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Triggering an ECS Kernel Dump

Function

This API is used to trigger an ECS kernel dump.

Constraints

  • Kunpeng ECS flavors do not support kernel dumps.
  • Only ECSs in the following states can be dumped: ACTIVE, PAUSED, RESCUED, RESIZED, and ERROR.

Debugging

You can debug this API in API Explorer.

Authorization

Each account has all of the permissions required to call all APIs, but IAM users must have the required permissions specifically assigned.
  • If you are using role/policy-based authorization, see the required permissions in Permissions and Supported Actions.
  • If you are using identity policy-based authorization, the permissions listed below are required.

Action

Access Level

Resource Type (*: required)

Condition Key

Alias

Dependencies

ecs:cloudServers:triggerCrashDump

write

instance *

-

-

-

URI

POST /v1/{project_id}/cloudservers/{server_id}/actions/trigger-crash-dump

Table 1 describes the parameters in the URI.

Table 1 Path parameters

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.

You can obtain the ECS ID from the console or by following the instructions provided in "Querying Details About an ECS" in the Elastic Cloud Server API Reference.

Request

None.

Response

None.

Example Request

Trigger an ECS kernel dump.

POST https://{endpoint}/v1/{project_id}/cloudservers/{server_id}/actions/trigger-crash-dump

Example Response

{}

Returned Values

See Returned Values for General Requests.

Error Codes

See Error Codes.

Parent topic: Status Management