Create Block Device
Following disk custom properties can be passed while creating a block device:
1. dataStore: Defines name of the datastore in which the disk has to be provisioned.
2. storagePolicy: Defines name of the storage policy in which the disk has to be provisioned. If name of the datastore is specified in the custom properties then, datastore takes precedence.
3. provisioningType: Defines the type of provisioning. For eg. thick/thin.
The version of the API in yyyy-MM-dd format (UTC). For versioning information please refer to /iaas/api/about
Disk Specification instance
{
"name": "string",
"projectId": "e058",
"description": "string",
"capacityInGB": 78,
"encrypted": true,
"sourceReference": "ami-0d4cfd66",
"diskContentBase64": "dGVzdA",
"constraints": [
{
"mandatory": false,
"expression": "ha:strong"
}
],
"tags": [
{
"key": "string",
"value": "string"
}
]
}
A human-friendly name used as an identifier in APIs that support this option.
The id of the project the current user belongs to.
A human-friendly description.
Capacity of the block device in GB.
Indicates whether the block device should be encrypted or not.
Reference to URI using which the block device has to be created.
Content of a disk, base64 encoded.
Additional custom properties that may be used toextend the block device.
Constraints that are used to drive placement policies for the block device that is produced from this specification. Constraint expressions are matched against tags on existing placement targets.
A set of tag keys and optional values that should be set on any resource that is produced from this specification.
successful operation
{
"progress": 90,
"message": "In Progress",
"status": "FINISHED",
"resources": [
"string"
],
"name": "Power-off",
"id": "we655aew4e8e",
"selfLink": "/.../request-tracker/we655aew4e8e"
}
Progress of the request as percentage.
Status message of the request.
Status of the request.
Collection of resources.
Name of the operation.
ID of this request.
Self link of this request.
Invalid Request - bad data
Forbidden