Updated on 2025-08-29 GMT+08:00

Querying Backend Servers

Function

This API is used to query all backend servers.

Constraints

This API has the following constraints:

  • Parameters marker, limit, and page_reverse are used for pagination query.

  • Parameters marker and page_reverse take effect only when they are used together with parameter limit.

Calling Method

For details, see Calling APIs.

URI

GET /v3/{project_id}/elb/pools/{pool_id}/members

Table 1 Path Parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

project_id

Yes

String

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

Constraints: N/A

Range: The value can contain a maximum of 32 characters, including digits and lowercase letters.

Default value: N/A

pool_id

Yes

String

Definition: Specifies the backend server group ID.

Table 2 Query Parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

marker

No

String

Definition: Specifies the ID of the last record on the previous page.

Constraints:

  • This parameter must be used together with limit.

  • If the parameter is not specified, only resources on the first page are queried.

  • This parameter cannot be left blank or set to an invalid ID.

Range: N/A

Default value: N/A

limit

No

Integer

Definition: Specifies the number of records returned on each page.

Constraints: N/A

Range: 0 to 2000

Default value: 2000

page_reverse

No

Boolean

Definition: Specifies whether to use reverse query.

Constraints:

  • This parameter must be used together with limit.

  • If page_reverse is set to true and you want to query the resources on the previous page, set the value of marker to the value of previous_marker.

Range:

  • true: Query resources on the previous page.

  • false: Query resources on the next page.

Default value: false

name

No

Array of strings

Specifies the backend server name. Note: The name is not an ECS name.

Multiple names can be used for query in the format of name=xxx&name=xxx.

weight

No

Array of integers

Specifies the weight of the backend server. Requests are routed based on the load balancing algorithm configured for the backend server group and weights of backend servers.

The larger the weight is, the higher proportion of requests the backend server receives. If the weight is set to 0, the backend server will not accept new requests.

Range: 0 to 100.

Multiple weights can be used for query in the format of weight=xxx&weight=xxx.

admin_state_up

No

Boolean

Specifies the administrative status of the backend server.

The value can be true or false.

Although this parameter can be used in the APIs for creating and updating backend servers, its actual value depends on whether ECSs exist. If ECSs exist, the value is true. Otherwise, the value is false.

subnet_cidr_id

No

Array of strings

Specifies the ID of the IPv4 or IPv6 subnet where the backend server resides.

Multiple IDs can be used for query in the format of subnet_cidr_id=xxx&subnet_cidr_id=xxx.

address

No

Array of strings

Specifies the IP address bound to the backend server.

Multiple IP addresses can be used for query in the format of address=xxx&address=xxx.

protocol_port

No

Array of integers

Specifies the port used by the backend server to receive requests.

Multiple ports can be used for query in the format of protocol_port=xxx&protocol_port=xxx.

id

No

Array of strings

Specifies the backend server ID.

Multiple IDs can be used for query in the format of id=xxx&id=xxx.

operating_status

No

Array of strings

Definition: Specifies the operating status of the backend server.

Range:

  • NO_MONITOR: No health check is configured for the backend server group to which the backend server belongs.

  • INITIAL: The backend server is initializing. Health check is configured for the backend server group, but no data has been reported yet.

  • ONLINE: The backend server is running normally.

  • OFFLINE: The backend server is detected unhealthy, or the cloud server used as the backend server is stopped or does not exist.

  • UNKNOWN: The health check has not started yet, or no listener is associated with the backend server group, or the member IP address is not assigned to a cloud service instance (such as ECS, network interface, or supplementary network interface).

Multiple operating statuses can be used for query in the format of operating_status=xxx&operating_status=xxx.

enterprise_project_id

No

Array of strings

Definition: Specifies the ID of the enterprise project.

Multiple values can be used for query in the format of:

enterprise_project_id=xxx&enterprise_project_id=xxx.

Constraints:

  • If enterprise_project_id is not specified, resources in all enterprise projects are queried by default. Fine-grained authorization is performed. The elb:members:list permission must be assigned to the user group.

