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Starting BMSs

Function

This API is used to start BMSs of specified IDs. You can start a maximum of 1000 BMSs at a time.

This API is an asynchronous API. Calling the API successfully indicates that the task is delivered successfully. To check whether the task is successful, use the Querying Task Statuses API.

URI

POST /v1/{project_id}/baremetalservers/action

Table 1 lists the URI parameters.
Table 1 Parameter description

Parameter

Mandatory

Description

project_id

Yes

Specifies the project ID.

For details about how to obtain the project ID, see Obtaining a Project ID.

Request

  • Request parameters

    In the request, the parameters to start BMSs must be sent with field os-start. For details, see the example request.

    Parameter

    Mandatory

    Type

    Description

    os-start

    Yes

    Object

    Specifies the operation to start BMSs. For details, see Table 2.
    Table 2 os-start field data structure description

    Parameter

    Mandatory

    Type

    Description

    servers

    Yes

    Array of objects

    Specifies BMS IDs. For details, see Table 3.
    Table 3 servers field data structure description

    Parameter

    Mandatory

    Type

    Description

    id

    Yes

    String

    Specifies the BMS ID.

    You can obtain the BMS ID from the BMS console or using the Querying BMSs (Native OpenStack API) API.
  • Example request 
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    POST https://{BMS Endpoint}/v1/bbf1946d374b44a0a2a95533562ba954/baremetalservers/action

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    {
    "os-start": {
        "servers": [
            {
                "id": "616fb98f-46ca-475e-917e-2563e5a8cd19"
            },
            {
                "id": "726fb98f-46ca-475e-917e-2563e5a8cd20"
            }
        ]
    }
}

Response

See Task ID Response.

Returned Values

Normal values

Returned Values

Description

200

The server has successfully processed the request.

For details about other returned values, see Status Codes.

Error Codes

See Error Codes.

Parent topic: BMS Status Management