CRI-O

CRI-O Lifecycle API

Endpoints to pause and unpause running containers.

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Operations 2

POST /pause/{id} Pause a container #

POST /unpause/{id} Unpause a container #

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: CRI-O Metrics Containers Lifecycle API
  description: The CRI-O metrics endpoint exposes Prometheus-compatible metrics for operations, image pulls, container lifecycle, and runtime errors. Metrics are enabled with the --enable-metrics daemon flag and served on the port configured by --metrics-port (default 9090) at the /metrics path. The endpoint can also be served over a Unix socket via --metrics-socket and secured using --metrics-cert and --metrics-key for TLS.
  version: '1.0'
  contact:
    name: CRI-O Project
    url: https://cri-o.io/
  license:
    name: Apache 2.0
    url: https://github.com/cri-o/cri-o/blob/main/LICENSE
servers:
- url: http://localhost:9090
  description: Default CRI-O metrics endpoint
tags:
- name: Lifecycle
  description: Endpoints to pause and unpause running containers.
paths:
  /pause/{id}:
    post:
      tags:
      - Lifecycle
      operationId: pauseContainer
      summary: Pause a container
      description: Pauses a running container by ID.
      parameters:
      - name: id
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '204':
          description: Container paused
        '404':
          description: Container not found
  /unpause/{id}:
    post:
      tags:
      - Lifecycle
      operationId: unpauseContainer
      summary: Unpause a container
      description: Unpauses a paused container by ID.
      parameters:
      - name: id
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '204':
          description: Container unpaused
        '404':
          description: Container not found
externalDocs:
  description: CRI-O Metrics Documentation
  url: https://github.com/cri-o/cri-o/blob/main/docs/metrics.md