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Miscellaneous server operations#

Limits Operation
Used Limits Operation
Console Operation
Quota Operation
Extensions Operations

This section covers the following miscellaneous server operations:

Retrieve list of rate and absolute limits#

GET /limits

This operation retrieves the current rate limits and absolute limits for your account.

Applications can programmatically determine current account limits by using this API operation.

This table shows the possible response codes for this operation:

Response Code Name Description
200 Success Request succeeded.
400 Error A general error has occured.
401 Unauthorized Unauthorized.
403 Forbidden Forbidden.
405 Bad Method Bad method.
409 Conflicting Reqest Conflicting request.
413 Over Limit The number of items returned is above the allowed limit.
500 API Fault API fault.
503 Service Unavailable The requested service is unavailable.

Request#

This operation does not accept a request body.

Example Retrieve list of rate and absolute limits: JSON request

X-Auth-Token: f064c46a782c444cb4ba4b6434288f7c
Content-Type: application/json
Accept: application/json

Response#

This table shows the body parameters for the response:

Name Type Description
limits Object The container of limits attributes.
limits.absolute Object The container of absolute limits attributes.
limits.absolute.maxTotalRAMSize Int The maximum amount of RAM allowed.
limits.absolute.totalRAMUsed Int The total amount of RAM used.
limits.absolute.maxServerMeta Int The maximum allowed server metadata items.
limits.absolute.maxImageMeta Int The maximum allowed image metadata items.
limits.absolute.maxPersonality Int The maximum number of personality files.
limits.absolute.maxPersonalitySize Int The size of the personality files.
limits.rate Array The array of rate objects.
limits.rate.limit Array The array of rate limit objects.
limits.rate.limit.next-available Date The next available rate limit date and time.
limits.rate.limit.verb String The HTTP operation.
limits.rate.limit. value String The max allowed time in units.
limits.rate.limit.remaining Date The time remaining for the rate limit in units.
limits.rate.limit.unit Date The type of unit for the rate limit. For example, DAY or MINUTE.

Example Retrieve list of rate and absolute limits: JSON response

Status Code: 200 OK
Content-Length: 3010
Content-Type: application/json
Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2015 20:23:18 GMT, Wed, 18 Mar 2015 20:23:19 GMT
Server: Jetty(9.2.z-SNAPSHOT)
Via: 1.1 Repose (Repose/6.2.1.2)
X-Compute-Request-Id: req-48d05db0-dd97-4aef-87f2-11177ab8c262

{
    "limits": {
        "absolute": {
            "totalSnapshotsUsed": 0,
            "maxTotalVolumeGigabytes": 1000,
            "totalGigabytesUsed": 0,
            "maxTotalSnapshots": 10,
            "totalVolumesUsed": 0,
            "maxTotalVolumes": 10
        },
        "rate": [
            {
                "limit": [
                    {
                        "next-available": "2012-09-10T20:11:45.146Z",
                        "remaining": 0,
                        "unit": "DAY",
                        "value": 0,
                        "verb": "POST"
                    },
                    {
                        "next-available": "2012-09-10T20:11:45.146Z",
                        "remaining": 0,
                        "unit": "MINUTE",
                        "value": 0,
                        "verb": "GET"
                    }
                ],
                "regex": "/v[^/]/(\\d+)/(rax-networks)/?.*",
                "uri": "/rax-networks"
            }
        ]
    }
}

Retrieve list of limits including used limits#

GET /limits

This operation retrieves the current rate limits and absolute limits for your account including used limits.

This extension expands the limits operation to show the project usage, including RAM and instance quotas usage.

In the following example, the totalRAMUsed value is an extended attribute.

This table shows the possible response codes for this operation:

Response Code Name Description
200 Success Request succeeded.
400 Error A general error has occured.
401 Unauthorized Unauthorized.
403 Forbidden Forbidden.
405 Bad Method Bad method.
409 Conflicting Reqest Conflicting request.
413 Over Limit The number of items returned is above the allowed limit.
500 API Fault API fault.
503 Service Unavailable The requested service is unavailable.

Request#

This operation does not accept a request body.

