The networks API from Incus — 5 operation(s) for networks.
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openapi: 3.2.0
info:
contact:
email: lxc-devel@lists.linuxcontainers.org
name: Incus upstream
url: https://github.com/lxc/incus
description: 'This is the REST API used by all Incus clients.
Internal endpoints aren''t included in this documentation.
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Authentication for local users relies on group membership and access to the unix socket.
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license:
name: Apache-2.0
url: https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
title: Incus external REST certificates Networks API
version: '1.0'
tags:
- name: networks
paths:
/1.0/networks:
get:
description: Returns a list of networks (URLs).
operationId: networks_get
parameters:
- description: Project name
example: default
in: query
name: project
schema:
type: string
- description: Retrieve networks from all projects
example: true
in: query
name: all-projects
schema:
type: boolean
- description: Collection filter
example: default
in: query
name: filter
schema:
type: string
responses:
'200':
description: API endpoints
content:
application/json:
schema:
description: Sync response
properties:
metadata:
description: List of endpoints
example: "[\n \"/1.0/networks/mybr0\",\n \"/1.0/networks/mybr1\"\n]"
items:
type: string
type: array
status:
description: Status description
example: Success
type: string
status_code:
description: Status code
example: 200
type: integer
type:
description: Response type
example: sync
type: string
type: object
'403':
$ref: '#/components/responses/Forbidden'
'500':
$ref: '#/components/responses/InternalServerError'
summary: Get the networks
tags:
- networks
post:
description: 'Creates a new network.
When clustered, most network types require individual POST for each cluster member prior to a global POST.'
operationId: networks_post
parameters:
- description: Project name
example: default
in: query
name: project
schema:
type: string
- description: Cluster member name
example: server01
in: query
name: target
schema:
type: string
responses:
'200':
$ref: '#/components/responses/EmptySyncResponse'
'400':
$ref: '#/components/responses/BadRequest'
'403':
$ref: '#/components/responses/Forbidden'
'500':
$ref: '#/components/responses/InternalServerError'
summary: Add a network
tags:
- networks
requestBody:
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/NetworksPost'
description: Network
required: true
/1.0/networks/{name}:
delete:
description: Removes the network.
operationId: network_delete
parameters:
- description: Network name
in: path
name: name
required: true
schema:
type: string
- description: Project name
example: default
in: query
name: project
schema:
type: string
responses:
'200':
$ref: '#/components/responses/EmptySyncResponse'
'400':
$ref: '#/components/responses/BadRequest'
'403':
$ref: '#/components/responses/Forbidden'
'500':
$ref: '#/components/responses/InternalServerError'
summary: Delete the network
tags:
- networks
get:
description: Gets a specific network.
operationId: network_get
parameters:
- description: Network name
in: path
name: name
required: true
schema:
type: string
- description: Project name
example: default
in: query
name: project
schema:
type: string
- description: Cluster member name
example: server01
in: query
name: target
schema:
type: string
responses:
'200':
description: Network
content:
application/json:
schema:
description: Sync response
properties:
metadata:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Network'
status:
description: Status description
example: Success
type: string
status_code:
description: Status code
example: 200
type: integer
type:
description: Response type
example: sync
type: string
type: object
'403':
$ref: '#/components/responses/Forbidden'
'500':
$ref: '#/components/responses/InternalServerError'
summary: Get the network
tags:
- networks
patch:
description: Updates a subset of the network configuration.
operationId: network_patch
parameters:
- description: Network name
in: path
name: name
required: true
schema:
type: string
- description: Project name
example: default
in: query
name: project
schema:
type: string
- description: Cluster member name
example: server01
in: query
name: target
schema:
type: string
responses:
'200':
$ref: '#/components/responses/EmptySyncResponse'
'400':
$ref: '#/components/responses/BadRequest'
'403':
$ref: '#/components/responses/Forbidden'
'412':
$ref: '#/components/responses/PreconditionFailed'
'500':
$ref: '#/components/responses/InternalServerError'
summary: Partially update the network
tags:
- networks
requestBody:
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/NetworkPut'
description: Network configuration
required: true
post:
description: Renames an existing network.
