Chapter 6. Services


This section enumerates all the services that are available in the API.

6.1. AffinityGroup

This service manages a single affinity group.

Table 6.1. Methods summary
NameSummary

get

Retrieve the affinity group details.

remove

Remove the affinity group.

update

Update the affinity group.

6.1.1. get GET

Retrieve the affinity group details.

<affinity_group id="00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000">
  <name>AF_GROUP_001</name>
  <cluster id="00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000"/>
  <positive>true</positive>
  <enforcing>true</enforcing>
</affinity_group>
Table 6.2. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

group

AffinityGroup

Out

The affinity group.

6.1.1.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.1.2. remove DELETE

Remove the affinity group.

DELETE /ovirt-engine/api/clusters/000-000/affinitygroups/123-456
Table 6.3. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the removal should be performed asynchronously.

6.1.3. update PUT

Update the affinity group.

Table 6.4. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the update should be performed asynchronously.

group

AffinityGroup

In/Out

The affinity group.

6.2. AffinityGroupHost

This service manages a single host to affinity group assignment.

Table 6.5. Methods summary
NameSummary

remove

Remove host from the affinity group.

6.2.1. remove DELETE

Remove host from the affinity group.

Table 6.6. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the removal should be performed asynchronously.

6.3. AffinityGroupHostLabel

This service manages a single host label assigned to an affinity group.

Table 6.7. Methods summary
NameSummary

remove

Remove this label from the affinity group.

6.3.1. remove DELETE

Remove this label from the affinity group.

Table 6.8. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the removal should be performed asynchronously.

6.4. AffinityGroupHostLabels

This service manages a collection of all host labels assigned to an affinity group.

Table 6.9. Methods summary
NameSummary

add

Adds a host label to the affinity group.

list

List all host labels assigned to this affinity group.

6.4.1. add POST

Adds a host label to the affinity group.

For example, to add the label 789 to the affinity group 456 of cluster 123, send a request like this:

POST /ovirt-engine/api/clusters/123/affinitygroups/456/hostlabels

With the following body:

<affinity_label id="789"/>
Table 6.10. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

label

AffinityLabel

In/Out

The AffinityLabel object to add to the affinity group.

6.4.2. list GET

List all host labels assigned to this affinity group.

The order of the returned labels isn’t guaranteed.

Table 6.11. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

labels

AffinityLabel[]

Out

Host labels assigned to the affinity group.

max

Integer

In

Sets the maximum number of host labels to return.

6.4.2.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.4.2.2. max

Sets the maximum number of host labels to return. If not specified, all the labels are returned.

6.5. AffinityGroupHosts

This service manages a collection of all hosts assigned to an affinity group.

Table 6.12. Methods summary
NameSummary

add

Adds a host to the affinity group.

list

List all hosts assigned to this affinity group.

6.5.1. add POST

Adds a host to the affinity group.

For example, to add the host 789 to the affinity group 456 of cluster 123, send a request like this:

POST /ovirt-engine/api/clusters/123/affinitygroups/456/hosts

With the following body:

<host id="789"/>
Table 6.13. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

host

Host

In/Out

The host to be added to the affinity group.

6.5.2. list GET

List all hosts assigned to this affinity group.

The order of the returned hosts isn’t guaranteed.

Table 6.14. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

hosts

Host[]

Out

The list of hosts assigned to this affinity group.

max

Integer

In

Sets the maximum number of hosts to return.

6.5.2.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.5.2.2. max

Sets the maximum number of hosts to return. If not specified, all the hosts are returned.

6.6. AffinityGroupVm

This service manages a single virtual machine to affinity group assignment.

Table 6.15. Methods summary
NameSummary

remove

Remove this virtual machine from the affinity group.

6.6.1. remove DELETE

Remove this virtual machine from the affinity group.

Table 6.16. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the removal should be performed asynchronously.

6.7. AffinityGroupVmLabel

This service manages a single virtual machine label assigned to an affinity group.

Table 6.17. Methods summary
NameSummary

remove

Remove this label from the affinity group.

6.7.1. remove DELETE

Remove this label from the affinity group.

Table 6.18. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the removal should be performed asynchronously.

6.8. AffinityGroupVmLabels

This service manages a collection of all virtual machine labels assigned to an affinity group.

Table 6.19. Methods summary
NameSummary

add

Adds a virtual machine label to the affinity group.

list

List all virtual machine labels assigned to this affinity group.

6.8.1. add POST

Adds a virtual machine label to the affinity group.

For example, to add the label 789 to the affinity group 456 of cluster 123, send a request like this:

POST /ovirt-engine/api/clusters/123/affinitygroups/456/vmlabels

With the following body:

<affinity_label id="789"/>
Table 6.20. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

label

AffinityLabel

In/Out

The AffinityLabel object to add to the affinity group.

6.8.2. list GET

List all virtual machine labels assigned to this affinity group.

The order of the returned labels isn’t guaranteed.

Table 6.21. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

labels

AffinityLabel[]

Out

Virtual machine labels assigned to the affinity group.

max

Integer

In

Sets the maximum number of virtual machine labels to return.

6.8.2.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.8.2.2. max

Sets the maximum number of virtual machine labels to return. If not specified, all the labels are returned.

6.9. AffinityGroupVms

This service manages a collection of all the virtual machines assigned to an affinity group.

Table 6.22. Methods summary
NameSummary

add

Adds a virtual machine to the affinity group.

list

List all virtual machines assigned to this affinity group.

6.9.1. add POST

Adds a virtual machine to the affinity group.

For example, to add the virtual machine 789 to the affinity group 456 of cluster 123, send a request like this:

POST /ovirt-engine/api/clusters/123/affinitygroups/456/vms

With the following body:

<vm id="789"/>
Table 6.23. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

vm

Vm

In/Out

 

6.9.2. list GET

List all virtual machines assigned to this affinity group.

The order of the returned virtual machines isn’t guaranteed.

Table 6.24. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

max

Integer

In

Sets the maximum number of virtual machines to return.

vms

Vm[]

Out

 

6.9.2.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.9.2.2. max

Sets the maximum number of virtual machines to return. If not specified, all the virtual machines are returned.

6.10. AffinityGroups

The affinity groups service manages virtual machine relationships and dependencies.

Table 6.25. Methods summary
NameSummary

add

Create a new affinity group.

list

List existing affinity groups.

6.10.1. add POST

Create a new affinity group.

Post a request like in the example below to create a new affinity group:

POST /ovirt-engine/api/clusters/000-000/affinitygroups

And use the following example in its body:

<affinity_group>
  <name>AF_GROUP_001</name>
  <hosts_rule>
    <enforcing>true</enforcing>
    <positive>true</positive>
  </hosts_rule>
  <vms_rule>
    <enabled>false</enabled>
  </vms_rule>
</affinity_group>
Table 6.26. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

group

AffinityGroup

In/Out

The affinity group object to create.

6.10.2. list GET

List existing affinity groups.

The order of the affinity groups results isn’t guaranteed.

Table 6.27. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

groups

AffinityGroup[]

Out

The list of existing affinity groups.

max

Integer

In

Sets the maximum number of affinity groups to return.

6.10.2.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.10.2.2. max

Sets the maximum number of affinity groups to return. If not specified all the affinity groups are returned.

6.11. AffinityLabel

The details of a single affinity label.

Table 6.28. Methods summary
NameSummary

get

Retrieves the details of a label.

remove

Removes a label from the system and clears all assignments of the removed label.

update

Updates a label.

6.11.1. get GET

Retrieves the details of a label.

Table 6.29. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

label

AffinityLabel

Out

 

6.11.1.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.11.2. remove DELETE

Removes a label from the system and clears all assignments of the removed label.

6.11.3. update PUT

Updates a label. This call will update all metadata, such as the name or description.

Table 6.30. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

label

AffinityLabel

In/Out

 

6.12. AffinityLabelHost

This service represents a host that has a specific label when accessed through the affinitylabels/hosts subcollection.

Table 6.31. Methods summary
NameSummary

get

Retrieves details about a host that has this label assigned.

remove

Remove a label from a host.

6.12.1. get GET

Retrieves details about a host that has this label assigned.

Table 6.32. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

host

Host

Out

 

6.12.1.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.12.2. remove DELETE

Remove a label from a host.

6.13. AffinityLabelHosts

This service represents list of hosts that have a specific label when accessed through the affinitylabels/hosts subcollection.

Table 6.33. Methods summary
NameSummary

add

Add a label to a host.

list

List all hosts with the label.

6.13.1. add POST

Add a label to a host.

Table 6.34. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

host

Host

In/Out

 

6.13.2. list GET

List all hosts with the label.

The order of the returned hosts isn’t guaranteed.

Table 6.35. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

hosts

Host[]

Out

 

6.13.2.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.14. AffinityLabelVm

This service represents a vm that has a specific label when accessed through the affinitylabels/vms subcollection.

Table 6.36. Methods summary
NameSummary

get

Retrieves details about a vm that has this label assigned.

remove

Remove a label from a vm.

6.14.1. get GET

Retrieves details about a vm that has this label assigned.

Table 6.37. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

vm

Vm

Out

 

6.14.1.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.14.2. remove DELETE

Remove a label from a vm.

6.15. AffinityLabelVms

This service represents list of vms that have a specific label when accessed through the affinitylabels/vms subcollection.

Table 6.38. Methods summary
NameSummary

add

Add a label to a vm.

list

List all virtual machines with the label.

6.15.1. add POST

Add a label to a vm.

Table 6.39. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

vm

Vm

In/Out

 

6.15.2. list GET

List all virtual machines with the label.

The order of the returned virtual machines isn’t guaranteed.

Table 6.40. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

vms

Vm[]

Out

 

6.15.2.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.16. AffinityLabels

Manages the affinity labels available in the system.

Table 6.41. Methods summary
NameSummary

add

Creates a new label.

list

Lists all labels present in the system.

6.16.1. add POST

Creates a new label. The label is automatically attached to all entities mentioned in the vms or hosts lists.

Table 6.42. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

label

AffinityLabel

In/Out

 

6.16.2. list GET

Lists all labels present in the system.

The order of the returned labels isn’t guaranteed.

Table 6.43. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

labels

AffinityLabel[]

Out

 

max

Integer

In

Sets the maximum number of labels to return.

6.16.2.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.16.2.2. max

Sets the maximum number of labels to return. If not specified all the labels are returned.

6.17. Area

This annotation is intended to specify what oVirt area is the annotated concept related to. Currently the following areas are in use, and they are closely related to the oVirt teams, but not necessarily the same:

  • Infrastructure
  • Network
  • SLA
  • Storage
  • Virtualization

A concept may be associated to more than one area, or to no area.

The value of this annotation is intended for reporting only, and it doesn’t affect at all the generated code or the validity of the model

6.18. AssignedAffinityLabel

This service represents one label to entity assignment when accessed using the entities/affinitylabels subcollection.

Table 6.44. Methods summary
NameSummary

get

Retrieves details about the attached label.

remove

Removes the label from an entity.

6.18.1. get GET

Retrieves details about the attached label.

Table 6.45. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

label

AffinityLabel

Out

 

6.18.1.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.18.2. remove DELETE

Removes the label from an entity. Does not touch the label itself.

6.19. AssignedAffinityLabels

This service is used to list and manipulate affinity labels that are assigned to supported entities when accessed using entities/affinitylabels.

Table 6.46. Methods summary
NameSummary

add

Attaches a label to an entity.

list

Lists all labels that are attached to an entity.

6.19.1. add POST

Attaches a label to an entity.

Table 6.47. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

label

AffinityLabel

In/Out

 

6.19.2. list GET

Lists all labels that are attached to an entity.

The order of the returned entities isn’t guaranteed.

Table 6.48. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

label

AffinityLabel[]

Out

 

6.19.2.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.20. AssignedCpuProfile

Table 6.49. Methods summary
NameSummary

get

 

remove

 

6.20.1. get GET

Table 6.50. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

profile

CpuProfile

Out

 

6.20.1.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.20.2. remove DELETE

Table 6.51. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the remove should be performed asynchronously.

6.21. AssignedCpuProfiles

Table 6.52. Methods summary
NameSummary

add

Add a new cpu profile for the cluster.

list

List the CPU profiles assigned to the cluster.

6.21.1. add POST

Add a new cpu profile for the cluster.

Table 6.53. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

profile

CpuProfile

In/Out

 

6.21.2. list GET

List the CPU profiles assigned to the cluster.

The order of the returned CPU profiles isn’t guaranteed.

Table 6.54. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

max

Integer

In

Sets the maximum number of profiles to return.

profiles

CpuProfile[]

Out

 

6.21.2.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.21.2.2. max

Sets the maximum number of profiles to return. If not specified all the profiles are returned.

6.22. AssignedDiskProfile

Table 6.55. Methods summary
NameSummary

get

 

remove

 

6.22.1. get GET

Table 6.56. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

disk_profile

DiskProfile

Out

 

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

6.22.1.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.22.2. remove DELETE

Table 6.57. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the remove should be performed asynchronously.

6.23. AssignedDiskProfiles

Table 6.58. Methods summary
NameSummary

add

Add a new disk profile for the storage domain.

list

Returns the list of disk profiles assigned to the storage domain.

6.23.1. add POST

Add a new disk profile for the storage domain.

Table 6.59. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

profile

DiskProfile

In/Out

 

6.23.2. list GET

Returns the list of disk profiles assigned to the storage domain.

The order of the returned disk profiles isn’t guaranteed.

Table 6.60. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

max

Integer

In

Sets the maximum number of profiles to return.

profiles

DiskProfile[]

Out

 

6.23.2.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.23.2.2. max

Sets the maximum number of profiles to return. If not specified all the profiles are returned.

6.24. AssignedPermissions

Represents a permission sub-collection, scoped by user, group or some entity type.

Table 6.61. Methods summary
NameSummary

add

Assign a new permission to a user or group for specific entity.

list

List all the permissions of the specific entity.

6.24.1. add POST

Assign a new permission to a user or group for specific entity.

For example, to assign the UserVmManager role to the virtual machine with id 123 to the user with id 456 send a request like this:

POST /ovirt-engine/api/vms/123/permissions

With a request body like this:

<permission>
  <role>
    <name>UserVmManager</name>
  </role>
  <user id="456"/>
</permission>

To assign the SuperUser role to the system to the user with id 456 send a request like this:

POST /ovirt-engine/api/permissions

With a request body like this:

<permission>
  <role>
    <name>SuperUser</name>
  </role>
  <user id="456"/>
</permission>

If you want to assign permission to the group instead of the user please replace the user element with the group element with proper id of the group. For example to assign the UserRole role to the cluster with id 123 to the group with id 789 send a request like this:

POST /ovirt-engine/api/clusters/123/permissions

With a request body like this:

<permission>
  <role>
    <name>UserRole</name>
  </role>
  <group id="789"/>
</permission>
Table 6.62. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

permission

Permission

In/Out

The permission.

6.24.2. list GET

List all the permissions of the specific entity.

For example to list all the permissions of the cluster with id 123 send a request like this:

GET /ovirt-engine/api/clusters/123/permissions
<permissions>
  <permission id="456">
    <cluster id="123"/>
    <role id="789"/>
    <user id="451"/>
  </permission>
  <permission id="654">
    <cluster id="123"/>
    <role id="789"/>
    <group id="127"/>
  </permission>
</permissions>

The order of the returned permissions isn’t guaranteed.

Table 6.63. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

permissions

Permission[]

Out

The list of permissions.

6.24.2.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.25. AssignedRoles

Represents a roles sub-collection, for example scoped by user.

Table 6.64. Methods summary
NameSummary

list

Returns the roles assigned to the permission.

6.25.1. list GET

Returns the roles assigned to the permission.

The order of the returned roles isn’t guaranteed.

Table 6.65. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

max

Integer

In

Sets the maximum number of roles to return.

roles

Role[]

Out

 

6.25.1.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.25.1.2. max

Sets the maximum number of roles to return. If not specified all the roles are returned.

6.26. AssignedTag

A service to manage assignment of specific tag to specific entities in system.

Table 6.66. Methods summary
NameSummary

get

Gets the information about the assigned tag.

remove

Unassign tag from specific entity in the system.

6.26.1. get GET

Gets the information about the assigned tag.

For example to retrieve the information about the tag with the id 456 which is assigned to virtual machine with id 123 send a request like this:

GET /ovirt-engine/api/vms/123/tags/456
<tag href="/ovirt-engine/api/tags/456" id="456">
  <name>root</name>
  <description>root</description>
  <vm href="/ovirt-engine/api/vms/123" id="123"/>
</tag>
Table 6.67. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

tag

Tag

Out

The assigned tag.

6.26.1.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.26.2. remove DELETE

Unassign tag from specific entity in the system.

For example to unassign the tag with id 456 from virtual machine with id 123 send a request like this:

DELETE /ovirt-engine/api/vms/123/tags/456
Table 6.68. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the remove should be performed asynchronously.

6.27. AssignedTags

A service to manage collection of assignment of tags to specific entities in system.

Table 6.69. Methods summary
NameSummary

add

Assign tag to specific entity in the system.

list

List all tags assigned to the specific entity.

6.27.1. add POST

Assign tag to specific entity in the system.

For example to assign tag mytag to virtual machine with the id 123 send a request like this:

POST /ovirt-engine/api/vms/123/tags

With a request body like this:

<tag>
  <name>mytag</name>
</tag>
Table 6.70. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

tag

Tag

In/Out

The assigned tag.

6.27.2. list GET

List all tags assigned to the specific entity.

For example to list all the tags of the virtual machine with id 123 send a request like this:

GET /ovirt-engine/api/vms/123/tags
<tags>
  <tag href="/ovirt-engine/api/tags/222" id="222">
    <name>mytag</name>
    <description>mytag</description>
    <vm href="/ovirt-engine/api/vms/123" id="123"/>
  </tag>
</tags>

The order of the returned tags isn’t guaranteed.

Table 6.71. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

max

Integer

In

Sets the maximum number of tags to return.

tags

Tag[]

Out

The list of assigned tags.

6.27.2.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.27.2.2. max

Sets the maximum number of tags to return. If not specified all the tags are returned.

6.28. AssignedVnicProfile

Table 6.72. Methods summary
NameSummary

get

 

remove

 

6.28.1. get GET

Table 6.73. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

profile

VnicProfile

Out

 

6.28.1.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.28.2. remove DELETE

Table 6.74. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the remove should be performed asynchronously.

6.29. AssignedVnicProfiles

Table 6.75. Methods summary
NameSummary

add

Add a new virtual network interface card profile for the network.

list

Returns the list of VNIC profiles assifned to the network.

6.29.1. add POST

Add a new virtual network interface card profile for the network.

Table 6.76. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

profile

VnicProfile

In/Out

 

6.29.2. list GET

Returns the list of VNIC profiles assifned to the network.

The order of the returned VNIC profiles isn’t guaranteed.

Table 6.77. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

max

Integer

In

Sets the maximum number of profiles to return.

profiles

VnicProfile[]

Out

 

6.29.2.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.29.2.2. max

Sets the maximum number of profiles to return. If not specified all the profiles are returned.

6.30. AttachedStorageDomain

Table 6.78. Methods summary
NameSummary

activate

This operation activates an attached storage domain.

deactivate

This operation deactivates an attached storage domain.

get

 

remove

 

6.30.1. activate POST

This operation activates an attached storage domain. Once the storage domain is activated it is ready for use with the data center.

POST /ovirt-engine/api/datacenters/123/storagedomains/456/activate

The activate action does not take any action specific parameters, so the request body should contain an empty action:

<action/>
Table 6.79. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the activation should be performed asynchronously.

6.30.2. deactivate POST

This operation deactivates an attached storage domain. Once the storage domain is deactivated it will not be used with the data center. For example, to deactivate storage domain 456, send the following request:

POST /ovirt-engine/api/datacenters/123/storagedomains/456/deactivate

With a request body like this:

<action/>

If the force parameter is true then the operation will succeed, even if the OVF update which takes place before the deactivation of the storage domain failed. If the force parameter is false and the OVF update failed, the deactivation of the storage domain will also fail.

Table 6.80. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the deactivation should be performed asynchronously.

force

Boolean

In

Indicates if the operation should succeed and the storage domain should be moved to a deactivated state, even if the OVF update for the storage domain failed.

6.30.2.1. force

Indicates if the operation should succeed and the storage domain should be moved to a deactivated state, even if the OVF update for the storage domain failed. For example, to deactivate storage domain 456 using force flag, send the following request:

POST /ovirt-engine/api/datacenters/123/storagedomains/456/deactivate

With a request body like this:

<action>
  <force>true</force>
<action>

This parameter is optional, and the default value is false.

6.30.3. get GET

Table 6.81. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

storage_domain

StorageDomain

Out

 

6.30.3.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.30.4. remove DELETE

Table 6.82. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the remove should be performed asynchronously.

6.31. AttachedStorageDomainDisk

Manages a single disk available in a storage domain attached to a data center.

Important

Since version 4.2 of the engine this service is intended only to list disks available in the storage domain, and to register unregistered disks. All the other operations, like copying a disk, moving a disk, etc, have been deprecated and will be removed in the future. To perform those operations use the service that manages all the disks of the system or the service that manages a specific disk.

Table 6.83. Methods summary
NameSummary

copy

Copies a disk to the specified storage domain.

export

Exports a disk to an export storage domain.

get

Retrieves the description of the disk.

move

Moves a disk to another storage domain.

register

Registers an unregistered disk.

remove

Removes a disk.

sparsify

Sparsify the disk.

update

Updates the disk.

6.31.1. copy POST

Copies a disk to the specified storage domain.

Important

Since version 4.2 of the engine this operation is deprecated, and preserved only for backwards compatibility. It will be removed in the future. To copy a disk use the copy operation of the service that manages that disk.

Table 6.84. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

disk

Disk

In

Description of the resulting disk.

storage_domain

StorageDomain

In

The storage domain where the new disk will be created.

6.31.2. export POST

Exports a disk to an export storage domain.

Important

Since version 4.2 of the engine this operation is deprecated, and preserved only for backwards compatibility. It will be removed in the future. To export a disk use the export operation of the service that manages that disk.

Table 6.85. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

storage_domain

StorageDomain

In

The export storage domain where the disk should be exported to.

6.31.3. get GET

Retrieves the description of the disk.

Table 6.86. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

disk

Disk

Out

The description of the disk.

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

6.31.3.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.31.4. move POST

Moves a disk to another storage domain.

Important

Since version 4.2 of the engine this operation is deprecated, and preserved only for backwards compatibility. It will be removed in the future. To move a disk use the move operation of the service that manages that disk.

Table 6.87. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the move should be performed asynchronously.

filter

Boolean

In

Indicates if the results should be filtered according to the permissions of the user.

storage_domain

StorageDomain

In

The storage domain where the disk will be moved to.

6.31.5. register POST

Registers an unregistered disk.

6.31.6. remove DELETE

Removes a disk.

Important

Since version 4.2 of the engine this operation is deprecated, and preserved only for backwards compatibility. It will be removed in the future. To remove a disk use the remove operation of the service that manages that disk.

6.31.7. sparsify POST

Sparsify the disk.

Important

Since version 4.2 of the engine this operation is deprecated, and preserved only for backwards compatibility. It will be removed in the future. To remove a disk use the remove operation of the service that manages that disk.

6.31.8. update PUT

Updates the disk.

Important

Since version 4.2 of the engine this operation is deprecated, and preserved only for backwards compatibility. It will be removed in the future. To update a disk use the update operation of the service that manages that disk.

Table 6.88. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

disk

Disk

In/Out

The update to apply to the disk.

6.32. AttachedStorageDomainDisks

Manages the collection of disks available inside an storage domain that is attached to a data center.

Table 6.89. Methods summary
NameSummary

add

Adds or registers a disk.

list

Retrieve the list of disks that are available in the storage domain.

6.32.1. add POST

Adds or registers a disk.

Important

Since version 4.2 of the engine this operation is deprecated, and preserved only for backwards compatibility. It will be removed in the future. To add a new disk use the add operation of the service that manages the disks of the system. To register an unregistered disk use the register operation of the service that manages that disk.

Table 6.90. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

disk

Disk

In/Out

The disk to add or register.

unregistered

Boolean

In

Indicates if a new disk should be added or if an existing unregistered disk should be registered.

6.32.1.1. unregistered

Indicates if a new disk should be added or if an existing unregistered disk should be registered. If the value is true then the identifier of the disk to register needs to be provided. For example, to register the disk with id 456 send a request like this:

POST /ovirt-engine/api/storagedomains/123/disks?unregistered=true

With a request body like this:

<disk id="456"/>

If the value is false then a new disk will be created in the storage domain. In that case the provisioned_size, format and name attributes are mandatory. For example, to create a new copy on write disk of 1 GiB, send a request like this:

POST /ovirt-engine/api/storagedomains/123/disks

With a request body like this:

<disk>
  <name>mydisk</name>
  <format>cow</format>
  <provisioned_size>1073741824</provisioned_size>
</disk>

The default value is false.

6.32.2. list GET

Retrieve the list of disks that are available in the storage domain.

Table 6.91. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

disks

Disk[]

Out

List of retrieved disks.

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

max

Integer

In

Sets the maximum number of disks to return.

6.32.2.1. disks

List of retrieved disks.

The order of the returned disks isn’t guaranteed.

6.32.2.2. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.32.2.3. max

Sets the maximum number of disks to return. If not specified all the disks are returned.

6.33. AttachedStorageDomains

Manages the storage domains attached to a data center.

Table 6.92. Methods summary
NameSummary

add

Attaches an existing storage domain to the data center.

list

Returns the list of storage domains attached to the data center.

6.33.1. add POST

Attaches an existing storage domain to the data center.

Table 6.93. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

storage_domain

StorageDomain

In/Out

The storage domain to attach to the data center.

