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Starting a BMS (Deprecated)

Function

This API is used to start a single BMS.

This API has been deprecated. Use the API in Starting BMSs.

URI

POST /v2.1/{project_id}/servers/{server_id}/action

Table 1 lists the 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.

server_id

Yes

Specifies the BMS ID.

You can obtain the BMS ID from the BMS console or by calling the API Querying BMSs (Deprecated).

Request Parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

os-start

Yes

null

Specifies the operation of starting the BMS. The data structure is empty.

Example Request

Starting a BMS (ID: 95bf2490-5428-432c-ad9b-5e3406f869dd) 
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POST https://{ECS Endpoint}/v2.1/c685484a8cc2416b97260938705deb65/servers/95bf2490-5428-432c-ad9b-5e3406f869dd/action

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{
    "os-start": {}
                    }

Response

N/A

Returned Values

Normal values

Returned Values

Description

204

The server has processed the request but did not return any content.

For details about other returned values, see Status Codes.

Error Codes

See Error Codes.