Packet Host OperatingSystems API

Operating System Management. Check out the product docs to learn more about [Operating Systems choices](https://metal.equinix.com/developers/docs/operating-systems/).

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GET /operating-system-versions Retrieve all operating system versions #
GET /operating-systems Retrieve all operating systems #

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OpenAPI Specification

packet-host-operatingsystems-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 Operating Systems API
  version: 1.0.0
servers:
- url: https://api.equinix.com/metal/v1
security:
- x_auth_token: []
tags:
- description: Operating System Management. Check out the product docs to learn more about Operating Systems choices.
  externalDocs:
    url: https://metal.equinix.com/developers/docs/operating-systems/supported/
  name: OperatingSystems
paths:
  /operating-system-versions:
    get:
      description: Provides a listing of available operating system versions.
      operationId: findOperatingSystemVersion
      responses:
        '200':
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/OperatingSystemList'
          description: ok
        '401':
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
          description: unauthorized
      summary: Retrieve all operating system versions
      tags:
      - OperatingSystems
  /operating-systems:
    get:
      description: Provides a listing of available operating systems to provision your new device with.
      operationId: findOperatingSystems
      responses:
        '200':
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/OperatingSystemList'
          description: ok
        '401':
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
          description: unauthorized
      summary: Retrieve all operating systems
      tags:
      - OperatingSystems
components:
  schemas:
    Error:
      description: Error responses are included with 4xx and 5xx HTTP responses from the API service. Either "error" or "errors" will be set.
      properties:
        error:
          description: A description of the error that caused the request to fail.
          type: string
        errors:
          description: A list of errors that contributed to the request failing.
          items:
            description: An error message that contributed to the request failing.
            type: string
          type: array
      type: object
    OperatingSystem:
      example:
        default_operating_system: true
        distro: distro
        preinstallable: true
        licensed: true
        name: name
        id: 046b6c7f-0b8a-43b9-b35d-6489e6daee91
        provisionable_on:
        - provisionable_on
        - provisionable_on
        version: version
        pricing: '{}'
        slug: slug
        distro_label: distro_label
      properties:
        distro:
          type: string
        distro_label:
          type: string
        id:
          format: uuid
          type: string
        licensed:
          description: Licenced OS is priced according to pricing property
          type: boolean
        name:
          type: string
        preinstallable:
          description: Servers can be already preinstalled with OS in order to shorten provision time.
          type: boolean
        pricing:
          description: This object contains price per time unit and optional multiplier value if licence price depends on hardware plan or components (e.g. number of cores)
          type: object
        provisionable_on:
          items:
            type: string
          type: array
        slug:
          type: string
        version:
          type: string
        default_operating_system:
          description: Default operating system for the distro.
          readOnly: true
          type: boolean
      type: object
    OperatingSystemList:
      example:
        operating_systems:
        - default_operating_system: true
          distro: distro
          preinstallable: true
          licensed: true
          name: name
          id: 046b6c7f-0b8a-43b9-b35d-6489e6daee91
          provisionable_on:
          - provisionable_on
          - provisionable_on
          version: version
          pricing: '{}'
          slug: slug
          distro_label: distro_label
        - default_operating_system: true
          distro: distro
          preinstallable: true
          licensed: true
          name: name
          id: 046b6c7f-0b8a-43b9-b35d-6489e6daee91
          provisionable_on:
          - provisionable_on
          - provisionable_on
          version: version
          pricing: '{}'
          slug: slug
          distro_label: distro_label
      properties:
        operating_systems:
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/OperatingSystem'
          type: array
      type: object
  securitySchemes:
    x_auth_token:
      description: 'HTTP header containing the User or Project API key that will be used to authenticate the request.

        '
      in: header
      name: X-Auth-Token
      type: apiKey
      x-displayName: X-Auth-Token
x-tagGroups:
- name: Accounts and Organization
  tags:
  - Authentication
  - Emails
  - Invitations
  - Memberships
  - Organizations
  - OTPs
  - PasswordResetTokens
  - PaymentMethods
  - Projects
  - SSHKeys
  - SupportRequest
  - TransferRequests
  - TwoFactorAuth
  - Users
  - UserVerificationTokens
- name: Services and Billing
  tags:
  - Events
  - Facilities
  - Incidents
  - Invoices
  - Licenses
  - Metros
  - Plans
  - Usages
- name: Servers
  tags:
  - Devices
  - Batches
  - Capacity
  - HardwareReservations
  - OperatingSystems
  - Ports
  - SelfServiceReservations
  - SpotMarket
  - Userdata
  - Volumes
- name: Networking
  tags:
  - BGP
  - Interconnections
  - IPAddresses
  - MetalGateways
  - VLANs
  - VRFs