Example Retrieve list of limits including used limits: JSON request

X-Auth-Token: f064c46a782c444cb4ba4b6434288f7c
Content-Type: application/json
Accept: application/json

Response#

This table shows the body parameters for the response:

Name Type Description
limits Object The container of limits attributes.
limits.absolute Object The container of absolute limits attributes.
limits.absolute.maxTotalRAMSize Int The maximum amount of RAM allowed.
limits.absolute.totalRAMUsed Int The total amount of RAM used.
limits.absolute.maxServerMeta Int The maximum allowed server metadata items.
limits.absolute.maxImageMeta Int The maximum allowed image metadata items.
limits.absolute.maxPersonality Int The maximum number of personality files.
limits.absolute.maxPersonalitySize Int The size of the personality files.
limits.rate Array The array of rate objects.
limits.rate.limit Array The array of rate limit objects.
limits.rate.limit.next-available Date The next available rate limit date and time.
limits.rate.limit.verb String The HTTP operation.
limits.rate.limit.value String The max allowed time in units.
limits.rate.limit.remaining Date The time remaining for the rate limit in units.
limits.rate.limit.unit Date The type of unit for the rate limit. For example, DAY or MINUTE.

Example Retrieve list of limits including used limits: JSON response

{
  "limits": {
     "rate": [
       {
         "uri": "*",
             "regex": ".*",
             "limit": [
               {
                 "value": 10,
                 "verb": "POST",
                 "remaining": 2,
                 "unit": "MINUTE",
                 "next-available": "2011-12-15T22:42:45Z"
               },
               {
                 "value": 10,
                 "verb": "PUT",
                 "remaining": 2,
                 "unit": "MINUTE",
                 "next-available": "2011-12-15T22:42:45Z"
               },
               {
                 "value": 100,
                 "verb": "DELETE",
                 "remaining": 100,
                 "unit": "MINUTE",
                 "next-available": "2011-12-15T22:42:45Z"
               }
             ]
       },
       {
         "uri": "*changes-since*",
         "regex": "changes-since",
         "limit": [
           {
             "value": 3,
             "verb": "GET",
             "remaining": 3,
             "unit": "MINUTE",
             "next-available": "2011-12-15T22:42:45Z"
           }
         ]
       },
       {
         "uri": "*/servers",
         "regex": "^/servers",
         "limit": [
           {
             "verb": "POST",
             "value": 25,
             "remaining": 24,
             "unit": "DAY",
             "next-available": "2011-12-15T22:42:45Z"
           }
         ]
       }
     ],
     "absolute": {
         "maxTotalRAMSize": 51200,
         "totalRAMUsed": 1024,
         "maxServerMeta": 5,
         "maxImageMeta": 5,
         "maxPersonality": 5,
         "maxPersonalitySize": 10240
     }
   }
}

Get console#

POST /servers/{server_id}/action

This operation returns a URL which you use with either a java client or an HTML-based novnc console to open a console connection to your server.

In the URI, specify the server ID.

To use the URL returned from this operation with the java option, you should download and install a VNC Viewer like Real VNC or Tight VNC. Then, from the directory where you saved the Vnc Viewer, run the following command (using the installed jar and the URL from the operation response body):

java -jar VncViewer.jar URL {returnedURL}

To use the URL returned from this operation with the HTML novnc option, open a browser and copy the URL to the address bar of the browser.

The following table shows the possible response codes for this operation:

Response Code Name Description
200 203 Success Request succeeded.
400 Error A general error has occured.
401 Unauthorized Unauthorized.
403 Forbidden Forbidden.
405 Bad Method Bad method.
409 Conflicting Reqest Conflicting request.
413 Over Limit The number of items returned is above the allowed limit.
500 API Fault API fault.
503 Service Unavailable The requested service is unavailable.

Request#

The following table shows the URI parameters for the request:

Name Type Description
{server_id} Uuid The UUID for the server.

The following table shows the body parameters for the request:

Name Type Description
os- getVNCConsole Object A container for console request.
os- getVNCConsole.type String A key pair with the type of vnc console, containing the value "xvpvnc" or "novnc".

Example Get console - java: JSON request

X-Auth-Token: f064c46a782c444cb4ba4b6434288f7c
Content-Type: application/json
Accept: application/json

{
    "os-getVNCConsole":
        {
            "type": "xvpvnc"
        }
}

Example Get console - novnc: JSON request

X-Auth-Token: f064c46a782c444cb4ba4b6434288f7c
Content-Type: application/json
Accept: application/json

{
    "os-getVNCConsole":
        {
            "type": "novnc"
        }
}

Response#

The following table shows the body parameters for the response:

Name Type Description
console Object A container for console response.
console. url String The URL for the console for the specified server. Open this URL in a browser to open a VNC console to the server.
console.type String The type of VNC console to the server, for example "xvpvnc".