  • If enterprise_project_id is specified, the value can be a specific enterprise project ID or all_granted_eps. If the value is a specific enterprise project ID, only resources in the enterprise project are queried. If the value is all_granted_eps, resources in the enterprise projects with the elb:members:list permission are queried.

Range: N/A

Default value: N/A

ip_version

No

Array of strings

Specifies the IP version supported by the backend server. The value can be v4 (IPv4) or v6 (IPv6).

member_type

No

Array of strings

Specifies the type of the backend server.

Value options:

  • ip: IP as backend servers

  • instance: ECSs used as backend servers

Multiple values can be used for query in the format of member_type=xxx&member_type=xxx.

instance_id

No

Array of strings

Specifies the ID of the instance associated with the backend server. If this parameter is left blank, the backend server is not an ECS. It may be an IP address.

Multiple instance IDs can be used for query in the format of instance_id=xxx&instance_id=xxx.

availability_zone

No

Array of strings

Specifies the backend server AZ.

Multiple values can be used for query in the format of availability_zone=xxx&availability_zone=xxx.

Request Parameters

Table 3 Request header parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

X-Auth-Token

Yes

String

Definition: Specifies the token used for IAM authentication.

Response Parameters

Status code: 200

Table 4 Response body parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

request_id

String

Definition: Specifies the request ID.

Range: The value is automatically generated, and can contain characters including digits, lowercase letters, and hyphens (-).

page_info

PageInfo object

Definition: Specifies the pagination information.

members

Array of Member objects

Specifies the backend servers.

Table 5 PageInfo

Parameter

Type

Description

previous_marker

String

Definition: Specifies the ID of the first record in the pagination query result. If page_reverse is set to true, this parameter is used together to query resources on the previous page.

Range: N/A

next_marker

String

Definition: Specifies the ID of the last record in the pagination query result. It is usually used to query resources on the next page.

Range: N/A

current_count

Integer

Definition: Specifies the number of records returned on the current page.

Range: N/A

Table 6 Member

Parameter

Type

Description

id

String

Definition: Specifies the backend server ID.

NOTE:
The value of this parameter is not the ID of the server but an ID automatically generated for the backend server that is associated with the load balancer.

availability_zone

String

Definition: Specifies the AZ where the backend server is running.

name

String

Definition: Specifies the backend server name.

Note: The name is not an ECS name.

project_id

String

Definition: Specifies the project ID of the backend server.

admin_state_up

Boolean

Definition: Specifies the administrative status of the backend server.

Constraints: Although this parameter can be used in the APIs for creating and updating backend servers, its actual value depends on whether ECSs exist. If ECSs exist, the value is true. Otherwise, the value is false.

Range: true or false

subnet_cidr_id

String

Definition: Specifies the ID of the IPv4 or IPv6 subnet where the backend server resides. neutron_subnet_id defines IPv4 subnets, and neutron_network_id defines IPv6 subnets.

You can query parameter neutron_subnet_id in the response by calling the API (GET https://{VPC_Endpoint}/v1/{project_id}/subnets) to get the IPv4 subnet ID.

You can query parameter neutron_network_id in the response by calling the API (GET https://{VPC_Endpoint}/v1/{project_id}/subnets) to get the IPv6 subnet ID.

Constraints:

  • The IPv4 or IPv6 subnet must be in the same VPC as the subnet of the load balancer.

  • If ip_target_enable is set to true, this parameter can be left blank, indicating that an IP as backend server will be added. In this case, IP as backend servers must use private IPv4 addresses, and the protocol of the backend server group must be TCP, UDP, TLS, HTTP, HTTPS, QUIC, or GRPC.

  • This parameter must be specified for gateway load balancers with IP backend server groups. The subnet of the backend server must be in the same VPC as the load balancer.

protocol_port

Integer

Definition: Specifies the port used by the backend server to receive requests.

Constraints: protocol_port must be set to 0 for gateway load balancers with IP backend server groups associated.

