International Business Machines

International Business Machines Instances API

Manage virtual server instances.

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Operations 2

GET /v1/instances International Business Machines List instances #

POST /v1/instances International Business Machines Create an instance #

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: International Business Machines IBM Cloud VPC Instances API
  description: The IBM Cloud Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) API enables you to programmatically provision and manage virtual server instances, networks, storage volumes, load balancers, security groups, and other infrastructure resources within an isolated virtual network on IBM Cloud.
  version: 2.0.0
  contact:
    name: IBM Cloud
    url: https://cloud.ibm.com/apidocs/vpc/latest
  license:
    name: IBM Cloud Terms
    url: https://www.ibm.com/terms
servers:
- url: https://us-south.iaas.cloud.ibm.com
  description: US South (Dallas)
- url: https://eu-de.iaas.cloud.ibm.com
  description: EU Central (Frankfurt)
security:
- bearerAuth: []
tags:
- name: Instances
  description: Manage virtual server instances.
paths:
  /v1/instances:
    get:
      operationId: listInstances
      summary: International Business Machines List instances
      description: List all virtual server instances in the region.
      tags:
      - Instances
      parameters:
      - name: version
        in: query
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: generation
        in: query
        required: true
        schema:
          type: integer
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful response
    post:
      operationId: createInstance
      summary: International Business Machines Create an instance
      description: Create a new virtual server instance.
      tags:
      - Instances
      parameters:
      - name: version
        in: query
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: generation
        in: query
        required: true
        schema:
          type: integer
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/CreateInstanceRequest'
      responses:
        '201':
          description: Instance created
components:
  schemas:
    CreateInstanceRequest:
      type: object
      required:
      - name
      - profile
      - vpc
      - primary_network_interface
      - image
      - zone
      properties:
        name:
          type: string
        profile:
          type: object
          properties:
            name:
              type: string
        vpc:
          type: object
          properties:
            id:
              type: string
        primary_network_interface:
          type: object
          properties:
            subnet:
              type: object
              properties:
                id:
                  type: string
        image:
          type: object
          properties:
            id:
              type: string
        zone:
          type: object
          properties:
            name:
              type: string
        keys:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
            properties:
              id:
                type: string
  securitySchemes:
    bearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      bearerFormat: IAM Token

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