Oxide Snapshots API

Snapshots of virtual disks at a particular point in time.

Operations 4

GET /v1/snapshots List snapshots #
POST /v1/snapshots Create snapshot #
GET /v1/snapshots/{snapshot} Fetch snapshot #
DELETE /v1/snapshots/{snapshot} Delete snapshot #

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OpenAPI Specification

oxide-computer-snapshots-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Oxide Region Snapshots 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: snapshots
  description: Snapshots of virtual disks at a particular point in time.
  externalDocs:
    url: http://docs.oxide.computer/api/snapshots
paths:
  /v1/snapshots:
    get:
      tags:
      - snapshots
      summary: List snapshots
      operationId: snapshot_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/SnapshotResultsPage'
        4XX:
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Error'
        5XX:
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Error'
      x-dropshot-pagination:
        required:
        - project
    post:
      tags:
      - snapshots
      summary: Create snapshot
      description: Creates a point-in-time snapshot from a disk.
      operationId: snapshot_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/SnapshotCreate'
        required: true
      responses:
        '201':
          description: successful creation
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Snapshot'
        4XX:
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Error'
        5XX:
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Error'
  /v1/snapshots/{snapshot}:
    get:
      tags:
      - snapshots
      summary: Fetch snapshot
      operationId: snapshot_view
      parameters:
      - in: path
        name: snapshot
        description: Name or ID of the snapshot
        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/Snapshot'
        4XX:
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Error'
        5XX:
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Error'
    delete:
      tags:
      - snapshots
      summary: Delete snapshot
      operationId: snapshot_delete
      parameters:
      - in: path
        name: snapshot
        description: Name or ID of the snapshot
        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'
components:
  schemas:
    SnapshotResultsPage:
      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/Snapshot'
        next_page:
          description: token used to fetch the next page of results (if any)
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
      required:
      - items
    Snapshot:
      description: View of a Snapshot
      type: object
      properties:
        description:
          description: Human-readable free-form text about a resource
          type: string
        disk_id:
          type: string
          format: uuid
        id:
          description: Unique, immutable, system-controlled identifier for each resource
          type: string
          format: uuid
        name:
          description: Unique, mutable, user-controlled identifier for each resource
          allOf:
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/Name'
        project_id:
          type: string
          format: uuid
        size:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/ByteCount'
        state:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/SnapshotState'
        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:
      - description
      - disk_id
      - id
      - name
      - project_id
      - size
      - state
      - time_created
      - time_modified
    NameOrId:
      oneOf:
      - title: id
        allOf:
        - type: string
          format: uuid
      - title: name
        allOf:
        - $ref: '#/components/schemas/Name'
    SnapshotState:
      type: string
      enum:
      - creating
      - ready
      - faulted
      - destroyed
    Name:
      title: A name unique within the parent collection
      description: Names must begin with a lower case ASCII letter, be composed exclusively of lowercase ASCII, uppercase ASCII, numbers, and '-', and may not end with a '-'. Names cannot be a UUID, but they may contain a UUID. They can be at most 63 characters long.
      type: string
      pattern: ^(?![0-9a-fA-F]{8}-[0-9a-fA-F]{4}-[0-9a-fA-F]{4}-[0-9a-fA-F]{4}-[0-9a-fA-F]{12}$)^[a-z]([a-zA-Z0-9-]*[a-zA-Z0-9]+)?$
      minLength: 1
      maxLength: 63
    ByteCount:
      description: Byte count to express memory or storage capacity.
      type: integer
      format: uint64
      minimum: 0
    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
    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
    SnapshotCreate:
      description: Create-time parameters for a `Snapshot`
      type: object
      properties:
        description:
          type: string
        disk:
          description: The disk to be snapshotted
          allOf:
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/NameOrId'
        name:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Name'
      required:
      - description
      - disk
      - name
  responses:
    Error:
      description: Error
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'