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Updating a Template

Function

This API is used to modify a template.

Calling Method

For details, see Calling APIs.

URI

PUT /v3/vm/templates/{id}

**Table 1** Path parameters
Parameter	Mandatory	Type	Description
id	Yes	String	The ID of the template to be modified. Minimum length: 0 characters Maximum length: 255 characters

Request

**Table 2** Request header parameters
Parameter	Mandatory	Type	Description
X-Auth-Token	Yes	String	X-Auth-Token The user token. The token can be obtained by calling the IAM API used to obtain a user token. The value of X-Subject-Token in the response header is the user token. Minimum length: 1 character Maximum length: 16,384 characters

**Table 3** Request body parameters
Parameter	Mandatory	Type	Description
template	No	TemplateRequest object	The template information.

**Table 4** **TemplateRequest** field description
Parameter	Mandatory	Type	Description
name	Yes	String	The template name. Minimum length: 0 characters Maximum length: 255 characters
is_template	Yes	Boolean	Specifies whether the template is general. If the template is associated with a task, the template is not a general template.
region	Yes	String	The region. Minimum length: 0 characters Maximum length: 255 characters
projectid	Yes	String	The project ID. Minimum length: 0 characters Maximum length: 255 characters
target_server_name	No	String	The server name. Minimum length: 0 characters Maximum length: 255 characters
availability_zone	No	String	The AZ. Minimum length: 0 characters Maximum length: 255 characters
volumetype	No	String	The disk type. SAS: serial attached SCSI SSD: solid-state drive SATA: serial advanced technology attachment The value can be: SAS SSD SATA
flavor	No	String	The server flavor. Minimum length: 0 characters Maximum length: 65,535 characters
vpc	No	VpcObject object	The VPC information.
nics	No	Array of Nics objects	The NIC information. Multiple NICs are supported. To let the system automatically add a NIC, configure only one NIC entry and set the ID to autoCreate. Array length: 0 to 65,535
security_groups	No	Array of SgObject objects	The security group information. Multiple security groups are supported. To let the system automatically create a security group, configure only one security group record and set the ID to autoCreate. Array length: 0 to 65,535
publicip	No	PublicIp object	The public IP address information.
disk	No	Array of TemplateDisk objects	The disk information. Array length: 0 to 65,535
data_volume_type	No	String	The data disk type. SAS: serial attached SCSI SSD: solid-state drive SATA: serial advanced technology attachment The value can be: SAS SSD SATA
target_password	No	String	The server login password. Minimum length: 0 characters Maximum length: 1,024 characters
image_id	No	String	The ID of the image for server creation. Minimum length: 0 characters Maximum length: 255 characters

**Table 5** VpcObject
Parameter	Mandatory	Type	Description
id	Yes	String	The VPC ID. To let the system automatically create a VPC, set this parameter to autoCreate. Minimum length: 1 character Maximum length: 255 characters
name	Yes	String	The VPC name. Minimum length: 1 character Maximum length: 255 characters
cidr	No	String	The VPC CIDR block. The default value is 192.168.0.0/16. Minimum length: 1 character Maximum length: 255 characters

**Table 6** Nics
Parameter	Mandatory	Type	Description
id	Yes	String	The subnet ID. To let the system automatically create a subnet, set this parameter to autoCreate. Minimum length: 0 characters Maximum length: 255 characters
name	Yes	String	The subnet name. Minimum length: 0 characters Maximum length: 255 characters
cidr	Yes	String	The subnet gateway/mask. Minimum length: 0 characters Maximum length: 255 characters
ip	No	String	The server IP address. If this parameter is not specified, the system will automatically assign an IP address. Minimum length: 0 characters Maximum length: 255 characters

**Table 7** SgObject
Parameter	Mandatory	Type	Description
id	Yes	String	The security group ID. Minimum length: 0 characters Maximum length: 255 characters
name	Yes	String	The security group name. Minimum length: 0 characters Maximum length: 255 characters

