Linode

linode Instances API

Create and manage Linode compute instances, including configuration profiles, disks, backups, networking, migration, resize, and rebuild operations.

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Business capability
IT Infrastructure Management BC-600.50

Operations 32

POST /{apiVersion}/linode/instances Create a Linode #
GET /{apiVersion}/linode/instances List Linodes #
GET /{apiVersion}/linode/instances/{linodeId} Get a Linode #
PUT /{apiVersion}/linode/instances/{linodeId} Update a Linode #
DELETE /{apiVersion}/linode/instances/{linodeId} Delete a Linode #
POST /{apiVersion}/linode/instances/{linodeId}/boot Boot a Linode #
POST /{apiVersion}/linode/instances/{linodeId}/clone Clone a Linode #
POST /{apiVersion}/linode/instances/{linodeId}/migrate Migrate a Linode #
POST /{apiVersion}/linode/instances/{linodeId}/mutate Upgrade a Linode #
POST /{apiVersion}/linode/instances/{linodeId}/password Reset a Linode's root password #
POST /{apiVersion}/linode/instances/{linodeId}/reboot Reboot a Linode #
POST /{apiVersion}/linode/instances/{linodeId}/rebuild Rebuild a Linode #
POST /{apiVersion}/linode/instances/{linodeId}/rescue Boot a Linode into rescue mode #
POST /{apiVersion}/linode/instances/{linodeId}/resize Resize a Linode #
POST /{apiVersion}/linode/instances/{linodeId}/shutdown Shut down a Linode #
GET /linode/instances List Linodes #
POST /linode/instances Create a Linode #
GET /linode/instances/{linodeId} Get a Linode #
PUT /linode/instances/{linodeId} Update a Linode #
DELETE /linode/instances/{linodeId} Delete a Linode #
POST /linode/instances/{linodeId}/boot Boot a Linode #
POST /linode/instances/{linodeId}/reboot Reboot a Linode #
POST /linode/instances/{linodeId}/shutdown Shut down a Linode #
POST /linode/instances/{linodeId}/resize Resize a Linode #
POST /linode/instances/{linodeId}/rebuild Rebuild a Linode #
POST /linode/instances/{linodeId}/clone Clone a Linode #
GET /linode/instances/{linodeId}/backups List backups #
GET /linode/instances/{linodeId}/disks List disks #
GET /linode/instances/{linodeId}/configs List configuration profiles #
GET /linode/instances/{linodeId}/ips Get networking information #
GET /linode/types List types #
GET /linode/kernels List kernels #

Documentation

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Documentation
https://techdocs.akamai.com/linode-api/reference/api

Specifications

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OpenAPI
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/linode/refs/heads/main/openapi/linode-linode-instances-api-openapi.yml

Other Resources

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https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/linode/refs/heads/main/overlays/linode-linode-instances-api-overlay.yaml

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OpenAPI Specification

linode-linode-instances-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Linode instances API
  version: '1.0'
  description: 'Operations tagged Linode instances across 2 of this provider''s published API definitions: linode-api-v4-official-openapi.json, linode-api-v4-openapi.yml. Each path carries the servers of the definition it was published in.'
servers:
- url: https://api.linode.com
- url: https://api.linode.com/v4
  description: Production Server
tags:


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