flavor":{
         "name":"{display_flavor_name}",
         "links":[
            {
               "href":"{server_name}/accounts/{accountId}/flexcloud/flavors/{flavor_id}/",
               "rel":"self"
            }
         ],
         "id":{flavor_id}
      },
      "id":"{server_id}",
      "zone": "{zone_textkey}",
      "name":"{display_server_name}",
      "adminPass": "{initial_password}"
      "created":"",
      "tenantId":null,
      "accessIPv4":"{ip_address}",
      "accessIPv6":null,
      "progress":0,
      "metadata":{
      }
   }
}
  • When a server is in pending status (has not completed the provisioning process), the creation timestamp and hostId that are returned will be empty strings.

server

id - string
Unique identifier for this server.
links - list
Hypermedia for this resource.
status - string
Current state of the server. Values: BUILD, ACTIVE, PROCESSING, 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.
adminPass - string
The admin password. Not null only in the creating server response.
metadata - object
Unused always an empty object.
tenantId
Unused always always null.
accessIPv6
Unused always null.
updated
Unused always null.
zone
Zone text key

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.

securityGroup

securityGroup.id - string
the name of the security group that is assigned to this server
securityGroup.links - list
Hypermedia for the securityGroup.

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.
Failure
HTTP/1.1 404 Bad Request
The resource does not exist (when account number is not valid)

Examples

Successfully create a new server

POST http://{api_server}/accounts/{accountId}/flexcloud/servers

Request Headers: 

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

Request Body: 

 {
    "server" : 
       {
          "flavorRef" : "http://{api_server}/accounts/{accountId}/flexcloud/flavors/1",
          "securityGroupRef":"http://{server_name}/accounts/{accountId}/flexcloud/os-security-groups/{security_group_id}/",
          "name" : "test_server_create", 
          "imageRef" : "http://{api_server}/accounts/{accountId}/flexcloud/images/test_public_image",
          "zone": "AUS001"
       }
 }

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}/accounts/{accountId}/flexcloud/servers/167/", 
                "rel": "self"
             }
          ], 
          "imageRef": 
             {
                "name": "CentOS 5 Plesk", 
                "links": [
                   {
                      "href": "http://{api_server}/accounts/{accountId}/flexcloud/images/test_public_image/", 
                      "rel": "self"
                   }
                ],
                "id": "test_public_image"
          }, 
          "securityGroup":
             {
                "id":"group2012Nov02_jD6NX8BsK",
                "links":[
                   {
                      "href":"http://{server_name}/accounts/{accountId}/flexcloud/os-security-groups/group2012Nov02_jD6NX8BsK/",
                      "rel":"self"
                   }
                ],
          },
          "userId": "{user_account_id}", 
          "flavorRef":  
             {
                "name": "", 
                "links": [
                   {
                      "href": "http://{api_server}/accounts/{accountId}/flexcloud/flavors/1/", 
                      "rel": "self"
                   } 
                ], 
                "id": "1"
             }, 
          "id": "167",
          "zone": "AUS001",
          "name": "test_server_create", 
          "adminPass": "{auto_generated_password}"
          "created": "", 
          "tenantId": null, 
          "accessIPv4": "{ip_address}", 
          "accessIPv6": null,
          "progress": 0, 
          "metadata": {}
       }
 }
  • When a server is in pending status (has not completed the provisioning process), the creation timestamp and hostId that are returned will be empty strings.


Failure while trying to create a server with a bad request body

POST http://{api_server}/accounts/{accountId}/flexcloud/servers

Request Headers: 

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

Request Body: 

 {
    "server" : 
       { 
          "flavorRef" : "http://{api_server}/accounts/{accountId}/flexcloud/flavors/{flavor_id}",
          "securityGroupRef" : "http://{api_server}/accounts/{accountId}/flexcloud/os-security-groups/{security_group_id}",
          "name" : "{display_server_name}",
          "imageRef" : "http://{api_server}/accounts/{accountId}/flexcloud/images/{fake_image_id}",
          "zone": "AUS001"
       }
 }

Response Code: 

HTTP/1.1 400 Bad Request

Response Body: 

{
    "computeFault": 
       {
          "message": "Bad imageRef", 
          "code": 400, 
          "details": "",
          "errorid": "59e0b3dd-2173-432a-8ff5-60efe16e83bf"
       }
 }

Failure while trying to pass invalid account number

POST http(s)://{api_server}/accounts/fake/flexcloud/servers

Response Code: 

HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found

Response Body: 

 {
    "itemNotFound" : {
       "message": "Resource not found", 
       "code": 404, 
       "details": "",
       "errorid": "59e0b3dd-2173-432a-8ff5-60efe16e83bf"
    }
 }

Alternative URI /servers

An alternative way to execute this call is to omit the accountId portion of the URI. In this case the system assumes the request is executed for the account identified in the authorization header.

POST /servers

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