operationId: network_post
parameters:
- description: Network name
in: path
name: name
required: true
schema:
type: string
- description: Project name
example: default
in: query
name: project
schema:
type: string
responses:
'200':
$ref: '#/components/responses/EmptySyncResponse'
'400':
$ref: '#/components/responses/BadRequest'
'403':
$ref: '#/components/responses/Forbidden'
'500':
$ref: '#/components/responses/InternalServerError'
summary: Rename the network
tags:
- networks
requestBody:
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/NetworkPost'
description: Network rename request
required: true
put:
description: Updates the entire network configuration.
operationId: network_put
parameters:
- description: Network name
in: path
name: name
required: true
schema:
type: string
- description: Project name
example: default
in: query
name: project
schema:
type: string
- description: Cluster member name
example: server01
in: query
name: target
schema:
type: string
responses:
'200':
$ref: '#/components/responses/EmptySyncResponse'
'400':
$ref: '#/components/responses/BadRequest'
'403':
$ref: '#/components/responses/Forbidden'
'412':
$ref: '#/components/responses/PreconditionFailed'
'500':
$ref: '#/components/responses/InternalServerError'
summary: Update the network
tags:
- networks
requestBody:
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/NetworkPut'
description: Network configuration
required: true
/1.0/networks/{name}/leases:
get:
description: Returns a list of DHCP leases for the network.
operationId: networks_leases_get
parameters:
- description: Network name
in: path
name: name
required: true
schema:
type: string
- description: Project name
example: default
in: query
name: project
schema:
type: string
- description: Cluster member name
example: server01
in: query
name: target
schema:
type: string
responses:
'200':
description: API endpoints
content:
application/json:
schema:
description: Sync response
properties:
metadata:
description: List of DHCP leases
items:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/NetworkLease'
type: array
status:
description: Status description
example: Success
type: string
status_code:
description: Status code
example: 200
type: integer
type:
description: Response type
example: sync
type: string
type: object
'403':
$ref: '#/components/responses/Forbidden'
'500':
$ref: '#/components/responses/InternalServerError'
summary: Get the DHCP leases
tags:
- networks
/1.0/networks/{name}/state:
get:
description: Returns the current network state information.
operationId: networks_state_get
parameters:
- description: Network name
in: path
name: name
required: true
schema:
type: string
- description: Project name
example: default
in: query
name: project
schema:
type: string
- description: Cluster member name
example: server01
in: query
name: target
schema:
type: string
responses:
'200':
description: API endpoints
content:
application/json:
schema:
description: Sync response
properties:
metadata:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/NetworkState'
status:
description: Status description
example: Success
type: string
status_code:
description: Status code
example: 200
type: integer
type:
description: Response type
example: sync
type: string
type: object
'403':
$ref: '#/components/responses/Forbidden'
'500':
$ref: '#/components/responses/InternalServerError'
summary: Get the network state
tags:
- networks
/1.0/networks?recursion=1:
get:
description: Returns a list of networks (structs).
operationId: networks_get_recursion1
parameters:
- description: Project name
example: default
in: query
name: project
schema:
type: string
- description: Retrieve networks from all projects
example: true
in: query
name: all-projects
schema:
type: boolean
- description: Collection filter
example: default
in: query
name: filter
schema:
type: string
responses:
'200':
description: API endpoints
content:
application/json:
schema:
description: Sync response
properties:
metadata:
description: List of networks
items:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Network'
type: array
status:
description: Status description
example: Success
type: string
status_code:
description: Status code
example: 200
type: integer
type:
description: Response type
example: sync
type: string
type: object
'403':
$ref: '#/components/responses/Forbidden'
'500':
$ref: '#/components/responses/InternalServerError'
summary: Get the networks
tags:
- networks
components:
schemas:
NetworkState:
description: NetworkState represents the network state
properties:
addresses:
description: List of addresses
items:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/NetworkStateAddress'
type: array
x-go-name: Addresses
