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, call 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 Parameters¶

Note

In the request, the command to start BMSs must be sent with the parameter 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** data structure¶
Parameter	Mandatory	Type	Description
servers	Yes	Array of objects	Specifies the BMS IDs. For details, see Table 3.

**Table 3** **servers** data structure¶
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 API Querying BMSs.

Example Request¶

Starting two BMSs (IDs: 616fb98f-46ca-475e-917e-2563e5a8cd19 and 726fb98f-46ca-475e-917e-2563e5a8cd20)

POST https://{BMS Endpoint}/v1/bbf1946d374b44a0a2a95533562ba954/baremetalservers/action

{
    "os-start": {
        "servers": [
            {
                "id": "616fb98f-46ca-475e-917e-2563e5a8cd19"
            },
            {
                "id": "726fb98f-46ca-475e-917e-2563e5a8cd20"
            }
        ]
    }
}

Response Parameter¶

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.

last updated: 2025-08-29 16:30 UTC - commit: 6208da1405127a92288439a4036df6cbd1f73d26