**Table 8** PublicIp
Parameter	Mandatory	Type	Description
type	Yes	String	The EIP type. The default value is 5_bgp. For details about the type, see the description of the type field in the response parameters in the section "Querying EIP Details" in the EIP API document. Minimum length: 0 characters Maximum length: 255 characters
bandwidth_size	Yes	Integer	The bandwidth size in Mbit/s. The minimum increment for bandwidth adjustment varies depending on the bandwidth range. The minimum increment is 1 Mbit/s if the allowed bandwidth ranges from 0 to 300 Mbit/s. The minimum increment is 50 Mbit/s if the allowed bandwidth ranges from 300 Mbit/s to 1,000 Mbit/s. The minimum increment is 500 Mbit/s if the allowed bandwidth is greater than 1,000 Mbit/s. Minimum value: 1 Maximum value: 2000
bandwidth_share_type	No	String	Bandwidth sharing type (long text information, non-enumerated data, from the EIP service) For details about the type, see the description of the bandwidth_share_type field in the response parameters in the section "Querying EIP Details" in the EIP API document. Minimum length: 0 characters Maximum length: 255 characters

**Table 9** TemplateDisk
Parameter	Mandatory	Type	Description
id	No	Long	The disk ID. Minimum value: 0 Maximum value: 9223372036854775807
index	Yes	Integer	The disk serial number, starting from 0. Minimum value: 0 Maximum value: 2147483647
name	Yes	String	The disk name. Minimum length: 0 characters Maximum length: 255 characters
disktype	Yes	String	Disk type, which is the same as the volumetype field. (The value is a long text and is not enumerated. The value comes from the EVS service.) For details about the type, see the description of the volume_type field in the response parameters in the "Querying Details About a Disk" section in the EIP API document. Minimum length: 0 characters Maximum length: 255 characters
size	Yes	Long	The disk size in GB. Minimum value: 0 Maximum value: 9223372036854775807
device_use	No	String	The used disk space. Minimum length: 0 characters Maximum length: 255 characters

Response

Status code: 200

**Table 10** Response body parameters
Parameter	Type	Description
-	String	The template was modified.

Status code: 403

**Table 11** Response body parameters
Parameter	Type	Description
error_code	String	The error code. Minimum length: 0 characters Maximum length: 255 characters
error_msg	String	The error message. Minimum length: 0 characters Maximum length: 255 characters
encoded_authorization_message	String	The encrypted authorization information. Minimum length: 0 characters Maximum length: 65,535 characters
error_param	Array of strings	Invalid parameters. Minimum length: 0 characters Maximum length: 65,535 characters Array length: 1 to 20
details	Array of details objects	The error details. Array length: 1 to 20

**Table 12** details
Parameter	Type	Description
error_code	String	The SMS error code. Minimum length: 0 characters Maximum length: 65,535 characters
error_msg	String	The SMS error message. Minimum length: 0 characters Maximum length: 65,535 characters

Example Request

This example changes the name of the template whose ID is dfbdd142-985f-4a4f-93e1-c535b46bxxxx to test1025 and its project ID to 00924d0ad2df4f21ac476dd9f3288xxxx.

PUT https://{endpoint}/v3/vm/templates/dfbdd142-985f-4a4f-93e1-c535b46bxxxx

{
  "template" : {
    "name" : "test1025",
    "is_template" : false,
    "region" : "region",
    "projectid" : "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx00000001",
    "vpc" : {
      "id" : "autoCreate",
      "name" : "autoCreate"
    },
    "nics" : [ {
      "id" : "autoCreate",
      "name" : "autoCreate",
      "cidr" : "192.168.0.0/24"
    } ],
    "security_groups" : [ {
      "id" : "autoCreate",
      "name" : "autoCreate"
    } ],
    "publicip" : {
      "type" : "5_bgp",
      "bandwidth_size" : 1
    },
    "disk" : [ {
      "index" : 0,
      "name" : "index1",
      "disktype" : "type",
      "size" : 111
    } ]
  }
}

Example Response

Status code: 200

The template was modified.

{ }

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	The template was modified.
403	Authentication failed.

Error Codes

For details, see Error Codes.

Parent topic: Template Management

Previous topic: Querying Details About a Template

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