Chapter 11. Applications
This chapter provides information on API resources that allow a client to create and manage OpenShift applications. OpenShift supports a number of application frameworks such as PHP, JBoss, and Ruby.
The following table describes each parameter associated with an OpenShift application.
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
name | Name of the application. |
framework | Application framework. For example, JBoss, PHP, or Ruby. |
domain_id | The domain ID of the application. |
embedded | List of cartridges that have been added to this application. |
creation_time | Time the application was created. |
scalable | Whether application is scaled or not scaled. The values are either true or false. |
gear_count | Number of gears for this application. |
gear_profile | Gear size of an application. For example, small. |
aliases | Application server aliases, if applicable. |
app_url | The URL to access this application. |
git_url | The URL to access the Git repository for this application. |
ssh_url | The URL to access this application using an SSH terminal. |
health_check_path | The URL to check if the application is running. |
uuid | Unique identifier for this application. |
initial_git_url | The URL that was used to initialize the Git repository for this application. |
11.1. Resolve DNS
Description
Check whether the DNS is created with an actual DNS nameserver lookup that is not subject to caching. When DNS availability is checked with the client tools, the value gets cached for approximately 30 seconds. This REST API call checks for DNS availability by directly querying the DNS servers.
Method and URL Structure
Method URL Structure GET /broker/rest/application/:id/dns_resolvable
Request Parameters
Not applicable
cURL Command Example
$ curl GET https://openshift.redhat.com/broker/rest/applications/534253991015616165707776/dns_resolvable --user user@example.com
JSON Response
The following is an example of the API response if the DNS is resolvable. If the DNS is not resolved an error message is returned.
{
"api_version": 1.6,
"data": true,
"messages": [
{
"exit_code": 0,
"field": null,
"severity": "info",
"text": "Resolved DNS myapp-mydomain.rhcloud.com"
}
],
"status": "ok",
"supported_api_versions": [
1.0,
1.1,
1.2,
1.3,
1.4,
1.5,
1.6
],
"type": "boolean",
"version": "1.6"
}
