Oxide Disks API

Virtual disks are used to store instance-local data which includes the operating system.

Business capability
IT Infrastructure Management BC-600.50

Operations 8

GET /v1/disks List disks #
POST /v1/disks Create disk #
GET /v1/disks/{disk} Fetch disk #
DELETE /v1/disks/{disk} Delete disk #
POST /v1/disks/{disk}/bulk-write Import blocks into disk #
POST /v1/disks/{disk}/bulk-write-start Start importing blocks into disk #
POST /v1/disks/{disk}/bulk-write-stop Stop importing blocks into disk #
POST /v1/disks/{disk}/finalize Confirm disk block import completion #

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OpenAPI Specification

oxide-computer-disks-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Oxide Region Disks API
  description: API for interacting with the Oxide control plane
  contact:
    url: https://oxide.computer
    email: api@oxide.computer
  version: 2026081901.0.0
tags:
- name: disks
  description: Virtual disks are used to store instance-local data which includes the operating system.
  externalDocs:
    url: http://docs.oxide.computer/api/disks
paths:
  /v1/disks:
    get:
      tags:
      - disks
      summary: List disks
      operationId: disk_list
      parameters:
      - in: query
        name: limit
        description: Maximum number of items returned by a single call
        schema:
          type:
          - integer
          - 'null'
          format: uint32
          minimum: 1
      - in: query
        name: page_token
        description: Token returned by previous call to retrieve the subsequent page
        schema:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
      - in: query
        name: project
        description: Name or ID of the project
        schema:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/NameOrId'
      - in: query
        name: sort_by
        schema:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/NameOrIdSortMode'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: successful operation
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/DiskResultsPage'
        4XX:
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Error'
        5XX:
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Error'
      x-dropshot-pagination:
        required:
        - project
    post:
      tags:
      - disks
      summary: Create disk
      operationId: disk_create
      parameters:
      - in: query
        name: project
        description: Name or ID of the project
        required: true
        schema:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/NameOrId'
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/DiskCreate'
        required: true
      responses:
        '201':
          description: successful creation
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Disk'
        4XX:
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Error'
        5XX:
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Error'
  /v1/disks/{disk}:
    get:
      tags:
      - disks
      summary: Fetch disk
      operationId: disk_view
      parameters:
      - in: path
        name: disk
        description: Name or ID of the disk
        required: true
        schema:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/NameOrId'
      - in: query
        name: project
        description: Name or ID of the project
        schema:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/NameOrId'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: successful operation
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Disk'
        4XX:
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Error'
        5XX:
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Error'
    delete:
      tags:
      - disks
      summary: Delete disk
      operationId: disk_delete
      parameters:
      - in: path
        name: disk
        description: Name or ID of the disk
        required: true
        schema:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/NameOrId'
      - in: query
        name: project
        description: Name or ID of the project
        schema:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/NameOrId'
      responses:
        '204':
          description: successful deletion
        4XX:
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Error'
        5XX:
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Error'
  /v1/disks/{disk}/bulk-write:
    post:
      tags:
      - disks
      summary: Import blocks into disk
      operationId: disk_bulk_write_import
      parameters:
      - in: path
        name: disk
        description: Name or ID of the disk
        required: true
        schema:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/NameOrId'
      - in: query
        name: project
        description: Name or ID of the project
        schema:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/NameOrId'
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/ImportBlocksBulkWrite'
        required: true
      responses:
        '204':
          description: resource updated
        4XX:
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Error'
        5XX:
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Error'
  /v1/disks/{disk}/bulk-write-start:
    post:
      tags:
      - disks
      summary: Start importing blocks into disk
      description: Start the process of importing blocks into a disk
      operationId: disk_bulk_write_import_start
      parameters:
      - in: path
        name: disk
        description: Name or ID of the disk
        required: true
        schema:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/NameOrId'
      - in: query
        name: project
        description: Name or ID of the project
        schema:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/NameOrId'
      responses:
        '204':
          description: resource updated
        4XX:
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Error'
        5XX:
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Error'
  /v1/disks/{disk}/bulk-write-stop:
    post:
      tags:
      - disks
      summary: Stop importing blocks into disk
      description: Stop the process of importing blocks into a disk