bond:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/NetworkStateBond'
bridge:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/NetworkStateBridge'
counters:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/NetworkStateCounters'
hwaddr:
description: MAC address
example: 10:66:6a:5a:83:57
type: string
x-go-name: Hwaddr
mtu:
description: MTU
example: 1500
format: int64
type: integer
x-go-name: Mtu
ovn:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/NetworkStateOVN'
state:
description: Link state
example: up
type: string
x-go-name: State
type:
description: Interface type
example: broadcast
type: string
x-go-name: Type
vlan:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/NetworkStateVLAN'
type: object
x-go-package: github.com/lxc/incus/v7/shared/api
NetworkStateBond:
description: NetworkStateBond represents bond specific state
properties:
down_delay:
description: Delay on link down (ms)
example: 0
format: uint64
type: integer
x-go-name: DownDelay
lower_devices:
description: List of devices that are part of the bond
example:
- eth0
- eth1
items:
type: string
type: array
x-go-name: LowerDevices
mii_frequency:
description: How often to check for link state (ms)
example: 100
format: uint64
type: integer
x-go-name: MIIFrequency
mii_state:
description: Bond link state
example: up
type: string
x-go-name: MIIState
mode:
description: Bonding mode
example: 802.3ad
type: string
x-go-name: Mode
transmit_policy:
description: Transmit balancing policy
example: layer3+4
type: string
x-go-name: TransmitPolicy
up_delay:
description: Delay on link up (ms)
example: 0
format: uint64
type: integer
x-go-name: UpDelay
type: object
x-go-package: github.com/lxc/incus/v7/shared/api
NetworkPut:
description: NetworkPut represents the modifiable fields of a network
properties:
config:
description: Network configuration map (refer to doc/networks.md)
example:
ipv4.address: 10.0.0.1/24
ipv4.nat: 'true'
ipv6.address: none
type: object
x-go-name: Config
description:
description: Description of the profile
example: My new bridge
type: string
x-go-name: Description
type: object
x-go-package: github.com/lxc/incus/v7/shared/api
NetworkStateVLAN:
description: NetworkStateVLAN represents VLAN specific state
properties:
lower_device:
description: Parent device
example: eth0
type: string
x-go-name: LowerDevice
vid:
description: VLAN ID
example: 100
format: uint64
type: integer
x-go-name: VID
type: object
x-go-package: github.com/lxc/incus/v7/shared/api
Network:
description: Network represents a network
properties:
config:
description: Network configuration map (refer to doc/networks.md)
example:
ipv4.address: 10.0.0.1/24
ipv4.nat: 'true'
ipv6.address: none
type: object
x-go-name: Config
description:
description: Description of the profile
example: My new bridge
type: string
x-go-name: Description
locations:
description: Cluster members on which the network has been defined
example:
- server01
- server02
- server03
items:
type: string
readOnly: true
type: array
x-go-name: Locations
managed:
description: Whether this is a managed network
example: true
readOnly: true
type: boolean
x-go-name: Managed
name:
description: The network name
example: mybr0
readOnly: true
type: string
x-go-name: Name
project:
description: Project name
example: project1
type: string
x-go-name: Project
status:
description: The state of the network (for managed network in clusters)
example: Created
readOnly: true
type: string
x-go-name: Status
type:
description: The network type
example: bridge
readOnly: true
type: string
x-go-name: Type
used_by:
description: List of URLs of objects using this profile
example:
- /1.0/profiles/default
- /1.0/instances/c1
items:
type: string
readOnly: true
type: array
x-go-name: UsedBy
type: object
x-go-package: github.com/lxc/incus/v7/shared/api
NetworkStateAddress:
description: NetworkStateAddress represents a network address
properties:
address:
description: IP address
example: 10.0.0.1
type: string
x-go-name: Address
family:
description: Address family
example: inet
type: string
x-go-name: Family
netmask:
description: IP netmask (CIDR)
example: '24'
type: string
x-go-name: Netmask
scope:
description: Address scope
example: global
type: string
x-go-name: Scope
type: object
x-go-package: github.com/lxc/incus/v7/shared/api
NetworkLease:
description: NetworkLease represents a DHCP lease
properties:
address:
description: The IP address
example: 10.0.0.98
type: string
x-go-name: Address
hostname:
description: The hostname associated with the record
example: c1
type: string
x-go-name: Hostname
hwaddr:
description: The MAC address
example: 10:66:6a:2c:89:d9
type: string
x-go-name: Hwaddr
location:
description: What cluster member this record was found on
example: server01
type: string
x-go-name: Location
