Modifying ECS Details

Function

This API is used to modify ECS details. Only the name and description of an ECS can be modified.

This API supports checking fine-grained permissions for enterprise projects. For details, see ecs:cloudServers:updateServer.

Constraints

This API is used to change the name of an ECS. For details about how to change the hostname of the ECS, see How Can a Changed Static Hostname Take Effect Permanently?

URI

PUT /v1/{project_id}/cloudservers/{server_id}

Table 1 describes the parameters in the URI.

**Table 1** Parameter description
Parameter	Mandatory	Description
project_id	Yes	Specifies the project ID. For details about how to obtain the ID, see Obtaining a Project ID.
server_id	Yes	Specifies the ECS ID.

Request

Table 2 describes the request parameters.

**Table 2** Request parameters
Parameter	Mandatory	Type	Description
server	Yes	Object	Definition Specifies the data structure. For details, see Table 3. Constraints N/A Range N/A Default Value N/A

**Table 3** **server** field description
Parameter	Mandatory	Type	Description
name	No	String	Definition Specifies the name of the modified ECS. Constraints The parameter value consists of 1 to 128 characters, including letters, digits, underscores (_), hyphens (-), and periods (.). Range N/A Default Value N/A
description	No	String	Definition Specifies the ECS description. Constraints Angle brackets (<>) are not allowed. Range 0 to 85 characters Default Value N/A
hostname	No	String	Definition Specifies the new hostname of the ECS. Constraints The name consists of 1-64 characters. It can be segmented using periods (.). Only letters, digits, and hyphens (-) are allowed in each segment. A name cannot contain consecutive periods (.) or hyphens (-), and cannot start or end with a period (.) or hyphen (-). Additionally, the combinations of (.-) and (-.) are not allowed. NOTE: This parameter is discarded. For details about how to change the hostname of the ECS, see How Can a Changed Static Hostname Take Effect Permanently? Range N/A Default Value N/A
user_data	No	String	Definition Specifies the user data to be injected during the ECS modification. Text and text files can be injected. Examples Before base64 encoding: Linux #!/bin/bash echo user_test > /home/user.txt Windows rem cmd echo 111 > c:\aaa.txt After base64 encoding: Linux IyEvYmluL2Jhc2gKZWNobyB1c2VyX3Rlc3QgPiAvaG9tZS91c2VyLnR4dA== Windows cmVtIGNtZA0KZWNobyAxMTEgJmd0OyBjOlxhYWEudHh0 For more information about the user data to be injected, see Injecting User Data into ECSs in Elastic Cloud Server User Guide. Constraints The content of user_data must be encoded with base64. The maximum size of the content to be injected (before encoding) is 32 KB. Range N/A Default Value N/A

Response

Table 4 describes the response parameters.

**Table 4** Response parameters
Parameter	Type	Description
server	Object	Definition Specifies the ECS. For details, see Table 5. Range N/A