      operationId: disk_bulk_write_import_stop
      parameters:
      - in: path
        name: disk
        description: Name or ID of the disk
        required: true
        schema:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/NameOrId'
      - in: query
        name: project
        description: Name or ID of the project
        schema:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/NameOrId'
      responses:
        '204':
          description: resource updated
        4XX:
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Error'
        5XX:
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Error'
  /v1/disks/{disk}/finalize:
    post:
      tags:
      - disks
      summary: Confirm disk block import completion
      operationId: disk_finalize_import
      parameters:
      - in: path
        name: disk
        description: Name or ID of the disk
        required: true
        schema:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/NameOrId'
      - in: query
        name: project
        description: Name or ID of the project
        schema:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/NameOrId'
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/FinalizeDisk'
        required: true
      responses:
        '204':
          description: resource updated
        4XX:
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Error'
        5XX:
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Error'
components:
  schemas:
    Disk:
      description: View of a Disk
      type: object
      properties:
        block_size:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/BlockSize'
        description:
          description: Human-readable free-form text about a resource
          type: string
        device_path:
          type: string
        disk_type:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/DiskType'
        id:
          description: Unique, immutable, system-controlled identifier for each resource
          type: string
          format: uuid
        image_id:
          description: ID of image from which disk was created, if any
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          format: uuid
        name:
          description: Unique, mutable, user-controlled identifier for each resource
          allOf:
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/Name'
        project_id:
          type: string
          format: uuid
        read_only:
          description: Whether or not this disk is read-only.
          type: boolean
        size:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/ByteCount'
        snapshot_id:
          description: ID of snapshot from which disk was created, if any
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          format: uuid
        state:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/DiskState'
        time_created:
          description: Timestamp when this resource was created
          type: string
          format: date-time
        time_modified:
          description: Timestamp when this resource was last modified
          type: string
          format: date-time
      required:
      - block_size
      - description
      - device_path
      - disk_type
      - id
      - name
      - project_id
      - read_only
      - size
      - state
      - time_created
      - time_modified
    DiskSource:
      description: Different sources for a Distributed Disk
      oneOf:
      - description: Create a blank disk
        type: object
        properties:
          block_size:
            description: 'Size of blocks for this disk. Valid values are: 512, 2048, or 4096.'
            allOf:
            - $ref: '#/components/schemas/BlockSize'
          type:
            type: string
            enum:
            - blank
        required:
        - block_size
        - type
      - description: Create a disk from a disk snapshot
        type: object
        properties:
          read_only:
            description: If `true`, the disk created from this snapshot will be read-only.
            default: false
            type: boolean
          snapshot_id:
            type: string
            format: uuid
          type:
            type: string
            enum:
            - snapshot
        required:
        - snapshot_id
        - type
      - description: Create a disk from an image
        type: object
        properties:
          image_id:
            type: string
            format: uuid
          read_only:
            description: If `true`, the disk created from this image will be read-only.
            default: false
            type: boolean
          type:
            type: string
            enum:
            - image
        required:
        - image_id
        - type
      - description: Create a blank disk that will accept bulk writes or pull blocks from an external source.
        type: object
        properties:
          block_size:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/BlockSize'
          type:
            type: string
            enum:
            - importing_blocks
        required:
        - block_size
        - type
    NameOrId:
      oneOf:
      - title: id
        allOf:
        - type: string
          format: uuid
      - title: name
        allOf:
        - $ref: '#/components/schemas/Name'
    DiskResultsPage:
      description: A single page of results
      type: object
      properties:
        items:
          description: list of items on this page of results
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Disk'
        next_page:
          description: token used to fetch the next page of results (if any)
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
      required:
      - items
    Name:
      title: A name unique within the parent collection
      description: Names must begin with a lower case ASCII letter, be composed exclusively of lowercase ASCII, uppercase ASCII, numbers, and '-', and may not end with a '-'. Names cannot be a UUID, but they may contain a UUID. They can be at most 63 characters long.
      type: string
      pattern: ^(?![0-9a-fA-F]{8}-[0-9a-fA-F]{4}-[0-9a-fA-F]{4}-[0-9a-fA-F]{4}-[0-9a-fA-F]{12}$)^[a-z]([a-zA-Z0-9-]*[a-zA-Z0-9]+)?$
