Updated on 2026-01-27 GMT+08:00

Creating a Migration Project

Function

This API is used to create a migration project.

Constraints

The migration project name must be unique.

Calling Method

For details, see Calling APIs.

URI

POST /v3/migprojects

Request Parameters

Table 1 Request header parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

X-Auth-Token

Yes

String

User token.

The token can be obtained by calling the IAM API for obtaining a user token. The value of X-Subject-Token in the response header is the user token.

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 16384

Table 2 Request body parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

name

Yes

String

The migration project name.

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 100

description

No

String

The migration project description.

Minimum: 0

Maximum: 255

isdefault

No

Boolean

Indicates whether the migration project is the default project.

Default: false

region

Yes

String

The region name.

Minimum: 0

Maximum: 100

start_target_server

No

Boolean

Indicates whether the target server is started after the migration is complete.

Default: true

speed_limit

No

Integer

The migration rate limit, in Mbit/s. 0 indicates no limit.

Minimum: 0

Maximum: 1000

Default: 0

use_public_ip

No

Boolean

Indicates whether a public IP address is used for migration.

Default: true

exist_server

No

Boolean

Specifies whether an existing server is as the target server.

Default: true

type

Yes

String

The migration project type.

MIGRATE_BLOCK

MIGRATE_FILE

Minimum: 0

Maximum: 255

Enumeration values:

  • MIGRATE_BLOCK

  • MIGRATE_FILE

enterprise_project

No

String

The enterprise project name.

Default: default

Minimum: 0

Maximum: 255

syncing

No

Boolean

Indicates whether continuous synchronization is performed after the first replication or synchronization is complete.

Default: false

start_network_check

No

Boolean

Indicates whether network performance measurement is enabled.

Response Parameters

Status code: 200

Table 3 Response body parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

id

String

The ID of the newly added migration project.

Minimum: 0

Maximum: 255

Status code: 403

Table 4 Response body parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

error_code

String

The error code.

Minimum: 0

Maximum: 255

error_msg

String

The error message.

Minimum: 0

Maximum: 255

encoded_authorization_message

String

The encrypted authorization information.

Minimum: 0

Maximum: 65535

error_param

Array of strings

Error parameters.

Minimum: 0

Maximum: 65535

Array Length: 1 - 20

details

Array of details objects

The error details.

Array Length: 1 - 20

Table 5 details

Parameter

Type

Description

error_code

String

The SMS error code.

Minimum: 0

Maximum: 65535

error_msg

String

The SMS error message.

Minimum: 0

Maximum: 65535

Example Requests

This API is used to create a migration project. It sets the project name to N121, the region to region, the public IP address to true, and the migration project type to MIGRATE_BLOCK.

POST https://{endpoint}/v3/migprojects

{
  "name" : "N121",
  "description" : "",
  "region" : "region",
  "start_target_server" : true,
  "speed_limit" : 0,
  "use_public_ip" : true,
  "exist_server" : true,
  "isdefault" : true,
  "type" : "MIGRATE_BLOCK",
  "syncing" : false,
  "enterprise_project" : "default"
}

Example Responses

Status code: 200

Creating a migration project succeeded.

{
  "id" : "xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxx0001"
}

Status code: 403

Authentication failed.

{
  "error_code" : "SMS.9004",
  "error_msg" : "The current account does not have the permission to execute policy. You do not have permission to perform action XXX on resource XXX.",
  "encoded_authorization_message" : "XXXXXX",
  "error_param" : [ "You do not have permission to perform action XXX on resource XXX." ],
  "details" : [ {
    "error_code" : "SMS.9004",
    "error_msg" : "You do not have permission to perform action XXX on resource XXX."
  } ]
}

Status Codes

Status Code

Description

200

Creating a migration project succeeded.

403

Authentication failed.

Error Codes

See Error Codes.