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Restarting a BMS (Native OpenStack API)

Function

This API is used to restart a single BMS.

Constraints

Currently, only forcible restart is supported.

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 Querying BMSs (Native OpenStack API).

Request Parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

reboot

Yes

Object

Specifies the operation of restarting the BMS. For details, see Table 2.
Table 2 reboot field data structure description

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

type

Yes

String

Specifies the type of the restart operation.

  • SOFT: soft restart
  • HARD: forcible restart
    NOTE:

    Currently, value SOFT is invalid. All BMS restart operations are forcible restart.

Example Request

Restarting 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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{
    "reboot": {
        "type": "HARD"
    }
}

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.

Parent topic: BMS Status Management