      minLength: 1
      maxLength: 63
    ImportBlocksBulkWrite:
      description: Parameters for importing blocks with a bulk write
      type: object
      properties:
        base64_encoded_data:
          type: string
        offset:
          type: integer
          format: uint64
          minimum: 0
      required:
      - base64_encoded_data
      - offset
    ByteCount:
      description: Byte count to express memory or storage capacity.
      type: integer
      format: uint64
      minimum: 0
    DiskCreate:
      description: Create-time parameters for a `Disk`
      type: object
      properties:
        description:
          type: string
        disk_backend:
          description: The source for this `Disk`'s blocks
          allOf:
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/DiskBackend'
        name:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Name'
        size:
          description: The total size of the Disk (in bytes)
          allOf:
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/ByteCount'
      required:
      - description
      - disk_backend
      - name
      - size
    DiskType:
      type: string
      enum:
      - distributed
      - local
    FinalizeDisk:
      description: Parameters for finalizing a disk
      type: object
      properties:
        snapshot_name:
          description: If specified a snapshot of the disk will be created with the given name during finalization. If not specified, a snapshot for the disk will _not_ be created. A snapshot can be manually created once the disk transitions into the `Detached` state.
          allOf:
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/Name'
    Error:
      description: Error information from a response.
      type: object
      properties:
        error_code:
          type: string
        message:
          type: string
        request_id:
          type: string
      required:
      - message
      - request_id
    DiskBackend:
      description: The source of a `Disk`'s blocks
      oneOf:
      - type: object
        properties:
          type:
            type: string
            enum:
            - local
        required:
        - type
      - type: object
        properties:
          disk_source:
            description: The initial source for this disk
            allOf:
            - $ref: '#/components/schemas/DiskSource'
          type:
            type: string
            enum:
            - distributed
        required:
        - disk_source
        - type
    NameOrIdSortMode:
      description: Supported set of sort modes for scanning by name or id
      oneOf:
      - description: Sort in increasing order of "name"
        type: string
        enum:
        - name_ascending
      - description: Sort in decreasing order of "name"
        type: string
        enum:
        - name_descending
      - description: Sort in increasing order of "id"
        type: string
        enum:
        - id_ascending
    DiskState:
      description: State of a Disk
      oneOf:
      - description: Disk is being initialized
        type: object
        properties:
          state:
            type: string
            enum:
            - creating
        required:
        - state
      - description: Disk is ready but detached from any Instance
        type: object
        properties:
          state:
            type: string
            enum:
            - detached
        required:
        - state
      - description: Disk is ready to receive blocks from an external source
        type: object
        properties:
          state:
            type: string
            enum:
            - import_ready
        required:
        - state
      - description: Disk is importing blocks from a URL
        type: object
        properties:
          state:
            type: string
            enum:
            - importing_from_url
        required:
        - state
      - description: Disk is importing blocks from bulk writes
        type: object
        properties:
          state:
            type: string
            enum:
            - importing_from_bulk_writes
        required:
        - state
      - description: Disk is being finalized to state Detached
        type: object
        properties:
          state:
            type: string
            enum:
            - finalizing
        required:
        - state
      - description: Disk is undergoing maintenance
        type: object
        properties:
          state:
            type: string
            enum:
            - maintenance
        required:
        - state
      - description: Disk is being attached to the given Instance
        type: object
        properties:
          instance:
            type: string
            format: uuid
          state:
            type: string
            enum:
            - attaching
        required:
        - instance
        - state
      - description: Disk is attached to the given Instance
        type: object
        properties:
          instance:
            type: string
            format: uuid
          state:
            type: string
            enum:
            - attached
        required:
        - instance
        - state
      - description: Disk is being detached from the given Instance
        type: object
        properties:
          instance:
            type: string
            format: uuid
          state:
            type: string
            enum:
            - detaching
        required:
        - instance
        - state
      - description: Disk has been destroyed
        type: object
        properties:
          state:
            type: string
            enum:
            - destroyed
        required:
        - state
      - description: Disk is unavailable
        type: object
        properties:
          state:
            type: string
            enum:
            - faulted
        required:
        - state
    BlockSize:
      title: Block size in bytes
      description: 'Valid values are: 512, 2048, or 4096.'
      type: integer
      enum:
      - 512
      - 2048
      - 4096
  responses:
    Error:
      description: Error
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'