Ubicloud

Ubicloud Virtual Machine API

Virtual Machine Operations

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Operations 11

GET /project/{project_id}/location/{location}/vm List VMs in a location #
DELETE /project/{project_id}/location/{location}/vm/{vm_reference} Delete a VM #
GET /project/{project_id}/location/{location}/vm/{vm_reference} Get VM details #
POST /project/{project_id}/location/{location}/vm/{vm_reference} Create a new VM #
POST /project/{project_id}/location/{location}/vm/{vm_reference}/rename Rename a VM #
POST /project/{project_id}/location/{location}/vm/{vm_reference}/restart Restart a VM #
GET /project/{project_id}/location/{location}/vm/{vm_reference}/serial-log Get a VM's serial console log, fetching it first if it has never been fetched #
POST /project/{project_id}/location/{location}/vm/{vm_reference}/set-maintenance-window Set maintenance window for the VM #
POST /project/{project_id}/location/{location}/vm/{vm_reference}/start Start a VM #
POST /project/{project_id}/location/{location}/vm/{vm_reference}/stop Stop a VM #
GET /project/{project_id}/vm List all VMs #

Documentation

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Specifications

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https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/ubicloud/refs/heads/main/json-schema/ubicloud-firewall-rule-update-schema.json
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https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/ubicloud/refs/heads/main/json-schema/ubicloud-postgres-config-schema.json
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https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/ubicloud/refs/heads/main/json-schema/ubicloud-postgres-patch-config-schema.json
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JSONSchema
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/ubicloud/refs/heads/main/json-schema/ubicloud-ssh-public-key-schema.json
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https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/ubicloud/refs/heads/main/json-schema/ubicloud-ssh-public-key-update-schema.json

