Compute Instance

A normalized schema describing a cloud compute instance (VM/Droplet/Node) across providers such as AWS EC2, Google Compute Engine, Azure VMs, and DigitalOcean Droplets.

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Properties

Name Type Description
id string Provider-assigned unique instance identifier.
name string Human-readable name for the instance.
provider string Cloud provider hosting this instance.
type string Instance type/size (e.g., t3.medium, n2-standard-4, Standard_D2s_v3, s-2vcpu-4gb).
status string Current lifecycle state of the instance.
region string Cloud region where the instance is deployed (e.g., us-east-1, us-central1, eastus, nyc3).
availabilityZone string Specific availability zone within the region.
imageId string ID of the OS image (AMI, Compute Image, Marketplace Image).
os object Operating system details.
cpu object
memory object
storage array Attached block storage volumes.
networking object
gpu object GPU details for GPU-enabled instances.
tags object
createdAt string
terminatedAt string
View JSON Schema on GitHub

JSON Schema

scalable-infrastructure-compute-instance-schema.json Raw ↑
{
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "$id": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/scalable-infrastructure/main/json-schema/scalable-infrastructure-compute-instance-schema.json",
  "title": "Compute Instance",
  "description": "A normalized schema describing a cloud compute instance (VM/Droplet/Node) across providers such as AWS EC2, Google Compute Engine, Azure VMs, and DigitalOcean Droplets.",
  "type": "object",
  "required": ["id", "provider", "type", "status", "region"],
  "properties": {
    "id": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Provider-assigned unique instance identifier."
    },
    "name": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Human-readable name for the instance."
    },
    "provider": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Cloud provider hosting this instance.",
      "enum": ["aws", "gcp", "azure", "digitalocean", "linode", "hetzner", "vultr"]
    },
    "type": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Instance type/size (e.g., t3.medium, n2-standard-4, Standard_D2s_v3, s-2vcpu-4gb)."
    },
    "status": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Current lifecycle state of the instance.",
      "enum": ["pending", "running", "stopping", "stopped", "terminated", "rebooting", "error"]
    },
    "region": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Cloud region where the instance is deployed (e.g., us-east-1, us-central1, eastus, nyc3)."
    },
    "availabilityZone": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Specific availability zone within the region."
    },
    "imageId": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "ID of the OS image (AMI, Compute Image, Marketplace Image)."
    },
    "os": {
      "type": "object",
      "description": "Operating system details.",
      "properties": {
        "family": {
          "type": "string",
          "enum": ["Linux", "Windows", "BSD"],
          "default": "Linux"
        },
        "distribution": {
          "type": "string",
          "examples": ["Ubuntu 24.04 LTS", "Amazon Linux 2023", "Debian 12", "RHEL 9", "Windows Server 2022"]
        }
      }
    },
    "cpu": {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "vCPUs": {"type": "integer", "minimum": 1},
        "architecture": {"type": "string", "enum": ["x86_64", "arm64", "x86_32"]}
      }
    },
    "memory": {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "sizeGiB": {"type": "number", "minimum": 0},
        "type": {"type": "string", "enum": ["DDR4", "DDR5", "HBM2", "standard"]}
      }
    },
    "storage": {
      "type": "array",
      "description": "Attached block storage volumes.",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "volumeId": {"type": "string"},
          "type": {"type": "string", "enum": ["ssd", "hdd", "nvme", "network-ssd", "network-hdd"]},
          "sizeGiB": {"type": "integer", "minimum": 1},
          "iops": {"type": "integer"},
          "isRoot": {"type": "boolean"}
        }
      }
    },
    "networking": {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "vpcId": {"type": "string"},
        "subnetId": {"type": "string"},
        "privateIp": {"type": "string", "format": "ipv4"},
        "publicIp": {"type": "string", "format": "ipv4"},
        "ipv6": {"type": "string", "format": "ipv6"},
        "securityGroups": {
          "type": "array",
          "items": {"type": "string"}
        },
        "bandwidthGbps": {"type": "number"}
      }
    },
    "gpu": {
      "type": "object",
      "description": "GPU details for GPU-enabled instances.",
      "properties": {
        "count": {"type": "integer", "minimum": 1},
        "model": {"type": "string", "examples": ["NVIDIA A100", "NVIDIA H100", "NVIDIA T4", "AMD MI300X"]},
        "memoryGiB": {"type": "number"}
      }
    },
    "tags": {
      "type": "object",
      "additionalProperties": {"type": "string"}
    },
    "createdAt": {
      "type": "string",
      "format": "date-time"
    },
    "terminatedAt": {
      "type": "string",
      "format": "date-time"
    }
  }
}

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