6.33.2. list GET

Returns the list of storage domains attached to the data center.

The order of the returned storage domains isn’t guaranteed.

Table 6.94. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

max

Integer

In

Sets the maximum number of storage domains to return.

storage_domains

StorageDomain[]

Out

A list of storage domains that are attached to the data center.

6.33.2.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.33.2.2. max

Sets the maximum number of storage domains to return. If not specified all the storage domains are returned.

6.34. Balance

Table 6.95. Methods summary
NameSummary

get

 

remove

 

6.34.1. get GET

Table 6.96. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

balance

Balance

Out

 

filter

Boolean

In

Indicates if the results should be filtered according to the permissions of the user.

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

6.34.1.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.34.2. remove DELETE

Table 6.97. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the remove should be performed asynchronously.

6.35. Balances

Table 6.98. Methods summary
NameSummary

add

Add a balance module to a specified user defined scheduling policy.

list

Returns the list of balance modules used by the scheduling policy.

6.35.1. add POST

Add a balance module to a specified user defined scheduling policy.

Table 6.99. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

balance

Balance

In/Out

 

6.35.2. list GET

Returns the list of balance modules used by the scheduling policy.

The order of the returned balance modules isn’t guaranteed.

Table 6.100. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

balances

Balance[]

Out

 

filter

Boolean

In

Indicates if the results should be filtered according to the permissions of the user.

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

max

Integer

In

Sets the maximum number of balances to return.

6.35.2.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.35.2.2. max

Sets the maximum number of balances to return. If not specified all the balances are returned.

6.36. Bookmark

A service to manage a bookmark.

Table 6.101. Methods summary
NameSummary

get

Get a bookmark.

remove

Remove a bookmark.

update

Update a bookmark.

6.36.1. get GET

Get a bookmark.

An example for getting a bookmark:

GET /ovirt-engine/api/bookmarks/123
<bookmark href="/ovirt-engine/api/bookmarks/123" id="123">
  <name>example_vm</name>
  <value>vm: name=example*</value>
</bookmark>
Table 6.102. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

bookmark

Bookmark

Out

The requested bookmark.

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

6.36.1.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.36.2. remove DELETE

Remove a bookmark.

An example for removing a bookmark:

DELETE /ovirt-engine/api/bookmarks/123
Table 6.103. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the remove should be performed asynchronously.

6.36.3. update PUT

Update a bookmark.

An example for updating a bookmark:

PUT /ovirt-engine/api/bookmarks/123

With the request body:

<bookmark>
  <name>new_example_vm</name>
  <value>vm: name=new_example*</value>
</bookmark>
Table 6.104. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the update should be performed asynchronously.

bookmark

Bookmark

In/Out

The updated bookmark.

6.37. Bookmarks

A service to manage bookmarks.

Table 6.105. Methods summary
NameSummary

add

Adding a new bookmark.

list

Listing all the available bookmarks.

6.37.1. add POST

Adding a new bookmark.

Example of adding a bookmark:

POST /ovirt-engine/api/bookmarks
<bookmark>
  <name>new_example_vm</name>
  <value>vm: name=new_example*</value>
</bookmark>
Table 6.106. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

bookmark

Bookmark

In/Out

The added bookmark.

6.37.2. list GET

Listing all the available bookmarks.

Example of listing bookmarks:

GET /ovirt-engine/api/bookmarks
<bookmarks>
  <bookmark href="/ovirt-engine/api/bookmarks/123" id="123">
    <name>database</name>
    <value>vm: name=database*</value>
  </bookmark>
  <bookmark href="/ovirt-engine/api/bookmarks/456" id="456">
    <name>example</name>
    <value>vm: name=example*</value>
  </bookmark>
</bookmarks>

The order of the returned bookmarks isn’t guaranteed.

Table 6.107. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

bookmarks

Bookmark[]

Out

The list of available bookmarks.

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

max

Integer

In

Sets the maximum number of bookmarks to return.

6.37.2.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.37.2.2. max

Sets the maximum number of bookmarks to return. If not specified all the bookmarks are returned.

6.38. Cluster

A service to manage a specific cluster.

Table 6.108. Methods summary
NameSummary

get

Gets information about the cluster.

refreshglusterhealstatus

Refresh the Gluster heal info for all volumes in cluster.

remove

Removes the cluster from the system.

resetemulatedmachine

 

syncallnetworks

Synchronizes all networks on the cluster.

update

Updates information about the cluster.

upgrade

Start, update or finish upgrade process for the cluster based on the action value.

6.38.1. get GET

Gets information about the cluster.

An example of getting a cluster:

GET /ovirt-engine/api/clusters/123
<cluster href="/ovirt-engine/api/clusters/123" id="123">
  <actions>
    <link href="/ovirt-engine/api/clusters/123/resetemulatedmachine" rel="resetemulatedmachine"/>
  </actions>
  <name>Default</name>
  <description>The default server cluster</description>
  <link href="/ovirt-engine/api/clusters/123/networks" rel="networks"/>
  <link href="/ovirt-engine/api/clusters/123/permissions" rel="permissions"/>
  <link href="/ovirt-engine/api/clusters/123/glustervolumes" rel="glustervolumes"/>
  <link href="/ovirt-engine/api/clusters/123/glusterhooks" rel="glusterhooks"/>
  <link href="/ovirt-engine/api/clusters/123/affinitygroups" rel="affinitygroups"/>
  <link href="/ovirt-engine/api/clusters/123/cpuprofiles" rel="cpuprofiles"/>
  <ballooning_enabled>false</ballooning_enabled>
  <cpu>
    <architecture>x86_64</architecture>
    <type>Intel Nehalem Family</type>
  </cpu>
  <error_handling>
    <on_error>migrate</on_error>
  </error_handling>
  <fencing_policy>
    <enabled>true</enabled>
    <skip_if_connectivity_broken>
      <enabled>false</enabled>
      <threshold>50</threshold>
    </skip_if_connectivity_broken>
    <skip_if_sd_active>
      <enabled>false</enabled>
    </skip_if_sd_active>
  </fencing_policy>
  <gluster_service>false</gluster_service>
  <ha_reservation>false</ha_reservation>
  <ksm>
    <enabled>true</enabled>
    <merge_across_nodes>true</merge_across_nodes>
  </ksm>
  <memory_policy>
    <over_commit>
      <percent>100</percent>
    </over_commit>
    <transparent_hugepages>
      <enabled>true</enabled>
    </transparent_hugepages>
  </memory_policy>
  <migration>
    <auto_converge>inherit</auto_converge>
    <bandwidth>
      <assignment_method>auto</assignment_method>
    </bandwidth>
    <compressed>inherit</compressed>
  </migration>
  <required_rng_sources>
    <required_rng_source>random</required_rng_source>
  </required_rng_sources>
  <scheduling_policy href="/ovirt-engine/api/schedulingpolicies/456" id="456"/>
  <threads_as_cores>false</threads_as_cores>
  <trusted_service>false</trusted_service>
  <tunnel_migration>false</tunnel_migration>
  <version>
    <major>4</major>
    <minor>0</minor>
  </version>
  <virt_service>true</virt_service>
  <data_center href="/ovirt-engine/api/datacenters/111" id="111"/>
</cluster>
Table 6.109. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

cluster

Cluster

Out

 

filter

Boolean

In

Indicates if the results should be filtered according to the permissions of the user.

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

6.38.1.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.38.2. refreshglusterhealstatus POST

Refresh the Gluster heal info for all volumes in cluster.

For example, Cluster 123, send a request like this:

POST /ovirt-engine/api/clusters/123/refreshglusterhealstatus

6.38.3. remove DELETE

Removes the cluster from the system.

DELETE /ovirt-engine/api/clusters/00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000
Table 6.110. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the remove should be performed asynchronously.

6.38.4. resetemulatedmachine POST

Table 6.111. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the reset should be performed asynchronously.

6.38.5. syncallnetworks POST

Synchronizes all networks on the cluster.

POST /ovirt-engine/api/clusters/123/syncallnetworks

With a request body like this:

<action/>
Table 6.112. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the action should be performed asynchronously.

6.38.6. update PUT

Updates information about the cluster.

Only the specified fields are updated; others remain unchanged.

For example, to update the cluster’s CPU:

PUT /ovirt-engine/api/clusters/123

With a request body like this:

<cluster>
  <cpu>
    <type>Intel Haswell-noTSX Family</type>
  </cpu>
</cluster>
Table 6.113. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the update should be performed asynchronously.

cluster

Cluster

In/Out

 

6.38.7. upgrade POST

Start, update or finish upgrade process for the cluster based on the action value. This action marks the cluster for upgrade, updates the progress, or clears the upgrade running flag on the cluster based on the action value which takes values of start, stop or update_progress.

POST /ovirt-engine/api/clusters/123/upgrade

With a request body like this to mark the cluster for upgrade:

<action>
    <upgrade_action>
        start
    </upgrade_action>
</action>

After starting the upgrade, use a request body like this to update the progress to 15%:

<action>
    <upgrade_action>
        update_progress
    </upgrade_action>
    <upgrade_percent_complete>
        15
    </upgrade_percent_complete>
</action>
Table 6.114. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the action should be performed asynchronously.

correlation_id

String

In

Explicitly set the upgrade correlation identifier.

upgrade_action

ClusterUpgradeAction

In

The action to be performed.

upgrade_percent_complete

Integer

In

Update the upgrade’s progress as a percent complete of the total process.

6.38.7.1. correlation_id

Explicitly set the upgrade correlation identifier. Use to correlate events detailing the cluster upgrade to the upgrade itself. If not specificed, the correlation id from Correlation-Id http header will be used.

6.39. ClusterEnabledFeature

Represents a feature enabled for the cluster.

Table 6.115. Methods summary
NameSummary

get

Provides the information about the cluster feature enabled.

remove

Disables a cluster feature.

6.39.1. get GET

Provides the information about the cluster feature enabled.

For example, to find details of the enabled feature 456 for cluster 123, send a request like this:

GET /ovirt-engine/api/clusters/123/enabledfeatures/456

That will return a ClusterFeature object containing the name:

<cluster_feature id="456">
  <name>libgfapi_supported</name>
</cluster_feature>
Table 6.116. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

feature

ClusterFeature

Out

Retrieved cluster feature that’s enabled.

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

6.39.1.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.39.2. remove DELETE

Disables a cluster feature.

For example, to disable the feature 456 of cluster 123 send a request like this:

DELETE /ovirt-engine/api/clusters/123/enabledfeatures/456

6.40. ClusterEnabledFeatures

Provides information about the additional features that are enabled for this cluster. The features that are enabled are the available features for the cluster level

Table 6.117. Methods summary
NameSummary

add

Enable an additional feature for a cluster.

list

Lists the additional features enabled for the cluster.

6.40.1. add POST

Enable an additional feature for a cluster.

For example, to enable a feature 456 on cluster 123, send a request like this:

POST /ovirt-engine/api/clusters/123/enabledfeatures

The request body should look like this:

<cluster_feature id="456"/>
Table 6.118. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

feature

ClusterFeature

In/Out

 

6.40.2. list GET

Lists the additional features enabled for the cluster.

For example, to get the features enabled for cluster 123 send a request like this:

GET /ovirt-engine/api/clusters/123/enabledfeatures

This will return a list of features:

<enabled_features>
  <cluster_feature id="123">
     <name>test_feature</name>
  </cluster_feature>
  ...
</enabled_features>
Table 6.119. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

features

ClusterFeature[]

Out

Retrieved features.

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

6.40.2.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.41. ClusterExternalProviders

This service lists external providers.

Table 6.120. Methods summary
NameSummary

list

Returns the list of external providers.

6.41.1. list GET

Returns the list of external providers.

The order of the returned list of providers is not guaranteed.

Table 6.121. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

providers

ExternalProvider[]

Out

 

6.41.1.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.42. ClusterFeature

Represents a feature enabled for the cluster level

Table 6.122. Methods summary
NameSummary

get

Provides the information about the a cluster feature supported by a cluster level.

6.42.1. get GET

Provides the information about the a cluster feature supported by a cluster level.

For example, to find details of the cluster feature 456 for cluster level 4.1, send a request like this:

GET /ovirt-engine/api/clusterlevels/4.1/clusterfeatures/456

That will return a ClusterFeature object containing the name:

<cluster_feature id="456">
  <name>libgfapi_supported</name>
</cluster_feature>
Table 6.123. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

feature

ClusterFeature

Out

Retrieved cluster feature.

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

6.42.1.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.43. ClusterFeatures

Provides information about the cluster features that are supported by a cluster level.

Table 6.124. Methods summary
NameSummary

list

Lists the cluster features supported by the cluster level.

6.43.1. list GET

Lists the cluster features supported by the cluster level.

GET /ovirt-engine/api/clusterlevels/4.1/clusterfeatures

This will return a list of cluster features supported by the cluster level:

<cluster_features>
  <cluster_feature id="123">
     <name>test_feature</name>
  </cluster_feature>
  ...
</cluster_features>
Table 6.125. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

features

ClusterFeature[]

Out

Retrieved features.

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

6.43.1.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.44. ClusterLevel

Provides information about a specific cluster level. See the ClusterLevels service for more information.

Table 6.126. Methods summary
NameSummary

get

Provides the information about the capabilities of the specific cluster level managed by this service.

6.44.1. get GET

Provides the information about the capabilities of the specific cluster level managed by this service.

For example, to find what CPU types are supported by level 3.6 you can send a request like this:

GET /ovirt-engine/api/clusterlevels/3.6

That will return a ClusterLevel object containing the supported CPU types, and other information which describes the cluster level:

<cluster_level id="3.6">
  <cpu_types>
    <cpu_type>
      <name>Intel Nehalem Family</name>
      <level>3</level>
      <architecture>x86_64</architecture>
    </cpu_type>
    ...
  </cpu_types>
  <permits>
    <permit id="1">
      <name>create_vm</name>
      <administrative>false</administrative>
    </permit>
    ...
  </permits>
</cluster_level>
Table 6.127. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

level

ClusterLevel

Out

Retreived cluster level.

6.44.1.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.45. ClusterLevels

Provides information about the capabilities of different cluster levels supported by the engine. Version 4.0 of the engine supports levels 4.0 and 3.6. Each of these levels support different sets of CPU types, for example. This service provides that information.

Table 6.128. Methods summary
NameSummary

list

Lists the cluster levels supported by the system.

6.45.1. list GET

Lists the cluster levels supported by the system.

GET /ovirt-engine/api/clusterlevels

This will return a list of available cluster levels.

<cluster_levels>
  <cluster_level id="4.0">
     ...
  </cluster_level>
  ...
</cluster_levels>

The order of the returned cluster levels isn’t guaranteed.

Table 6.129. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

levels

ClusterLevel[]

Out

Retrieved cluster levels.

6.45.1.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.46. ClusterNetwork

A service to manage a specific cluster network.

Table 6.130. Methods summary
NameSummary

get

Retrieves the cluster network details.

remove

Unassigns the network from a cluster.

update

Updates the network in the cluster.

6.46.1. get GET

Retrieves the cluster network details.

Table 6.131. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

network

Network

Out

The cluster network.

6.46.1.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.46.2. remove DELETE

Unassigns the network from a cluster.

6.46.3. update PUT

Updates the network in the cluster.

Table 6.132. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

network

Network

In/Out

The cluster network.

6.47. ClusterNetworks

A service to manage cluster networks.

Table 6.133. Methods summary
NameSummary

add

Assigns the network to a cluster.

list

Lists the networks that are assigned to the cluster.

6.47.1. add POST

Assigns the network to a cluster.

Post a request like in the example below to assign the network to a cluster:

POST /ovirt-engine/api/clusters/123/networks

Use the following example in its body:

<network id="123" />
Table 6.134. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

network

Network

In/Out

The network object to be assigned to the cluster.

6.47.2. list GET

Lists the networks that are assigned to the cluster.

The order of the returned clusters isn’t guaranteed.

Table 6.135. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

max

Integer

In

Sets the maximum number of networks to return.

networks

Network[]

Out

The list of networks that are assigned to the cluster.

6.47.2.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.47.2.2. max

Sets the maximum number of networks to return. If not specified, all the networks are returned.

6.48. Clusters

A service to manage clusters.

Table 6.136. Methods summary
NameSummary

add

Creates a new cluster.

list

Returns the list of clusters of the system.

6.48.1. add POST

Creates a new cluster.

This requires the name, cpu.type, and data_center attributes. Identify the data center with either the id or name attribute.

POST /ovirt-engine/api/clusters

With a request body like this:

<cluster>
  <name>mycluster</name>
  <cpu>
    <type>Intel Nehalem Family</type>
  </cpu>
  <data_center id="123"/>
</cluster>

To create a cluster with an external network provider to be deployed on every host that is added to the cluster, send a request like this:

POST /ovirt-engine/api/clusters

With a request body containing a reference to the desired provider:

<cluster>
  <name>mycluster</name>
  <cpu>
    <type>Intel Nehalem Family</type>
  </cpu>
  <data_center id="123"/>
  <external_network_providers>
    <external_provider name="ovirt-provider-ovn"/>
  </external_network_providers>
</cluster>
Table 6.137. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

cluster

Cluster

In/Out

 

6.48.2. list GET

Returns the list of clusters of the system.

The order of the returned clusters is guaranteed only if the sortby clause is included in the search parameter.

Table 6.138. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

case_sensitive

Boolean

In

Indicates if the search should be performed taking case into account.

clusters

Cluster[]

Out

 

filter

Boolean

In

Indicates if the results should be filtered according to the permissions of the user.

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

max

Integer

In

Sets the maximum number of clusters to return.

search

String

In

A query string used to restrict the returned clusters.

6.48.2.1. case_sensitive

Indicates if the search should be performed taking case into account. The default value is true, which means that case is taken into account. To search ignoring case, set it to false.

6.48.2.2. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.48.2.3. max

Sets the maximum number of clusters to return. If not specified, all the clusters are returned.

6.49. Copyable

Table 6.139. Methods summary
NameSummary

copy

 

6.49.1. copy POST

Table 6.140. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the copy should be performed asynchronously.

6.50. CpuProfile

Table 6.141. Methods summary
NameSummary

get

 

remove

 

update

Update the specified cpu profile in the system.

6.50.1. get GET

Table 6.142. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

profile

CpuProfile

Out

 

6.50.1.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.50.2. remove DELETE

Table 6.143. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the remove should be performed asynchronously.

6.50.3. update PUT

Update the specified cpu profile in the system.

Table 6.144. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the update should be performed asynchronously.

profile

CpuProfile

In/Out

 

6.51. CpuProfiles

Table 6.145. Methods summary
NameSummary

add

Add a new cpu profile to the system.

list

Returns the list of CPU profiles of the system.

6.51.1. add POST

Add a new cpu profile to the system.

Table 6.146. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

profile

CpuProfile

In/Out

 

6.51.2. list GET

Returns the list of CPU profiles of the system.

The order of the returned list of CPU profiles is random.

Table 6.147. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

max

Integer

In

Sets the maximum number of profiles to return.

profile

CpuProfile[]

Out

 

6.51.2.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.51.2.2. max

Sets the maximum number of profiles to return. If not specified, all the profiles are returned.

6.52. DataCenter

A service to manage a data center.

Table 6.148. Methods summary
NameSummary

cleanfinishedtasks

Currently, the storage pool manager (SPM) fails to switch to another host if the SPM has uncleared tasks.

get

Get a data center.

remove

Removes the data center.

setmaster

Used for manually setting a storage domain in the data center as a master.

update

Updates the data center.

6.52.1. cleanfinishedtasks POST

Currently, the storage pool manager (SPM) fails to switch to another host if the SPM has uncleared tasks. Clearing all finished tasks enables the SPM switching.

For example, to clean all the finished tasks on a data center with ID 123 send a request like this:

POST /ovirt-engine/api/datacenters/123/cleanfinishedtasks

With a request body like this:

<action/>
Table 6.149. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the action should be performed asynchronously.

6.52.2. get GET

Get a data center.

An example of getting a data center:

GET /ovirt-engine/api/datacenters/123
<data_center href="/ovirt-engine/api/datacenters/123" id="123">
  <name>Default</name>
  <description>The default Data Center</description>
  <link href="/ovirt-engine/api/datacenters/123/clusters" rel="clusters"/>
  <link href="/ovirt-engine/api/datacenters/123/storagedomains" rel="storagedomains"/>
  <link href="/ovirt-engine/api/datacenters/123/permissions" rel="permissions"/>
  <link href="/ovirt-engine/api/datacenters/123/networks" rel="networks"/>
  <link href="/ovirt-engine/api/datacenters/123/quotas" rel="quotas"/>
  <link href="/ovirt-engine/api/datacenters/123/qoss" rel="qoss"/>
  <link href="/ovirt-engine/api/datacenters/123/iscsibonds" rel="iscsibonds"/>
  <local>false</local>
  <quota_mode>disabled</quota_mode>
  <status>up</status>
  <storage_format>v3</storage_format>
  <supported_versions>
    <version>
      <major>4</major>
      <minor>0</minor>
   </version>
  </supported_versions>
  <version>
    <major>4</major>
    <minor>0</minor>
  </version>
  <mac_pool href="/ovirt-engine/api/macpools/456" id="456"/>
</data_center>
Table 6.150. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

data_center

DataCenter

Out

 

filter

Boolean

In

Indicates if the results should be filtered according to the permissions of the user.

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

6.52.2.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.52.3. remove DELETE

Removes the data center.

DELETE /ovirt-engine/api/datacenters/123

Without any special parameters, the storage domains attached to the data center are detached and then removed from the storage. If something fails when performing this operation, for example if there is no host available to remove the storage domains from the storage, the complete operation will fail.

If the force parameter is true then the operation will always succeed, even if something fails while removing one storage domain, for example. The failure is just ignored and the data center is removed from the database anyway.

Table 6.151. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the remove should be performed asynchronously.

force

Boolean

In

Indicates if the operation should succeed, and the storage domain removed from the database, even if something fails during the operation.

6.52.3.1. force

Indicates if the operation should succeed, and the storage domain removed from the database, even if something fails during the operation.

This parameter is optional, and the default value is false.

6.52.4. setmaster POST

Used for manually setting a storage domain in the data center as a master. For example, for setting a storage domain with ID '456' as a master on a data center with ID '123', send a request like this:

POST /ovirt-engine/api/datacenters/123/setmaster

With a request body like this:

<action>
  <storage_domain id="456"/>
</action>

The new master storage domain can be also specified by its name.

Table 6.152. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the action should be performed asynchronously.

storage_domain

StorageDomain

In

The new master storage domain for the data center.

6.52.5. update PUT

Updates the data center.

The name, description, storage_type, version, storage_format and mac_pool elements are updatable post-creation. For example, to change the name and description of data center 123 send a request like this:

PUT /ovirt-engine/api/datacenters/123

With a request body like this:

<data_center>
  <name>myupdatedname</name>
  <description>An updated description for the data center</description>
</data_center>
Table 6.153. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the update should be performed asynchronously.

data_center

DataCenter

In/Out

The data center that is being updated.

6.53. DataCenterNetwork

A service to manage a specific data center network.

Table 6.154. Methods summary
NameSummary

get

Retrieves the data center network details.

remove

Removes the network.

update

Updates the network in the data center.

6.53.1. get GET

Retrieves the data center network details.

Table 6.155. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

network

Network

Out

The data center network.

6.53.1.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.53.2. remove DELETE

Removes the network.

6.53.3. update PUT

Updates the network in the data center.

Table 6.156. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

network

Network

In/Out

The data center network.

6.54. DataCenterNetworks

A service to manage data center networks.

Table 6.157. Methods summary
NameSummary

add

Create a new network in a data center.

list

Lists networks in the data center.

6.54.1. add POST

Create a new network in a data center.

Post a request like in the example below to create a new network in a data center with an ID of 123.

POST /ovirt-engine/api/datacenters/123/networks

Use the following example in its body:

<network>
  <name>mynetwork</name>
</network>
Table 6.158. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

network

Network

In/Out

The network object to be created in the data center.

6.54.2. list GET

Lists networks in the data center.

The order of the returned list of networks isn’t guaranteed.

Table 6.159. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

max

Integer

In

Sets the maximum number of networks to return.

networks

Network[]

Out

The list of networks which are in the data center.

6.54.2.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.54.2.2. max

Sets the maximum number of networks to return. If not specified, all the networks are returned.

6.55. DataCenters

A service to manage data centers.

Table 6.160. Methods summary
NameSummary

add

Creates a new data center.

list

Lists the data centers.

6.55.1. add POST

Creates a new data center.

Creation of a new data center requires the name and local elements. For example, to create a data center named mydc that uses shared storage (NFS, iSCSI or fibre channel) send a request like this:

POST /ovirt-engine/api/datacenters

With a request body like this:

<data_center>
  <name>mydc</name>
  <local>false</local>
</data_center>
Table 6.161. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

data_center

DataCenter

In/Out

The data center that is being added.

6.55.2. list GET

Lists the data centers.

