Nutanix

Nutanix Hosts API

Retrieve information about physical hosts in the Nutanix cluster infrastructure.

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Operations 4

POST /hosts/list Nutanix List hosts #
GET /hosts/{uuid} Nutanix Get a host #
GET /hosts Nutanix List hosts #
GET /hosts/{id} Nutanix Get a host #

Documentation

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Documentation
https://www.nutanix.dev/api_references/prism-central-v3/
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Authentication
https://www.nutanix.dev/api_references/prism-central-v3/#authentication
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Documentation
https://www.nutanix.dev/api_references/prism-element/

Specifications

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

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OpenAPI Specification

nutanix-hosts-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Nutanix Hosts API
  contact:
    name: Nutanix Developer Support
    email: developer@nutanix.com
    url: https://www.nutanix.dev/
  termsOfService: https://www.nutanix.com/legal/terms-of-use
  version: '1.0'
  description: 'Operations tagged Hosts across 2 of this provider''s published API definitions: nutanix-prism-central-v3-openapi.yml, nutanix-prism-element-v2-openapi.yml. Each path carries the servers of the definition it was published in.'
servers:
- url: https://{prismCentralIp}:9440/api/nutanix/v3
  description: Prism Central Server
  variables:
    prismCentralIp:
      default: localhost
      description: IP address or FQDN of the Prism Central instance.
- url: https://{clusterIp}:9440/PrismGateway/services/rest/v2.0
  description: Prism Element Server
  variables:
    clusterIp:
      default: localhost
      description: IP address or FQDN of the Nutanix cluster or CVM.
security:
- basicAuth: []
tags:
- name: Hosts
  description: Retrieve information about physical hosts in the Nutanix cluster infrastructure.
paths:
  /hosts/list:
    post:
      operationId: listHosts
      summary: Nutanix List hosts
      description: Retrieves a list of physical hosts with optional filtering and pagination.
      tags:
      - Hosts
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/ListMetadata'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Success
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized
    servers:
    - url: https://{prismCentralIp}:9440/api/nutanix/v3
      description: Prism Central Server
      variables:
        prismCentralIp:
          default: localhost
          description: IP address or FQDN of the Prism Central instance.
  /hosts/{uuid}:
    get:
      operationId: getHost
      summary: Nutanix Get a host
      description: Retrieves information about a specific physical host by UUID.
      tags:
      - Hosts
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Uuid'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Success
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized
        '404':
          description: Host not found
    servers:
    - url: https://{prismCentralIp}:9440/api/nutanix/v3
      description: Prism Central Server
      variables:
        prismCentralIp:
          default: localhost
          description: IP address or FQDN of the Prism Central instance.
  /hosts:
    get:
      operationId: listHosts
      summary: Nutanix List hosts
      description: Retrieves a list of all physical hosts in the cluster with hardware details, hypervisor information, and CVM status.
      tags:
      - Hosts
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Success
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  entities:
                    type: array
                    items:
                      $ref: '#/components/schemas/Host'
                  metadata:
                    $ref: '#/components/schemas/PaginationMetadata'
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized
    servers:
    - url: https://{clusterIp}:9440/PrismGateway/services/rest/v2.0
      description: Prism Element Server
      variables:
        clusterIp:
          default: localhost
          description: IP address or FQDN of the Nutanix cluster or CVM.
  /hosts/{id}:
    get:
      operationId: getHost
      summary: Nutanix Get a host
      description: Retrieves detailed information about a specific host by its ID.
      tags:
      - Hosts
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/EntityId'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Success
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Host'
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized
        '404':
          description: Host not found
    servers:
    - url: https://{clusterIp}:9440/PrismGateway/services/rest/v2.0
      description: Prism Element Server
      variables:
        clusterIp:
          default: localhost
          description: IP address or FQDN of the Nutanix cluster or CVM.
components:
  schemas:
    ListMetadata:
      type: object
      description: Request body for list operations supporting server-side filtering, sorting, and pagination.
      properties:
        kind:
          type: string
          description: The entity kind to list.
        offset:
          type: integer
          description: Offset from the start of the entity list.
          minimum: 0
        length:
          type: integer
          description: The number of records to retrieve.
          minimum: 1
          maximum: 500
        filter:
          type: string
          description: The filter criteria in FIQL format.
        sort_order:
          type: string
          description: The sort order.
          enum:
          - ASCENDING
          - DESCENDING
        sort_attribute:
          type: string
          description: The attribute to sort results by.
    PaginationMetadata:
      type: object
      description: Pagination metadata for list responses.
      properties:
        grand_total_entities:
          type: integer
          description: Total number of entities.
        total_entities:
          type: integer
          description: Number of entities in the current response.
        count:
          type: integer
          description: Count of entities returned.
        start_index:
          type: integer
          description: Starting index of the returned entities.
        end_index:
          type: integer
          description: Ending index of the returned entities.
    Host:
      type: object
      description: A physical host in the Nutanix cluster.
      properties:
        uuid:
          type: string
          description: The UUID of the host.
        name:
          type: string
          description: The name of the host.
        serial:
          type: string
          description: Serial number of the host.
        block_serial:
          type: string
          description: Block serial number.
        block_model:
          type: string
          description: Hardware block model.
        hypervisor_address:
          type: string
          description: IP address of the hypervisor.
        controller_vm_backplane_ip:
          type: string
          description: CVM backplane IP address.
        num_cpu_sockets:
          type: integer
          description: Number of physical CPU sockets.
        num_cpu_cores:
          type: integer
          description: Number of CPU cores.
        memory_capacity_in_bytes:
          type: integer
          description: Total memory capacity in bytes.
        hypervisor_type:
          type: string
          description: Type of hypervisor running on the host.
  parameters:
    Uuid:
      name: uuid
      in: path
      required: true
      description: The UUID of the entity.
      schema:
        type: string
        format: uuid
    EntityId:
      name: id
      in: path
      required: true
      description: The ID of the entity.
      schema:
        type: string
  securitySchemes:
    basicAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: basic
      description: HTTP Basic Authentication using Prism Central username and password credentials.
x-refined-from:
- nutanix-prism-central-v3-openapi.yml
- nutanix-prism-element-v2-openapi.yml