Packet Host

Packet Host Devices API

Device Management. Check out the product docs to learn more about [Server Devices](https://metal.equinix.com/developers/docs/servers/).

GitHub OpenAPI
Business capability
IT Infrastructure Management BC-600.50

Operations 20

DELETE /devices/{id} Delete the device #
GET /devices/{id} Retrieve a device #
PUT /devices/{id} Update the device #
POST /devices/{id}/actions Perform an action #
GET /devices/{id}/bandwidth Retrieve an instance bandwidth #
GET /devices/{id}/bgp/neighbors Retrieve BGP neighbor data for this device #
GET /devices/{id}/bgp/sessions Retrieve all BGP sessions #
POST /devices/{id}/bgp/sessions Create a BGP session #
GET /devices/{id}/customdata Retrieve the custom metadata of an instance #
GET /devices/{id}/diagnostics/health/rollup Get Device's Health Status #
GET /devices/{id}/firmware-sets Get Device's associated Firmware Set #
GET /devices/{id}/ips Retrieve all ip assignments #
POST /devices/{id}/ips Create an ip assignment #
GET /devices/{id}/metadata Retrieve metadata #
GET /devices/{id}/traffic Retrieve device traffic #
GET /devices/{id}/userdata Retrieve userdata #
GET /devices/{instance_id}/ips/{id}/customdata Retrieve the custom metadata of an IP Assignment #
GET /organizations/{id}/devices Retrieve all devices of an organization #
GET /projects/{id}/devices Retrieve all devices of a project #
POST /projects/{id}/devices Create a device #

Documentation

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APIReference
https://docs.equinix.com/api-catalog/metalv1/

Specifications

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OpenAPI
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/packet-host/refs/heads/main/openapi/packet-host-devices-api-openapi.yml

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OpenAPI Specification

packet-host-devices-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  contact:
    email: support@equinixmetal.com
    name: Equinix Metal API Team
  description: '# Introduction

    Equinix Metal provides a RESTful HTTP API which can be reached at .'
  license:
    name: Equinix Metal
    url: https://metal.equinix.com/legal/
  termsOfService: https://metal.equinix.com/legal/
  title: Metal Devices API
  version: 1.0.0
servers:
- url: https://api.equinix.com/metal/v1
security:
- x_auth_token: []
tags:


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