Proxmox VE

Proxmox VE Containers API

The Containers API from Proxmox VE — 2 operation(s) for containers.

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Proxmox VE Access Containers API
  description: 'REST-style management API for Proxmox Virtual Environment (PVE). All endpoints live

    under /api2/json on port 8006 of a PVE node. Authentication is via stateless API

    tokens (PVEAPIToken header) or ticket-based sessions issued by /access/ticket

    (cookie + CSRFPreventionToken header for write operations). Output format may be

    switched via the path (json, extjs, html, text). Tickets expire after 2 hours.

    '
  version: 1.0.0
  contact:
    name: Proxmox VE API
    url: https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Proxmox_VE_API
servers:
- url: https://{server}:8006/api2/json
  description: Proxmox VE node API
  variables:
    server:
      default: your.server
      description: Hostname or IP of the Proxmox VE node
security:
- apiTokenAuth: []
- ticketAuth: []
tags:
- name: Containers
paths:
  /nodes/{node}/lxc:
    parameters:
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Node'
    post:
      tags:
      - Containers
      summary: Create LXC container
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Container creation task identifier
  /nodes/{node}/lxc/{vmid}/status/start:
    parameters:
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Node'
    - name: vmid
      in: path
      required: true
      schema:
        type: integer
      description: Numeric VM/container identifier.
    post:
      tags:
      - Containers
      summary: Start LXC container
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Start task identifier
components:
  parameters:
    Node:
      name: node
      in: path
      required: true
      schema:
        type: string
      description: Name of the Proxmox VE node (cluster member).
  securitySchemes:
    apiTokenAuth:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: Authorization
      description: 'Stateless API token. Send header

        `Authorization: PVEAPIToken=USER@REALM!TOKENID=UUID`.

        No CSRFPreventionToken required.

        '
    ticketAuth:
      type: apiKey
      in: cookie
      name: PVEAuthCookie
      description: 'Ticket issued by POST /access/ticket. Carried as a cookie. Write

        operations also require the `CSRFPreventionToken` header returned with

        the ticket. Tickets expire after 2 hours.

        '