The profiles API from Incus — 3 operation(s) for profiles.
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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.
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license:
name: Apache-2.0
url: https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
title: Incus external REST certificates Profiles API
version: '1.0'
tags:
- name: profiles
paths:
/1.0/profiles:
get:
description: Returns a list of profiles (URLs).
operationId: profiles_get
parameters:
- description: Project name
example: default
in: query
name: project
schema:
type: string
- description: Retrieve profiles 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/profiles/default\",\n \"/1.0/profiles/foo\"\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 profiles
tags:
- profiles
post:
description: Creates a new profile.
operationId: profiles_post
parameters:
- 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: Add a profile
tags:
- profiles
requestBody:
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/ProfilesPost'
description: Profile
required: true
/1.0/profiles/{name}:
delete:
description: Removes the profile.
operationId: profile_delete
parameters:
- description: Profile 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 profile
tags:
- profiles
get:
description: Gets a specific profile.
operationId: profile_get
parameters:
- description: Profile name
in: path
name: name
required: true
schema:
type: string
- description: Project name
example: default
in: query
name: project
schema:
type: string
responses:
'200':
description: Profile
content:
application/json:
schema:
description: Sync response
properties:
metadata:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Profile'
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 profile
tags:
- profiles
patch:
description: Updates a subset of the profile configuration.
operationId: profile_patch
parameters:
- description: Profile 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'
'412':
$ref: '#/components/responses/PreconditionFailed'
'500':
$ref: '#/components/responses/InternalServerError'
summary: Partially update the profile
tags:
- profiles
requestBody:
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/ProfilePut'
description: Profile configuration
required: true
post:
description: Renames an existing profile.
operationId: profile_post
parameters:
- description: Profile 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 profile
tags:
- profiles
requestBody:
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/ProfilePost'
description: Profile rename request
required: true
put:
description: Updates the entire profile configuration.
operationId: profile_put
parameters:
- description: Profile 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'
'412':
$ref: '#/components/responses/PreconditionFailed'
'500':
$ref: '#/components/responses/InternalServerError'
summary: Update the profile
tags:
- profiles
requestBody:
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/ProfilePut'
description: Profile configuration
required: true
/1.0/profiles?recursion=1:
get:
description: Returns a list of profiles (structs).
operationId: profiles_get_recursion1
parameters:
- description: Project name
example: default
in: query
name: project
schema:
type: string
- description: Retrieve profiles 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 profiles
items:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Profile'
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 profiles
tags:
- profiles
components:
responses:
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
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
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
schemas:
ProfilePut:
description: ProfilePut represents the modifiable fields of a profile
properties:
config:
description: Instance configuration map (refer to doc/instances.md)
example:
limits.cpu: '4'
limits.memory: 4GiB
type: object
x-go-name: Config
description:
description: Description of the profile
example: Medium size instances
type: string
x-go-name: Description
devices:
description: List of devices
example:
eth0:
name: eth0
network: mybr0
type: nic
root:
path: /
pool: default
type: disk
type: object
x-go-name: Devices
type: object
x-go-package: github.com/lxc/incus/v7/shared/api
ProfilesPost:
description: ProfilesPost represents the fields of a new profile
properties:
config:
description: Instance configuration map (refer to doc/instances.md)
example:
limits.cpu: '4'
limits.memory: 4GiB
type: object
x-go-name: Config
description:
description: Description of the profile
example: Medium size instances
type: string
x-go-name: Description
devices:
description: List of devices
example:
eth0:
name: eth0
network: mybr0
type: nic
root:
path: /
pool: default
type: disk
type: object
x-go-name: Devices
name:
description: The name of the new profile
example: foo
type: string
x-go-name: Name
type: object
x-go-package: github.com/lxc/incus/v7/shared/api
ProfilePost:
description: ProfilePost represents the fields required to rename a profile
properties:
name:
description: The new name for the profile
example: bar
type: string
x-go-name: Name
type: object
x-go-package: github.com/lxc/incus/v7/shared/api
Profile:
description: Profile represents a profile
properties:
config:
description: Instance configuration map (refer to doc/instances.md)
example:
limits.cpu: '4'
limits.memory: 4GiB
type: object
x-go-name: Config
description:
description: Description of the profile
example: Medium size instances
type: string
x-go-name: Description
devices:
description: List of devices
example:
eth0:
name: eth0
network: mybr0
type: nic
root:
path: /
pool: default
type: disk
type: object
x-go-name: Devices
name:
description: The profile name
example: foo
readOnly: true
type: string
x-go-name: Name
project:
description: Project name
example: project1
type: string
x-go-name: Project
used_by:
description: List of URLs of objects using this profile
example:
- /1.0/instances/c1
- /1.0/instances/v1
items:
type: string
readOnly: true
type: array
x-go-name: UsedBy
type: object
x-go-package: github.com/lxc/incus/v7/shared/api