The following request retrieves a representation of the data centers:

GET /ovirt-engine/api/datacenters

The above request performed with curl:

curl \
--request GET \
--cacert /etc/pki/ovirt-engine/ca.pem \
--header "Version: 4" \
--header "Accept: application/xml" \
--user "admin@internal:mypassword" \
https://myengine.example.com/ovirt-engine/api/datacenters

This is what an example response could look like:

<data_center href="/ovirt-engine/api/datacenters/123" id="123">
  <name>Default</name>
  <description>The default Data Center</description>
  <link href="/ovirt-engine/api/datacenters/123/networks" rel="networks"/>
  <link href="/ovirt-engine/api/datacenters/123/storagedomains" rel="storagedomains"/>
  <link href="/ovirt-engine/api/datacenters/123/permissions" rel="permissions"/>
  <link href="/ovirt-engine/api/datacenters/123/clusters" rel="clusters"/>
  <link href="/ovirt-engine/api/datacenters/123/qoss" rel="qoss"/>
  <link href="/ovirt-engine/api/datacenters/123/iscsibonds" rel="iscsibonds"/>
  <link href="/ovirt-engine/api/datacenters/123/quotas" rel="quotas"/>
  <local>false</local>
  <quota_mode>disabled</quota_mode>
  <status>up</status>
  <supported_versions>
    <version>
      <major>4</major>
      <minor>0</minor>
    </version>
  </supported_versions>
  <version>
    <major>4</major>
    <minor>0</minor>
  </version>
</data_center>

Note the id code of your Default data center. This code identifies this data center in relation to other resources of your virtual environment.

The data center also contains a link to the storage domains collection. The data center uses this collection to attach storage domains from the storage domains main collection.

The order of the returned list of data centers is guaranteed only if the sortby clause is included in the search parameter.

Table 6.162. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

case_sensitive

Boolean

In

Indicates if the search performed using the search parameter should be performed taking case into account.

data_centers

DataCenter[]

Out

 

filter

Boolean

In

Indicates if the results should be filtered according to the permissions of the user.

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

max

Integer

In

Sets the maximum number of data centers to return.

search

String

In

A query string used to restrict the returned data centers.

6.55.2.1. case_sensitive

Indicates if the search performed using the search parameter should be performed taking case into account. The default value is true, which means that case is taken into account. If you want to search ignoring case set it to false.

6.55.2.2. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.55.2.3. max

Sets the maximum number of data centers to return. If not specified all the data centers are returned.

6.56. Disk

Manages a single disk.

Table 6.163. Methods summary
NameSummary

convert

Converts disk format and/or preallocation mode.

copy

This operation copies a disk to the specified storage domain.

export

Exports a disk to an export storage domain.

get

Retrieves the description of the disk.

move

Moves a disk to another storage domain.

reduce

Reduces the size of the disk image.

refreshlun

Refreshes a direct LUN disk with up-to-date information from the storage.

remove

Removes a disk.

sparsify

Sparsify the disk.

update

Updates the parameters of the specified disk.

6.56.1. convert POST

Converts disk format and/or preallocation mode.

For example, to convert the disk format from preallocated-cow to a sparse-raw image, send a request like the following:

POST /ovirt-engine/api/disks/123/convert

With the following request body:

 <action>
   <disk>
     <sparse>true</sparse>
     <format>raw</format>
   </disk>
 </action>

Note: In order to sparsify a disk, two conversions might be needed if the disk is on a Block Storage Domain. For example: If a disk is RAW, converting it to QCOW will result in a larger disk. In order to reduce the size, it is possible to convert the disk again to QCOW and keep the same allocation policy.

Table 6.164. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

disk

Disk

In

The description of the disk.

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

6.56.1.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.56.2. copy POST

This operation copies a disk to the specified storage domain.

For example, a disk can be copied using the following request:

POST /ovirt-engine/api/disks/123/copy

With a request body like this:

<action>
  <storage_domain id="456"/>
  <disk>
    <name>mydisk</name>
  </disk>
</action>

If the disk profile or the quota currently used by the disk are not defined for the new storage domain, they can be explicitly specified. If they are not specified, the first available disk profile and the default quota are used.

For example, to specify disk profile 987 and quota 753, send a request body like this:

<action>
  <storage_domain id="456"/>
  <disk_profile id="987"/>
  <quota id="753"/>
</action>
Table 6.165. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the copy should be performed asynchronously.

disk

Disk

In

 

disk_profile

DiskProfile

In

Disk profile for the disk in the new storage domain.

filter

Boolean

In

Indicates if the results should be filtered according to the permissions of the user.

quota

Quota

In

Quota for the disk in the new storage domain.

storage_domain

StorageDomain

In

The storage domain where the new disk is created.

6.56.2.1. disk_profile

Disk profile for the disk in the new storage domain.

Disk profiles are defined for storage domains, so the old disk profile will not exist in the new storage domain. If this parameter is not used, the first disk profile from the new storage domain to which the user has permissions will be assigned to the disk.

6.56.2.2. quota

Quota for the disk in the new storage domain.

This optional parameter can be used to specify new quota for the disk, because the current quota may not be defined for the new storage domain. If this parameter is not used and the old quota is not defined for the new storage domain, the default (unlimited) quota will be assigned to the disk.

6.56.2.3. storage_domain

The storage domain where the new disk is created. This can be specified using the id or name attributes. For example, to copy a disk to the storage domain called mydata, send a request like this:

POST /ovirt-engine/api/storagedomains/123/disks/789

With a request body like this:

<action>
  <storage_domain>
    <name>mydata</name>
  </storage_domain>
</action>

6.56.3. export POST

Exports a disk to an export storage domain.

Table 6.166. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the export should be performed asynchronously.

filter

Boolean

In

Indicates if the results should be filtered according to the permissions of the user.

storage_domain

StorageDomain

In

The export storage domain where the disk will be exported to.

6.56.4. get GET

Retrieves the description of the disk.

Table 6.167. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

all_content

Boolean

In

Indicates if all of the attributes of the disk should be included in the response.

disk

Disk

Out

The description of the disk.

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

6.56.4.1. all_content

Indicates if all of the attributes of the disk should be included in the response.

By default the following disk attributes are excluded:

  • vms

For example, to retrieve the complete representation of disk '123':

GET /ovirt-engine/api/disks/123?all_content=true

6.56.4.2. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.56.5. move POST

Moves a disk to another storage domain.

For example, to move the disk with identifier 123 to a storage domain with identifier 456 send the following request:

POST /ovirt-engine/api/disks/123/move

With the following request body:

<action>
  <storage_domain id="456"/>
</action>

If the disk profile or the quota used currently by the disk aren’t defined for the new storage domain, then they can be explicitly specified. If they aren’t then the first available disk profile and the default quota are used.

For example, to explicitly use disk profile 987 and quota 753 send a request body like this:

<action>
  <storage_domain id="456"/>
  <disk_profile id="987"/>
  <quota id="753"/>
</action>
Table 6.168. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the move should be performed asynchronously.

disk_profile

DiskProfile

In

Disk profile for the disk in the new storage domain.

filter

Boolean

In

Indicates if the results should be filtered according to the permissions of the user.

quota

Quota

In

Quota for the disk in the new storage domain.

storage_domain

StorageDomain

In

The storage domain where the disk will be moved to.

6.56.5.1. disk_profile

Disk profile for the disk in the new storage domain.

Disk profiles are defined for storage domains, so the old disk profile will not exist in the new storage domain. If this parameter is not used, the first disk profile from the new storage domain to which the user has permissions will be assigned to the disk.

6.56.5.2. quota

Quota for the disk in the new storage domain.

This optional parameter can be used to specify new quota for the disk, because the current quota may not be defined for the new storage domain. If this parameter is not used and the old quota is not defined for the new storage domain, the default (unlimited) quota will be assigned to the disk.

6.56.6. reduce POST

Reduces the size of the disk image.

Invokes reduce on the logical volume (i.e. this is only applicable for block storage domains). This is applicable for floating disks and disks attached to non-running virtual machines. There is no need to specify the size as the optimal size is calculated automatically.

Table 6.169. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the remove should be performed asynchronously.

6.56.7. refreshlun POST

Refreshes a direct LUN disk with up-to-date information from the storage.

Refreshing a direct LUN disk is useful when:

  • The LUN was added using the API without the host parameter, and therefore does not contain any information from the storage (see DisksService::add).
  • New information about the LUN is available on the storage and you want to update the LUN with it.

To refresh direct LUN disk 123 using host 456, send the following request:

POST /ovirt-engine/api/disks/123/refreshlun

With the following request body:

<action>
  <host id='456'/>
</action>
Table 6.170. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

host

Host

In

The host that will be used to refresh the direct LUN disk.

6.56.8. remove DELETE

Removes a disk.

Table 6.171. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the remove should be performed asynchronously.

6.56.9. sparsify POST

Sparsify the disk.

Sparsification frees space in the disk image that is not used by its filesystem. As a result, the image will occupy less space on the storage.

Currently sparsification works only on disks without snapshots. Disks having derived disks are also not allowed.

6.56.10. update PUT

Updates the parameters of the specified disk.

This operation allows updating the following floating disk properties:

  • For Image disks: provisioned_size, alias, description, wipe_after_delete, shareable, backup and disk_profile.
  • For LUN disks: alias, description and shareable.
  • Cinder integration has been replaced by Managed Block Storage.
  • For Managed Block disks: provisioned_size, alias and description.
  • For VM attached disks, the qcow_version can also be updated.

For example, a disk’s update can be done by using the following request:

PUT /ovirt-engine/api/disks/123

With a request body like this:

<disk>
  <qcow_version>qcow2_v3</qcow_version>
  <alias>new-alias</alias>
  <description>new-desc</description>
</disk>

Since the backend operation is asynchronous, the disk element that is returned to the user might not be synced with the changed properties.

Table 6.172. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

disk

Disk

In/Out

The update to apply to the disk.

6.57. DiskAttachment

This service manages the attachment of a disk to a virtual machine.

Table 6.173. Methods summary
NameSummary

get

Returns the details of the attachment, including the bootable flag and link to the disk.

remove

Removes the disk attachment.

update

Update the disk attachment and the disk properties within it.

6.57.1. get GET

Returns the details of the attachment, including the bootable flag and link to the disk.

An example of getting a disk attachment:

GET /ovirt-engine/api/vms/123/diskattachments/456
<disk_attachment href="/ovirt-engine/api/vms/123/diskattachments/456" id="456">
  <active>true</active>
  <bootable>true</bootable>
  <interface>virtio</interface>
  <disk href="/ovirt-engine/api/disks/456" id="456"/>
  <vm href="/ovirt-engine/api/vms/123" id="123"/>
</disk_attachment>
Table 6.174. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

attachment

DiskAttachment

Out

 

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

6.57.1.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.57.2. remove DELETE

Removes the disk attachment.

This will only detach the disk from the virtual machine, but won’t remove it from the system, unless the detach_only parameter is false.

An example of removing a disk attachment:

DELETE /ovirt-engine/api/vms/123/diskattachments/456?detach_only=true
Table 6.175. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

detach_only

Boolean

In

Indicates if the disk should only be detached from the virtual machine, but not removed from the system.

6.57.2.1. detach_only

Indicates if the disk should only be detached from the virtual machine, but not removed from the system. The default value is true, which won’t remove the disk from the system.

6.57.3. update PUT

Update the disk attachment and the disk properties within it.

PUT /vms/{vm:id}/disksattachments/{attachment:id}
<disk_attachment>
  <bootable>true</bootable>
  <interface>ide</interface>
  <active>true</active>
  <disk>
    <name>mydisk</name>
    <provisioned_size>1024</provisioned_size>
    ...
  </disk>
</disk_attachment>
Table 6.176. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

disk_attachment

DiskAttachment

In/Out

 

6.58. DiskAttachments

This service manages the set of disks attached to a virtual machine. Each attached disk is represented by a DiskAttachment, containing the bootable flag, the disk interface and the reference to the disk.

Table 6.177. Methods summary
NameSummary

add

Adds a new disk attachment to the virtual machine.

list

List the disk that are attached to the virtual machine.

6.58.1. add POST

Adds a new disk attachment to the virtual machine. The attachment parameter can contain just a reference, if the disk already exists:

<disk_attachment>
  <bootable>true</bootable>
  <pass_discard>true</pass_discard>
  <interface>ide</interface>
  <active>true</active>
  <disk id="123"/>
</disk_attachment>

Or it can contain the complete representation of the disk, if the disk doesn’t exist yet:

<disk_attachment>
  <bootable>true</bootable>
  <pass_discard>true</pass_discard>
  <interface>ide</interface>
  <active>true</active>
  <disk>
    <name>mydisk</name>
    <provisioned_size>1024</provisioned_size>
    ...
  </disk>
</disk_attachment>

In this case the disk will be created and then attached to the virtual machine.

In both cases, use the following URL for a virtual machine with an id 345:

POST /ovirt-engine/api/vms/345/diskattachments
Important

The server accepts requests that do not contain the active attribute, but the effect is undefined. In some cases the disk will be automatically activated and in other cases it won’t. To avoid issues it is strongly recommended to always include the active attribute with the desired value.

Table 6.178. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

attachment

DiskAttachment

In/Out

The disk attachment to add to the virtual machine.

6.58.2. list GET

List the disk that are attached to the virtual machine.

The order of the returned list of disks attachments isn’t guaranteed.

Table 6.179. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

attachments

DiskAttachment[]

Out

A list of disk attachments that are attached to the virtual machine.

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

6.58.2.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.59. DiskProfile

Table 6.180. Methods summary
NameSummary

get

 

remove

 

update

Update the specified disk profile in the system.

6.59.1. get GET

Table 6.181. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

profile

DiskProfile

Out

 

6.59.1.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.59.2. remove DELETE

Table 6.182. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the remove should be performed asynchronously.

6.59.3. update PUT

Update the specified disk profile in the system.

Table 6.183. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the update should be performed asynchronously.

profile

DiskProfile

In/Out

 

6.60. DiskProfiles

Table 6.184. Methods summary
NameSummary

add

Add a new disk profile to the system.

list

Returns the list of disk profiles of the system.

6.60.1. add POST

Add a new disk profile to the system.

Table 6.185. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

profile

DiskProfile

In/Out

 

6.60.2. list GET

Returns the list of disk profiles of the system.

The order of the returned list of disk profiles isn’t guaranteed.

Table 6.186. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

max

Integer

In

Sets the maximum number of profiles to return.

profile

DiskProfile[]

Out

 

6.60.2.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.60.2.2. max

Sets the maximum number of profiles to return. If not specified all the profiles are returned.

6.61. DiskSnapshot

Table 6.187. Methods summary
NameSummary

get

 

remove

 

6.61.1. get GET

Table 6.188. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

snapshot

DiskSnapshot

Out

 

6.61.1.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.61.2. remove DELETE

Table 6.189. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the remove should be performed asynchronously.

6.62. DiskSnapshots

Manages the collection of disk snapshots available in an storage domain.

Table 6.190. Methods summary
NameSummary

list

Returns the list of disk snapshots of the storage domain.

6.62.1. list GET

Returns the list of disk snapshots of the storage domain.

The order of the returned list of disk snapshots isn’t guaranteed.

Table 6.191. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

include_active

Boolean

In

If true return also active snapshots.

include_template

Boolean

In

If true return also template snapshots.

max

Integer

In

Sets the maximum number of snapshots to return.

snapshots

DiskSnapshot[]

Out

 

6.62.1.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.62.1.2. include_active

If true return also active snapshots. If not specified active snapshots are not returned.

6.62.1.3. include_template

If true return also template snapshots. If not specified template snapshots are not returned.

6.62.1.4. max

Sets the maximum number of snapshots to return. If not specified all the snapshots are returned.

6.63. Disks

Manages the collection of disks available in the system.

Table 6.192. Methods summary
NameSummary

add

Adds a new floating disk.

list

Get list of disks.

6.63.1. add POST

Adds a new floating disk.

There are three types of disks that can be added - disk image, direct LUN and Managed Block disk. Cinder integration has been replaced by Managed Block Storage.

Adding a new image disk:

When creating a new floating image Disk, the API requires the storage_domain, provisioned_size and format attributes.

Note that block storage domains (i.e. storage domains with the storage type of iSCSI or FCP) do not support the combination of the raw format with sparse=true, so sparse=false must be stated explicitly.

To create a new floating image disk with specified provisioned_size, format and name on a storage domain with an id 123 and enabled for incremental backup, send a request as follows:

POST /ovirt-engine/api/disks

With a request body as follows:

<disk>
  <storage_domains>
    <storage_domain id="123"/>
  </storage_domains>
  <name>mydisk</name>
  <provisioned_size>1048576</provisioned_size>
  <format>cow</format>
  <backup>incremental</backup>
</disk>

Adding a new direct LUN disk:

When adding a new floating direct LUN via the API, there are two flavors that can be used:

  1. With a host element - in this case, the host is used for sanity checks (e.g., that the LUN is visible) and to retrieve basic information about the LUN (e.g., size and serial).
  2. Without a host element - in this case, the operation is a database-only operation, and the storage is never accessed.

To create a new floating direct LUN disk with a host element with an id 123, specified alias, type and logical_unit with an id 456 (that has the attributes address, port and target), send a request as follows:

POST /ovirt-engine/api/disks

With a request body as follows:

<disk>
  <alias>mylun</alias>
  <lun_storage>
    <host id="123"/>
    <type>iscsi</type>
    <logical_units>
      <logical_unit id="456">
        <address>10.35.10.20</address>
        <port>3260</port>
        <target>iqn.2017-01.com.myhost:444</target>
      </logical_unit>
    </logical_units>
  </lun_storage>
</disk>

To create a new floating direct LUN disk without using a host, remove the host element.

Adding a new Cinder disk:

Cinder integration has been replaced by Managed Block Storage.

Adding a floating disks in order to upload disk snapshots:

Since version 4.2 of the engine it is possible to upload disks with snapshots. This request should be used to create the base image of the images chain (The consecutive disk snapshots (images), should be created using disk-attachments element when creating a snapshot).

The disk has to be created with the same disk identifier and image identifier of the uploaded image. I.e. the identifiers should be saved as part of the backup process. The image identifier can be also fetched using the qemu-img info command. For example, if the disk image is stored into a file named b7a4c6c5-443b-47c5-967f-6abc79675e8b/myimage.img:

$ qemu-img info b7a4c6c5-443b-47c5-967f-6abc79675e8b/myimage.img
image: b548366b-fb51-4b41-97be-733c887fe305
file format: qcow2
virtual size: 1.0G (1073741824 bytes)
disk size: 196K
cluster_size: 65536
backing file: ad58716a-1fe9-481f-815e-664de1df04eb
backing file format: raw

To create a disk with with the disk identifier and image identifier obtained with the qemu-img info command shown above, send a request like this:

POST /ovirt-engine/api/disks

With a request body as follows:

<disk id="b7a4c6c5-443b-47c5-967f-6abc79675e8b">
  <image_id>b548366b-fb51-4b41-97be-733c887fe305</image_id>
  <storage_domains>
    <storage_domain id="123"/>
  </storage_domains>
  <name>mydisk</name>
  <provisioned_size>1048576</provisioned_size>
  <format>cow</format>
</disk>
Table 6.193. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

disk

Disk

In/Out

The disk.

6.63.2. list GET

Get list of disks.

GET /ovirt-engine/api/disks

You will get a XML response which will look like this one:

<disks>
  <disk id="123">
    <actions>...</actions>
    <name>MyDisk</name>
    <description>MyDisk description</description>
    <link href="/ovirt-engine/api/disks/123/permissions" rel="permissions"/>
    <link href="/ovirt-engine/api/disks/123/statistics" rel="statistics"/>
    <actual_size>5345845248</actual_size>
    <alias>MyDisk alias</alias>
    ...
    <status>ok</status>
    <storage_type>image</storage_type>
    <wipe_after_delete>false</wipe_after_delete>
    <disk_profile id="123"/>
    <quota id="123"/>
    <storage_domains>...</storage_domains>
  </disk>
  ...
</disks>

The order of the returned list of disks is guaranteed only if the sortby clause is included in the search parameter.

Table 6.194. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

case_sensitive

Boolean

In

Indicates if the search performed using the search parameter should be performed taking case into account.

disks

Disk[]

Out

List of retrieved disks.

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

max

Integer

In

Sets the maximum number of disks to return.

search

String

In

A query string used to restrict the returned disks.

6.63.2.1. case_sensitive

Indicates if the search performed using the search parameter should be performed taking case into account. The default value is true, which means that case is taken into account. If you want to search ignoring case set it to false.

6.63.2.2. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.63.2.3. max

Sets the maximum number of disks to return. If not specified all the disks are returned.

6.64. Domain

A service to view details of an authentication domain in the system.

Table 6.195. Methods summary
NameSummary

get

Gets the authentication domain information.

6.64.1. get GET

Gets the authentication domain information.

Usage:

GET /ovirt-engine/api/domains/5678

Will return the domain information:

<domain href="/ovirt-engine/api/domains/5678" id="5678">
  <name>internal-authz</name>
  <link href="/ovirt-engine/api/domains/5678/users" rel="users"/>
  <link href="/ovirt-engine/api/domains/5678/groups" rel="groups"/>
  <link href="/ovirt-engine/api/domains/5678/users?search={query}" rel="users/search"/>
  <link href="/ovirt-engine/api/domains/5678/groups?search={query}" rel="groups/search"/>
</domain>
Table 6.196. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

domain

Domain

Out

The authentication domain.

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

6.64.1.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.65. DomainGroup

Table 6.197. Methods summary
NameSummary

get

 

6.65.1. get GET

Table 6.198. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

get

Group

Out

 

6.65.1.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.66. DomainGroups

Table 6.199. Methods summary
NameSummary

list

Returns the list of groups.

6.66.1. list GET

Returns the list of groups.

The order of the returned list of groups isn’t guaranteed.

Table 6.200. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

case_sensitive

Boolean

In

Indicates if the search performed using the search parameter should be performed taking case into account.

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

groups

Group[]

Out

 

max

Integer

In

Sets the maximum number of groups to return.

search

String

In

A query string used to restrict the returned groups.

6.66.1.1. case_sensitive

Indicates if the search performed using the search parameter should be performed taking case into account. The default value is true, which means that case is taken into account. If you want to search ignoring case set it to false.

6.66.1.2. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.66.1.3. max

Sets the maximum number of groups to return. If not specified all the groups are returned.

6.67. DomainUser

A service to view a domain user in the system.

Table 6.201. Methods summary
NameSummary

get

Gets the domain user information.

6.67.1. get GET

Gets the domain user information.

Usage:

GET /ovirt-engine/api/domains/5678/users/1234

Will return the domain user information:

<user href="/ovirt-engine/api/users/1234" id="1234">
  <name>admin</name>
  <namespace>*</namespace>
  <principal>admin</principal>
  <user_name>admin@internal-authz</user_name>
  <domain href="/ovirt-engine/api/domains/5678" id="5678">
    <name>internal-authz</name>
  </domain>
  <groups/>
</user>
Table 6.202. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

user

User

Out

The domain user.

6.67.1.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.68. DomainUserGroups

A service that shows a user’s group membership in the AAA extension.

Table 6.203. Methods summary
NameSummary

list

Returns the list of groups that the user is a member of.

6.68.1. list GET

Returns the list of groups that the user is a member of.

Table 6.204. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

groups

Group[]

Out

The list of groups that the user is a member of.

6.68.1.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.69. DomainUsers

A service to list all domain users in the system.

Table 6.205. Methods summary
NameSummary

list

List all the users in the domain.

6.69.1. list GET

List all the users in the domain.

Usage:

GET /ovirt-engine/api/domains/5678/users

Will return the list of users in the domain:

<users>
  <user href="/ovirt-engine/api/domains/5678/users/1234" id="1234">
    <name>admin</name>
    <namespace>*</namespace>
    <principal>admin</principal>
    <user_name>admin@internal-authz</user_name>
    <domain href="/ovirt-engine/api/domains/5678" id="5678">
      <name>internal-authz</name>
    </domain>
    <groups/>
  </user>
</users>

The order of the returned list of users isn’t guaranteed.

Table 6.206. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

case_sensitive

Boolean

In

Indicates if the search performed using the search parameter should be performed taking case into account.

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

max

Integer

In

Sets the maximum number of users to return.

search

String

In

A query string used to restrict the returned users.

users

User[]

Out

The list of users in the domain.

6.69.1.1. case_sensitive

Indicates if the search performed using the search parameter should be performed taking case into account. The default value is true, which means that case is taken into account. If you want to search ignoring case set it to false.

6.69.1.2. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.69.1.3. max

Sets the maximum number of users to return. If not specified all the users are returned.

6.70. Domains

A service to list all authentication domains in the system.

Table 6.207. Methods summary
NameSummary

list

List all the authentication domains in the system.

6.70.1. list GET

List all the authentication domains in the system.

Usage:

GET /ovirt-engine/api/domains

Will return the list of domains:

<domains>
  <domain href="/ovirt-engine/api/domains/5678" id="5678">
    <name>internal-authz</name>
    <link href="/ovirt-engine/api/domains/5678/users" rel="users"/>
    <link href="/ovirt-engine/api/domains/5678/groups" rel="groups"/>
    <link href="/ovirt-engine/api/domains/5678/users?search={query}" rel="users/search"/>
    <link href="/ovirt-engine/api/domains/5678/groups?search={query}" rel="groups/search"/>
  </domain>
</domains>

The order of the returned list of domains isn’t guaranteed.

Table 6.208. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

domains

Domain[]

Out

The list of domains.

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

max

Integer

In

Sets the maximum number of domains to return.

6.70.1.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.70.1.2. max

Sets the maximum number of domains to return. If not specified all the domains are returned.

6.71. EngineKatelloErrata

A service to manage Katello errata assigned to the engine. The information is retrieved from Katello.

Table 6.209. Methods summary
NameSummary

list

Retrieves the representation of the Katello errata.

6.71.1. list GET

Retrieves the representation of the Katello errata.

GET /ovirt-engine/api/katelloerrata

You will receive response in XML like this one:

<katello_errata>
  <katello_erratum href="/ovirt-engine/api/katelloerrata/123" id="123">
    <name>RHBA-2013:XYZ</name>
    <description>The description of the erratum</description>
    <title>some bug fix update</title>
    <type>bugfix</type>
    <issued>2013-11-20T02:00:00.000+02:00</issued>
    <solution>Few guidelines regarding the solution</solution>
    <summary>Updated packages that fix one bug are now available for XYZ</summary>
    <packages>
      <package>
        <name>libipa_hbac-1.9.2-82.11.el6_4.i686</name>
      </package>
      ...
    </packages>
  </katello_erratum>
  ...
</katello_errata>

The order of the returned list of erratum isn’t guaranteed.

