Canonical Services API

The services API from Canonical — 1 operation(s) for services.

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GET /v1/services List services · List services #

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“Which Pebble services are running and which are stopped?”

“Can I check the status of just a couple of services?”

Tell an agent

List all services and their status.

Show the status of services {names}.

POST /v1/services Start, stop or restart services · Manage services #

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“How do I restart a service managed by Pebble?”

“Can I replan so services pick up a new layer?”

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Run {action} on services {services}.

Restart services {services}.

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Pebble Services API
  version: v1
tags:
- name: Services
paths:
  /v1/services:
    get:
      summary: List services
      description: Fetch information about specific services (or all of them), ordered by service name.
      tags:
      - Services
      parameters:
      - in: query
        name: names
        description: The names of the services to get. To get multiple services, specify this parameter multiple times. If not set, get all services.
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: List services.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/GetServicesResponse'
              example:
                type: sync
                status-code: 200
                status: OK
                result:
                - name: svc1
                  startup: enabled
                  current: active
                  current-since: '2024-12-27T12:19:27.569602108+08:00'
                - name: svc2
                  startup: enabled
                  current: active
                  current-since: '2024-12-27T12:19:27.5690974+08:00'
      operationId: getV1Services
      x-operation-id-source: derived
    post:
      summary: Manage services
      description: Perform a service operation such as start, stop, or replan.
      tags:
      - Services
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                action:
                  type: string
                  description: The action to perform.
                  enum:
                  - autostart
                  - replan
                  - restart
                  - start
                  - stop
                services:
                  type: array
                  description: 'A list of service names.  Required for "start", "stop", and "restart".


                    Ignored for "replan" and "autostart" (resolved automatically for "autostart" to default services).

                    '
                  items:
                    type: string
            example:
              action: start
              services:
              - svc1
      responses:
        '202':
          description: Accepted - asynchronous operation started.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/PostServicesResponse'
              example:
                type: async
                status-code: 202
                status: Accepted
                change: '29'
                result: null
      operationId: postV1Services
      x-operation-id-source: derived
components:
  schemas:
    serviceInfo:
      type: object
      properties:
        name:
          type: string
          description: Name of the service.
        startup:
          type: string
          description: Configured startup value.
          enum:
          - disabled
          - enabled
        current:
          type: string
          description: Current status of the service.
          enum:
          - active
          - backup
          - error
          - inactive
        current-since:
          type: string
          format: date-time
          description: '[Time](#time) the service transitioned to the current status.'
    BaseResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        type:
          type: string
          description: Response type, "sync".
        status-code:
          type: integer
          description: HTTP response status code.
        status:
          type: string
          description: 'The description of the HTTP status code.


            See the [IANA list](https://www.iana.org/assignments/http-status-codes/http-status-codes.xhtml).

            '
    BaseAsyncResponse:
      allOf:
      - $ref: '#/components/schemas/BaseResponse'
      - type: object
        properties:
          change:
            type: string
            description: The Change ID of the asynchronous change.
    GetServicesResponse:
      allOf:
      - $ref: '#/components/schemas/BaseResponse'
      - type: object
        properties:
          result:
            type: array
            items:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/serviceInfo'
    PostServicesResponse:
      allOf:
      - $ref: '#/components/schemas/BaseAsyncResponse'
      - type: object
        properties:
          result:
            type: 'null'