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OpenAPI Specification

ubicloud-virtual-machine-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Ubicloud Virtual Machine API
  version: 0.1.0
  contact:
    url: https://www.ubicloud.com/
    email: support@ubicloud.com
  license:
    name: GNU Affero General Public License v3.0 (AGPL-3.0)
    url: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl-3.0.en.html
  description: 'Operations tagged Virtual Machine across 2 of this provider''s published API definitions: ubicloud-openapi.yml, ubicloud-openapi.yml. Each path carries the servers of the definition it was published in.'
servers:
- url: https://api.ubicloud.com
security:
- BearerAuth: []
tags:
- description: Virtual Machine Operations
  name: Virtual Machine
paths:
  /project/{project_id}/location/{location}/vm:
    get:
      operationId: listLocationVMs
      summary: List VMs in a location
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/location'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/project_id'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/start_after'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/page_size'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/order_column'
      responses:
        '200':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Vms'
        default:
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Error'
      tags:
      - Virtual Machine
    servers:
    - url: https://api.ubicloud.com
  /project/{project_id}/location/{location}/vm/{vm_reference}:
    parameters:
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/project_id'
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/location'
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/vm_reference'
    delete:
      operationId: deleteVM
      summary: Delete a VM
      responses:
        '204':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Delete'
        default:
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Error'
      tags:
      - Virtual Machine
    get:
      operationId: getVMDetails
      summary: Get VM details
      responses:
        '200':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Vm'
        default:
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Error'
      tags:
      - Virtual Machine
    post:
      operationId: createVM
      summary: Create a new VM
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                boot_image:
                  description: Boot image of the VM
                  type: string
                init_script:
                  description: VM init script
                  type: string
                enable_ip4:
                  description: Enable IPv4
                  type: boolean
                private_subnet_id:
                  description: ID of the private subnet
                  type: string
                public_key:
                  description: Public SSH key for the VM, or name of registered SSH public key
                  type: string
                size:
                  description: Size of the VM
                  type: string
                storage_size:
                  description: Requested storage size in GiB
                  type: integer
                gpu:
                  description: Requested GPU count and type, in the form of "count:type"
                  type: string
                unix_user:
                  description: Unix user of the VM
                  type: string
              additionalProperties: false
              required:
              - public_key
      responses:
        '200':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Vm'
        default:
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Error'
      tags:
      - Virtual Machine
    servers:
    - url: https://api.ubicloud.com
  /project/{project_id}/location/{location}/vm/{vm_reference}/rename:
    parameters:
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/project_id'
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/location'
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/vm_reference'
    post:
      operationId: renameVM
      summary: Rename a VM
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                name:
                  description: New name for VM
                  type: string
              additionalProperties: false
              required:
              - name
      responses:
        '200':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Vm'
        default:
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Error'
      tags:
      - Virtual Machine
    servers:
    - url: https://api.ubicloud.com
  /project/{project_id}/location/{location}/vm/{vm_reference}/restart:
    parameters:
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/project_id'
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/location'
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/vm_reference'
    post:
      operationId: restartVM
      summary: Restart a VM
      responses:
        '200':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Vm'
        default:
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Error'
      tags:
      - Virtual Machine
    servers:
    - url: https://api.ubicloud.com
  /project/{project_id}/location/{location}/vm/{vm_reference}/serial-log:
    parameters:
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/project_id'
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/location'
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/vm_reference'
    get:
      operationId: getVMSerialLog
      summary: Get a VM's serial console log, fetching it first if it has never been fetched
      parameters:
      - name: refresh
        in: query
        description: Request a newer fetch than the last one (ignored if the last fetch was too recent, and done automatically regardless once the last result is old enough)
        required: false
        schema:
          type: boolean
      responses:
        '200':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/RunCommand'
        '202':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/RunCommand'
        default:
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Error'
      tags:
      - Virtual Machine
    servers:
    - url: https://api.ubicloud.com
  /project/{project_id}/location/{location}/vm/{vm_reference}/set-maintenance-window:
    post:
      operationId: setVMMaintenanceWindow
      summary: Set maintenance window for the VM
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/project_id'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/location'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/vm_reference'
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                maintenance_window_start_at:
                  type:
                  - integer
                  - 'null'
              additionalProperties: false
              required:
              - maintenance_window_start_at
      responses:
        '200':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Vm'
        default:
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Error'
      tags:
      - Virtual Machine
    servers:
    - url: https://api.ubicloud.com
  /project/{project_id}/location/{location}/vm/{vm_reference}/start:
    parameters:
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/project_id'
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/location'
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/vm_reference'
    post:
      operationId: startVM
      summary: Start a VM
      responses:
        '200':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Vm'
        default:
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Error'
      tags:
      - Virtual Machine
    servers:
    - url: https://api.ubicloud.com
  /project/{project_id}/location/{location}/vm/{vm_reference}/stop:
    parameters:
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/project_id'
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/location'
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/vm_reference'
    post:
      operationId: stopVm
      summary: Stop a VM
      responses:
        '200':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Vm'
        default:
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Error'
      tags:
      - Virtual Machine
    servers:
    - url: https://api.ubicloud.com
  /project/{project_id}/vm:
    get:
      operationId: listProjectVMs
      summary: List all VMs