Table 6.210. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

errata

KatelloErratum[]

Out

A representation of Katello errata.

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

max

Integer

In

Sets the maximum number of errata to return.

6.71.1.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.71.1.2. max

Sets the maximum number of errata to return. If not specified all the errata are returned.

6.72. Event

A service to manage an event in the system.

Table 6.211. Methods summary
NameSummary

get

Get an event.

remove

Removes an event from internal audit log.

6.72.1. get GET

Get an event.

An example of getting an event:

GET /ovirt-engine/api/events/123
<event href="/ovirt-engine/api/events/123" id="123">
  <description>Host example.com was added by admin@internal-authz.</description>
  <code>42</code>
  <correlation_id>135</correlation_id>
  <custom_id>-1</custom_id>
  <flood_rate>30</flood_rate>
  <origin>oVirt</origin>
  <severity>normal</severity>
  <time>2016-12-11T11:13:44.654+02:00</time>
  <cluster href="/ovirt-engine/api/clusters/456" id="456"/>
  <host href="/ovirt-engine/api/hosts/789" id="789"/>
  <user href="/ovirt-engine/api/users/987" id="987"/>
</event>

Note that the number of fields changes according to the information that resides on the event. For example, for storage domain related events you will get the storage domain reference, as well as the reference for the data center this storage domain resides in.

Table 6.212. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

event

Event

Out

 

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

6.72.1.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.72.2. remove DELETE

Removes an event from internal audit log.

An event can be removed by sending following request

DELETE /ovirt-engine/api/events/123
Table 6.213. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the remove should be performed asynchronously.

6.73. EventSubscription

A service to manage a specific event-subscription in the system.

Table 6.214. Methods summary
NameSummary

get

Gets the information about the event-subscription.

remove

Removes the event-subscription from the system.

6.73.1. get GET

Gets the information about the event-subscription.

For example to retrieve the information about the subscription of user '123' to the event 'vm_console_detected':

GET /ovirt-engine/api/users/123/vm_console_detected
<event-subscription href="/ovirt-engine/api/users/123/event-subscriptions/vm_console_detected">
  <event>vm_console_detected</event>
  <notification_method>smtp</notification_method>
  <user href="/ovirt-engine/api/users/123" id="123"/>
  <address>a@b.com</address>
</event-subscription>
Table 6.215. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

event_subscription

EventSubscription

Out

The event-subscription.

6.73.2. remove DELETE

Removes the event-subscription from the system.

For example to remove user 123’s subscription to vm_console_detected event:

DELETE /ovirt-engine/api/users/123/vm_console_detected
Table 6.216. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the remove should be performed asynchronously.

6.74. EventSubscriptions

Represents a service to manage collection of event-subscription of a user.

Table 6.217. Methods summary
NameSummary

add

Add a new event-subscription to the system.

list

List the event-subscriptions for the provided user.

6.74.1. add POST

Add a new event-subscription to the system.

An event-subscription is always added in the context of a user. For example, to add new event-subscription for host_high_cpu_use for user 123, and have the notification sent to the e-mail address: a@b.com, send a request like this:

POST /ovirt-engine/api/users/123/eventsubscriptions

With a request body like this:

<event_subscription>
    <event>host_high_cpu_use</event>
    <address>a@b.com</address>
</event_subscription>

The event name will become the ID of the new event-subscription entity: GET …​/api/users/123/eventsubscriptions/host_high_cpu_use

Note that no user id is provided in the request body. This is because the user-id (in this case 123) is already known to the API from the context. Note also that event-subscription entity contains notification-method field, but it is not provided either in the request body. This is because currently it’s always set to SMTP as SNMP notifications are still unsupported by the API layer.

Table 6.218. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

event_subscription

EventSubscription

In/Out

The added event-subscription.

6.74.2. list GET

List the event-subscriptions for the provided user.

For example to list event-subscriptions for user 123:

GET /ovirt-engine/api/users/123/event-subscriptions
<event-subscriptions>
  <event-subscription href="/ovirt-engine/api/users/123/event-subscriptions/host_install_failed">
    <event>host_install_failed</event>
    <notification_method>smtp</notification_method>
    <user href="/ovirt-engine/api/users/123" id="123"/>
    <address>a@b.com</address>
  </event-subscription>
  <event-subscription href="/ovirt-engine/api/users/123/event-subscriptions/vm_paused">
    <event>vm_paused</event>
    <notification_method>smtp</notification_method>
    <user href="/ovirt-engine/api/users/123" id="123"/>
    <address>a@b.com</address>
  </event-subscription>
</event-subscriptions>
Table 6.219. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

event_subscriptions

EventSubscription[]

Out

List of the event-subscriptions for the specified user

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

max

Integer

In

Sets the maximum number of event-subscriptions to return.

6.74.2.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.74.2.2. max

Sets the maximum number of event-subscriptions to return. If not specified all the event-subscriptions are returned.

6.75. Events

A service to manage events in the system.

Table 6.220. Methods summary
NameSummary

add

Adds an external event to the internal audit log.

list

Get list of events.

undelete

 

6.75.1. add POST

Adds an external event to the internal audit log.

This is intended for integration with external systems that detect or produce events relevant for the administrator of the system. For example, an external monitoring tool may be able to detect that a file system is full inside the guest operating system of a virtual machine. This event can be added to the internal audit log sending a request like this:

POST /ovirt-engine/api/events
<event>
  <description>File system /home is full</description>
  <severity>alert</severity>
  <origin>mymonitor</origin>
  <custom_id>1467879754</custom_id>
</event>

Events can also be linked to specific objects. For example, the above event could be linked to the specific virtual machine where it happened, using the vm link:

POST /ovirt-engine/api/events
<event>
  <description>File system /home is full</description>
  <severity>alert</severity>
  <origin>mymonitor</origin>
  <custom_id>1467879754</custom_id>
  <vm id="aae98225-5b73-490d-a252-899209af17e9"/>
</event>
Note

When using links, like the vm in the previous example, only the id attribute is accepted. The name attribute, if provided, is simply ignored.

Table 6.221. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

event

Event

In/Out

 

6.75.2. list GET

Get list of events.

GET /ovirt-engine/api/events

To the above request we get following response:

<events>
  <event href="/ovirt-engine/api/events/2" id="2">
    <description>User admin@internal-authz logged out.</description>
    <code>31</code>
    <correlation_id>1e892ea9</correlation_id>
    <custom_id>-1</custom_id>
    <flood_rate>30</flood_rate>
    <origin>oVirt</origin>
    <severity>normal</severity>
    <time>2016-09-14T12:14:34.541+02:00</time>
    <user href="/ovirt-engine/api/users/57d91d48-00da-0137-0138-000000000244" id="57d91d48-00da-0137-0138-000000000244"/>
  </event>
  <event href="/ovirt-engine/api/events/1" id="1">
    <description>User admin logged in.</description>
    <code>30</code>
    <correlation_id>1fbd81f4</correlation_id>
    <custom_id>-1</custom_id>
    <flood_rate>30</flood_rate>
    <origin>oVirt</origin>
    <severity>normal</severity>
    <time>2016-09-14T11:54:35.229+02:00</time>
    <user href="/ovirt-engine/api/users/57d91d48-00da-0137-0138-000000000244" id="57d91d48-00da-0137-0138-000000000244"/>
  </event>
</events>

The following events occur:

  • id="1" - The API logs in the admin user account.
  • id="2" - The API logs out of the admin user account.

The order of the returned list of events is always garanteed. If the sortby clause is included in the search parameter, then the events will be ordered according to that clause. If the sortby clause isn’t included, then the events will be sorted by the numeric value of the id attribute, starting with the highest value. This, combined with the max parameter, simplifies obtaining the most recent event:

GET /ovirt-engine/api/events?max=1
Table 6.222. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

case_sensitive

Boolean

In

Indicates if the search performed using the search parameter should be performed taking case into account.

events

Event[]

Out

 

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

from

Integer

In

Indicates the event index after which events should be returned.

max

Integer

In

Sets the maximum number of events to return.

search

String

In

The events service provides search queries similar to other resource services.

6.75.2.1. case_sensitive

Indicates if the search performed using the search parameter should be performed taking case into account. The default value is true, which means that case is taken into account. If you want to search ignoring case set it to false.

6.75.2.2. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.75.2.3. from

Indicates the event index after which events should be returned. The indexes of events are strictly increasing, so when this parameter is used only the events with greater indexes will be returned. For example, the following request will return only the events with indexes greater than 123:

GET /ovirt-engine/api/events?from=123

This parameter is optional, and if not specified then the first event returned will be most recently generated.

6.75.2.4. max

Sets the maximum number of events to return. If not specified all the events are returned.

6.75.3. undelete POST

Table 6.223. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the un-delete should be performed asynchronously.

6.76. ExternalComputeResource

Manages a single external compute resource.

Compute resource is a term of host external provider. The external provider also needs to know to where the provisioned host needs to register. The login details of the engine are saved as a compute resource in the external provider side.

Table 6.224. Methods summary
NameSummary

get

Retrieves external compute resource details.

6.76.1. get GET

Retrieves external compute resource details.

For example, to get the details of compute resource 234 of provider 123, send a request like this:

GET /ovirt-engine/api/externalhostproviders/123/computeresources/234

It will return a response like this:

<external_compute_resource href="/ovirt-engine/api/externalhostproviders/123/computeresources/234" id="234">
  <name>hostname</name>
  <provider>oVirt</provider>
  <url>https://hostname/api</url>
  <user>admin@internal</user>
  <external_host_provider href="/ovirt-engine/api/externalhostproviders/123" id="123"/>
</external_compute_resource>
Table 6.225. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

resource

ExternalComputeResource

Out

External compute resource information

6.76.1.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.77. ExternalComputeResources

Manages a collection of external compute resources.

Compute resource is a term of host external provider. The external provider also needs to know to where the provisioned host needs to register. The login details of the engine is saved as a compute resource in the external provider side.

Table 6.226. Methods summary
NameSummary

list

Retrieves a list of external compute resources.

6.77.1. list GET

Retrieves a list of external compute resources.

For example, to retrieve the compute resources of external host provider 123, send a request like this:

GET /ovirt-engine/api/externalhostproviders/123/computeresources

It will return a response like this:

<external_compute_resources>
  <external_compute_resource href="/ovirt-engine/api/externalhostproviders/123/computeresources/234" id="234">
    <name>hostname</name>
    <provider>oVirt</provider>
    <url>https://address/api</url>
    <user>admin@internal</user>
    <external_host_provider href="/ovirt-engine/api/externalhostproviders/123" id="123"/>
   </external_compute_resource>
   ...
</external_compute_resources>

The order of the returned list of compute resources isn’t guaranteed.

Table 6.227. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

max

Integer

In

Sets the maximum number of resources to return.

resources

ExternalComputeResource[]

Out

List of external computer resources.

6.77.1.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.77.1.2. max

Sets the maximum number of resources to return. If not specified all the resources are returned.

6.78. ExternalDiscoveredHost

This service manages a single discovered host.

Table 6.228. Methods summary
NameSummary

get

Get discovered host info.

6.78.1. get GET

Get discovered host info.

Retrieves information about an host that is managed in external provider management system, such as Foreman. The information includes hostname, address, subnet, base image and more.

For example, to get the details of host 234 from provider 123, send a request like this:

GET /ovirt-engine/api/externalhostproviders/123/discoveredhosts/234

The result will be like this:

<external_discovered_host href="/ovirt-engine/api/externalhostproviders/123/discoveredhosts/234" id="234">
 <name>mac001a4ad04040</name>
 <ip>10.34.67.43</ip>
 <last_report>2017-04-24 11:05:41 UTC</last_report>
 <mac>00:1a:4a:d0:40:40</mac>
 <subnet_name>sat0</subnet_name>
 <external_host_provider href="/ovirt-engine/api/externalhostproviders/123" id="123"/>
</external_discovered_host>
Table 6.229. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

host

ExternalDiscoveredHost

Out

Host’s hardware and config information.

6.78.1.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.79. ExternalDiscoveredHosts

This service manages external discovered hosts.

Table 6.230. Methods summary
NameSummary

list

Get list of discovered hosts' information.

6.79.1. list GET

Get list of discovered hosts' information.

Discovered hosts are fetched from third-party providers such as Foreman.

To list all discovered hosts for provider 123 send the following:

GET /ovirt-engine/api/externalhostproviders/123/discoveredhost
<external_discovered_hosts>
 <external_discovered_host href="/ovirt-engine/api/externalhostproviders/123/discoveredhosts/456" id="456">
  <name>mac001a4ad04031</name>
  <ip>10.34.67.42</ip>
  <last_report>2017-04-24 11:05:41 UTC</last_report>
  <mac>00:1a:4a:d0:40:31</mac>
  <subnet_name>sat0</subnet_name>
  <external_host_provider href="/ovirt-engine/api/externalhostproviders/123" id="123"/>
 </external_discovered_host>
 <external_discovered_host href="/ovirt-engine/api/externalhostproviders/123/discoveredhosts/789" id="789">
  <name>mac001a4ad04040</name>
  <ip>10.34.67.43</ip>
  <last_report>2017-04-24 11:05:41 UTC</last_report>
  <mac>00:1a:4a:d0:40:40</mac>
  <subnet_name>sat0</subnet_name>
  <external_host_provider href="/ovirt-engine/api/externalhostproviders/123" id="123"/>
 </external_discovered_host>
 ...
</external_discovered_hosts>

The order of the returned list of hosts isn’t guaranteed.

Table 6.231. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

hosts

ExternalDiscoveredHost[]

Out

List of discovered hosts

max

Integer

In

Sets the maximum number of hosts to return.

6.79.1.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.79.1.2. max

Sets the maximum number of hosts to return. If not specified all the hosts are returned.

6.80. ExternalHost

Table 6.232. Methods summary
NameSummary

get

 

6.80.1. get GET

Table 6.233. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

host

ExternalHost

Out

 

6.80.1.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.81. ExternalHostGroup

This service manages a single host group information.

Host group is a term of host provider - the host group includes provision details that are applied to new discovered host. Information such as subnet, operating system, domain, etc.

Table 6.234. Methods summary
NameSummary

get

Get host group information.

6.81.1. get GET

Get host group information.

For example, to get the details of hostgroup 234 of provider 123, send a request like this:

GET /ovirt-engine/api/externalhostproviders/123/hostgroups/234

It will return a response like this:

<external_host_group href="/ovirt-engine/api/externalhostproviders/123/hostgroups/234" id="234">
  <name>rhel7</name>
  <architecture_name>x86_64</architecture_name>
  <domain_name>s.com</domain_name>
  <operating_system_name>RedHat 7.3</operating_system_name>
  <subnet_name>sat0</subnet_name>
  <external_host_provider href="/ovirt-engine/api/externalhostproviders/123" id="123"/>
</external_host_group>
Table 6.235. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

group

ExternalHostGroup

Out

Host group information.

6.81.1.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.82. ExternalHostGroups

This service manages hostgroups.

Table 6.236. Methods summary
NameSummary

list

Get host groups list from external host provider.

6.82.1. list GET

Get host groups list from external host provider.

Host group is a term of host providers - the host group includes provision details. This API returns all possible hostgroups exposed by the external provider.

For example, to get the details of all host groups of provider 123, send a request like this:

GET /ovirt-engine/api/externalhostproviders/123/hostgroups

The response will be like this:

<external_host_groups>
  <external_host_group href="/ovirt-engine/api/externalhostproviders/123/hostgroups/234" id="234">
    <name>rhel7</name>
    <architecture_name>x86_64</architecture_name>
    <domain_name>example.com</domain_name>
    <operating_system_name>RedHat 7.3</operating_system_name>
    <subnet_name>sat0</subnet_name>
    <external_host_provider href="/ovirt-engine/api/externalhostproviders/123" id="123"/>
  </external_host_group>
  ...
</external_host_groups>

The order of the returned list of host groups isn’t guaranteed.

Table 6.237. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

groups

ExternalHostGroup[]

Out

List of all hostgroups available for external host provider

max

Integer

In

Sets the maximum number of groups to return.

6.82.1.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.82.1.2. max

Sets the maximum number of groups to return. If not specified all the groups are returned.

6.83. ExternalHostProvider

Represents an external host provider, such as Foreman or Satellite.

See Foreman documentation for details. See Satellite documentation for details.

Table 6.238. Methods summary
NameSummary

get

Get external host provider information

Host provider, Foreman or Satellite, can be set as an external provider in ovirt.

importcertificates

Import the SSL certificates of the external host provider.

remove

 

testconnectivity

In order to test connectivity for external provider we need to run following request where 123 is an id of a provider.

update

Update the specified external host provider in the system.

6.83.1. get GET

Get external host provider information

Host provider, Foreman or Satellite, can be set as an external provider in ovirt. To see details about specific host providers attached to ovirt use this API.

For example, to get the details of host provider 123, send a request like this:

GET /ovirt-engine/api/externalhostproviders/123

The response will be like this:

<external_host_provider href="/ovirt-engine/api/externalhostproviders/123" id="123">
  <name>mysatellite</name>
  <requires_authentication>true</requires_authentication>
  <url>https://mysatellite.example.com</url>
  <username>admin</username>
</external_host_provider>
Table 6.239. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

provider

ExternalHostProvider

Out

 

6.83.1.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.83.2. importcertificates POST

Import the SSL certificates of the external host provider.

Table 6.240. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

certificates

Certificate[]

In

 

6.83.3. remove DELETE

Table 6.241. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the remove should be performed asynchronously.

6.83.4. testconnectivity POST

In order to test connectivity for external provider we need to run following request where 123 is an id of a provider.

POST /ovirt-engine/api/externalhostproviders/123/testconnectivity
Table 6.242. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the test should be performed asynchronously.

6.83.5. update PUT

Update the specified external host provider in the system.

Table 6.243. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the update should be performed asynchronously.

provider

ExternalHostProvider

In/Out

 

6.84. ExternalHostProviders

Table 6.244. Methods summary
NameSummary

add

Add a new external host provider to the system.

list

Returns the list of external host providers.

6.84.1. add POST

Add a new external host provider to the system.

Table 6.245. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

provider

ExternalHostProvider

In/Out

 

6.84.2. list GET

Returns the list of external host providers.

The order of the returned list of host providers isn’t guaranteed.

Table 6.246. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

max

Integer

In

Sets the maximum number of providers to return.

providers

ExternalHostProvider[]

Out

 

search

String

In

A query string used to restrict the returned external host providers.

6.84.2.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.84.2.2. max

Sets the maximum number of providers to return. If not specified all the providers are returned.

6.85. ExternalHosts

Table 6.247. Methods summary
NameSummary

list

Return the list of external hosts.

6.85.1. list GET

Return the list of external hosts.

The order of the returned list of hosts isn’t guaranteed.

Table 6.248. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

hosts

ExternalHost[]

Out

 

max

Integer

In

Sets the maximum number of hosts to return.

6.85.1.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.85.1.2. max

Sets the maximum number of hosts to return. If not specified all the hosts are returned.

6.86. ExternalNetworkProviderConfiguration

Describes how an external network provider is provisioned by the system on the host.

Table 6.249. Methods summary
NameSummary

get

Returns the information about an external network provider on the host.

6.86.1. get GET

Returns the information about an external network provider on the host.

Table 6.250. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

configuration

ExternalNetworkProviderConfiguration

Out

 

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

6.86.1.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.87. ExternalNetworkProviderConfigurations

A service to list all external network providers provisioned by the system on the host.

Table 6.251. Methods summary
NameSummary

list

Returns the list of all external network providers on the host.

6.87.1. list GET

Returns the list of all external network providers on the host.

The order of the returned list of networks is not guaranteed.

Table 6.252. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

configurations

ExternalNetworkProviderConfiguration[]

Out

 

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

6.87.1.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.88. ExternalProvider

Provides capability to manage external providers.

Table 6.253. Methods summary
NameSummary

importcertificates

Import the SSL certificates of the external host provider.

testconnectivity

In order to test connectivity for external provider we need to run following request where 123 is an id of a provider.

6.88.1. importcertificates POST

Import the SSL certificates of the external host provider.

Table 6.254. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

certificates

Certificate[]

In

 

6.88.2. testconnectivity POST

In order to test connectivity for external provider we need to run following request where 123 is an id of a provider.

POST /ovirt-engine/api/externalhostproviders/123/testconnectivity
Table 6.255. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the test should be performed asynchronously.

6.89. ExternalProviderCertificate

A service to view specific certificate for external provider.

Table 6.256. Methods summary
NameSummary

get

Get specific certificate.

6.89.1. get GET

Get specific certificate.

GET /ovirt-engine/api/externalhostproviders/123/certificate/0

And here is sample response:

<certificate id="0">
  <organization>provider.example.com</organization>
  <subject>CN=provider.example.com</subject>
  <content>...</content>
</certificate>
Table 6.257. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

certificate

Certificate

Out

The details of the certificate.

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

6.89.1.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.90. ExternalProviderCertificates

A service to view certificates for external provider.

Table 6.258. Methods summary
NameSummary

list

Returns the chain of certificates presented by the external provider.

6.90.1. list GET

Returns the chain of certificates presented by the external provider.

GET /ovirt-engine/api/externalhostproviders/123/certificates

And here is sample response:

<certificates>
  <certificate id="789">...</certificate>
  ...
</certificates>

The order of the returned certificates is always guaranteed to be the sign order: the first is the certificate of the server itself, the second the certificate of the CA that signs the first, so on.

Table 6.259. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

certificates

Certificate[]

Out

List containing certificate details.

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

max

Integer

In

Sets the maximum number of certificates to return.

6.90.1.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.90.1.2. max

Sets the maximum number of certificates to return. If not specified all the certificates are returned.

6.91. ExternalTemplateImports

Provides capability to import external templates. Currently supports OVA only.

Table 6.260. Methods summary
NameSummary

add

This operation is used to import a template from external hypervisor.

6.91.1. add POST

This operation is used to import a template from external hypervisor.

For example import of a template OVA can be facilitated using the following request:

POST /externaltemplateimports

With request body of type ExternalTemplateImport, for example:

<external_template_import>
  <template>
    <name>my_template</name>
  </template>
  <cluster id="2b18aca2-4469-11eb-9449-482ae35a5f83" />
  <storage_domain id="8bb5ade5-e988-4000-8b93-dbfc6717fe50" />
  <url>ova:///mnt/ova/ova_template.ova</url>
  <host id="8bb5ade5-e988-4000-8b93-dbfc6717fe50" />
</external_template_import>
Table 6.261. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

import

ExternalTemplateImport

In/Out

 

6.92. ExternalVmImports

Provides capability to import external virtual machines.

Table 6.262. Methods summary
NameSummary

add

This operation is used to import a virtual machine from external hypervisor, such as KVM, XEN or VMware.

6.92.1. add POST

This operation is used to import a virtual machine from external hypervisor, such as KVM, XEN or VMware.

For example import of a virtual machine from VMware can be facilitated using the following request:

POST /externalvmimports

With request body of type ExternalVmImport, for example:

<external_vm_import>
  <vm>
    <name>my_vm</name>
  </vm>
  <cluster id="360014051136c20574f743bdbd28177fd" />
  <storage_domain id="8bb5ade5-e988-4000-8b93-dbfc6717fe50" />
  <name>vm_name_as_is_in_vmware</name>
  <sparse>true</sparse>
  <username>vmware_user</username>
  <password>123456</password>
  <provider>VMWARE</provider>
  <url>vpx://wmware_user@vcenter-host/DataCenter/Cluster/esxi-host?no_verify=1</url>
  <drivers_iso id="virtio-win-1.6.7.iso" />
</external_vm_import>
Table 6.263. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

import

ExternalVmImport

In/Out

 

6.93. FenceAgent

A service to manage fence agent for a specific host.

Table 6.264. Methods summary
NameSummary

get

Gets details of this fence agent.

remove

Removes a fence agent for a specific host.

update

Update a fencing-agent.

6.93.1. get GET

Gets details of this fence agent.

GET /ovirt-engine/api/hosts/123/fenceagents/0

And here is sample response:

<agent id="0">
  <type>apc</type>
  <order>1</order>
  <ip>192.168.1.101</ip>
  <user>user</user>
  <password>xxx</password>
  <port>9</port>
  <options>name1=value1, name2=value2</options>
</agent>
Table 6.265. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

agent

Agent

Out

Fence agent details.

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

6.93.1.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.93.2. remove DELETE

Removes a fence agent for a specific host.

DELETE /ovirt-engine/api/hosts/123/fenceagents/0
Table 6.266. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the remove should be performed asynchronously.

6.93.3. update PUT

Update a fencing-agent.

Table 6.267. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

agent

Agent

In/Out

Fence agent details.

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the update should be performed asynchronously.

6.94. FenceAgents

A service to manage fence agents for a specific host.

Table 6.268. Methods summary
NameSummary

add

Add a new fencing-agent to the host.

list

Returns the list of fencing agents configured for the host.

6.94.1. add POST

Add a new fencing-agent to the host.

