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Starting BMSs

Function

This API is used to start BMSs of specified IDs. You can start a maximum of 1000 BMSs at a time.

This is an asynchronous API. Calling the API successfully indicates that the task is delivered successfully. To check whether the task is successful, use the Querying Task Statuses API.

URI

POST /v1/{project_id}/baremetalservers/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.

Request Parameters

In the request, the command to start BMSs must be sent with the parameter os-start. For details, see the example request.

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

os-start

Yes

Object

Specifies the operation to start BMSs. For details, see Table 2.
Table 2 os-start field data structure description

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

servers

Yes

Array of objects

Specifies BMS IDs. For details, see Table 3.
Table 3 servers field data structure description

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

id

Yes

String

Specifies the BMS ID.

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

Example Request

Starting two BMSs (IDs: 616fb98f-46ca-475e-917e-2563e5a8cd19 and 726fb98f-46ca-475e-917e-2563e5a8cd20) 
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POST https://{BMS Endpoint}/v1/bbf1946d374b44a0a2a95533562ba954/baremetalservers/action

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{
    "os-start": {
        "servers": [
            {
                "id": "616fb98f-46ca-475e-917e-2563e5a8cd19"
            },
            {
                "id": "726fb98f-46ca-475e-917e-2563e5a8cd20"
            }
        ]
    }
}

Response Parameter

  • Normal response
Table 4 Normal response

Parameter

Type

Description

job_id

String

Specifies the task ID returned after a task command is issued. The task ID can be used to query the execution status of the task.

For details about how to query the task execution status based on job_id, see Querying Task Statuses.
  • Abnormal response
Table 5 Abnormal response

Parameter

Type

Description

error

Dictionary data structure

Specifies the error returned when a task submission encounters an exception. For details, see Table 6.
Table 6 error data structure

Parameter

Type

Description

message

String

Specifies the error message.

code

String

Specifies the error code.

Example Response

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    { 
    "job_id": "70a599e0-31e7-49b7-b260-868f441e862b" 
}

Returned Values

Normal values

Returned Values

Description

200

The request has been successfully processed.

For details about other returned values, see Status Codes.

Error Codes

See Error Codes.

Parent topic: BMS Status Management