NOTE:
This parameter can be left blank because it does not take effect if any_port_enable is set to true for a backend server group.

weight

Integer

Definition: Specifies the weight of the backend server. Requests are routed based on the load balancing algorithm configured for the backend server group and weights of backend servers.

The larger the weight is, the higher proportion of requests the backend server receives. If the weight is set to 0, the backend server will not accept new requests.

Constraints: If lb_algorithm is set to SOURCE_IP or QUIC_CID, this parameter will not take effect.

Range: 0 to 100

Default value: 1

address

String

Definition: Specifies the IP address of the backend server.

Constraints:

  • If subnet_cidr_id is left blank, IP as backend servers will be added. In this case, the IP address must be an IPv4 address.

  • If subnet_cidr_id is not left blank, ECSs will be added as backend servers. It must be in the subnet specified by subnet_cidr_id.

ip_version

String

Definition: Specifies the IP address version supported by the backend server. The version depends on the value of address returned by the system.

Range: v4 or v6

operating_status

String

Definition: Specifies the operating status of the backend server.

Range:

  • NO_MONITOR: No health check is configured for the backend server group to which the backend server belongs.

  • INITIAL: The backend server is initializing. Health check is configured for the backend server group, but no data has been reported yet.

  • ONLINE: The backend server is running normally.

  • OFFLINE: The backend server is detected unhealthy, or the cloud server used as the backend server is stopped or does not exist.

  • UNKNOWN: The health check has not started yet, or no listener is associated with the backend server group, or the member IP address is not assigned to a cloud service instance (such as ECS, network interface, or supplementary network interface).

Multiple statuses can be used for query in the format of operating_status=xxx&operating_status=xxx.

status

Array of MemberStatus objects

Definition: Specifies the health status of the backend server.

Constraints:

  • If listener_id under status is specified, the status defined by operating_status is used.

  • If listener_id under status is not specified, the status defined by operating_status under member is used.

reason

MemberHealthCheckFailedReason object

Specifies why health check fails.

created_at

String

Definition: Specifies the creation time. The value must be a UTC time in the format of yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss'Z'.

updated_at

String

Definition: Specifies the update time. The value must be a UTC time in the format of yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss'Z'.

member_type

String

Definition: Specifies the backend server type.

Range:

  • ip: IP as backend servers

  • instance: ECSs used as backend servers

instance_id

String

Definition: Specifies the ID of the instance associated with the backend server. If this parameter is left blank, the backend server is not a real device. It may be an IP address.

Table 7 MemberStatus

Parameter

Type

Description

listener_id

String

Definition: Specifies the listener ID.

operating_status

String

Definition: Specifies the operating status of the backend server.

Range:

  • ONLINE: The backend server is running normally.

  • NO_MONITOR: No health check is configured for the backend server group to which the backend server belongs.

  • OFFLINE: The ECS used as the backend server is stopped or does not exist.

reason

MemberHealthCheckFailedReason object

Specifies why health check fails.

created_at

String

Specifies the time when the backend server group was created. The format is yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss'Z' (UTC time).

updated_at

String

Specifies the time when the backend server group was updated. The format is yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss'Z' (UTC time).

Table 8 MemberHealthCheckFailedReason

Parameter

Type

Description

reason_code

String

Definition: Specifies the code of the health check failures.

Range:

  • CONNECT_TIMEOUT: The connection with the backend server times out during a health check.

  • CONNECT_REFUSED: The load balancer rejects connections with the backend server during a health check.

  • CONNECT_FAILED: The load balancer fails to establish connections with the backend server during a health check.

  • CONNECT_INTERRUPT: The load balancer is disconnected from the backend server during a health check.

  • SSL_HANDSHAKE_ERROR: The SSL handshakes with the backend server fail during a health check.

  • RECV_RESPONSE_FAILED: The load balancer fails to receive responses from the backend server during a health check.