POST /ovirt-engine/api/hosts/123/fenceagents

You should consult the /usr/sbin/fence_<agent_name> manual page for
the legal parameters to [name1=value1, name2=value2,...] in the options field.
If any parameter in options appears by name that means that it is mandatory.
For example in <options>slot=7[,name1=value1, name2=value2,...]</options>
slot is mandatory.

apc, bladecenter, wti fencing agent/s sample request:

  <agent>
    <type>apc</type>
    <order>1</order>
    <ip>192.168.1.101</ip>
    <user>user</user>
    <password>xxx</password>
    <port>9</port>
    <options>slot=7[,name1=value1, name2=value2,...]</options>
  </agent>

apc_snmp, hpblade, ilo, ilo2, ilo_ssh, redfish, rsa fencing agent/s sample request:

  <agent>
    <type>apc_snmp</type>
    <order>1</order>
    <ip>192.168.1.101</ip>
    <user>user</user>
    <password>xxx</password>
    <port>9</port>
    <options>[name1=value1, name2=value2,...]</options>
  </agent>

cisco_ucs, drac5, eps fencing agent/s sample request:

  <agent>
    <type>cisco_ucs</type>
    <order>1</order>
    <ip>192.168.1.101</ip>
    <user>user</user>
    <password>xxx</password>
    <options>slot=7[,name1=value1, name2=value2,...]</options>
  </agent>

drac7, ilo3, ilo4, ipmilan, rsb fencing agent/s sample request:

  <agent>
    <type>drac7</type>
    <order>1</order>
    <ip>192.168.1.101</ip>
    <user>user</user>
    <password>xxx</password>
    <options>[name1=value1, name2=value2,...]</options>
  </agent>
Table 6.269. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

agent

Agent

In/Out

 

6.94.2. list GET

Returns the list of fencing agents configured for the host.

GET /ovirt-engine/api/hosts/123/fenceagents

And here is sample response:

<agents>
  <agent id="0">
    <type>apc</type>
    <order>1</order>
    <ip>192.168.1.101</ip>
    <user>user</user>
    <password>xxx</password>
    <port>9</port>
    <options>name1=value1, name2=value2</options>
  </agent>
</agents>

The order of the returned list of fencing agents isn’t guaranteed.

Table 6.270. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

agents

Agent[]

Out

List of fence agent details.

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

max

Integer

In

Sets the maximum number of agents to return.

6.94.2.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.94.2.2. max

Sets the maximum number of agents to return. If not specified all the agents are returned.

6.95. File

Table 6.271. Methods summary
NameSummary

get

 

6.95.1. get GET

Table 6.272. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

file

File

Out

 

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

6.95.1.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.96. Files

Provides a way for clients to list available files.

This service is specifically targeted to ISO storage domains, which contain ISO images and virtual floppy disks (VFDs) that an administrator uploads.

The addition of a CD-ROM device to a virtual machine requires an ISO image from the files of an ISO storage domain.

Table 6.273. Methods summary
NameSummary

list

Returns the list of ISO images and virtual floppy disks available in the storage domain.

6.96.1. list GET

Returns the list of ISO images and virtual floppy disks available in the storage domain. The order of the returned list is not guaranteed.

If the refresh parameter is false, the returned list may not reflect recent changes to the storage domain; for example, it may not contain a new ISO file that was recently added. This is because the server caches the list of files to improve performance. To get the very latest results, set the refresh parameter to true.

The default value of the refresh parameter is true, but it can be changed using the configuration value ForceRefreshDomainFilesByDefault:

# engine-config -s ForceRefreshDomainFilesByDefault=false
Important

Setting the value of the refresh parameter to true has an impact on the performance of the server. Use it only if necessary.

Table 6.274. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

case_sensitive

Boolean

In

Indicates if the search performed using the search parameter should take case into account.

file

File[]

Out

 

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

max

Integer

In

Sets the maximum number of files to return.

refresh

Boolean

In

Indicates whether the list of files should be refreshed from the storage domain, rather than showing cached results that are updated at certain intervals.

search

String

In

A query string used to restrict the returned files.

6.96.1.1. case_sensitive

Indicates if the search performed using the search parameter should take case into account. The default value is true.

6.96.1.2. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.96.1.3. max

Sets the maximum number of files to return. If not specified, all the files are returned.

6.97. Filter

Table 6.275. Methods summary
NameSummary

get

 

remove

 

6.97.1. get GET

Table 6.276. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

filter

Boolean

In

Indicates if the results should be filtered according to the permissions of the user.

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

result

Filter

Out

 

6.97.1.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.97.2. remove DELETE

Table 6.277. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the remove should be performed asynchronously.

6.98. Filters

Manages the filters used by an scheduling policy.

Table 6.278. Methods summary
NameSummary

add

Add a filter to a specified user defined scheduling policy.

list

Returns the list of filters used by the scheduling policy.

6.98.1. add POST

Add a filter to a specified user defined scheduling policy.

Table 6.279. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

filter

Filter

In/Out

 

6.98.2. list GET

Returns the list of filters used by the scheduling policy.

The order of the returned list of filters isn’t guaranteed.

Table 6.280. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

filter

Boolean

In

Indicates if the results should be filtered according to the permissions of the user.

filters

Filter[]

Out

 

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

max

Integer

In

Sets the maximum number of filters to return.

6.98.2.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.98.2.2. max

Sets the maximum number of filters to return. If not specified all the filters are returned.

6.99. Follow

6.100. GlusterBrick

This service manages a single gluster brick.

Table 6.281. Methods summary
NameSummary

get

Get details of a brick.

remove

Removes a brick.

replace

Replaces this brick with a new one.

6.100.1. get GET

Get details of a brick.

Retrieves status details of brick from underlying gluster volume with header All-Content set to true. This is the equivalent of running gluster volume status <volumename> <brickname> detail.

For example, to get the details of brick 234 of gluster volume 123, send a request like this:

GET /ovirt-engine/api/clusters/567/glustervolumes/123/glusterbricks/234

Which will return a response body like this:

<brick id="234">
  <name>host1:/rhgs/data/brick1</name>
  <brick_dir>/rhgs/data/brick1</brick_dir>
  <server_id>111</server_id>
  <status>up</status>
  <device>/dev/mapper/RHGS_vg1-lv_vmaddldisks</device>
  <fs_name>xfs</fs_name>
  <gluster_clients>
    <gluster_client>
      <bytes_read>2818417648</bytes_read>
      <bytes_written>1384694844</bytes_written>
      <client_port>1011</client_port>
      <host_name>client2</host_name>
    </gluster_client>
  </gluster_clients>
  <memory_pools>
    <memory_pool>
      <name>data-server:fd_t</name>
      <alloc_count>1626348</alloc_count>
      <cold_count>1020</cold_count>
      <hot_count>4</hot_count>
      <max_alloc>23</max_alloc>
      <max_stdalloc>0</max_stdalloc>
      <padded_size>140</padded_size>
      <pool_misses>0</pool_misses>
    </memory_pool>
  </memory_pools>
  <mnt_options>rw,seclabel,noatime,nodiratime,attr2,inode64,sunit=512,swidth=2048,noquota</mnt_options>
  <pid>25589</pid>
  <port>49155</port>
</brick>
Table 6.282. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

brick

GlusterBrick

Out

 

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

6.100.1.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.100.2. remove DELETE

Removes a brick.

Removes a brick from the underlying gluster volume and deletes entries from database. This can be used only when removing a single brick without data migration. To remove multiple bricks and with data migration, use migrate instead.

For example, to delete brick 234 from gluster volume 123, send a request like this:

DELETE /ovirt-engine/api/clusters/567/glustervolumes/123/glusterbricks/234
Table 6.283. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the remove should be performed asynchronously.

6.100.3. replace POST

Replaces this brick with a new one.

Important

This operation has been deprecated since version 3.5 of the engine and will be removed in the future. Use add brick(s) and migrate brick(s) instead.

Table 6.284. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the replacement should be performed asynchronously.

force

Boolean

In

 

6.101. GlusterBricks

This service manages the gluster bricks in a gluster volume

Table 6.285. Methods summary
NameSummary

activate

Activate the bricks post data migration of remove brick operation.

add

Adds a list of bricks to gluster volume.

list

Lists the bricks of a gluster volume.

migrate

Start migration of data prior to removing bricks.

remove

Removes bricks from gluster volume.

stopmigrate

Stops migration of data from bricks for a remove brick operation.

6.101.1. activate POST

Activate the bricks post data migration of remove brick operation.

Used to activate brick(s) once the data migration from bricks is complete but user no longer wishes to remove bricks. The bricks that were previously marked for removal will now be used as normal bricks.

For example, to retain the bricks that on glustervolume 123 from which data was migrated, send a request like this:

POST /ovirt-engine/api/clusters/567/glustervolumes/123/glusterbricks/activate

With a request body like this:

<action>
  <bricks>
    <brick>
      <name>host1:/rhgs/brick1</name>
    </brick>
  </bricks>
</action>
Table 6.286. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the activation should be performed asynchronously.

bricks

GlusterBrick[]

In

The list of bricks that need to be re-activated.

6.101.2. add POST

Adds a list of bricks to gluster volume.

Used to expand a gluster volume by adding bricks. For replicated volume types, the parameter replica_count needs to be passed. In case the replica count is being increased, then the number of bricks needs to be equivalent to the number of replica sets.

For example, to add bricks to gluster volume 123, send a request like this:

POST /ovirt-engine/api/clusters/567/glustervolumes/123/glusterbricks

With a request body like this:

<bricks>
  <brick>
    <server_id>111</server_id>
    <brick_dir>/export/data/brick3</brick_dir>
  </brick>
</bricks>
Table 6.287. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

bricks

GlusterBrick[]

In/Out

The list of bricks to be added to the volume

replica_count

Integer

In

Replica count of volume post add operation.

stripe_count

Integer

In

Stripe count of volume post add operation.

6.101.3. list GET

Lists the bricks of a gluster volume.

For example, to list bricks of gluster volume 123, send a request like this:

GET /ovirt-engine/api/clusters/567/glustervolumes/123/glusterbricks

Provides an output as below:

<bricks>
  <brick id="234">
    <name>host1:/rhgs/data/brick1</name>
    <brick_dir>/rhgs/data/brick1</brick_dir>
    <server_id>111</server_id>
    <status>up</status>
  </brick>
  <brick id="233">
    <name>host2:/rhgs/data/brick1</name>
    <brick_dir>/rhgs/data/brick1</brick_dir>
    <server_id>222</server_id>
    <status>up</status>
  </brick>
</bricks>

The order of the returned list is based on the brick order provided at gluster volume creation.

Table 6.288. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

bricks

GlusterBrick[]

Out

 

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

max

Integer

In

Sets the maximum number of bricks to return.

6.101.3.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.101.3.2. max

Sets the maximum number of bricks to return. If not specified all the bricks are returned.

6.101.4. migrate POST

Start migration of data prior to removing bricks.

Removing bricks is a two-step process, where the data on bricks to be removed, is first migrated to remaining bricks. Once migration is completed the removal of bricks is confirmed via the API remove. If at any point, the action needs to be cancelled stopmigrate has to be called.

For instance, to delete a brick from a gluster volume with id 123, send a request:

POST /ovirt-engine/api/clusters/567/glustervolumes/123/glusterbricks/migrate

With a request body like this:

<action>
  <bricks>
    <brick>
      <name>host1:/rhgs/brick1</name>
    </brick>
  </bricks>
</action>

The migration process can be tracked from the job id returned from the API using job and steps in job using step

Table 6.289. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the migration should be performed asynchronously.

bricks

GlusterBrick[]

In

List of bricks for which data migration needs to be started.

6.101.5. remove DELETE

Removes bricks from gluster volume.

The recommended way to remove bricks without data loss is to first migrate the data using stopmigrate and then removing them. If migrate was not called on bricks prior to remove, the bricks are removed without data migration which may lead to data loss.

For example, to delete the bricks from gluster volume 123, send a request like this:

DELETE /ovirt-engine/api/clusters/567/glustervolumes/123/glusterbricks

With a request body like this:

<bricks>
  <brick>
    <name>host:brick_directory</name>
  </brick>
</bricks>
Table 6.290. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the remove should be performed asynchronously.

bricks

GlusterBrick[]

In

The list of bricks to be removed

replica_count

Integer

In

Replica count of volume post add operation.

6.101.6. stopmigrate POST

Stops migration of data from bricks for a remove brick operation.

To cancel data migration that was started as part of the 2-step remove brick process in case the user wishes to continue using the bricks. The bricks that were marked for removal will function as normal bricks post this operation.

For example, to stop migration of data from the bricks of gluster volume 123, send a request like this:

POST /ovirt-engine/api/clusters/567/glustervolumes/123/glusterbricks/stopmigrate

With a request body like this:

<bricks>
  <brick>
    <name>host:brick_directory</name>
  </brick>
</bricks>
Table 6.291. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the action should be performed asynchronously.

bricks

GlusterBrick[]

In

List of bricks for which data migration needs to be stopped.

6.101.6.1. bricks

List of bricks for which data migration needs to be stopped. This list should match the arguments passed to migrate.

6.102. GlusterHook

Table 6.292. Methods summary
NameSummary

disable

Resolves status conflict of hook among servers in cluster by disabling Gluster hook in all servers of the cluster.

enable

Resolves status conflict of hook among servers in cluster by disabling Gluster hook in all servers of the cluster.

get

 

remove

Removes the this Gluster hook from all servers in cluster and deletes it from the database.

resolve

Resolves missing hook conflict depending on the resolution type.

6.102.1. disable POST

Resolves status conflict of hook among servers in cluster by disabling Gluster hook in all servers of the cluster. This updates the hook status to DISABLED in database.

Table 6.293. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the action should be performed asynchronously.

6.102.2. enable POST

Resolves status conflict of hook among servers in cluster by disabling Gluster hook in all servers of the cluster. This updates the hook status to DISABLED in database.

Table 6.294. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the action should be performed asynchronously.

6.102.3. get GET

Table 6.295. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

hook

GlusterHook

Out

 

6.102.3.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.102.4. remove DELETE

Removes the this Gluster hook from all servers in cluster and deletes it from the database.

Table 6.296. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the remove should be performed asynchronously.

6.102.5. resolve POST

Resolves missing hook conflict depending on the resolution type.

For ADD resolves by copying hook stored in engine database to all servers where the hook is missing. The engine maintains a list of all servers where hook is missing.

For COPY resolves conflict in hook content by copying hook stored in engine database to all servers where the hook is missing. The engine maintains a list of all servers where the content is conflicting. If a host id is passed as parameter, the hook content from the server is used as the master to copy to other servers in cluster.

Table 6.297. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the action should be performed asynchronously.

host

Host

In

 

resolution_type

String

In

 

6.103. GlusterHooks

Table 6.298. Methods summary
NameSummary

list

Returns the list of hooks.

6.103.1. list GET

Returns the list of hooks.

The order of the returned list of hooks isn’t guaranteed.

Table 6.299. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

hooks

GlusterHook[]

Out

 

max

Integer

In

Sets the maximum number of hooks to return.

6.103.1.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.103.1.2. max

Sets the maximum number of hooks to return. If not specified all the hooks are returned.

6.104. GlusterVolume

This service manages a single gluster volume.

Table 6.300. Methods summary
NameSummary

get

Get the gluster volume details.

getprofilestatistics

Get gluster volume profile statistics.

rebalance

Rebalance the gluster volume.

remove

Removes the gluster volume.

resetalloptions

Resets all the options set in the gluster volume.

resetoption

Resets a particular option in the gluster volume.

setoption

Sets a particular option in the gluster volume.

start

Starts the gluster volume.

startprofile

Start profiling the gluster volume.

stop

Stops the gluster volume.

stopprofile

Stop profiling the gluster volume.

stoprebalance

Stop rebalancing the gluster volume.

6.104.1. get GET

Get the gluster volume details.

For example, to get details of a gluster volume with identifier 123 in cluster 456, send a request like this:

GET /ovirt-engine/api/clusters/456/glustervolumes/123

This GET request will return the following output:

<gluster_volume id="123">
 <name>data</name>
 <link href="/ovirt-engine/api/clusters/456/glustervolumes/123/glusterbricks" rel="glusterbricks"/>
 <disperse_count>0</disperse_count>
 <options>
   <option>
     <name>storage.owner-gid</name>
     <value>36</value>
   </option>
   <option>
     <name>performance.io-cache</name>
     <value>off</value>
   </option>
   <option>
     <name>cluster.data-self-heal-algorithm</name>
     <value>full</value>
   </option>
 </options>
 <redundancy_count>0</redundancy_count>
 <replica_count>3</replica_count>
 <status>up</status>
 <stripe_count>0</stripe_count>
 <transport_types>
   <transport_type>tcp</transport_type>
 </transport_types>
 <volume_type>replicate</volume_type>
 </gluster_volume>
Table 6.301. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

volume

GlusterVolume

Out

Representation of the gluster volume.

6.104.1.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.104.2. getprofilestatistics POST

Get gluster volume profile statistics.

For example, to get profile statistics for a gluster volume with identifier 123 in cluster 456, send a request like this:

POST /ovirt-engine/api/clusters/456/glustervolumes/123/getprofilestatistics
Table 6.302. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

details

GlusterVolumeProfileDetails

Out

Gluster volume profiling information returned from the action.

6.104.3. rebalance POST

Rebalance the gluster volume.

Rebalancing a gluster volume helps to distribute the data evenly across all the bricks. After expanding or shrinking a gluster volume (without migrating data), we need to rebalance the data among the bricks. In a non-replicated volume, all bricks should be online to perform the rebalance operation. In a replicated volume, at least one of the bricks in the replica should be online.

For example, to rebalance a gluster volume with identifier 123 in cluster 456, send a request like this:

POST /ovirt-engine/api/clusters/456/glustervolumes/123/rebalance
Table 6.303. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the rebalance should be performed asynchronously.

fix_layout

Boolean

In

If set to true, rebalance will only fix the layout so that new data added to the volume is distributed across all the hosts.

force

Boolean

In

Indicates if the rebalance should be force started.

6.104.3.1. fix_layout

If set to true, rebalance will only fix the layout so that new data added to the volume is distributed across all the hosts. But it will not migrate/rebalance the existing data. Default is false.

6.104.3.2. force

Indicates if the rebalance should be force started. The rebalance command can be executed with the force option even when the older clients are connected to the cluster. However, this could lead to a data loss situation. Default is false.

6.104.4. remove DELETE

Removes the gluster volume.

For example, to remove a volume with identifier 123 in cluster 456, send a request like this:

DELETE /ovirt-engine/api/clusters/456/glustervolumes/123
Table 6.304. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the remove should be performed asynchronously.

6.104.5. resetalloptions POST

Resets all the options set in the gluster volume.

For example, to reset all options in a gluster volume with identifier 123 in cluster 456, send a request like this:

POST /ovirt-engine/api/clusters/456/glustervolumes/123/resetalloptions
Table 6.305. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the reset should be performed asynchronously.

6.104.6. resetoption POST

Resets a particular option in the gluster volume.

For example, to reset a particular option option1 in a gluster volume with identifier 123 in cluster 456, send a request like this:

POST /ovirt-engine/api/clusters/456/glustervolumes/123/resetoption

With the following request body:

<action>
 <option name="option1"/>
</action>
Table 6.306. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the reset should be performed asynchronously.

force

Boolean

In

 

option

Option

In

Option to reset.

6.104.7. setoption POST

Sets a particular option in the gluster volume.

For example, to set option1 with value value1 in a gluster volume with identifier 123 in cluster 456, send a request like this:

POST /ovirt-engine/api/clusters/456/glustervolumes/123/setoption

With the following request body:

<action>
 <option name="option1" value="value1"/>
</action>
Table 6.307. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the action should be performed asynchronously.

option

Option

In

Option to set.

6.104.8. start POST

Starts the gluster volume.

A Gluster Volume should be started to read/write data. For example, to start a gluster volume with identifier 123 in cluster 456, send a request like this:

POST /ovirt-engine/api/clusters/456/glustervolumes/123/start
Table 6.308. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the action should be performed asynchronously.

force

Boolean

In

Indicates if the volume should be force started.

6.104.8.1. force

Indicates if the volume should be force started. If a gluster volume is started already but few/all bricks are down then force start can be used to bring all the bricks up. Default is false.

6.104.9. startprofile POST

Start profiling the gluster volume.

For example, to start profiling a gluster volume with identifier 123 in cluster 456, send a request like this:

POST /ovirt-engine/api/clusters/456/glustervolumes/123/startprofile
Table 6.309. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the action should be performed asynchronously.

6.104.10. stop POST

Stops the gluster volume.

Stopping a volume will make its data inaccessible.

For example, to stop a gluster volume with identifier 123 in cluster 456, send a request like this:

POST /ovirt-engine/api/clusters/456/glustervolumes/123/stop
Table 6.310. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the action should be performed asynchronously.

force

Boolean

In

 

6.104.11. stopprofile POST

Stop profiling the gluster volume.

For example, to stop profiling a gluster volume with identifier 123 in cluster 456, send a request like this:

POST /ovirt-engine/api/clusters/456/glustervolumes/123/stopprofile
Table 6.311. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the action should be performed asynchronously.

6.104.12. stoprebalance POST

Stop rebalancing the gluster volume.

For example, to stop rebalancing a gluster volume with identifier 123 in cluster 456, send a request like this:

POST /ovirt-engine/api/clusters/456/glustervolumes/123/stoprebalance
Table 6.312. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the action should be performed asynchronously.

6.105. GlusterVolumes

This service manages a collection of gluster volumes available in a cluster.

Table 6.313. Methods summary
NameSummary

add

Creates a new gluster volume.

list

Lists all gluster volumes in the cluster.

6.105.1. add POST

Creates a new gluster volume.

The volume is created based on properties of the volume parameter. The properties name, volume_type and bricks are required.

For example, to add a volume with name myvolume to the cluster 123, send the following request:

POST /ovirt-engine/api/clusters/123/glustervolumes

With the following request body:

<gluster_volume>
  <name>myvolume</name>
  <volume_type>replicate</volume_type>
  <replica_count>3</replica_count>
  <bricks>
    <brick>
      <server_id>server1</server_id>
      <brick_dir>/exp1</brick_dir>
    </brick>
    <brick>
      <server_id>server2</server_id>
      <brick_dir>/exp1</brick_dir>
    </brick>
    <brick>
      <server_id>server3</server_id>
      <brick_dir>/exp1</brick_dir>
    </brick>
  <bricks>
</gluster_volume>
Table 6.314. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

volume

GlusterVolume

In/Out

The gluster volume definition from which to create the volume is passed as input and the newly created volume is returned.

6.105.2. list GET

Lists all gluster volumes in the cluster.

For example, to list all Gluster Volumes in cluster 456, send a request like this:

GET /ovirt-engine/api/clusters/456/glustervolumes

The order of the returned list of volumes isn’t guaranteed.

Table 6.315. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

case_sensitive

Boolean

In

Indicates if the search performed using the search parameter should be performed taking case into account.

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

max

Integer

In

Sets the maximum number of volumes to return.

search

String

In

A query string used to restrict the returned volumes.

volumes

GlusterVolume[]

Out

 

6.105.2.1. case_sensitive

Indicates if the search performed using the search parameter should be performed taking case into account. The default value is true, which means that case is taken into account. If you want to search ignoring case set it to false.

6.105.2.2. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.105.2.3. max

Sets the maximum number of volumes to return. If not specified all the volumes are returned.

6.106. Group

Manages a group of users. Use this service to either get groups details or remove groups. In order to add new groups please use service that manages the collection of groups.

Table 6.316. Methods summary
NameSummary

get

Gets the system group information.

remove

Removes the system group.

6.106.1. get GET

Gets the system group information.

Usage:

GET /ovirt-engine/api/groups/123

Will return the group information:

<group href="/ovirt-engine/api/groups/123" id="123">
  <name>mygroup</name>
  <link href="/ovirt-engine/api/groups/123/roles" rel="roles"/>
  <link href="/ovirt-engine/api/groups/123/permissions" rel="permissions"/>
  <link href="/ovirt-engine/api/groups/123/tags" rel="tags"/>
  <domain_entry_id>476652557A382F67696B6D2B32762B37796E46476D513D3D</domain_entry_id>
  <namespace>DC=example,DC=com</namespace>
  <domain href="/ovirt-engine/api/domains/ABCDEF" id="ABCDEF">
    <name>myextension-authz</name>
  </domain>
</group>
Table 6.317. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

get

Group

Out

The system group.

6.106.1.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.106.2. remove DELETE

Removes the system group.

Usage:

DELETE /ovirt-engine/api/groups/123
Table 6.318. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the remove should be performed asynchronously.

6.107. Groups

Manages the collection of groups of users.

Table 6.319. Methods summary
NameSummary

add

Add group from a directory service.

list

List all the groups in the system.

6.107.1. add POST

Add group from a directory service. Please note that domain name is name of the authorization provider.

For example, to add the Developers group from the internal-authz authorization provider send a request like this:

POST /ovirt-engine/api/groups

With a request body like this:

<group>
  <name>Developers</name>
  <domain>
    <name>internal-authz</name>
  </domain>
</group>
Table 6.320. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

group

Group

In/Out

The group to be added.

6.107.2. list GET

List all the groups in the system.

Usage:

GET /ovirt-engine/api/groups

Will return the list of groups:

<groups>
  <group href="/ovirt-engine/api/groups/123" id="123">
    <name>mygroup</name>
    <link href="/ovirt-engine/api/groups/123/roles" rel="roles"/>
    <link href="/ovirt-engine/api/groups/123/permissions" rel="permissions"/>
    <link href="/ovirt-engine/api/groups/123/tags" rel="tags"/>
    <domain_entry_id>476652557A382F67696B6D2B32762B37796E46476D513D3D</domain_entry_id>
    <namespace>DC=example,DC=com</namespace>
    <domain href="/ovirt-engine/api/domains/ABCDEF" id="ABCDEF">
      <name>myextension-authz</name>
    </domain>
  </group>
  ...
</groups>

The order of the returned list of groups isn’t guaranteed.

Table 6.321. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

case_sensitive

Boolean

In

Indicates if the search performed using the search parameter should be performed taking case into account.