Example Get console - java: JSON response

Status Code: 200 OK
Content-Length: 143
Content-Type: application/json
Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2015 17:38:17 GMT, Tue, 30 Jun 2015 17:38:19 GMT
Server: Jetty(9.2.z-SNAPSHOT)
Via: 1.1 Repose (Repose/6.2.1.2)
X-Compute-Request-Id: req-910673e3-3b1c-45ce-9f87-6c2eea304692

{
  "console": {
    "url": "https://dfw.servers.console.rackspacecloud.com:443/console?token=b40c6057-4bcb-4ee7-a359-dcecc752b379",
    "type": "xvpvnc"
  }
}

Example Get console - novnc: JSON response

Status Code: 200 OK
Content-Length: 143
Content-Type: application/json
Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2015 17:345:17 GMT, Tue, 30 Jun 2015 17:45:19 GMT
Server: Jetty(9.2.z-SNAPSHOT)
Via: 1.1 Repose (Repose/6.2.1.2)
X-Compute-Request-Id: req-9235673f2-4a1d-75cc-2a22-5d3fef994122

{
  "console": {
    "url": "https://dfw.servers.console.rackspacecloud.com:443/console?token=a71d5697-2aca-5ea2-d991-abad292b351",
    "type": "novnc"
  }
}

Retrieve quotas#

GET /os-quota-sets/{tenant_id}

This operation shows current quotas for a tenant.

In the URI, specify the tenant ID.

This table shows the possible response codes for this operation:

Response Code Name Description
200 203 Success Request succeeded.
400 Error A general error has occured.
401 Unauthorized Unauthorized.
403 Forbidden Forbidden.
405 Bad Method Bad method.
409 Conflicting Reqest Conflicting request.
413 Over Limit The number of items returned is above the allowed limit.
500 API Fault API fault.
503 Service Unavailable The requested service is unavailable.

Request#

This table shows the URI parameters for the request:

Name Type Description
{tenant_id} String The tenant id.

This operation does not accept a request body.

Example Retrieve quotas: JSON request

X-Auth-Token: f064c46a782c444cb4ba4b6434288f7c
Content-Type: application/json
Accept: application/json

Response#

This table shows the body parameters for the response:

Name Type Description
quota-set Object The container of quota- sets.
quota-set.ram Int The quota for ram.
quota-set.instances Uuid The quota for instances.
quota-set.metadata-items Uuid The quota for metadata- items.

Example Retrieve quotas: JSON response

Status Code: 200 OK
Content-Length: 513
Content-Type: application/json
Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2015 17:33:12 GMT, Fri, 10 Jul 2015 17:33:12 GMT
Server: Jetty(9.2.z-SNAPSHOT)
Via: 1.1 Repose (Repose/6.2.1.2)
X-Compute-Request-Id: req-01fb912a-5a59-4ac1-80d6-368c2a2e0df8

{
  "quota_set": {
    "injected_file_content_bytes": 1000,
    "metadata_items": 40,
    "ram": 131072,
    "security_group_rules": -1,
    "onmetal-memory-v1-ram": 131072,
    "onmetal-compute-v1-instances": 100,
    "onmetal-compute-v1-ram": 131072,
    "networks": 10,
    "floating_ips": -1,
    "key_pairs": 100,
    "id": "1234567",
    "instances": 100,
    "onmetal-memory-v1-instances": 100,
    "injected_files": 5,
    "onmetal-io-v1-instances": 100,
    "cores": -1,
    "onmetal-io-v1-ram": 131072,
    "fixed_ips": -1,
    "injected_file_path_bytes": 255,
    "security_groups": -1
  }
}

Retrieve list of extensions#

GET /extensions

This operation retrieves the list of available extensions.

This table shows the possible response codes for this operation:

Response Code Name Description
200 Success Request succeeded.
400 Error A general error has occured.
401 Unauthorized Unauthorized.
403 Forbidden Forbidden.
405 Bad Method Bad method.
409 Conflicting Reqest Conflicting request.
413 Over Limit The number of items returned is above the allowed limit.
500 API Fault API fault.
503 Service Unavailable The requested service is unavailable.

Request#

This operation does not accept a request body.