type:
description: The type of record (static or dynamic)
example: dynamic
type: string
x-go-name: Type
type: object
x-go-package: github.com/lxc/incus/v7/shared/api
NetworkPost:
description: NetworkPost represents the fields required to rename a network
properties:
name:
description: The new name for the network
example: mybr1
type: string
x-go-name: Name
type: object
x-go-package: github.com/lxc/incus/v7/shared/api
NetworksPost:
description: NetworksPost represents the fields of a new network
properties:
config:
description: Network configuration map (refer to doc/networks.md)
example:
ipv4.address: 10.0.0.1/24
ipv4.nat: 'true'
ipv6.address: none
type: object
x-go-name: Config
description:
description: Description of the profile
example: My new bridge
type: string
x-go-name: Description
name:
description: The name of the new network
example: mybr1
type: string
x-go-name: Name
type:
description: The network type (refer to doc/networks.md)
example: bridge
type: string
x-go-name: Type
type: object
x-go-package: github.com/lxc/incus/v7/shared/api
NetworkStateCounters:
description: NetworkStateCounters represents packet counters
properties:
bytes_received:
description: Number of bytes received
example: 250542118
format: int64
type: integer
x-go-name: BytesReceived
bytes_sent:
description: Number of bytes sent
example: 17524040140
format: int64
type: integer
x-go-name: BytesSent
packets_received:
description: Number of packets received
example: 1182515
format: int64
type: integer
x-go-name: PacketsReceived
packets_sent:
description: Number of packets sent
example: 1567934
format: int64
type: integer
x-go-name: PacketsSent
type: object
x-go-package: github.com/lxc/incus/v7/shared/api
NetworkStateOVN:
description: NetworkStateOVN represents OVN specific state
properties:
chassis:
description: OVN network chassis name
example: server01
type: string
x-go-name: Chassis
logical_router:
description: OVN logical router name
example: incus-net1-lr
type: string
x-go-name: LogicalRouter
logical_switch:
description: OVN logical switch name
example: incus-net1-ls-int
type: string
x-go-name: LogicalSwitch
uplink_ipv4:
description: OVN network uplink ipv4 address
example: 10.0.0.1
type: string
x-go-name: UplinkIPv4
uplink_ipv6:
description: OVN network uplink ipv6 address
example: 2001:0000:130F:0000:0000:09C0:876A:130B.
type: string
x-go-name: UplinkIPv6
type: object
x-go-package: github.com/lxc/incus/v7/shared/api
NetworkStateBridge:
description: NetworkStateBridge represents bridge specific state
properties:
forward_delay:
description: Delay on port join (ms)
example: 1500
format: uint64
type: integer
x-go-name: ForwardDelay
id:
description: Bridge ID
example: 8000.0a0f7c6edbd9
type: string
x-go-name: ID
stp:
description: Whether STP is enabled
example: false
type: boolean
x-go-name: STP
upper_devices:
description: List of devices that are in the bridge
example:
- eth0
- eth1
items:
type: string
type: array
x-go-name: UpperDevices
vlan_default:
description: Default VLAN ID
example: 1
format: uint64
type: integer
x-go-name: VLANDefault
vlan_filtering:
description: Whether VLAN filtering is enabled
example: false
type: boolean
x-go-name: VLANFiltering
type: object
x-go-package: github.com/lxc/incus/v7/shared/api
responses:
InternalServerError:
description: Internal Server Error
content:
application/json:
schema:
properties:
error:
example: internal server error
type: string
x-go-name: Error
error_code:
example: 500
format: int64
type: integer
x-go-name: ErrorCode
type:
example: error
type: string
x-go-name: Type
type: object
PreconditionFailed:
description: Precondition Failed
content:
application/json:
schema:
properties:
error:
example: precondition failed
type: string
x-go-name: Error
error_code:
example: 412
format: int64
type: integer
x-go-name: ErrorCode
type:
example: error
type: string
x-go-name: Type
type: object
Forbidden:
description: Forbidden
content:
application/json:
schema:
properties:
error:
example: not authorized
type: string
x-go-name: Error
error_code:
example: 403
format: int64
type: integer
x-go-name: ErrorCode
type:
example: error
type: string
x-go-name: Type
type: object
BadRequest:
description: Bad Request
content:
application/json:
schema:
properties:
error:
example: bad request
type: string
x-go-name: Error
error_code:
example: 400
format: int64
type: integer
x-go-name: ErrorCode
type:
example: error
type: string
x-go-name: Type
type: object
EmptySyncResponse:
description: Empty sync response
content:
application/json:
schema:
properties:
status:
example: Success
type: string
x-go-name: Status
status_code:
example: 200
format: int64
type: integer
x-go-name: StatusCode
type:
example: sync
type: string
x-go-name: Type
type: object