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/project_id'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/start_after'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/page_size'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/order_column'
      responses:
        '200':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Vms'
        default:
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Error'
      tags:
      - Virtual Machine
    servers:
    - url: https://api.ubicloud.com
components:
  responses:
    Delete:
      description: An empty response after successful resource delete
    Vms:
      description: A list of VMs
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            type: object
            properties:
              count:
                type: integer
              items:
                type: array
                items:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/Vm'
            additionalProperties: false
            required:
            - count
            - items
    Error:
      description: An error response
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
    Vm:
      description: A VM
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            type: object
            additionalProperties: false
            allOf:
            - $ref: '#/components/schemas/Vm'
            - additionalProperties: false
              properties:
                firewalls:
                  description: List of firewalls
                  type: array
                  items:
                    $ref: '#/components/schemas/Firewall'
                private_ipv4:
                  description: Private IPv4 address
                  type: string
                  format: ipv4
                private_ipv6:
                  description: Private IPv6 address
                  type: string
                  format: ipv6
                subnet:
                  description: Subnet of the VM
                  type: string
                unix_user:
                  description: Unix user of the VM
                  type: string
                gpu:
                  description: GPU configuration
                  type: string
              required:
              - firewalls
              - private_ipv4
              - private_ipv6
              - subnet
              - unix_user
    RunCommand:
      description: The status/output of a VM run command
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/RunCommand'
  parameters:
    location:
      description: The Ubicloud location/region
      in: path
      name: location
      required: true
      schema:
        type: string
        example: eu-central-h1
    project_id:
      description: ID of the project
      in: path
      name: project_id
      required: true
      schema:
        type: string
        example: pjkkmx0f2vke4h36nk9cm8v8q0
        pattern: ^pj[0-9a-hj-km-np-tv-z]{24}$
    order_column:
      description: Pagination - Order column
      in: query
      name: order_column
      required: false
      schema:
        type: string
        default: id
    start_after:
      description: Pagination - Start after
      in: query
      name: start_after
      required: false
      schema:
        type: string
    page_size:
      description: Pagination - Page size
      in: query
      name: page_size
      required: false
      schema:
        type: integer
        default: 10
    vm_reference:
      description: Virtual machine ID or name
      examples:
        id:
          value: vmn30gjk1d1e2jj34v9x0dq4rp
        name:
          value: virtual-machine-name
      in: path
      name: vm_reference
      required: true
      schema:
        $ref: '#/components/schemas/Reference'
  schemas:
    Error:
      type: object
      properties:
        error:
          type: object
          additionalProperties: false
          properties:
            code:
              type: integer
              example: 401
            message:
              type: string
              example: There was an error logging in
            type:
              type: string
              example: InvalidCredentials
            details:
              type:
              - object
              - 'null'
          required:
          - code
          - message
          - type
      additionalProperties: false
      required:
      - error
    Vm:
      type: object
      properties:
        boot_image:
          description: Boot image of the VM
          type: string
        id:
          description: ID of the VM
          type: string
          example: vmhfy8gff8c67hasb0eez2k1pd
          pattern: ^vm[0-9a-hj-km-np-tv-z]{24}$
        ip4:
          description: IPv4 address
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          format: ipv4
        ip4_enabled:
          description: Whether IPv4 is enabled
          type: boolean
        ip6:
          description: IPv6 address
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          format: ipv6
        location:
          description: Location of the VM
          type: string
          example: eu-central-h1
        maintenance_window_start_at:
          description: Maintenance window start time
          type:
          - integer
          - 'null'
        name:
          description: Name of the VM
          type: string
          example: my-vm-name
        size:
          description: Size of the underlying VM
          type: string
        state:
          description: State of the VM
          type: string
        storage_size_gib:
          description: Storage size in GiB
          type: integer
        unix_user:
          description: Unix user of the VM
          type: string
      additionalProperties: false
      required:
      - boot_image
      - id
      - ip4
      - ip4_enabled
      - ip6
      - location
      - maintenance_window_start_at
      - name
      - size
      - state
      - storage_size_gib
      - unix_user
      x-go-name: VmSchema
    RunCommand:
      type: object
      properties:
        status:
          description: Status of the run command
          type: string
          enum:
          - created
          - succeeded
          - failed
        output:
          description: Output of the run command, truncated to the last 64KB. Null unless status is succeeded.
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
        timestamp:
          description: Time the run command was last updated to its current status
          type: string
          format: date-time
      additionalProperties: false
      required:
      - status
      - output
      - timestamp
      x-go-name: RunCommandSchema
    FirewallRule:
      type: object
      properties:
        cidr:
          description: CIDR of the firewall rule
          type: string
        id:
          description: ID of the firewall rule
          type: string
          example: fraz0q3vbrpa7pkg7zbmah9csn
          pattern: ^fr[0-9a-hj-km-np-tv-z]{24}$
        port_range:
          description: Port range of the firewall rule
          type: string
        protocol:
          description: Protocol of the firewall rule (tcp or udp)
          type: string
          enum:
          - tcp
          - udp
        description:
          description: Description of the firewall rule
          type: string
      additionalProperties: false
      required:
      - cidr
      - id
      - port_range
      - protocol
      - description
    Firewall:
      type: object
      properties:
        description:
          description: Description of the firewall
          type: string
        firewall_rules:
          description: List of firewall rules
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/FirewallRule'
        id:
          description: ID of the firewall
          type: string
          example: fwfg7td83em22qfw9pq5xyfqb7
          pattern: ^fw[0-9a-hj-km-np-tv-z]{24}$
        location:
          description: Location of the firewall
          type: string
        name:
          description: Name of the firewall
          type: string
      additionalProperties: false
      required:
      - description
      - firewall_rules
      - id
      - location
      - name
    Reference:
      description: Resource ID or name
      type: string
      pattern: ^[a-z0-9](?:[a-z0-9\-]{0,61}[a-z0-9])?$
  securitySchemes:
    BearerAuth:
      bearerFormat: JWT
      scheme: bearer
      type: http
x-refined-from:
- ubicloud-openapi.yml
- ubicloud-openapi.yml