systemd

systemd Image API

The Image API from systemd — 1 operation(s) for image.

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Documentation

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Documentation
https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/latest/org.freedesktop.systemd1.html
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Documentation
https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/latest/org.freedesktop.login1.html
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Documentation
https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/latest/org.freedesktop.network1.html
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Documentation
https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/latest/org.freedesktop.resolve1.html
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Documentation
https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/latest/org.freedesktop.machine1.html
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Documentation
https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/latest/org.freedesktop.hostname1.html
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Documentation
https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/latest/varlinkctl.html

Specifications

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

Other Resources

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InterfaceDefinition
https://github.com/systemd/systemd/blob/main/man/org.freedesktop.systemd1.xml
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InterfaceDefinition
https://github.com/systemd/systemd/blob/main/man/org.freedesktop.login1.xml
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InterfaceDefinition
https://github.com/systemd/systemd/blob/main/man/org.freedesktop.network1.xml
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InterfaceDefinition
https://github.com/systemd/systemd/blob/main/man/org.freedesktop.resolve1.xml
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InterfaceDefinition
https://github.com/systemd/systemd/blob/main/man/org.freedesktop.machine1.xml
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InterfaceDefinition
https://github.com/systemd/systemd/blob/main/man/org.freedesktop.hostname1.xml
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SourceCode
https://github.com/systemd/systemd/tree/main/src

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OpenAPI Specification

systemd-image-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: systemd-hostnamed (org.freedesktop.hostname1) Boot Image API
  version: '1.0'
  summary: D-Bus API of systemd-hostnamed modeled as REST operations.
  description: 'Documentation/contract artifact for the `org.freedesktop.hostname1` D-Bus interface on the

    system bus. Manages the system hostname (static, transient, pretty), chassis type, deployment,

    location, icon name, and other machine info.

    '
  license:
    name: LGPL-2.1-or-later
    url: https://github.com/systemd/systemd/blob/main/LICENSES/LGPL-2.1-or-later.txt
servers:
- url: dbus://system/org.freedesktop.hostname1
tags:
- name: Image
paths:
  /io.systemd.MachineImage/List:
    post:
      tags:
      - Image
      operationId: MachineImageList
      summary: List Machine Images (Varlink)
      description: Calls `io.systemd.MachineImage.List`. JSON-native equivalent of machined's ListImages.
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Array of image records.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: array
                items:
                  type: object
                  additionalProperties: true