**Table 5** **server** field description
Parameter	Type	Description
tenant_id	String	Definition Specifies the tenant or project ID. Range N/A
image	String	Definition Specifies the image ID. Range N/A
accessIPv4	String	Definition This is a reserved parameter. Range N/A
addresses	Object	Definition Specifies the attributed network information of the ECS. The structure is Map<String, Object>. For details, see Table 6. Range N/A
metadata	Object	Definition Specifies the ECS metadata. Range N/A
accessIPv6	String	Definition This is a reserved parameter. Range N/A
created	String	Definition Specifies the time when the ECS was created. The time is in the format of "2019-05-22T03:19:19Z". Range N/A
OS-EXT-SRV-ATTR:user_data	String	Definition Specifies the user data (information after encoding) configured during ECS creation. Range N/A
hostId	String	Definition Specifies the host ID of the ECS. Range N/A
flavor	Object	Definition Specifies the ECS flavor. For details, see Table 7. Range N/A
OS-DCF:diskConfig	String	Definition Specifies the disk configuration mode. This is an extended attribute. This field is valid for the ECS started using an image. Range N/A
user_id	String	Definition Specifies the ID of the user to which an ECS belongs. Range N/A
name	String	Definition Specifies the name of the modified ECS. Range N/A
progress	Integer	Definition This is a reserved parameter. Range N/A
links	Array of Object	Definition Specifies ECS shortcut links for ECS. For details, see Table 8. Range N/A
id	String	Definition Specifies the unique ID of an ECS. Range N/A
updated	String	Definition Specifies the time when the ECS was updated last time. The time is in the format of "2019-05-22T03:19:19Z". Range N/A
locked	Boolean	Definition Specifies the ECS lock status, which is True when the ECS is locked and False when the ECS is unlocked. This parameter is supported in microversion 2.9 and later. Range N/A
description	String	Definition Describes the ECS. This parameter is supported in microversion 2.19 and later. Range N/A
tags	Array of strings	Definition Specifies ECS tags. This parameter is supported in microversion 2.26 and later. If the microversion is not used for query, the response does not contain the tags field. Tag functions have been upgraded on the cloud platform. After the upgrade, the tag values returned by the system comply with the following rules: The key and value of a tag are connected using an equal sign (=), for example, key=value. If the value is empty, only the key is returned. Range N/A
status	String	Definition Specifies the ECS status. Range ACTIVE, BUILD, ERROR, HARD_REBOOT, MIGRATING, REBOOT, RESIZE, REVERT_RESIZE, SHELVED, SHELVED_OFFLOADED, SHUTOFF, UNKNOWN, and VERIFY_RESIZE For details, see ECS Statuses.
OS-EXT-SRV-ATTR:hostname	String	Definition Specifies the new host name of the ECS. Range N/A

**Table 6** Data structure of the network which an ECS accesses
Parameter	Type	Description
addr	String	Definition Specifies the IP address. Range N/A
version	Integer	Definition Specifies the IP address type. Range 4: The type of the IP address is IPv4. 6: The type of the IP address is IPv6.

**Table 7** **flavor** field description
Parameter	Type	Description
id	String	Definition Specifies the ECS ID. Range N/A
links	Array of objects	Definition Specifies shortcut links for ECS types. For details, see Table 8. Range N/A

**Table 8** **links** field description
Parameter	Type	Description
rel	String	Definition Specifies the shortcut link marker name. Range N/A
href	String	Definition Provides the shortcut link. Range N/A

Example Request

Change the ECS name to new-server-test.

PUT  https://{endpoint}/v1/{project_id}/cloudservers/{server_id}

{
    "server": {
        "name": "new-server-test"
    }
}

Example Response

{
  "server": {
    "tenant_id": "66c860cb130b465fbafcdee43fb09c64",
    "image": "",
    "accessIPv4": "",
    "addresses": {
      "01d7aef8-442b-408e-b82f-13afff51e4e4": [
        {
          "addr": "192.168.26.22",
          "version": 4
        }
      ]
    },
    "metadata": {
      "virtual_env_type": "FusionCompute"
    },
    "description": "",
    "accessIPv6": "",
    "created": "2019-04-25T11:52:53Z",
    "OS-EXT-SRV-ATTR:user_data": "",
    "hostId": "57d278e7c53d07cd34fad3ba4fdc9f3d779017d0879726d83b45a22a",
    "OS-EXT-SRV-ATTR:hostname": "new-test-hostname",
    "flavor": {
      "links": [
        {
          "rel": "bookmark",
          "href": "https://None/66c860cb130b465fbafcdee43fb09c64/flavors/s2.large.2"
        }
      ],
      "id": "s2.large.2"
    },
    "OS-DCF:diskConfig": "MANUAL",
    "user_id": "f88581d53be64716a985c66ca28c75f6",
    "name": "new-test-hostname",
    "progress": 0,
    "links": [
      {
        "rel": "self",
        "href": "https://None/v2/66c860cb130b465fbafcdee43fb09c64/servers/24930df0-db4c-4a8b-8914-d0bd558564b0"
      },
      {
        "rel": "bookmark",
        "href": "https://None/66c860cb130b465fbafcdee43fb09c64/servers/24930df0-db4c-4a8b-8914-d0bd558564b0"
      }
    ],
    "id": "24930df0-db4c-4a8b-8914-d0bd558564b0",
    "updated": "2019-04-28T08:15:36Z",
    "status": "ACTIVE"
  }
}