Example Retrieve list of extensions: JSON request

X-Auth-Token: f064c46a782c444cb4ba4b6434288f7c
Content-Type: application/json
Accept: application/json

Response#

This table shows the body parameters for the response:

Name Type Description
extensions Array The array of extensions.
extensions.updated Date The most recent update date for the extension.
extensions.name String The name of the extension.
extensions.links Array The array of links for the extension.
extensions.namespace String The namespace of the extension.
extensions.alias String The alias, or short name, of the extension.
extensions.description String The description of the extension.

Example Retrieve list of extensions: JSON response

The following example shows only a few extensions in the list for brevity.

Status Code: 200 OK
Content-Length: 6045
Content-Type: application/json
Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2015 19:53:39 GMT, Fri, 10 Jul 2015 19:53:39 GMT
Server: Jetty(9.2.z-SNAPSHOT)
Via: 1.1 Repose (Repose/6.2.1.2)
X-Compute-Request-Id: req-79e5a4fe-81ca-4965-b616-6935bab482b3

{
  "extensions": [
    {
      "updated": "2011-09-27T00:00:00Z",
      "name": "DiskConfig",
      "links": [],
      "namespace": "http://docs.openstack.org/compute/ext/disk_config/api/v1.1",
      "alias": "OS-DCF",
      "description": "Disk Management Extension."
    },
    {
      "updated": "2012-03-07T14:46:43Z",
      "name": "OSNetworksV2",
      "links": [],
      "namespace": "http://docs.openstack.org/ext/services/api/v1.1",
      "alias": "os-networksv2",
      "description": "Admin-only Network Management Extension."
    },
    {
      "updated": "2011-08-17T00:00:00Z",
      "name": "VirtualInterfaces",
      "links": [],
      "namespace": "http://docs.openstack.org/compute/ext/virtual_interfacesv2/api/v1.1",
      "alias": "os-virtual-interfacesv2",
      "description": "Virtual interface support."
    },
    {
      "updated": "2013-03-20T00:00:00Z",
      "name": "ScheduledImages",
      "links": [],
      "namespace": "http://docs.openstack.org/servers/api/ext/scheduled_images/v1.0",
      "alias": "rax-si-image-schedule",
      "description": "Enables automatic scheduled images to be taken of a server."
    }
  ]
}

Retrieve details for the specified extension#

GET /extensions/{alias}

This operation retrieves a specified extension's details.

An unavailable extension issues an itemNotFound (404) response.

This table shows the possible response codes for this operation:

Response Code Name Description
200 Success Request succeeded.
400 Error A general error has occured.
401 Unauthorized Unauthorized.
403 Forbidden Forbidden.
405 Bad Method Bad method.
409 Conflicting Reqest Conflicting request.
413 Over Limit The number of items returned is above the allowed limit.
500 API Fault API fault.
503 Service Unavailable The requested service is unavailable.

Request#

This table shows the URI parameters for the request:

Name Type Description
{alias} Uuid The alias, which is a name for a pointer to a resource. For example, a named extension.

This operation does not accept a request body.

Example Retrieve details for the specified extension: JSON request

X-Auth-Token: f064c46a782c444cb4ba4b6434288f7c
Content-Type: application/json
Accept: application/json

Response#

This table shows the body parameters for the response:

Name Type Description
extension Object The container of extensions attributes.
extension.updated Date The most recent update date for the extension.
extension.name String The name of the extension.
extension.links Array The array of links for the extension.
extension.namespace String The namespace of the extension.
extension.alias String The alias, or short name, of the extension.
extension.description String The description of the extension.

Example Retrieve details for the specified extension: JSON response

Status Code: 200 OK
Content-Length: 257
Content-Type: application/json
Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2015 19:56:53 GMT, Fri, 10 Jul 2015 19:56:54 GMT
Server: Jetty(9.2.z-SNAPSHOT)
Via: 1.1 Repose (Repose/6.2.1.2)
X-Compute-Request-Id: req-d612f98f-d446-493c-a1ba-6869828f8a80

{
  "extension": {
    "updated": "2011-08-17T00:00:00Z",
    "name": "VirtualInterfaces",
    "links": [],
    "namespace": "http://docs.openstack.org/compute/ext/virtual_interfacesv2/api/v1.1",
    "alias": "os-virtual-interfacesv2",
    "description": "Virtual interface support."
  }
}