Canonical

Canonical Agents API

The Agents API from Canonical — 6 operation(s) for agents.

GitHub OpenAPI

Operations 8

GET /v1/agents/data Get all agent data #
GET /v1/agents/queues Get all advertised queues from this server #
POST /v1/agents/queues Tell testflinger the queue names that are being serviced #
POST /v1/agents/images Tell testflinger about known images for a specified queue #
GET /v1/agents/images/{queue} Get a dict of known images for a given queue #
GET /v1/agents/data/{agent_name} Get the information from a specified agent #
POST /v1/agents/data/{agent_name} Post information about the agent to the server #
POST /v1/agents/provision_logs/{agent_name} Post provision logs for the agent to the server #

Documentation

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Documentation
https://snapcraft.io/docs/reference/development/snapd-rest-api/
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Documentation
https://ubuntu.com/landscape/docs
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APIReference
https://documentation.ubuntu.com/landscape/reference/api/
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Documentation
https://documentation.ubuntu.com/lxd/latest/rest-api/
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APIReference
https://documentation.ubuntu.com/lxd/latest/api-extensions/
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Documentation
https://ubuntu.com/security/api/docs
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APIReference
https://ubuntu.com/security/api/spec.json
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Documentation
https://documentation.ubuntu.com/pebble/
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Documentation
https://canonical-testflinger.readthedocs-hosted.com/en/latest/
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Documentation
https://documentation.ubuntu.com/anbox-cloud/

Specifications

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OpenAPI
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/canonical/refs/heads/main/openapi/canonical-agents-api-openapi.yml

Other Resources

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HowTo
https://snapcraft.io/docs/how-to-guides/snap-development/use-the-rest-api/
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ReleaseNotes
https://documentation.ubuntu.com/landscape/reference/release-notes/
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Portal
https://ubuntu.com/landscape
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SourceCode
https://github.com/canonical/lxd
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Portal
https://canonical.com/lxd
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Portal
https://ubuntu.com/security
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SourceCode
https://github.com/canonical/pebble
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SourceCode
https://github.com/canonical/testflinger
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SourceCode
https://github.com/canonical/hardware-api
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Portal
https://ubuntu.com/certified
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SourceCode
https://github.com/canonical/identity-platform-api
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SourceCode
https://github.com/canonical/test_observer
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Portal
https://canonical.com/anbox-cloud
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SourceCode
https://github.com/canonical/cos-registration-server

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OpenAPI Specification

canonical-agents-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Testflinger Agents API
  version: 1.0.0
servers:
- url: https://testflinger.ps7.canonical.com/
tags:
- name: Agents
paths:
  /v1/agents/data:
    get:
      parameters: []
      responses:
        '200':
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/AgentOut'
          description: Successful response
      tags:
      - Agents
      summary: Get all agent data
      operationId: getV1AgentsData
      x-operation-id-source: derived
  /v1/agents/queues:
    get:
      parameters: []
      responses:
        '200':
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                additionalProperties:
                  type: string
                example:
                  device001: Queue for device001
                  some-queue: some other queue
          description: Mapping of queue names and descriptions
      tags:
      - Agents
      summary: Get all advertised queues from this server
      description: 'Returns a dict of queue names and descriptions, ex:

        {

        "some_queue": "A queue for testing",

        "other_queue": "A queue for something else"

        }'
      operationId: getV1AgentsQueues
      x-operation-id-source: derived
    post:
      parameters: []
      responses:
        '200':
          content:
            application/json:
              schema: {}
          description: Successful response
        '422':
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ValidationError'
          description: Validation error
      tags:
      - Agents
      summary: Tell testflinger the queue names that are being serviced
      description: 'Some agents may want to advertise some of the queues they listen on so that

        the user can check which queues are valid to use.'
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/QueuesIn'
      operationId: postV1AgentsQueues
      x-operation-id-source: derived
  /v1/agents/images:
    post:
      parameters: []
      responses:
        '200':
          content:
            application/json:
              schema: {}
          description: Successful response
        '422':
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ValidationError'
          description: Validation error
      tags:
      - Agents
      summary: Tell testflinger about known images for a specified queue
      description: 'images will be stored in a dict of key/value pairs as part of the queues

        collection. That dict will contain image_name:provision_data mappings, ex:

        {

        "some_queue": {

        "core22": "http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/.../core-22.tar.gz",

        "jammy": "http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/.../ubuntu-22.04.tar.gz"

        },

        "other_queue": {

        ...