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

groups

Group[]

Out

The list of groups.

max

Integer

In

Sets the maximum number of groups to return.

search

String

In

A query string used to restrict the returned groups.

6.107.2.1. case_sensitive

Indicates if the search performed using the search parameter should be performed taking case into account. The default value is true, which means that case is taken into account. If you want to search ignoring case set it to false.

6.107.2.2. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.107.2.3. max

Sets the maximum number of groups to return. If not specified all the groups are returned.

6.108. Host

A service to manage a host.

Table 6.322. Methods summary
NameSummary

activate

Activates the host for use, for example to run virtual machines.

approve

Approve a pre-installed Hypervisor host for usage in the virtualization environment.

commitnetconfig

Marks the network configuration as good and persists it inside the host.

copyhostnetworks

Copy the network configuration of the specified host to current host.

deactivate

Deactivates the host to perform maintenance tasks.

discoveriscsi

Discovers iSCSI targets on the host, using the initiator details.

enrollcertificate

Enrolls the certificate of the host.

fence

Controls the host’s power management device.

forceselectspm

To manually set a host as the storage pool manager (SPM).

get

Gets the host details.

install

Installs the latest version of VDSM and related software on the host.

iscsidiscover

This method has been deprecated since Engine version 4.

iscsilogin

Login to iSCSI targets on the host, using the target details.

refresh

Refresh the host devices and capabilities.

remove

Remove the host from the system.

setupnetworks

This method is used to change the configuration of the network interfaces of a host.

syncallnetworks

To synchronize all networks on the host, send a request like this:

[source] ---- POST /ovirt-engine/api/hosts/123/syncallnetworks ----

With a request body like this:

[source,xml] ---- <action/> ----

unregisteredstoragedomainsdiscover

Discovers the block Storage Domains which are candidates to be imported to the setup.

update

Update the host properties.

upgrade

Upgrades VDSM and selected software on the host.

upgradecheck

Check if there are upgrades available for the host.

6.108.1. activate POST

Activates the host for use, for example to run virtual machines.

Table 6.323. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the activation should be performed asynchronously.

6.108.2. approve POST

Approve a pre-installed Hypervisor host for usage in the virtualization environment.

This action also accepts an optional cluster element to define the target cluster for this host.

Table 6.324. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

activate

Boolean

In

When set to 'true', this host will be activated after its approval completes.

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the approval should be performed asynchronously.

cluster

Cluster

In

The cluster where the host will be added after it is approved.

host

Host

In

The host to approve.

reboot

Boolean

In

Indicates if the host should be rebooted after successful installation.

6.108.2.1. activate

When set to 'true', this host will be activated after its approval completes. When set to 'false' the host will remain in 'maintenance' status after its approval. Absence of this parameter will be interpreted as 'true', since the desired default behavior is activating the host after approval.

6.108.2.2. reboot

Indicates if the host should be rebooted after successful installation. The default value is true.

6.108.3. commitnetconfig POST

Marks the network configuration as good and persists it inside the host.

An API user commits the network configuration to persist a host network interface attachment or detachment, or persist the creation and deletion of a bonded interface.

Important

Networking configuration is only committed after the engine has established that host connectivity is not lost as a result of the configuration changes. If host connectivity is lost, the host requires a reboot and automatically reverts to the previous networking configuration.

For example, to commit the network configuration of host with id 123 send a request like this:

POST /ovirt-engine/api/hosts/123/commitnetconfig

With a request body like this:

<action/>
Important

Since Red Hat Virtualization Manager 4.3, it is possible to also specify commit_on_success in the setupnetworks request, in which case the new configuration is automatically saved in the {hypervisor-name} upon completing the setup and re-establishing connectivity between the {hypervisor-name} and Red Hat Virtualization Manager, and without waiting for a separate commitnetconfig request.

Table 6.325. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the action should be performed asynchronously.

6.108.4. copyhostnetworks POST

Copy the network configuration of the specified host to current host.

Important

Any network attachments that are not present on the source host will be erased from the target host by the copy operation.

To copy networks from another host, send a request like this:

POST /ovirt-engine/api/hosts/123/copyhostnetworks

With a request body like this:

<action>
   <source_host id="456"/>
</action>
Table 6.326. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the action should be performed asynchronously.

source_host

Host

In

The host to copy networks from.

6.108.5. deactivate POST

Deactivates the host to perform maintenance tasks.

Table 6.327. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the deactivation should be performed asynchronously.

reason

String

In

 

stop_gluster_service

Boolean

In

Indicates if the gluster service should be stopped as part of deactivating the host.

6.108.5.1. stop_gluster_service

Indicates if the gluster service should be stopped as part of deactivating the host. It can be used while performing maintenance operations on the gluster host. Default value for this variable is false.

6.108.6. discoveriscsi POST

Discovers iSCSI targets on the host, using the initiator details. Returns a list of IscsiDetails objects containing the discovered data.

For example, to discover iSCSI targets available in myiscsi.example.com, from host 123, send a request like this:

POST /ovirt-engine/api/hosts/123/discoveriscsi

With a request body like this:

<action>
  <iscsi>
    <address>myiscsi.example.com</address>
  </iscsi>
</action>

The result will be like this:

<discovered_targets>
  <iscsi_details>
    <address>10.35.1.72</address>
    <port>3260</port>
    <portal>10.35.1.72:3260,1</portal>
    <target>iqn.2015-08.com.tgt:444</target>
  </iscsi_details>
</discovered_targets>
Important

When using this method to discover iscsi targets, you can use an FQDN or an IP address, but you must use the iscsi details from the discovered targets results to log in using the iscsilogin method.

Table 6.328. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the discovery should be performed asynchronously.

discovered_targets

IscsiDetails[]

Out

The discovered targets including all connection information.

iscsi

IscsiDetails

In

The target iSCSI device.

6.108.7. enrollcertificate POST

Enrolls the certificate of the host. Useful in case you get a warning that it is about to expire or has already expired.

Table 6.329. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the enrollment should be performed asynchronously.

6.108.8. fence POST

Controls the host’s power management device.

For example, to start the host. This can be done via:

#!/bin/sh -ex

url="https://engine.example.com/ovirt-engine/api"
user="admin@internal"
password="..."

curl \
--verbose \
--cacert /etc/pki/ovirt-engine/ca.pem \
--user "${user}:${password}" \
--request POST \
--header "Version: 4" \
--header "Content-Type: application/xml" \
--header "Accept: application/xml" \
--data '
<action>
  <fence_type>start</fence_type>
</action>
' \
"${url}/hosts/123/fence"
Table 6.330. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the fencing should be performed asynchronously.

fence_type

String

In

 

maintenance_after_restart

Boolean

In

Indicates if host should be put into maintenance after restart.

power_management

PowerManagement

Out

 

6.108.9. forceselectspm POST

To manually set a host as the storage pool manager (SPM).

POST /ovirt-engine/api/hosts/123/forceselectspm

With a request body like this:

<action/>
Table 6.331. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the action should be performed asynchronously.

6.108.10. get GET

Gets the host details.

GET /ovirt-engine/api/hosts/123
Table 6.332. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

all_content

Boolean

In

Indicates if all of the attributes of the host should be included in the response.

filter

Boolean

In

Indicates if the results should be filtered according to the permissions of the user.

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

host

Host

Out

The queried host.

6.108.10.1. all_content

Indicates if all of the attributes of the host should be included in the response.

By default the following attributes are excluded:

  • hosted_engine

For example, to retrieve the complete representation of host '123':

GET /ovirt-engine/api/hosts/123?all_content=true
Note

These attributes are not included by default because retrieving them impacts performance. They are seldom used and require additional queries to the database. Use this parameter with caution and only when specifically required.

6.108.10.2. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.108.11. install POST

Installs the latest version of VDSM and related software on the host.

The action also performs every configuration steps on the host which is done during adding host to the engine: kdump configuration, hosted-engine deploy, kernel options changes, etc.

The host type defines additional parameters for the action.

Example of installing a host, using curl and JSON, plain:

curl \
--verbose \
--cacert /etc/pki/ovirt-engine/ca.pem \
--request PUT \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--header "Accept: application/json" \
--header "Version: 4" \
--user "admin@internal:..." \
--data '
{
  "root_password": "myrootpassword"
}
' \
"https://engine.example.com/ovirt-engine/api/hosts/123"

Example of installing a host using curl and JSON with hosted engine components:

curl \
curl \
--verbose \
--cacert /etc/pki/ovirt-engine/ca.pem \
--request PUT \
--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
--header "Accept: application/json" \
--header "Version: 4" \
--user "admin@internal:..." \
--data '
{
  "root_password": "myrootpassword"
"deploy_hosted_engine" : "true"
}
' \
"https://engine.example.com/ovirt-engine/api/hosts/123"
Important

Since version 4.1.2 of the engine, when a host is reinstalled we override the host firewall definitions by default.

Table 6.333. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

activate

Boolean

In

When set to 'true', this host will be activated after its installation completes.

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the installation should be performed asynchronously.

deploy_hosted_engine

Boolean

In

When set to true this host will also deploy the self-hosted engine components.

host

Host

In

The override_iptables property is used to indicate if the firewall configuration should be replaced by the default one.

image

String

In

When installing {hypervisor-name}, an ISO image file is required.

reboot

Boolean

In

Indicates if the host should be rebooted after successful installation.

root_password

String

In

The password of the root user used to connect to the host via SSH.

ssh

Ssh

In

The SSH details used to connect to the host.

undeploy_hosted_engine

Boolean

In

When set to true this host will un-deploy the self-hosted engine components, and this host will not function as part of the High Availability cluster.

6.108.11.1. activate

When set to 'true', this host will be activated after its installation completes. When set to 'false' the host will remain in 'maintenance' status after its installation. Absence of this parameter will be interpreted as 'true', since the desired default behavior is activating the host after install.

6.108.11.2. deploy_hosted_engine

When set to true this host will also deploy the self-hosted engine components. A missing value is treated as true i.e deploy. Omitting this parameter means false and will not perform any operation in the self-hosted engine area.

6.108.11.3. reboot

Indicates if the host should be rebooted after successful installation. The default value is true.

6.108.11.4. undeploy_hosted_engine

When set to true this host will un-deploy the self-hosted engine components, and this host will not function as part of the High Availability cluster. A missing value is treated as true i.e un-deploy. Omitting this parameter means false and will not perform any operation in the self-hosted engine area.

6.108.12. iscsidiscover POST

This method has been deprecated since Engine version 4.4.6. DiscoverIscsi should be used instead.

Discovers iSCSI targets on the host, using the initiator details. Returns an array of strings containing the discovered data.

For example, to discover iSCSI targets available in myiscsi.example.com, from host 123, send a request like this:

POST /ovirt-engine/api/hosts/123/iscsidiscover

With a request body like this:

<action>
  <iscsi>
    <address>myiscsi.example.com</address>
  </iscsi>
</action>
Table 6.334. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the discovery should be performed asynchronously.

iscsi

IscsiDetails

In

The target iSCSI device.

iscsi_targets

String[]

Out

The iSCSI targets.

6.108.12.1. iscsi_targets

The iSCSI targets. *

6.108.13. iscsilogin POST

Login to iSCSI targets on the host, using the target details.

Important

When using this method to log in, you must use the iscsi details from the discovered targets results in the discoveriscsi method.

Table 6.335. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the login should be performed asynchronously.

iscsi

IscsiDetails

In

The target iSCSI device.

6.108.14. refresh POST

Refresh the host devices and capabilities.

Table 6.336. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the refresh should be performed asynchronously.

6.108.15. remove DELETE

Remove the host from the system.

#!/bin/sh -ex

url="https://engine.example.com/ovirt-engine/api"
user="admin@internal"
password="..."

curl \
--verbose \
--cacert /etc/pki/ovirt-engine/ca.pem \
--user "${user}:${password}" \
--request DELETE \
--header "Version: 4" \
"${url}/hosts/1ff7a191-2f3b-4eff-812b-9f91a30c3acc"
Table 6.337. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the remove should be performed asynchronously.

force

Boolean

In

Indicates that the host should be removed even if it is non-responsive, or if it is part of a Gluster Storage cluster and has volume bricks on it.

6.108.16. setupnetworks POST

This method is used to change the configuration of the network interfaces of a host.

For example, if you have a host with three network interfaces eth0, eth1 and eth2 and you want to configure a new bond using eth0 and eth1, and put a VLAN on top of it. Using a simple shell script and the curl command line HTTP client that can be done as follows:

#!/bin/sh -ex

url="https://engine.example.com/ovirt-engine/api"
user="admin@internal"
password="..."

curl \
--verbose \
--cacert /etc/pki/ovirt-engine/ca.pem \
--user "${user}:${password}" \
--request POST \
--header "Version: 4" \
--header "Content-Type: application/xml" \
--header "Accept: application/xml" \
--data '
<action>
  <modified_bonds>
    <host_nic>
      <name>bond0</name>
      <bonding>
        <options>
          <option>
            <name>mode</name>
            <value>4</value>
          </option>
          <option>
            <name>miimon</name>
            <value>100</value>
          </option>
        </options>
        <slaves>
          <host_nic>
            <name>eth1</name>
          </host_nic>
          <host_nic>
            <name>eth2</name>
          </host_nic>
        </slaves>
      </bonding>
    </host_nic>
  </modified_bonds>
  <modified_network_attachments>
    <network_attachment>
      <network>
        <name>myvlan</name>
      </network>
      <host_nic>
        <name>bond0</name>
      </host_nic>
      <ip_address_assignments>
        <ip_address_assignment>
          <assignment_method>static</assignment_method>
          <ip>
            <address>192.168.122.10</address>
            <netmask>255.255.255.0</netmask>
          </ip>
        </ip_address_assignment>
      </ip_address_assignments>
      <dns_resolver_configuration>
        <name_servers>
          <name_server>1.1.1.1</name_server>
          <name_server>2.2.2.2</name_server>
        </name_servers>
      </dns_resolver_configuration>
    </network_attachment>
  </modified_network_attachments>
 </action>
' \
"${url}/hosts/1ff7a191-2f3b-4eff-812b-9f91a30c3acc/setupnetworks"
Note

This is valid for version 4 of the API. In previous versions some elements were represented as XML attributes instead of XML elements. In particular the options and ip elements were represented as follows:

<options name="mode" value="4"/>
<options name="miimon" value="100"/>
<ip address="192.168.122.10" netmask="255.255.255.0"/>

The same thing can be done using the Python SDK with the following code:

# Find the service that manages the collection of hosts:
hosts_service = connection.system_service().hosts_service()

# Find the host:
host = hosts_service.list(search='name=myhost')[0]

# Find the service that manages the host:
host_service = hosts_service.host_service(host.id)

# Configure the network adding a bond with two slaves and attaching it to a
# network with an static IP address:
host_service.setup_networks(
    modified_bonds=[
        types.HostNic(
            name='bond0',
            bonding=types.Bonding(
                options=[
                    types.Option(
                        name='mode',
                        value='4',
                    ),
                    types.Option(
                        name='miimon',
                        value='100',
                    ),
                ],
                slaves=[
                    types.HostNic(
                        name='eth1',
                    ),
                    types.HostNic(
                        name='eth2',
                    ),
                ],
            ),
        ),
    ],
    modified_network_attachments=[
        types.NetworkAttachment(
            network=types.Network(
                name='myvlan',
            ),
            host_nic=types.HostNic(
                name='bond0',
            ),
            ip_address_assignments=[
                types.IpAddressAssignment(
                    assignment_method=types.BootProtocol.STATIC,
                    ip=types.Ip(
                        address='192.168.122.10',
                        netmask='255.255.255.0',
                    ),
                ),
            ],
            dns_resolver_configuration=types.DnsResolverConfiguration(
                name_servers=[
                    '1.1.1.1',
                    '2.2.2.2',
                ],
            ),
        ),
    ],
)

# After modifying the network configuration it is very important to make it
# persistent:
host_service.commit_net_config()
Important

To make sure that the network configuration has been saved in the host, and that it will be applied when the host is rebooted, remember to call commitnetconfig.

Important

Since Red Hat Virtualization Manager 4.3, it is possible to also specify commit_on_success in the setupnetworks request, in which case the new configuration is automatically saved in the {hypervisor-name} upon completing the setup and re-establishing connectivity between the {hypervisor-name} and Red Hat Virtualization Manager, and without waiting for a separate commitnetconfig request.

Table 6.338. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the action should be performed asynchronously.

check_connectivity

Boolean

In

 

commit_on_success

Boolean

In

Specifies whether to automatically save the configuration in the {hypervisor-name} upon completing the setup and re-establishing connectivity between the {hypervisor-name} and Red Hat Virtualization Manager, and without waiting for a separate commitnetconfig request.

connectivity_timeout

Integer

In

 

modified_bonds

HostNic[]

In

 

modified_labels

NetworkLabel[]

In

 

modified_network_attachments

NetworkAttachment[]

In

 

removed_bonds

HostNic[]

In

 

removed_labels

NetworkLabel[]

In

 

removed_network_attachments

NetworkAttachment[]

In

 

synchronized_network_attachments

NetworkAttachment[]

In

A list of network attachments that will be synchronized.

6.108.16.1. commit_on_success

Specifies whether to automatically save the configuration in the {hypervisor-name} upon completing the setup and re-establishing connectivity between the {hypervisor-name} and Red Hat Virtualization Manager, and without waiting for a separate commitnetconfig request. The default value is false, which means that the configuration will not be saved automatically.

6.108.17. syncallnetworks POST

To synchronize all networks on the host, send a request like this:

POST /ovirt-engine/api/hosts/123/syncallnetworks

With a request body like this:

<action/>
Table 6.339. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the action should be performed asynchronously.

6.108.18. unregisteredstoragedomainsdiscover POST

Discovers the block Storage Domains which are candidates to be imported to the setup. For FCP no arguments are required.

Table 6.340. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the discovery should be performed asynchronously.

iscsi

IscsiDetails

In

 

storage_domains

StorageDomain[]

Out

 

6.108.19. update PUT

Update the host properties.

For example, to update a the kernel command line of a host send a request like this:

PUT /ovirt-engine/api/hosts/123

With request body like this:

<host>
  <os>
    <custom_kernel_cmdline>vfio_iommu_type1.allow_unsafe_interrupts=1</custom_kernel_cmdline>
  </os>
</host>
Table 6.341. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the update should be performed asynchronously.

host

Host

In/Out

 

6.108.20. upgrade POST

Upgrades VDSM and selected software on the host.

Table 6.342. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the upgrade should be performed asynchronously.

image

String

In

This property is no longer relevant, since Vintage Node is no longer supported, and has been deprecated.

reboot

Boolean

In

Indicates if the host should be rebooted after the upgrade.

timeout

Integer

In

Upgrade timeout.

6.108.20.1. reboot

Indicates if the host should be rebooted after the upgrade. By default the host is rebooted.

Note

This parameter is ignored for {hypervisor-name}, which is always rebooted after the upgrade.

6.108.20.2. timeout

Upgrade timeout.

The maximum time to wait for upgrade to finish in minutes. Default value is specified by ANSIBLE_PLAYBOOK_EXEC_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT configration option.

6.108.21. upgradecheck POST

Check if there are upgrades available for the host. If there are upgrades available an icon will be displayed next to host status icon in the Administration Portal. Audit log messages are also added to indicate the availability of upgrades. The upgrade can be started from the webadmin or by using the upgrade host action.

6.109. HostCpuUnits

Table 6.343. Methods summary
NameSummary

list

Returns the List of all host’s CPUs with detailed information about the topology (socket, core) and with information about the current CPU pinning.

6.109.1. list GET

Returns the List of all host’s CPUs with detailed information about the topology (socket, core) and with information about the current CPU pinning.

Table 6.344. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

cpu_units

HostCpuUnit[]

Out

 

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

6.109.1.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.110. HostDevice

A service to access a particular device of a host.

Table 6.345. Methods summary
NameSummary

get

Retrieve information about a particular host’s device.

6.110.1. get GET

Retrieve information about a particular host’s device.

An example of getting a host device:

GET /ovirt-engine/api/hosts/123/devices/456
<host_device href="/ovirt-engine/api/hosts/123/devices/456" id="456">
  <name>usb_1_9_1_1_0</name>
  <capability>usb</capability>
  <host href="/ovirt-engine/api/hosts/123" id="123"/>
  <parent_device href="/ovirt-engine/api/hosts/123/devices/789" id="789">
    <name>usb_1_9_1</name>
  </parent_device>
</host_device>
Table 6.346. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

device

HostDevice

Out

 

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

6.110.1.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.111. HostDevices

A service to access host devices.

Table 6.347. Methods summary
NameSummary

list

List the devices of a host.

6.111.1. list GET

List the devices of a host.

The order of the returned list of devices isn’t guaranteed.

Table 6.348. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

devices

HostDevice[]

Out

 

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

max

Integer

In

Sets the maximum number of devices to return.

6.111.1.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.111.1.2. max

Sets the maximum number of devices to return. If not specified all the devices are returned.

6.112. HostHook

Table 6.349. Methods summary
NameSummary

get

 

6.112.1. get GET

Table 6.350. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

hook

Hook

Out

 

6.112.1.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.113. HostHooks

Table 6.351. Methods summary
NameSummary

list

Returns the list of hooks configured for the host.

6.113.1. list GET

Returns the list of hooks configured for the host.

The order of the returned list of hooks is random.

Table 6.352. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

hooks

Hook[]

Out

 

max

Integer

In

Sets the maximum number of hooks to return.

6.113.1.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.113.1.2. max

Sets the maximum number of hooks to return. If not specified, all the hooks are returned.

6.114. HostNic

A service to manage a network interface of a host.

Table 6.353. Methods summary
NameSummary

get

 

updatevirtualfunctionsconfiguration

The action updates virtual function configuration in case the current resource represents an SR-IOV enabled NIC.

6.114.1. get GET

Table 6.354. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

all_content

Boolean

In

Indicates if all of the attributes of the host network interface should be included in the response.

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

nic

HostNic

Out

 

6.114.1.1. all_content

Indicates if all of the attributes of the host network interface should be included in the response.

By default the following attributes are excluded:

  • virtual_functions_configuration

For example, to retrieve the complete representation network interface '456' of host '123':

GET /ovirt-engine/api/hosts/123/nics/456?all_content=true
Note

These attributes are not included by default because retrieving them impacts performance. They are seldom used and require additional queries to the database. Use this parameter with caution and only when specifically required.

6.114.1.2. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.114.2. updatevirtualfunctionsconfiguration POST

The action updates virtual function configuration in case the current resource represents an SR-IOV enabled NIC. The input should be consisted of at least one of the following properties:

  • allNetworksAllowed
  • numberOfVirtualFunctions

Please see the HostNicVirtualFunctionsConfiguration type for the meaning of the properties.

Table 6.355. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the update should be performed asynchronously.

virtual_functions_configuration

HostNicVirtualFunctionsConfiguration

In

 

6.115. HostNics

A service to manage the network interfaces of a host.

Table 6.356. Methods summary
NameSummary

list

Returns the list of network interfaces of the host.

6.115.1. list GET

Returns the list of network interfaces of the host.

The order of the returned list of network interfaces isn’t guaranteed.

Table 6.357. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

all_content

Boolean

In

Indicates if all of the attributes of the host network interface should be included in the response.

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

max

Integer

In

Sets the maximum number of NICs to return.

nics

HostNic[]

Out

 

6.115.1.1. all_content

Indicates if all of the attributes of the host network interface should be included in the response.

By default the following attributes are excluded:

  • virtual_functions_configuration

For example, to retrieve the complete representation of network interface '456' of host '123':

GET /ovirt-engine/api/hosts/123/nics?all_content=true
Note

These attributes are not included by default because retrieving them impacts performance. They are seldom used and require additional queries to the database. Use this parameter with caution and only when specifically required.

6.115.1.2. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.115.1.3. max

Sets the maximum number of NICs to return. If not specified all the NICs are returned.

6.116. HostNumaNode

Table 6.358. Methods summary
NameSummary

get

 

6.116.1. get GET

Table 6.359. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

node

NumaNode

Out

 

6.116.1.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.117. HostNumaNodes

Table 6.360. Methods summary
NameSummary

list

Returns the list of NUMA nodes of the host.

6.117.1. list GET

Returns the list of NUMA nodes of the host.

The order of the returned list of NUMA nodes isn’t guaranteed.

Table 6.361. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

max

Integer

In

Sets the maximum number of nodes to return.

nodes

NumaNode[]

Out

 

6.117.1.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.117.1.2. max

Sets the maximum number of nodes to return. If not specified all the nodes are returned.

6.118. HostStorage

A service to manage host storages.

Table 6.362. Methods summary
NameSummary

list

Get list of storages.

6.118.1. list GET

Get list of storages.

GET /ovirt-engine/api/hosts/123/storage

The XML response you get will be like this one:

<host_storages>
  <host_storage id="123">
    ...
  </host_storage>
  ...
</host_storages>

The order of the returned list of storages isn’t guaranteed.

Table 6.363. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

report_status

Boolean

In

Indicates if the status of the LUNs in the storage should be checked.

storages

HostStorage[]

Out

Retrieved list of storages.

6.118.1.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.118.1.2. report_status

Indicates if the status of the LUNs in the storage should be checked. Checking the status of the LUN is an heavy weight operation and this data is not always needed by the user. This parameter will give the option to not perform the status check of the LUNs.

The default is true for backward compatibility.

