Portainer

Portainer Stacks API

Manage stacks

GitHub OpenAPI

Operations 22

GET /stacks List stacks #
DELETE /stacks/{id} Remove a stack #
GET /stacks/{id} Inspect a stack #
PUT /stacks/{id} Update a stack #
PUT /stacks/{id}/associate Associate an orphaned stack to a new environment(endpoint) #
GET /stacks/{id}/file Retrieve the content of the Stack file for the specified stack #
POST /stacks/{id}/git Update a stack's Git configs #
PUT /stacks/{id}/git/redeploy Redeploy a stack #
POST /stacks/{id}/migrate Migrate a stack to another environment(endpoint) #
POST /stacks/{id}/start Starts a stopped Stack #
POST /stacks/{id}/stop Stops a stopped Stack #
POST /stacks/create/kubernetes/repository Deploy a new kubernetes stack from a git repository #
POST /stacks/create/kubernetes/string Deploy a new kubernetes stack from a file #
POST /stacks/create/kubernetes/url Deploy a new kubernetes stack from a url #
POST /stacks/create/standalone/file Deploy a new compose stack from a file #
POST /stacks/create/standalone/repository Deploy a new compose stack from repository #
POST /stacks/create/standalone/string Deploy a new compose stack from a text #
POST /stacks/create/swarm/file Deploy a new swarm stack from a file #
POST /stacks/create/swarm/repository Deploy a new swarm stack from a git repository #
POST /stacks/create/swarm/string Deploy a new swarm stack from a text #
DELETE /stacks/name/{name} Remove Kubernetes stacks by name #
POST /stacks/webhooks/{webhookID} Webhook for triggering stack updates from git #

Documentation

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Documentation
https://docs.portainer.io/
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APIReference
https://api-docs.portainer.io/
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GettingStarted
https://docs.portainer.io/start

Specifications

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

Schemas & Data

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JSONSchema
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/portainer/refs/heads/main/json-schema/portainer-portainer-stack-schema.json
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JSONSchema
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/portainer/refs/heads/main/json-schema/portainer-stacks-swarm-stack-from-git-repository-payload-schema.json
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JSONSchema
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/portainer/refs/heads/main/json-schema/portainer-stacks-compose-stack-from-git-repository-payload-schema.json
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JSONSchema
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/portainer/refs/heads/main/json-schema/portainer-stacks-update-swarm-stack-payload-schema.json
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JSONSchema
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/portainer/refs/heads/main/json-schema/portainer-stacks-stack-git-redploy-payload-schema.json
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JSONSchema
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/portainer/refs/heads/main/json-schema/portainer-stacks-swarm-stack-from-file-content-payload-schema.json

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OpenAPI Specification

portainer-stacks-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  contact:
    email: info@portainer.io
  description: Portainer API is an HTTP API served by Portainer.
  license:
    name: zlib
    url: https://github.com/portainer/portainer/blob/develop/LICENSE
  title: PortainerCE Stacks API
  version: 2.39.1
servers:
- url: /api
tags:


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