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Updated on 2025-08-26 GMT+08:00

Enabling Scale-In Protection for a Node

Function

This API is used to enable scale-in protection for a node. A node with scale-in protection enabled cannot be removed by simply changing the number of nodes in the node pool.

Calling Method

For details, see Calling APIs.

URI

POST /api/v3/projects/{project_id}/clusters/{cluster_id}/nodes/locknodescaledown

Table 1 Path Parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

project_id

Yes

String

Details:

Project ID. For details about how to obtain the value, see How to Obtain Parameters in the API URI.

Constraints:

None

Options:

Project IDs of the account

Default value:

N/A

cluster_id

Yes

String

Details:

Cluster ID. For details about how to obtain the value, see How to Obtain Parameters in the API URI.

Constraints:

None

Options:

Cluster IDs

Default value:

N/A

Request Parameters

Table 2 Request header parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

Content-Type

Yes

String

Details:

The request body type or format

Constraints:

The GET method is not verified.

Options:

  • application/json

  • application/json;charset=utf-8

  • application/x-pem-file

  • multipart/form-data (used when the FormData parameter is present)

Default value:

N/A

X-Auth-Token

Yes

String

Details:

Requests for calling an API can be authenticated using either a token or AK/SK. If token-based authentication is used, this parameter is mandatory and must be set to a user token. For details, see Obtaining a User Token.

Constraints:

None

Options:

N/A

Default value:

N/A

Table 3 Request body parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

apiVersion

Yes

String

Definition

API version

Constraints

The value is fixed and cannot be changed.

Range

N/A

Default Value

v3

kind

Yes

String

Definition

API type

Constraints

The value is fixed and cannot be changed.

Range

N/A

Default Value

List

nodeList

No

Array of strings

Definition

ID list of nodes for which scale-in protection needs to be enabled. For details about how to obtain the IDs, see How to Obtain Parameters in the API URI.

Constraints

N/A

Response Parameters

Status code: 200

The scale-in protection is enabled for the node.

None

Example Requests

Lock a node so that it will not be scaled in.

POST /api/v3/projects/{project_id}/clusters/{cluster_id}/nodes/locknodescaledown

{
  "kind" : "List",
  "apiVersion" : "v3",
  "nodeList" : [ "xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx" ]
}

Example Responses

None

Status Codes

Status Code

Description

200

The scale-in protection is enabled for the node.

Error Codes

See Error Codes.