Here an example with the LUN status :

<host_storage id="123">
  <logical_units>
    <logical_unit id="123">
      <lun_mapping>0</lun_mapping>
      <paths>1</paths>
      <product_id>lun0</product_id>
      <serial>123</serial>
      <size>10737418240</size>
      <status>used</status>
      <vendor_id>LIO-ORG</vendor_id>
      <volume_group_id>123</volume_group_id>
    </logical_unit>
  </logical_units>
  <type>iscsi</type>
  <host id="123"/>
</host_storage>

Here an example without the LUN status :

<host_storage id="123">
  <logical_units>
    <logical_unit id="123">
      <lun_mapping>0</lun_mapping>
      <paths>1</paths>
      <product_id>lun0</product_id>
      <serial>123</serial>
      <size>10737418240</size>
      <vendor_id>LIO-ORG</vendor_id>
      <volume_group_id>123</volume_group_id>
    </logical_unit>
  </logical_units>
  <type>iscsi</type>
  <host id="123"/>
</host_storage>

6.119. Hosts

A service that manages hosts.

Table 6.364. Methods summary
NameSummary

add

Creates a new host.

list

Get a list of all available hosts.

6.119.1. add POST

Creates a new host.

The host is created based on the attributes of the host parameter. The name, address, and root_password properties are required.

For example, to add a host, send the following request:

POST /ovirt-engine/api/hosts

With the following request body:

<host>
  <name>myhost</name>
  <address>myhost.example.com</address>
  <root_password>myrootpassword</root_password>
</host>
Note

The root_password element is only included in the client-provided initial representation and is not exposed in the representations returned from subsequent requests.

Important

Since version 4.1.2 of the engine, when a host is newly added, the host’s firewall definitions are overridden by default.

To add a hosted engine host, use the optional deploy_hosted_engine parameter:

POST /ovirt-engine/api/hosts?deploy_hosted_engine=true

If the cluster has a default external network provider that is supported for automatic deployment, the external network provider is deployed when adding the host. Only external network providers for OVN are supported for the automatic deployment. To deploy an external network provider other than the one defined in the clusters, overwrite the external network provider when adding hosts, by sending the following request:

POST /ovirt-engine/api/hosts

With a request body that contains a reference to the desired provider in the external_network_provider_configuration:

<host>
  <name>myhost</name>
  <address>myhost.example.com</address>
  <root_password>123456</root_password>
  <external_network_provider_configurations>
    <external_network_provider_configuration>
      <external_network_provider name="ovirt-provider-ovn"/>
    </external_network_provider_configuration>
  </external_network_provider_configurations>
</host>
Table 6.365. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

activate

Boolean

In

When set to true, this host will be activated after its installation completes.

deploy_hosted_engine

Boolean

In

When set to true, this host deploys the hosted engine components.

host

Host

In/Out

The host definition with which the new host is created is passed as a parameter, and the newly created host is returned.

reboot

Boolean

In

Indicates if the host should be rebooted after successful installation.

undeploy_hosted_engine

Boolean

In

When set to true, this host un-deploys the hosted engine components and does not function as part of the High Availability cluster.

6.119.1.1. activate

When set to true, this host will be activated after its installation completes. When set to false the host will remain in maintenance status after its installation. Absence of this parameter will be interpreted as true, since the desired default behavior is activating the host after install.

6.119.1.2. deploy_hosted_engine

When set to true, this host deploys the hosted engine components. A missing value is treated as true, i.e., deploy the hosted engine components. Omitting this parameter equals false, and the host performs no operation in the hosted engine area.

6.119.1.3. reboot

Indicates if the host should be rebooted after successful installation. The default value is true.

6.119.1.4. undeploy_hosted_engine

When set to true, this host un-deploys the hosted engine components and does not function as part of the High Availability cluster. A missing value is treated as true, i.e., un-deploy. Omitting this parameter equals false and the host performs no operation in the hosted engine area.

6.119.2. list GET

Get a list of all available hosts.

For example, to list the hosts send the following request:

GET /ovirt-engine/api/hosts

The response body will be similar to this:

<hosts>
  <host href="/ovirt-engine/api/hosts/123" id="123">
    ...
  </host>
  <host href="/ovirt-engine/api/hosts/456" id="456">
    ...
  </host>
  ...
</host>

The order of the returned list of hosts is guaranteed only if the sortby clause is included in the search parameter.

Table 6.366. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

all_content

Boolean

In

Indicates if all of the attributes of the hosts should be included in the response.

case_sensitive

Boolean

In

Indicates if the search performed using the search parameter should be performed taking case into account.

check_vms_in_affinity_closure

Boolean

In

This parameter can be used with migration_target_of to get valid migration targets for the listed virtual machines and all other virtual machines that are in positive enforcing affinity with the listed virtual machines.

filter

Boolean

In

Indicates if the results should be filtered according to the permissions of the user.

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

hosts

Host[]

Out

 

max

Integer

In

Sets the maximum number of hosts to return.

migration_target_of

String

In

Accepts a comma-separated list of virtual machine IDs and returns the hosts that these virtual machines can be migrated to.

search

String

In

A query string used to restrict the returned hosts.

6.119.2.1. all_content

Indicates if all of the attributes of the hosts should be included in the response.

By default the following host attributes are excluded:

  • hosted_engine

For example, to retrieve the complete representation of the hosts:

GET /ovirt-engine/api/hosts?all_content=true
Note

These attributes are not included by default because retrieving them impacts performance. They are seldom used and require additional queries to the database. Use this parameter with caution and only when specifically required.

6.119.2.2. case_sensitive

Indicates if the search performed using the search parameter should be performed taking case into account. The default value is true, which means that case is taken into account. If you want to search ignoring case set it to false.

6.119.2.3. check_vms_in_affinity_closure

This parameter can be used with migration_target_of to get valid migration targets for the listed virtual machines and all other virtual machines that are in positive enforcing affinity with the listed virtual machines.

This is useful in case the virtual machines will be migrated together with others in positive affinity groups.

The default value is false.

GET /ovirt-engine/api/hosts?migration_target_of=123,456&check_vms_in_affinity_closure=true

6.119.2.4. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.119.2.5. max

Sets the maximum number of hosts to return. If not specified all the hosts are returned.

6.119.2.6. migration_target_of

Accepts a comma-separated list of virtual machine IDs and returns the hosts that these virtual machines can be migrated to.

For example, to retrieve the list of hosts to which the virtual machine with ID 123 and the virtual machine with ID 456 can be migrated to, send the following request:

GET /ovirt-engine/api/hosts?migration_target_of=123,456

6.120. Icon

A service to manage an icon (read-only).

Table 6.367. Methods summary
NameSummary

get

Get an icon.

6.120.1. get GET

Get an icon.

GET /ovirt-engine/api/icons/123

You will get a XML response like this one:

<icon id="123">
  <data>Some binary data here</data>
  <media_type>image/png</media_type>
</icon>
Table 6.368. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

icon

Icon

Out

Retrieved icon.

6.120.1.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.121. Icons

A service to manage icons.

Table 6.369. Methods summary
NameSummary

list

Get a list of icons.

6.121.1. list GET

Get a list of icons.

GET /ovirt-engine/api/icons

You will get a XML response which is similar to this one:

<icons>
  <icon id="123">
    <data>...</data>
    <media_type>image/png</media_type>
  </icon>
  ...
</icons>

The order of the returned list of icons isn’t guaranteed.

Table 6.370. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

icons

Icon[]

Out

Retrieved list of icons.

max

Integer

In

Sets the maximum number of icons to return.

6.121.1.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.121.1.2. max

Sets the maximum number of icons to return. If not specified all the icons are returned.

6.122. Image

Table 6.371. Methods summary
NameSummary

get

 

import

Imports an image.

6.122.1. get GET

Table 6.372. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

image

Image

Out

 

6.122.1.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.122.2. import POST

Imports an image.

If the import_as_template parameter is true then the image will be imported as a template, otherwise it will be imported as a disk.

When imported as a template, the name of the template can be specified by the optional template.name parameter. If that parameter is not specified, then the name of the template will be automatically assigned by the engine as GlanceTemplate-x (where x will be seven random hexadecimal characters).

When imported as a disk, the name of the disk can be specified by the optional disk.name parameter. If that parameter is not specified, then the name of the disk will be automatically assigned by the engine as GlanceDisk-x (where x will be the seven hexadecimal characters of the image identifier).

It is recommended to always explicitly specify the template or disk name, to avoid these automatic names generated by the engine.

Table 6.373. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the import should be performed asynchronously.

cluster

Cluster

In

The cluster to which the image should be imported if the import_as_template parameter is set to true.

disk

Disk

In

The disk to import.

import_as_template

Boolean

In

Specifies if a template should be created from the imported disk.

storage_domain

StorageDomain

In

The storage domain to which the disk should be imported.

template

Template

In

The name of the template being created if the import_as_template parameter is set to true.

6.123. ImageTransfer

This service provides a mechanism to control an image transfer. The client will have to create a transfer by using add of the image transfers service, stating the image to transfer data to/from.

After doing that, the transfer is managed by this service.

Using oVirt’s Python’s SDK:

Uploading a disk with id 123 (on a random host in the data center):

transfers_service = system_service.image_transfers_service()
transfer = transfers_service.add(
   types.ImageTransfer(
      disk=types.Disk(
         id='123'
      )
   )
)

Uploading a disk with id 123 on host id 456:

transfers_service = system_service.image_transfers_service()
transfer = transfers_service.add(
   types.ImageTransfer(
      disk=types.Disk(
         id='123'
      ),
      host=types.Host(
         id='456'
     )
   )
)

If the user wishes to download a disk rather than upload, he/she should specify download as the direction attribute of the transfer. This will grant a read permission from the image, instead of a write permission.

E.g:

transfers_service = system_service.image_transfers_service()
transfer = transfers_service.add(
   types.ImageTransfer(
      disk=types.Disk(
         id='123'
      ),
      direction=types.ImageTransferDirection.DOWNLOAD
   )
)

Transfers have phases, which govern the flow of the upload/download. A client implementing such a flow should poll/check the transfer’s phase and act accordingly. All the possible phases can be found in ImageTransferPhase.

After adding a new transfer, its phase will be initializing. The client will have to poll on the transfer’s phase until it changes. When the phase becomes transferring, the session is ready to start the transfer.

For example:

transfer_service = transfers_service.image_transfer_service(transfer.id)
while transfer.phase == types.ImageTransferPhase.INITIALIZING:
   time.sleep(3)
   transfer = transfer_service.get()

At that stage, if the phase of the transfer is paused_system, the session was not successfully established. This can happen if ovirt-imageio is not running in the selected host.

Table 6.374. Methods summary
NameSummary

cancel

Cancel the image transfer session.

extend

Extend the image transfer session.

finalize

After finishing to transfer the data, finalize the transfer.

get

Get the image transfer entity.

pause

Pause the image transfer session.

resume

Resume the image transfer session.

6.123.1. cancel POST

Cancel the image transfer session. This terminates the transfer operation and removes the partial image.

6.123.2. extend POST

Extend the image transfer session.

6.123.3. finalize POST

After finishing to transfer the data, finalize the transfer.

This will make sure that the data being transferred is valid and fits the image entity that was targeted in the transfer. Specifically, will verify that if the image entity is a QCOW disk, the data uploaded is indeed a QCOW file, and that the image doesn’t have a backing file.

6.123.4. get GET

Get the image transfer entity.

Table 6.375. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

image_transfer

ImageTransfer

Out

 

6.123.4.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.123.5. pause POST

Pause the image transfer session.

6.123.6. resume POST

Resume the image transfer session. The client will need to poll the transfer’s phase until it is different than resuming. For example:

transfer_service = transfers_service.image_transfer_service(transfer.id)
transfer_service.resume()
transfer = transfer_service.get()

while transfer.phase == types.ImageTransferPhase.RESUMING:
   time.sleep(1)
   transfer = transfer_service.get()

6.124. ImageTransfers

This service manages image transfers, for performing Image I/O API in Red Hat Virtualization. Please refer to image transfer for further documentation.

Table 6.376. Methods summary
NameSummary

add

Add a new image transfer.

list

Retrieves the list of image transfers that are currently being performed.

6.124.1. add POST

Add a new image transfer. An image, disk or disk snapshot needs to be specified in order to make a new transfer.

Important

The image attribute is deprecated since version 4.2 of the engine. Use the disk or snapshot attributes instead.

Creating a new image transfer for downloading or uploading a disk:

To create an image transfer to download or upload a disk with id 123, send the following request:

POST /ovirt-engine/api/imagetransfers

With a request body like this:

<image_transfer>
  <disk id="123"/>
  <direction>upload|download</direction>
</image_transfer>

Creating a new image transfer for downloading or uploading a disk_snapshot:

To create an image transfer to download or upload a disk_snapshot with id 456, send the following request:

POST /ovirt-engine/api/imagetransfers

With a request body like this:

<image_transfer>
  <snapshot id="456"/>
  <direction>download|upload</direction>
</image_transfer>
Table 6.377. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

image_transfer

ImageTransfer

In/Out

The image transfer to add.

6.124.2. list GET

Retrieves the list of image transfers that are currently being performed.

The order of the returned list of image transfers is not guaranteed.

Table 6.378. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

image_transfer

ImageTransfer[]

Out

A list of image transfers that are currently being performed.

6.124.2.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.125. Images

Manages the set of images available in an storage domain or in an OpenStack image provider.

Table 6.379. Methods summary
NameSummary

list

Returns the list of images available in the storage domain or provider.

6.125.1. list GET

Returns the list of images available in the storage domain or provider.

The order of the returned list of images isn’t guaranteed.

Table 6.380. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

images

Image[]

Out

 

max

Integer

In

Sets the maximum number of images to return.

6.125.1.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.125.1.2. max

Sets the maximum number of images to return. If not specified all the images are returned.

6.126. InstanceType

Table 6.381. Methods summary
NameSummary

get

Get a specific instance type and it’s attributes.

remove

Removes a specific instance type from the system.

update

Update a specific instance type and it’s attributes.

6.126.1. get GET

Get a specific instance type and it’s attributes.

GET /ovirt-engine/api/instancetypes/123
Table 6.382. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

instance_type

InstanceType

Out

 

6.126.1.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.126.2. remove DELETE

Removes a specific instance type from the system.

If a virtual machine was created using an instance type X after removal of the instance type the virtual machine’s instance type will be set to custom.

DELETE /ovirt-engine/api/instancetypes/123
Table 6.383. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the remove should be performed asynchronously.

6.126.3. update PUT

Update a specific instance type and it’s attributes.

All the attributes are editable after creation. If a virtual machine was created using an instance type X and some configuration in instance type X was updated, the virtual machine’s configuration will be updated automatically by the engine.

PUT /ovirt-engine/api/instancetypes/123

For example, to update the memory of instance type 123 to 1 GiB and set the cpu topology to 2 sockets and 1 core, send a request like this:

<instance_type>
  <memory>1073741824</memory>
  <cpu>
    <topology>
      <cores>1</cores>
      <sockets>2</sockets>
      <threads>1</threads>
    </topology>
  </cpu>
</instance_type>
Table 6.384. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the update should be performed asynchronously.

instance_type

InstanceType

In/Out

 

6.127. InstanceTypeGraphicsConsole

Table 6.385. Methods summary
NameSummary

get

Gets graphics console configuration of the instance type.

remove

Remove the graphics console from the instance type.

6.127.1. get GET

Gets graphics console configuration of the instance type.

Table 6.386. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

console

GraphicsConsole

Out

The information about the graphics console of the instance type.

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

6.127.1.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.127.2. remove DELETE

Remove the graphics console from the instance type.

Table 6.387. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the remove should be performed asynchronously.

6.128. InstanceTypeGraphicsConsoles

Table 6.388. Methods summary
NameSummary

add

Add new graphics console to the instance type.

list

Lists all the configured graphics consoles of the instance type.

6.128.1. add POST

Add new graphics console to the instance type.

Table 6.389. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

console

GraphicsConsole

In/Out

 

6.128.2. list GET

Lists all the configured graphics consoles of the instance type.

The order of the returned list of graphics consoles isn’t guaranteed.

Table 6.390. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

consoles

GraphicsConsole[]

Out

The list of graphics consoles of the instance type.

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

max

Integer

In

Sets the maximum number of consoles to return.

6.128.2.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.128.2.2. max

Sets the maximum number of consoles to return. If not specified all the consoles are returned.

6.129. InstanceTypeNic

Table 6.391. Methods summary
NameSummary

get

Gets network interface configuration of the instance type.

remove

Remove the network interface from the instance type.

update

Updates the network interface configuration of the instance type.

6.129.1. get GET

Gets network interface configuration of the instance type.

Table 6.392. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

nic

Nic

Out

 

6.129.1.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.129.2. remove DELETE

Remove the network interface from the instance type.

Table 6.393. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the remove should be performed asynchronously.

6.129.3. update PUT

Updates the network interface configuration of the instance type.

Table 6.394. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the update should be performed asynchronously.

nic

Nic

In/Out

 

6.130. InstanceTypeNics

Table 6.395. Methods summary
NameSummary

add

Add new network interface to the instance type.

list

Lists all the configured network interface of the instance type.

6.130.1. add POST

Add new network interface to the instance type.

Table 6.396. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

nic

Nic

In/Out

 

6.130.2. list GET

Lists all the configured network interface of the instance type.

The order of the returned list of network interfaces isn’t guaranteed.

Table 6.397. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

max

Integer

In

Sets the maximum number of NICs to return.

nics

Nic[]

Out

 

search

String

In

A query string used to restrict the returned templates.

6.130.2.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.130.2.2. max

Sets the maximum number of NICs to return. If not specified all the NICs are returned.

6.131. InstanceTypeWatchdog

Table 6.398. Methods summary
NameSummary

get

Gets watchdog configuration of the instance type.

remove

Remove a watchdog from the instance type.

update

Updates the watchdog configuration of the instance type.

6.131.1. get GET

Gets watchdog configuration of the instance type.

Table 6.399. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

watchdog

Watchdog

Out

 

6.131.1.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.131.2. remove DELETE

Remove a watchdog from the instance type.

Table 6.400. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the remove should be performed asynchronously.

6.131.3. update PUT

Updates the watchdog configuration of the instance type.

Table 6.401. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the update should be performed asynchronously.

watchdog

Watchdog

In/Out

 

6.132. InstanceTypeWatchdogs

Table 6.402. Methods summary
NameSummary

add

Add new watchdog to the instance type.

list

Lists all the configured watchdogs of the instance type.

6.132.1. add POST

Add new watchdog to the instance type.

Table 6.403. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

watchdog

Watchdog

In/Out

 

6.132.2. list GET

Lists all the configured watchdogs of the instance type.

The order of the returned list of watchdogs isn’t guaranteed.

Table 6.404. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

max

Integer

In

Sets the maximum number of watchdogs to return.

search

String

In

A query string used to restrict the returned templates.

watchdogs

Watchdog[]

Out

 

6.132.2.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.132.2.2. max

Sets the maximum number of watchdogs to return. If not specified all the watchdogs are returned.

6.133. InstanceTypes

Table 6.405. Methods summary
NameSummary

add

Creates a new instance type.

list

Lists all existing instance types in the system.

6.133.1. add POST

Creates a new instance type.

This requires only a name attribute and can include all hardware configurations of the virtual machine.

POST /ovirt-engine/api/instancetypes

With a request body like this:

<instance_type>
  <name>myinstancetype</name>
</template>

Creating an instance type with all hardware configurations with a request body like this:

<instance_type>
  <name>myinstancetype</name>
  <console>
    <enabled>true</enabled>
  </console>
  <cpu>
    <topology>
      <cores>2</cores>
      <sockets>2</sockets>
      <threads>1</threads>
    </topology>
  </cpu>
  <custom_cpu_model>AMD Opteron_G2</custom_cpu_model>
  <custom_emulated_machine>q35</custom_emulated_machine>
  <display>
    <monitors>1</monitors>
    <single_qxl_pci>true</single_qxl_pci>
    <smartcard_enabled>true</smartcard_enabled>
    <type>spice</type>
  </display>
  <high_availability>
    <enabled>true</enabled>
    <priority>1</priority>
  </high_availability>
  <io>
    <threads>2</threads>
  </io>
  <memory>4294967296</memory>
  <memory_policy>
    <ballooning>true</ballooning>
    <guaranteed>268435456</guaranteed>
  </memory_policy>
  <migration>
    <auto_converge>inherit</auto_converge>
    <compressed>inherit</compressed>
    <policy id="00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000"/>
  </migration>
  <migration_downtime>2</migration_downtime>
  <os>
    <boot>
      <devices>
        <device>hd</device>
      </devices>
    </boot>
  </os>
  <rng_device>
    <rate>
      <bytes>200</bytes>
      <period>2</period>
    </rate>
    <source>urandom</source>
  </rng_device>
  <soundcard_enabled>true</soundcard_enabled>
  <usb>
    <enabled>true</enabled>
    <type>native</type>
  </usb>
  <virtio_scsi>
    <enabled>true</enabled>
  </virtio_scsi>
</instance_type>
Table 6.406. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

instance_type

InstanceType

In/Out

 

6.133.2. list GET

Lists all existing instance types in the system.

The order of the returned list of instance types isn’t guaranteed.

Table 6.407. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

case_sensitive

Boolean

In

Indicates if the search performed using the search parameter should be performed taking case into account.

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

instance_type

InstanceType[]

Out

 

max

Integer

In

Sets the maximum number of instance types to return.

search

String

In

A query string used to restrict the returned templates.

6.133.2.1. case_sensitive

Indicates if the search performed using the search parameter should be performed taking case into account. The default value is true, which means that case is taken into account. If you want to search ignoring case set it to false.

6.133.2.2. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.133.2.3. max

Sets the maximum number of instance types to return. If not specified all the instance types are returned.

6.134. IscsiBond

Table 6.408. Methods summary
NameSummary

get

 

remove

Removes of an existing iSCSI bond.

update

Updates an iSCSI bond.

6.134.1. get GET

Table 6.409. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

bond

IscsiBond

Out

The iSCSI bond.

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

6.134.1.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.134.2. remove DELETE

Removes of an existing iSCSI bond.

For example, to remove the iSCSI bond 456 send a request like this:

DELETE /ovirt-engine/api/datacenters/123/iscsibonds/456
Table 6.410. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the remove should be performed asynchronously.

6.134.3. update PUT

Updates an iSCSI bond.

Updating of an iSCSI bond can be done on the name and the description attributes only. For example, to update the iSCSI bond 456 of data center 123, send a request like this:

PUT /ovirt-engine/api/datacenters/123/iscsibonds/1234

The request body should look like this:

<iscsi_bond>
   <name>mybond</name>
   <description>My iSCSI bond</description>
</iscsi_bond>
Table 6.411. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the update should be performed asynchronously.

bond

IscsiBond

In/Out

The iSCSI bond to update.

6.135. IscsiBonds

Table 6.412. Methods summary
NameSummary

add

Create a new iSCSI bond on a data center.

list

Returns the list of iSCSI bonds configured in the data center.

6.135.1. add POST

Create a new iSCSI bond on a data center.

For example, to create a new iSCSI bond on data center 123 using storage connections 456 and 789, send a request like this:

POST /ovirt-engine/api/datacenters/123/iscsibonds

The request body should look like this:

<iscsi_bond>
  <name>mybond</name>
  <storage_connections>
    <storage_connection id="456"/>
    <storage_connection id="789"/>
  </storage_connections>
  <networks>
    <network id="abc"/>
  </networks>
</iscsi_bond>
Table 6.413. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

bond

IscsiBond

In/Out

 

6.135.2. list GET

Returns the list of iSCSI bonds configured in the data center.

The order of the returned list of iSCSI bonds isn’t guaranteed.

Table 6.414. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

bonds

IscsiBond[]

Out

 

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

max

Integer

In

Sets the maximum number of bonds to return.

6.135.2.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.135.2.2. max

Sets the maximum number of bonds to return. If not specified all the bonds are returned.

6.136. Job

A service to manage a job.

Table 6.415. Methods summary
NameSummary

clear

Set an external job execution to be cleared by the system.

end

Marks an external job execution as ended.

get

Retrieves a job.

6.136.1. clear POST

Set an external job execution to be cleared by the system.

For example, to set a job with identifier 123 send the following request:

POST /ovirt-engine/api/jobs/clear

With the following request body:

<action/>
Table 6.416. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the action should be performed asynchronously.

6.136.2. end POST

Marks an external job execution as ended.

For example, to terminate a job with identifier 123 send the following request:

POST /ovirt-engine/api/jobs/end

With the following request body:

<action>
  <force>true</force>
  <status>finished</status>
</action>
Table 6.417. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the action should be performed asynchronously.

force

Boolean

In

Indicates if the job should be forcibly terminated.

succeeded

Boolean

In

Indicates if the job should be marked as successfully finished or as failed.

6.136.2.1. succeeded

Indicates if the job should be marked as successfully finished or as failed.

This parameter is optional, and the default value is true.

6.136.3. get GET

Retrieves a job.

GET /ovirt-engine/api/jobs/123

You will receive response in XML like this one:

<job href="/ovirt-engine/api/jobs/123" id="123">
  <actions>
    <link href="/ovirt-engine/api/jobs/123/clear" rel="clear"/>
    <link href="/ovirt-engine/api/jobs/123/end" rel="end"/>
  </actions>
  <description>Adding Disk</description>
  <link href="/ovirt-engine/api/jobs/123/steps" rel="steps"/>
  <auto_cleared>true</auto_cleared>
  <end_time>2016-12-12T23:07:29.758+02:00</end_time>
  <external>false</external>
  <last_updated>2016-12-12T23:07:29.758+02:00</last_updated>
  <start_time>2016-12-12T23:07:26.593+02:00</start_time>
  <status>failed</status>
  <owner href="/ovirt-engine/api/users/456" id="456"/>
</job>
Table 6.418. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

job

Job

Out

Retrieves the representation of the job.

6.136.3.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.137. Jobs

A service to manage jobs.

Table 6.419. Methods summary
NameSummary

add

Add an external job.

list

Retrieves the representation of the jobs.

6.137.1. add POST

Add an external job.

