Modifying an ECS

Function

This API is used to modify ECS details. Only the name and description of an ECS can be modified.

URI

PUT /v2.1/{project_id}/servers/{server_id}

PUT /v2/{project_id}/servers/{server_id}

Table 1 describes the parameters in the URI.

Table 1 Parameter description

Parameter

Mandatory

Description

project_id

Yes

Specifies the project ID.

server_id

Yes

Specifies the ECS ID.

Request

Table 2 describes the request parameters.

Table 2 Request parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

server

Yes

Object

Specifies the ECS data structure. For details, see Table 3.

Table 3 server field description

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

name

No

String

Specifies the ECS new name. The value is a string of 1 to 255 characters.

description

No

String

Describes the ECS. The value contains a maximum of 255 bytes.

This parameter is supported in microversion 2.19 and later.

Response

Table 4 describes the response parameters.

Table 4 Response parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

server

Object

Specifies ECS information. For details, see Table 5.

Table 5 server field description

Parameter

Type

Description

tenant_id

String

Specifies the tenant or project ID.

image

String

Specifies the image ID.

accessIPv4

String

Reserved

addresses

Object

Specifies the attributed network information of the ECS.

The structure is Map<String, Object>.

For details, see Table 6.

metadata

Object

Specifies the ECS metadata.

accessIPv6

String

Reserved

created

String

Specifies the time when the ECS was created. The time is in the format of "2019-05-22T03:19:19Z".

hostId

String

Specifies the host ID of the ECS.

flavor

Object

Specifies the ECS flavor. For details, see Table 7.

OS-DCF:diskConfig

String

Specifies the disk configuration mode. This is an extended attribute. This field is valid for the ECS started using an image.

user_id

String

Specifies the ID of the user to which an ECS belongs.

name

String

Specifies the modified name of the ECS.

progress

Integer

Reserved

links

Array of Object

Specifies ECS shortcut links. For details, see Table 8.

id

String

Specifies the unique ID of an ECS.

updated

String

Specifies the time when the ECS was updated last time.

The time is in the format of "2019-05-22T03:19:19Z".

locked

Boolean

Specifies the ECS lock status, which is True when the ECS is locked and False when the ECS is unlocked.

This parameter is supported in microversion 2.9 and later.

description

String

Describes the ECS.

This parameter is supported in microversion 2.19 and later.

tags

Array of strings

Specifies ECS tags.

This parameter is supported in microversion 2.26 and later. If the microversion is not used for query, the response does not contain the tags field.

Tag functions have been upgraded on the cloud platform. After the upgrade, the tag values returned by the system comply with the following rules:

  • The key and value of a tag are connected using an equal sign (=), for example, key=value.

  • If the value is empty, only the key is returned.

  • The key and value of a tag are connected using an equal sign (=), for example, key=value.

  • If the value is empty, only the key is returned.

For more details about upgraded tag functions, see Tag Types.

status

String

Specifies the ECS status.

Options:

ACTIVE, BUILD, ERROR, HARD_REBOOT, MIGRATING, REBOOT, RESIZE, REVERT_RESIZE, SHELVED, SHELVED_OFFLOADED, SHUTOFF, UNKNOWN, and VERIFY_RESIZE

For details, see ECS Statuses.

Table 6 Data structure of the network which an ECS accesses

Parameter

Type

Description

addr

String

Specifies the IP address.

version

Integer

Specifies the type of an IP address. The value of this parameter can be 4 or 6.

  • 4: The type of the IP address is IPv4.

  • 6: The type of the IP address is IPv6.

Table 7 flavor field description

Parameter

Type

Description

id

String

Specifies the ECS ID.

This parameter is not supported in microversion 2.47 and later.

links

Array of objects

Specifies shortcut links for ECS types. For details, see Table 8.

This parameter is not supported in microversion 2.47 and later.

vcpus

Integer

Specifies the number of vCPUs in the ECS flavor.

This parameter is supported in microversion 2.47 and later.

ram

Integer

Specifies the memory size (MB) in the ECS flavor.

This parameter is supported in microversion 2.47 and later.

disk

Integer

Specifies the system disk size in the ECS flavor. Value 0 indicates that the disk size is not limited.

This parameter is supported in microversion 2.47 and later.

ephemeral

Integer

Reserved

This parameter is supported in microversion 2.47 and later.

swap

Integer

Reserved

This parameter is supported in microversion 2.47 and later.

original_name

String

Specifies the name of the ECS flavor.

This parameter is supported in microversion 2.47 and later.

extra_specs

Object

Indicates an extended flavor field. For details, see os_extra_specs (flavor) Field Description.

This parameter is supported in microversion 2.47 and later.

Table 8 links field description

Parameter

Type

Description

rel

String

Specifies the shortcut link marker name.

href

String

Specifies the shortcut link.

Example Request

Change the name of a specified ECS to new-server-test.

PUT https://{endpoint}/v2/{project_id}/servers/{server_id}
PUT https://{endpoint}/v2.1/{project_id}/servers/{server_id}

{
    "server": {
        "name": "new-server-test"
    }
}

Example Response

{
  "server": {
    "tenant_id": "7910a6e50b80402ba028c8d96c1b31fe",
    "image": "",
    "accessIPv4": "",
    "addresses": {
      "03be5c1e-e05d-4905-a105-c3bd9b730bdc": [
        {
          "addr": "192.168.0.72",
          "version": 4
        }
      ]
    },
    "metadata": {},
    "accessIPv6": "",
    "created": "2018-05-17T03:15:48Z",
    "hostId": "7dc82f6b1d406200fc63e395cf4829cbffcb49de0e9c75c5773f201f",
    "flavor": {
      "links": [
        {
          "rel": "bookmark",
          "href": "https://None/7910a6e50b80402ba028c8d96c1b31fe/flavors/c3.1U1G"
        }
      ],
      "id": "c3.1U1G"
    },
    "OS-DCF:diskConfig": "MANUAL",
    "user_id": "d698a78532ca430f8daec1858f2b500e",
    "name": "new-server-test",
    "progress": 0,
    "links": [
      {
        "rel": "self",
        "href": "https://None/v2/7910a6e50b80402ba028c8d96c1b31fe/servers/1a19ef4f-be0a-4526-bf2f-14b4464d536a"
      },
      {
        "rel": "bookmark",
        "href": "https://None/7910a6e50b80402ba028c8d96c1b31fe/servers/1a19ef4f-be0a-4526-bf2f-14b4464d536a"
      }
    ],
    "id": "1a19ef4f-be0a-4526-bf2f-14b4464d536a",
    "updated": "2018-05-21T00:36:27Z",
    "status": "ACTIVE"
  }
}

Returned Values

See Returned Values for General Requests.