        }

        }.'
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/ImagesIn'
      operationId: postV1AgentsImages
      x-operation-id-source: derived
  /v1/agents/images/{queue}:
    get:
      parameters:
      - in: path
        name: queue
        schema:
          type: string
        required: true
      responses:
        '404':
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/HTTPError'
          description: Not found
        '200':
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                additionalProperties:
                  type: string
                example:
                  core22: 'url: http://.../core22.img.xz'
                  server-22.04: 'url: http://.../ubuntu-22.04.img.xz'
          description: Mapping of image names and provision data
      tags:
      - Agents
      summary: Get a dict of known images for a given queue
      operationId: getV1AgentsImagesByQueue
      x-operation-id-source: derived
  /v1/agents/data/{agent_name}:
    get:
      parameters:
      - in: path
        name: agent_name
        schema:
          type: string
        required: true
      responses:
        '200':
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/AgentOut'
          description: Successful response
        '404':
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/HTTPError'
          description: Not found
      tags:
      - Agents
      summary: Get the information from a specified agent
      description: ':param agent_name:

        String with the name of the agent to retrieve information from.

        :return:

        JSON data with the specified agent information.'
      operationId: getV1AgentsDataByAgentName
      x-operation-id-source: derived
    post:
      parameters:
      - in: path
        name: agent_name
        schema:
          type: string
        required: true
      responses:
        '200':
          content:
            application/json:
              schema: {}
          description: Successful response
        '422':
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ValidationError'
          description: Validation error
        '404':
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/HTTPError'
          description: Not found
      tags:
      - Agents
      summary: Post information about the agent to the server
      description: 'The json sent to this endpoint may contain data such as the following:

        {

        "state": string, # State the device is in

        "queues": array[string], # Queues the device is listening on

        "location": string, # Location of the device

        "job_id": string, # Job ID the device is running, if any

        "log": array[string], # push and keep only the last 100 lines

        }'
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/AgentIn'
      operationId: postV1AgentsDataByAgentName
      x-operation-id-source: derived
  /v1/agents/provision_logs/{agent_name}:
    post:
      parameters:
      - in: path
        name: agent_name
        schema:
          type: string
        required: true
      responses:
        '200':
          content:
            application/json:
              schema: {}
          description: Successful response
        '422':
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ValidationError'
          description: Validation error
        '404':
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/HTTPError'
          description: Not found
      tags:
      - Agents
      summary: Post provision logs for the agent to the server
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/ProvisionLogsIn'
      operationId: postV1AgentsProvisionLogsByAgentName
      x-operation-id-source: derived
components:
  schemas:
    ImagesIn:
      type: object
      properties: {}
      additionalProperties: true
    AgentIn:
      type: object
      properties:
        identifier:
          type: string
        job_id:
          type: string
        location:
          type: string
        log:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
        provision_type:
          type: string
        queues:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
        state:
          type: string
        comment:
          type: string
      additionalProperties: false
    AgentJob:
      type: object
      properties:
        job_id:
          type: string
        submitted_by:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          default: null
        created_at:
          type: string
          format: date-time
        started_at:
          type: string
          format: date-time
        job_queue:
          type: string
        job_state:
          type: string
        job_priority:
          type: integer
        tags:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
      required:
      - job_id
      additionalProperties: false
    HTTPError:
      properties:
        detail:
          type: object
        message:
          type: string
      type: object
    ProvisionLogsIn:
      type: object
      properties:
        job_id:
          type: string
        exit_code:
          type: integer
        detail:
          type: string
      required:
      - exit_code
      - job_id
      additionalProperties: false
    QueuesIn:
      type: object
      properties: {}
      additionalProperties: true
    ValidationError:
      properties:
        detail:
          type: object
          properties:
            <location>:
              type: object
              properties:
                <field_name>:
                  type: array
                  items:
                    type: string
        message:
          type: string
      type: object
    AgentOut:
      type: object
      properties:
        name:
          type: string
        job_id:
          type: string
        state:
          type: string
        queues:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
        location:
          type: string
        provision_type:
          type: string
        comment:
          type: string
        restricted_to:
          type: object
          additionalProperties: {}
        job:
          anyOf:
          - type:
            - object
            - 'null'
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/AgentJob'
      required:
      - name
      additionalProperties: false