Firecracker

Firecracker Boot Source API

The Boot Source API from Firecracker — 1 operation(s) for boot source.

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PUT /boot-source Creates or updates the boot source. Pre-boot only. #

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Firecracker Actions Boot Source API
  description: RESTful public-facing API. The API is accessible through HTTP calls on specific URLs carrying JSON modeled data. The transport medium is a Unix Domain Socket.
  version: 1.16.0-dev
  termsOfService: ''
  contact:
    email: firecracker-maintainers@amazon.com
  license:
    name: Apache 2.0
    url: http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html
servers:
- url: http://localhost/
tags:
- name: Boot Source
paths:
  /boot-source:
    put:
      summary: Creates or updates the boot source. Pre-boot only.
      description: Creates new boot source if one does not already exist, otherwise updates it. Will fail if update is not possible.
      operationId: putGuestBootSource
      responses:
        204:
          description: Boot source created/updated
        400:
          description: Boot source cannot be created due to bad input
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
        default:
          description: Internal server error
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
      tags:
      - Boot Source
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/BootSource'
        description: Guest boot source properties
        required: true
components:
  schemas:
    Error:
      type: object
      properties:
        fault_message:
          type: string
          description: A description of the error condition
          readOnly: true
    BootSource:
      type: object
      required:
      - kernel_image_path
      description: Boot source descriptor.
      properties:
        boot_args:
          type: string
          description: Kernel boot arguments
        initrd_path:
          type: string
          description: Host level path to the initrd image used to boot the guest
        kernel_image_path:
          type: string
          description: Host level path to the kernel image used to boot the guest