# SimpliVity external_stores API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/simplivity/simplivity-external-stores-api/  
**Provider:** SimpliVity — https://apis.io/providers/simplivity/  
**Base URL:** https://management-virtual-appliance/api  
**Documentation:** https://github.com/HewlettPackard/hpe-simplivity-swagger

SimpliVity external_stores API is one of 10 APIs that [SimpliVity](https://apis.io/providers/simplivity/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification and authentication docs.

An external (non HPE SimpliVity) destination for storing backups, such as an HPE StoreOnce Catalyst store

## Operations (4)

| Method | Path | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| GET | `/external_stores` | Retrieves all external_stores |
| POST | `/external_stores` | Registers a new external store |
| POST | `/external_stores/unregister` | Removes the external store as a backup destination for the cluster. Backups remain on the external store, but they can no longer be managed by HPE SimpliVity. |
| POST | `/external_stores/update_credentials` | Update the IP address or credentials that HPE SimpliVity uses to access the external store |

## Machine-readable artifacts (3)

- **OpenAPI** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/simplivity/refs/heads/main/openapi/simplivity-external-stores-api-openapi.yml
- **Authentication** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/simplivity/refs/heads/main/authentication/simplivity-authentication.yml
- **OAuthScopes** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/simplivity/refs/heads/main/scopes/simplivity-scopes.yml

## Other SimpliVity APIs (9)

- [SimpliVity backups API](https://apis.io/apis/simplivity/simplivity-backups-api/)
- [SimpliVity cluster_groups API](https://apis.io/apis/simplivity/simplivity-cluster-groups-api/)
- [SimpliVity datastores API](https://apis.io/apis/simplivity/simplivity-datastores-api/)
- [SimpliVity hosts API](https://apis.io/apis/simplivity/simplivity-hosts-api/)
- [SimpliVity omnistack_clusters API](https://apis.io/apis/simplivity/simplivity-omnistack-clusters-api/)
- [SimpliVity policies API](https://apis.io/apis/simplivity/simplivity-policies-api/)
- [SimpliVity security API](https://apis.io/apis/simplivity/simplivity-security-api/)
- [SimpliVity tasks API](https://apis.io/apis/simplivity/simplivity-tasks-api/)
- [SimpliVity virtual_machines API](https://apis.io/apis/simplivity/simplivity-virtual-machines-api/)

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