Exoscale

Exoscale Instance API

Instances are the virtual machines at the core of the Exoscale Compute service.

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Business capability

IT Infrastructure Management BC-600.50

Operations 20

POST /instance/{id}:create-snapshot Create a Snapshot of a Compute instance #

GET /instance/{id}:password Reveal the password used during instance creation or the latest password reset #

PUT /instance/{id}:resize-disk Resize a Compute instance disk #

PUT /instance/{id}:reset-password Reset a compute instance password #

PUT /instance/{id}:start Start a Compute instance #

POST /instance/{id}:enable-tpm Enable tpm for the instance #

PUT /instance/{id}:scale Scale a Compute instance to a new Instance Type #

PUT /instance/{id}:stop Stop a Compute instance #

PUT /instance/{id}:add-protection Set instance destruction protection #

DELETE /instance/{id}/{field} Reset Instance field #

PUT /instance/{id}:remove-protection Remove instance destruction protection #

PUT /instance/{id}:reset Reset a Compute instance to a base/target template #

GET /console/{id} Retrieve signed url valid for 60 seconds to connect via console-proxy websocket… #

DELETE /instance/{id} Delete a Compute instance #

PUT /instance/{id} Update a Compute instance #

GET /instance/{id} Retrieve Compute instance details #

PUT /instance/{id}:reboot Reboot a Compute instance #

POST /instance Create a Compute instance #

GET /instance List Compute instances #

POST /instance/{instance-id}:revert-snapshot Revert a snapshot for an instance #

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  version: 2.0.0
  termsOfService: https://exoscale.com/terms
  contact:
    email: support@exoscale.com
    name: Exoscale Support
    url: https://portal.exoscale.com/tickets
  title: Exoscale Instance API
  description: Infrastructure automation API, allowing programmatic access to all Exoscale products and services.
servers:
- url: https://api-{zone}.exoscale.com/v2
  variables:
    zone:
      default: ch-gva-2
      enum:
      - ch-gva-2
      - ch-dk-2
      - de-fra-1
      - de-muc-1
      - at-vie-1
      - at-vie-2
      - bg-sof-1
      - hr-zag-1
tags:


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