Starting BMSs

Function

This API is used to start BMSs of specified IDs. You can start a maximum of 1000 BMSs at a time.

Note

This is an asynchronous API. Calling the API successfully indicates that the task is delivered successfully. To check whether the task is successful, use the Querying Task Statuses API.

URI

POST /v1/{project_id}/baremetalservers/action

Table 1 lists the parameters.

Table 1 Parameter description

Parameter

Mandatory

Description

project_id

Yes

Specifies the project ID.

For details about how to obtain the project ID, see Obtaining a Project ID.

Request

  • Request parameters

    Note

    In the request, the parameters to start BMSs must be sent with field os-start. For details, see the example request.

    Parameter

    Mandatory

    Type

    Description

    os-start

    Yes

    Object

    Specifies the operation to start BMSs. For details, see Table 2.

    Table 2 os-start field data structure description

    Parameter

    Mandatory

    Type

    Description

    servers

    Yes

    Array of objects

    Specifies BMS IDs. For details, see Table 3.

    Table 3 servers field data structure description

    Parameter

    Mandatory

    Type

    Description

    id

    Yes

    String

    Specifies the BMS ID.

    You can obtain the BMS ID from the BMS console or by calling the Querying BMSs (Native OpenStack API).

  • Example request

    POST https://{BMS Endpoint}/v1/bbf1946d374b44a0a2a95533562ba954/baremetalservers/action
    
    {
        "os-start": {
            "servers": [
                {
                    "id": "616fb98f-46ca-475e-917e-2563e5a8cd19"
                },
                {
                    "id": "726fb98f-46ca-475e-917e-2563e5a8cd20"
                }
            ]
        }
    }
    

Response

  • Normal response

Table 4 Normal response

Parameter

Type

Description

job_id

String

Specifies the task ID returned after a task command is issued. The task ID can be used to query the execution status of the task.

For details about how to query the task execution status based on job_id, see Querying Task Statuses.

  • Abnormal response

Table 5 Abnormal response

Parameter

Type

Description

error

Dictionary data structure

Specifies the error returned when a task submission encounters an exception. For details, see Table 6.

Table 6 error data structure

Parameter

Type

Description

message

String

Specifies the error message.

code

String

Specifies the error code.

Example Response

  • Normal response

    {
        "job_id": "70a599e0-31e7-49b7-b260-868f441e862b"
    }
    

Returned Values

Normal values

Returned Values

Description

200

The request has been successfully processed.

For details about other returned values, see Status Codes.

Error Codes

See Error Codes.