  • RECV_RESPONSE_TIMEOUT: The load balancer does not receive responses from the backend server within the timeout duration during a health check.

  • SEND_REQUEST_FAILED: The load balancer fails to send a health check request to the backend server during a health check.

  • SEND_REQUEST_TIMEOUT: The load balancer fails to send a health check request to the backend server within the timeout duration.

  • RESPONSE_FORMAT_ERROR: The load balancer receives invalid responses from the backend server during a health check.

  • RESPONSE_MISMATCH: The response code received from the backend server is different from the preset code.

expected_response

String

Definition: Specifies the expected HTTP status code. This parameter will take effect only when type is set to HTTP, HTTPS, or GRPC. The status code cannot be null if reason_code is RESPONSE_MISMATCH.

Range:

  • A specific status code. If type is set to GRPC, the status code ranges from 0 to 99. If type is set to other values, the status code ranges from 200 to 599. For example, the status code can be 0 or 200.

  • A list of status codes that are separated with commas (,), for example, 200,202 or 0,1. A maximum of five status codes are supported.

  • A status code range. Different ranges are separated with commas (,), for example, 200-204,300-399 or 0-5,10-12,20-30. A maximum of five ranges are supported.

healthcheck_response

String

Definition: Specifies the returned HTTP status code in the response. This parameter will take effect only when type is set to HTTP, HTTPS, or GRPC. The status code cannot be null if reason_code is RESPONSE_MISMATCH.

Range:

  • A specific status code. If type is set to GRPC, the status code ranges from 0 to 99. If type is set to other values, the status code ranges from 200 to 599. For example, the status code can be 0 or 200.

Example Requests

Querying backend servers in a given backend server group

GET https://{ELB_Endpoint}/v3/99a3fff0d03c428eac3678da6a7d0f24/elb/pools/36ce7086-a496-4666-9064-5ba0e6840c75/members

Example Responses

Status code: 200

Successful request.

{
  "members" : [ {
    "name" : "quark-neutron",
    "weight" : 100,
    "admin_state_up" : false,
    "subnet_cidr_id" : "c09f620e-3492-4429-ac15-445d5dd9ca74",
    "project_id" : "99a3fff0d03c428eac3678da6a7d0f24",
    "address" : "120.10.10.2",
    "protocol_port" : 2100,
    "id" : "0aa23a52-1ac2-4a2d-8dfa-1e11cb26079d",
    "operating_status" : "NO_MONITOR",
    "ip_version" : "v4",
    "availability_zone" : "az1"
  }, {
    "name" : "quark-neutron",
    "weight" : 100,
    "admin_state_up" : false,
    "subnet_cidr_id" : "c09f620e-3492-4429-ac15-445d5dd9ca74",
    "project_id" : "99a3fff0d03c428eac3678da6a7d0f24",
    "address" : "120.10.10.2",
    "protocol_port" : 2101,
    "id" : "315b928b-39e4-4d5f-8e48-39e9108c1035",
    "operating_status" : "NO_MONITOR",
    "ip_version" : "v4",
    "availability_zone" : "az2"
  }, {
    "name" : "quark-neutron",
    "weight" : 100,
    "admin_state_up" : false,
    "subnet_cidr_id" : "27e4ab69-a5ed-46c6-921a-5212be19ce87",
    "project_id" : "99a3fff0d03c428eac3678da6a7d0f24",
    "address" : "2001:db8:a583:6a::4",
    "protocol_port" : 2101,
    "id" : "53976f72-d2aa-47f5-baf4-4906ed6b42d6",
    "operating_status" : "NO_MONITOR",
    "ip_version" : "v6",
    "availability_zone" : "az2"
  } ],
  "page_info" : {
    "previous_marker" : "0aa23a52-1ac2-4a2d-8dfa-1e11cb26079d",
    "current_count" : 3
  },
  "request_id" : "87e29592-7ab8-401a-9bf4-66cf6747eab9"
}

Status Codes

Status Code

Description

200

Successful request.

Error Codes

See Error Codes.