For example, to add a job with the following request:

POST /ovirt-engine/api/jobs

With the following request body:

<job>
  <description>Doing some work</description>
  <auto_cleared>true</auto_cleared>
</job>

The response should look like:

<job href="/ovirt-engine/api/jobs/123" id="123">
  <actions>
    <link href="/ovirt-engine/api/jobs/123/clear" rel="clear"/>
    <link href="/ovirt-engine/api/jobs/123/end" rel="end"/>
  </actions>
  <description>Doing some work</description>
  <link href="/ovirt-engine/api/jobs/123/steps" rel="steps"/>
  <auto_cleared>true</auto_cleared>
  <external>true</external>
  <last_updated>2016-12-13T02:15:42.130+02:00</last_updated>
  <start_time>2016-12-13T02:15:42.130+02:00</start_time>
  <status>started</status>
  <owner href="/ovirt-engine/api/users/456" id="456"/>
</job>
Table 6.420. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

job

Job

In/Out

Job that will be added.

6.137.2. list GET

Retrieves the representation of the jobs.

GET /ovirt-engine/api/jobs

You will receive response in XML like this one:

<jobs>
  <job href="/ovirt-engine/api/jobs/123" id="123">
    <actions>
      <link href="/ovirt-engine/api/jobs/123/clear" rel="clear"/>
      <link href="/ovirt-engine/api/jobs/123/end" rel="end"/>
    </actions>
    <description>Adding Disk</description>
    <link href="/ovirt-engine/api/jobs/123/steps" rel="steps"/>
    <auto_cleared>true</auto_cleared>
    <end_time>2016-12-12T23:07:29.758+02:00</end_time>
    <external>false</external>
    <last_updated>2016-12-12T23:07:29.758+02:00</last_updated>
    <start_time>2016-12-12T23:07:26.593+02:00</start_time>
    <status>failed</status>
    <owner href="/ovirt-engine/api/users/456" id="456"/>
  </job>
  ...
</jobs>

The order of the returned list of jobs isn’t guaranteed.

Table 6.421. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

case_sensitive

Boolean

In

Indicates if the search performed using the search parameter should be performed taking case into account.

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

jobs

Job[]

Out

A representation of jobs.

max

Integer

In

Sets the maximum number of jobs to return.

search

String

In

A query string used to restrict the returned jobs.

6.137.2.1. case_sensitive

Indicates if the search performed using the search parameter should be performed taking case into account. The default value is true, which means that case is taken into account. If you want to search ignoring case set it to false.

6.137.2.2. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.137.2.3. max

Sets the maximum number of jobs to return. If not specified all the jobs are returned.

6.138. KatelloErrata

A service to manage Katello errata. The information is retrieved from Katello.

Table 6.422. Methods summary
NameSummary

list

Retrieves the representation of the Katello errata.

6.138.1. list GET

Retrieves the representation of the Katello errata.

GET /ovirt-engine/api/katelloerrata

You will receive response in XML like this one:

<katello_errata>
  <katello_erratum href="/ovirt-engine/api/katelloerrata/123" id="123">
    <name>RHBA-2013:XYZ</name>
    <description>The description of the erratum</description>
    <title>some bug fix update</title>
    <type>bugfix</type>
    <issued>2013-11-20T02:00:00.000+02:00</issued>
    <solution>Few guidelines regarding the solution</solution>
    <summary>Updated packages that fix one bug are now available for XYZ</summary>
    <packages>
      <package>
        <name>libipa_hbac-1.9.2-82.11.el6_4.i686</name>
      </package>
      ...
    </packages>
  </katello_erratum>
  ...
</katello_errata>

The order of the returned list of erratum isn’t guaranteed.

Table 6.423. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

errata

KatelloErratum[]

Out

A representation of Katello errata.

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

max

Integer

In

Sets the maximum number of errata to return.

6.138.1.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.138.1.2. max

Sets the maximum number of errata to return. If not specified all the errata are returned.

6.139. KatelloErratum

A service to manage a Katello erratum.

Table 6.424. Methods summary
NameSummary

get

Retrieves a Katello erratum.

6.139.1. get GET

Retrieves a Katello erratum.

GET /ovirt-engine/api/katelloerrata/123

You will receive response in XML like this one:

<katello_erratum href="/ovirt-engine/api/katelloerrata/123" id="123">
  <name>RHBA-2013:XYZ</name>
  <description>The description of the erratum</description>
  <title>some bug fix update</title>
  <type>bugfix</type>
  <issued>2013-11-20T02:00:00.000+02:00</issued>
  <solution>Few guidelines regarding the solution</solution>
  <summary>Updated packages that fix one bug are now available for XYZ</summary>
  <packages>
    <package>
      <name>libipa_hbac-1.9.2-82.11.el6_4.i686</name>
    </package>
    ...
  </packages>
</katello_erratum>
Table 6.425. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

erratum

KatelloErratum

Out

Retrieves the representation of the Katello erratum.

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

6.139.1.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.141. MacPool

Table 6.428. Methods summary
NameSummary

get

 

remove

Removes a MAC address pool.

update

Updates a MAC address pool.

6.141.1. get GET

Table 6.429. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

pool

MacPool

Out

 

6.141.1.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.141.2. remove DELETE

Removes a MAC address pool.

For example, to remove the MAC address pool having id 123 send a request like this:

DELETE /ovirt-engine/api/macpools/123
Table 6.430. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the remove should be performed asynchronously.

6.141.3. update PUT

Updates a MAC address pool.

The name, description, allow_duplicates, and ranges attributes can be updated.

For example, to update the MAC address pool of id 123 send a request like this:

PUT /ovirt-engine/api/macpools/123

With a request body like this:

<mac_pool>
  <name>UpdatedMACPool</name>
  <description>An updated MAC address pool</description>
  <allow_duplicates>false</allow_duplicates>
  <ranges>
    <range>
      <from>00:1A:4A:16:01:51</from>
      <to>00:1A:4A:16:01:e6</to>
    </range>
    <range>
      <from>02:1A:4A:01:00:00</from>
      <to>02:1A:4A:FF:FF:FF</to>
    </range>
  </ranges>
</mac_pool>
Table 6.431. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the update should be performed asynchronously.

pool

MacPool

In/Out

 

6.142. MacPools

Table 6.432. Methods summary
NameSummary

add

Creates a new MAC address pool.

list

Return the list of MAC address pools of the system.

6.142.1. add POST

Creates a new MAC address pool.

Creation of a MAC address pool requires values for the name and ranges attributes.

For example, to create MAC address pool send a request like this:

POST /ovirt-engine/api/macpools

With a request body like this:

<mac_pool>
  <name>MACPool</name>
  <description>A MAC address pool</description>
  <allow_duplicates>true</allow_duplicates>
  <default_pool>false</default_pool>
  <ranges>
    <range>
      <from>00:1A:4A:16:01:51</from>
      <to>00:1A:4A:16:01:e6</to>
    </range>
  </ranges>
</mac_pool>
Table 6.433. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

pool

MacPool

In/Out

 

6.142.2. list GET

Return the list of MAC address pools of the system.

The returned list of MAC address pools isn’t guaranteed.

Table 6.434. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

max

Integer

In

Sets the maximum number of pools to return.

pools

MacPool[]

Out

 

6.142.2.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.142.2.2. max

Sets the maximum number of pools to return. If not specified all the pools are returned.

6.143. Measurable

6.144. Moveable

Table 6.435. Methods summary
NameSummary

move

 

6.144.1. move POST

Table 6.436. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the move should be performed asynchronously.

6.145. Network

A service managing a network

Table 6.437. Methods summary
NameSummary

get

Gets a logical network.

remove

Removes a logical network, or the association of a logical network to a data center.

update

Updates a logical network.

6.145.1. get GET

Gets a logical network.

For example:

GET /ovirt-engine/api/networks/123

Will respond:

<network href="/ovirt-engine/api/networks/123" id="123">
  <name>ovirtmgmt</name>
  <description>Default Management Network</description>
  <link href="/ovirt-engine/api/networks/123/permissions" rel="permissions"/>
  <link href="/ovirt-engine/api/networks/123/vnicprofiles" rel="vnicprofiles"/>
  <link href="/ovirt-engine/api/networks/123/networklabels" rel="networklabels"/>
  <mtu>0</mtu>
  <stp>false</stp>
  <usages>
    <usage>vm</usage>
  </usages>
  <data_center href="/ovirt-engine/api/datacenters/456" id="456"/>
</network>
Table 6.438. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

network

Network

Out

 

6.145.1.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.145.2. remove DELETE

Removes a logical network, or the association of a logical network to a data center.

For example, to remove the logical network 123 send a request like this:

DELETE /ovirt-engine/api/networks/123

Each network is bound exactly to one data center. So if we disassociate network with data center it has the same result as if we would just remove that network. However it might be more specific to say we’re removing network 456 of data center 123.

For example, to remove the association of network 456 to data center 123 send a request like this:

DELETE /ovirt-engine/api/datacenters/123/networks/456
Note

To remove an external logical network, the network has to be removed directly from its provider by OpenStack Networking API. The entity representing the external network inside Red Hat Virtualization is removed automatically, if auto_sync is enabled for the provider, otherwise the entity has to be removed using this method.

Table 6.439. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the remove should be performed asynchronously.

6.145.3. update PUT

Updates a logical network.

The name, description, ip, vlan, stp and display attributes can be updated.

For example, to update the description of the logical network 123 send a request like this:

PUT /ovirt-engine/api/networks/123

With a request body like this:

<network>
  <description>My updated description</description>
</network>

The maximum transmission unit of a network is set using a PUT request to specify the integer value of the mtu attribute.

For example, to set the maximum transmission unit send a request like this:

PUT /ovirt-engine/api/datacenters/123/networks/456

With a request body like this:

<network>
  <mtu>1500</mtu>
</network>
Note

Updating external networks is not propagated to the provider.

Table 6.440. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the update should be performed asynchronously.

network

Network

In/Out

 

6.146. NetworkAttachment

Table 6.441. Methods summary
NameSummary

get

 

remove

 

update

Update the specified network attachment on the host.

6.146.1. get GET

Table 6.442. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

attachment

NetworkAttachment

Out

 

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

6.146.1.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.146.2. remove DELETE

Table 6.443. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the remove should be performed asynchronously.

6.146.3. update PUT

Update the specified network attachment on the host.

Table 6.444. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the update should be performed asynchronously.

attachment

NetworkAttachment

In/Out

 

6.147. NetworkAttachments

Manages the set of network attachments of a host or host NIC.

Table 6.445. Methods summary
NameSummary

add

Add a new network attachment to the network interface.

list

Returns the list of network attachments of the host or host NIC.

6.147.1. add POST

Add a new network attachment to the network interface.

Table 6.446. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

attachment

NetworkAttachment

In/Out

 

6.147.2. list GET

Returns the list of network attachments of the host or host NIC.

The order of the returned list of network attachments isn’t guaranteed.

Table 6.447. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

attachments

NetworkAttachment[]

Out

 

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

max

Integer

In

Sets the maximum number of attachments to return.

6.147.2.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.147.2.2. max

Sets the maximum number of attachments to return. If not specified all the attachments are returned.

6.148. NetworkFilter

Manages a network filter.

<network_filter id="00000019-0019-0019-0019-00000000026b">
  <name>example-network-filter-b</name>
  <version>
    <major>4</major>
    <minor>0</minor>
    <build>-1</build>
    <revision>-1</revision>
  </version>
</network_filter>

Please note that version is referring to the minimal support version for the specific filter.

Table 6.448. Methods summary
NameSummary

get

Retrieves a representation of the network filter.

6.148.1. get GET

Retrieves a representation of the network filter.

Table 6.449. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

network_filter

NetworkFilter

Out

 

6.148.1.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.149. NetworkFilters

Represents a readonly network filters sub-collection.

The network filter enables to filter packets send to/from the VM’s nic according to defined rules. For more information please refer to NetworkFilter service documentation

Network filters are supported in different versions, starting from version 3.0.

A network filter is defined for each vnic profile.

A vnic profile is defined for a specific network.

A network can be assigned to several different clusters. In the future, each network will be defined in cluster level.

Currently, each network is being defined at data center level. Potential network filters for each network are determined by the network’s data center compatibility version V. V must be >= the network filter version in order to configure this network filter for a specific network. Please note, that if a network is assigned to cluster with a version supporting a network filter, the filter may not be available due to the data center version being smaller then the network filter’s version.

Example of listing all of the supported network filters for a specific cluster:

GET http://localhost:8080/ovirt-engine/api/clusters/{cluster:id}/networkfilters

Output:

<network_filters>
  <network_filter id="00000019-0019-0019-0019-00000000026c">
    <name>example-network-filter-a</name>
    <version>
      <major>4</major>
      <minor>0</minor>
      <build>-1</build>
      <revision>-1</revision>
    </version>
  </network_filter>
  <network_filter id="00000019-0019-0019-0019-00000000026b">
    <name>example-network-filter-b</name>
    <version>
      <major>4</major>
      <minor>0</minor>
      <build>-1</build>
      <revision>-1</revision>
    </version>
  </network_filter>
  <network_filter id="00000019-0019-0019-0019-00000000026a">
    <name>example-network-filter-a</name>
    <version>
      <major>3</major>
      <minor>0</minor>
      <build>-1</build>
      <revision>-1</revision>
    </version>
  </network_filter>
</network_filters>
Table 6.450. Methods summary
NameSummary

list

Retrieves the representations of the network filters.

6.149.1. list GET

Retrieves the representations of the network filters.

The order of the returned list of network filters isn’t guaranteed.

Table 6.451. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

filters

NetworkFilter[]

Out

 

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

6.149.1.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.150. NetworkLabel

Table 6.452. Methods summary
NameSummary

get

 

remove

Removes a label from a logical network.

6.150.1. get GET

Table 6.453. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

label

NetworkLabel

Out

 

6.150.1.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.150.2. remove DELETE

Removes a label from a logical network.

For example, to remove the label exemplary from a logical network having id 123 send the following request:

DELETE /ovirt-engine/api/networks/123/networklabels/exemplary
Table 6.454. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the remove should be performed asynchronously.

6.151. NetworkLabels

Manages the ser of labels attached to a network or to a host NIC.

Table 6.455. Methods summary
NameSummary

add

Attaches label to logical network.

list

Returns the list of labels attached to the network or host NIC.

6.151.1. add POST

Attaches label to logical network.

You can attach labels to a logical network to automate the association of that logical network with physical host network interfaces to which the same label has been attached.

For example, to attach the label mylabel to a logical network having id 123 send a request like this:

POST /ovirt-engine/api/networks/123/networklabels

With a request body like this:

<network_label id="mylabel"/>
Table 6.456. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

label

NetworkLabel

In/Out

 

6.151.2. list GET

Returns the list of labels attached to the network or host NIC.

The order of the returned list of labels isn’t guaranteed.

Table 6.457. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

labels

NetworkLabel[]

Out

 

max

Integer

In

Sets the maximum number of labels to return.

6.151.2.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.151.2.2. max

Sets the maximum number of labels to return. If not specified all the labels are returned.

6.152. Networks

Manages logical networks.

The engine creates a default ovirtmgmt network on installation. This network acts as the management network for access to hypervisor hosts. This network is associated with the Default cluster and is a member of the Default data center.

Table 6.458. Methods summary
NameSummary

add

Creates a new logical network, or associates an existing network with a data center.

list

List logical networks.

6.152.1. add POST

Creates a new logical network, or associates an existing network with a data center.

Creation of a new network requires the name and data_center elements.

For example, to create a network named mynetwork for data center 123 send a request like this:

POST /ovirt-engine/api/networks

With a request body like this:

<network>
  <name>mynetwork</name>
  <data_center id="123"/>
</network>

To associate the existing network 456 with the data center 123 send a request like this:

POST /ovirt-engine/api/datacenters/123/networks

With a request body like this:

<network>
  <name>ovirtmgmt</name>
</network>

To create a network named exnetwork on top of an external OpenStack network provider 456 send a request like this:

POST /ovirt-engine/api/networks
<network>
  <name>exnetwork</name>
  <external_provider id="456"/>
  <data_center id="123"/>
</network>
Table 6.459. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

network

Network

In/Out

 

6.152.2. list GET

List logical networks.

For example:

GET /ovirt-engine/api/networks

Will respond:

<networks>
  <network href="/ovirt-engine/api/networks/123" id="123">
    <name>ovirtmgmt</name>
    <description>Default Management Network</description>
    <link href="/ovirt-engine/api/networks/123/permissions" rel="permissions"/>
    <link href="/ovirt-engine/api/networks/123/vnicprofiles" rel="vnicprofiles"/>
    <link href="/ovirt-engine/api/networks/123/networklabels" rel="networklabels"/>
    <mtu>0</mtu>
    <stp>false</stp>
    <usages>
      <usage>vm</usage>
    </usages>
    <data_center href="/ovirt-engine/api/datacenters/456" id="456"/>
  </network>
  ...
</networks>

The order of the returned list of networks is guaranteed only if the sortby clause is included in the search parameter.

Table 6.460. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

case_sensitive

Boolean

In

Indicates if the search performed using the search parameter should be performed taking case into account.

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

max

Integer

In

Sets the maximum number of networks to return.

networks

Network[]

Out

 

search

String

In

A query string used to restrict the returned networks.

6.152.2.1. case_sensitive

Indicates if the search performed using the search parameter should be performed taking case into account. The default value is true, which means that case is taken into account. If you want to search ignoring case set it to false.

6.152.2.2. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.152.2.3. max

Sets the maximum number of networks to return. If not specified all the networks are returned.

6.153. NicNetworkFilterParameter

This service manages a parameter for a network filter.

Table 6.461. Methods summary
NameSummary

get

Retrieves a representation of the network filter parameter.

remove

Removes the filter parameter.

update

Updates the network filter parameter.

6.153.1. get GET

Retrieves a representation of the network filter parameter.

Table 6.462. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

parameter

NetworkFilterParameter

Out

The representation of the network filter parameter.

6.153.1.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.153.2. remove DELETE

Removes the filter parameter.

For example, to remove the filter parameter with id 123 on NIC 456 of virtual machine 789 send a request like this:

DELETE /ovirt-engine/api/vms/789/nics/456/networkfilterparameters/123

6.153.3. update PUT

Updates the network filter parameter.

For example, to update the network filter parameter having with with id 123 on NIC 456 of virtual machine 789 send a request like this:

PUT /ovirt-engine/api/vms/789/nics/456/networkfilterparameters/123

With a request body like this:

<network_filter_parameter>
  <name>updatedName</name>
  <value>updatedValue</value>
</network_filter_parameter>
Table 6.463. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

parameter

NetworkFilterParameter

In/Out

The network filter parameter that is being updated.

6.154. NicNetworkFilterParameters

This service manages a collection of parameters for network filters.

Table 6.464. Methods summary
NameSummary

add

Add a network filter parameter.

list

Retrieves the representations of the network filter parameters.

6.154.1. add POST

Add a network filter parameter.

For example, to add the parameter for the network filter on NIC 456 of virtual machine 789 send a request like this:

POST /ovirt-engine/api/vms/789/nics/456/networkfilterparameters

With a request body like this:

<network_filter_parameter>
  <name>IP</name>
  <value>10.0.1.2</value>
</network_filter_parameter>
Table 6.465. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

parameter

NetworkFilterParameter

In/Out

The network filter parameter that is being added.

6.154.2. list GET

Retrieves the representations of the network filter parameters.

The order of the returned list of network filters isn’t guaranteed.

Table 6.466. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

parameters

NetworkFilterParameter[]

Out

The list of the network filter parameters.

6.154.2.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.155. OpenstackImage

Table 6.467. Methods summary
NameSummary

get

 

import

Imports a virtual machine from a Glance image storage domain.

6.155.1. get GET

Table 6.468. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

image

OpenStackImage

Out

 

6.155.1.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.155.2. import POST

Imports a virtual machine from a Glance image storage domain.

For example, to import the image with identifier 456 from the storage domain with identifier 123 send a request like this:

POST /ovirt-engine/api/openstackimageproviders/123/images/456/import

With a request body like this:

<action>
  <storage_domain>
    <name>images0</name>
  </storage_domain>
  <cluster>
    <name>images0</name>
  </cluster>
</action>
Table 6.469. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the import should be performed asynchronously.

cluster

Cluster

In

This parameter is mandatory in case of using import_as_template and indicates which cluster should be used for import glance image as template.

disk

Disk

In

 

import_as_template

Boolean

In

Indicates whether the image should be imported as a template.

storage_domain

StorageDomain

In

 

template

Template

In

 

6.156. OpenstackImageProvider

Table 6.470. Methods summary
NameSummary

get

 

importcertificates

Import the SSL certificates of the external host provider.

remove

 

testconnectivity

In order to test connectivity for external provider we need to run following request where 123 is an id of a provider.

update

Update the specified OpenStack image provider in the system.

6.156.1. get GET

Table 6.471. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

provider

OpenStackImageProvider

Out

 

6.156.1.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.156.2. importcertificates POST

Import the SSL certificates of the external host provider.

Table 6.472. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

certificates

Certificate[]

In

 

6.156.3. remove DELETE

Table 6.473. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the remove should be performed asynchronously.

6.156.4. testconnectivity POST

In order to test connectivity for external provider we need to run following request where 123 is an id of a provider.

POST /ovirt-engine/api/externalhostproviders/123/testconnectivity
Table 6.474. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the test should be performed asynchronously.

6.156.5. update PUT

Update the specified OpenStack image provider in the system.

Table 6.475. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the update should be performed asynchronously.

provider

OpenStackImageProvider

In/Out

 

6.157. OpenstackImageProviders

Table 6.476. Methods summary
NameSummary

add

Add a new OpenStack image provider to the system.

list

Returns the list of providers.

6.157.1. add POST

Add a new OpenStack image provider to the system.

Table 6.477. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

provider

OpenStackImageProvider

In/Out

 

6.157.2. list GET

Returns the list of providers.

The order of the returned list of providers isn’t guaranteed.

Table 6.478. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

max

Integer

In

Sets the maximum number of providers to return.

providers

OpenStackImageProvider[]

Out

 

search

String

In

A query string used to restrict the returned OpenStack image providers.

6.157.2.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.157.2.2. max

Sets the maximum number of providers to return. If not specified all the providers are returned.

6.158. OpenstackImages

Table 6.479. Methods summary
NameSummary

list

Lists the images of a Glance image storage domain.

6.158.1. list GET

Lists the images of a Glance image storage domain.

The order of the returned list of images isn’t guaranteed.

Table 6.480. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

images

OpenStackImage[]

Out

 

max

Integer

In

Sets the maximum number of images to return.

6.158.1.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.158.1.2. max

Sets the maximum number of images to return. If not specified all the images are returned.

6.159. OpenstackNetwork

Table 6.481. Methods summary
NameSummary

get

 

import

This operation imports an external network into Red Hat Virtualization.

6.159.1. get GET

Table 6.482. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

network

OpenStackNetwork

Out

 

6.159.1.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.159.2. import POST

This operation imports an external network into Red Hat Virtualization. The network will be added to the specified data center.

Table 6.483. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the import should be performed asynchronously.

data_center

DataCenter

In

The data center into which the network is to be imported.

6.159.2.1. data_center

The data center into which the network is to be imported. Data center is mandatory, and can be specified using the id or name attributes. The rest of the attributes will be ignored.

Note

If auto_sync is enabled for the provider, the network might be imported automatically. To prevent this, automatic import can be disabled by setting the auto_sync to false, and enabling it again after importing the network.

6.160. OpenstackNetworkProvider

This service manages the OpenStack network provider.

Table 6.484. Methods summary
NameSummary

get

Returns the representation of the object managed by this service.

importcertificates

Import the SSL certificates of the external host provider.

remove

Removes the provider.

testconnectivity

In order to test connectivity for external provider we need to run following request where 123 is an id of a provider.

update

Updates the provider.

6.160.1. get GET

Returns the representation of the object managed by this service.

For example, to get the OpenStack network provider with identifier 1234, send a request like this:

GET /ovirt-engine/api/openstacknetworkproviders/1234
Table 6.485. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

provider

OpenStackNetworkProvider

Out

 

6.160.1.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.160.2. importcertificates POST

Import the SSL certificates of the external host provider.

Table 6.486. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

certificates

Certificate[]

In

 

6.160.3. remove DELETE

Removes the provider.

For example, to remove the OpenStack network provider with identifier 1234, send a request like this:

DELETE /ovirt-engine/api/openstacknetworkproviders/1234
Table 6.487. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the remove should be performed asynchronously.

6.160.4. testconnectivity POST

In order to test connectivity for external provider we need to run following request where 123 is an id of a provider.

POST /ovirt-engine/api/externalhostproviders/123/testconnectivity
Table 6.488. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the test should be performed asynchronously.

6.160.5. update PUT

Updates the provider.

For example, to update provider_name, requires_authentication, url, tenant_name and type properties, for the OpenStack network provider with identifier 1234, send a request like this:

PUT /ovirt-engine/api/openstacknetworkproviders/1234

With a request body like this:

<openstack_network_provider>
  <name>ovn-network-provider</name>
  <requires_authentication>false</requires_authentication>
  <url>http://some_server_url.domain.com:9696</url>
  <tenant_name>oVirt</tenant_name>
  <type>external</type>
</openstack_network_provider>
Table 6.489. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the update should be performed asynchronously.

provider

OpenStackNetworkProvider

In/Out

The provider to update.

6.161. OpenstackNetworkProviders

This service manages OpenStack network providers.

Table 6.490. Methods summary
NameSummary

add

The operation adds a new network provider to the system.

list

Returns the list of providers.

6.161.1. add POST

The operation adds a new network provider to the system. If the type property is not present, a default value of NEUTRON will be used.

Table 6.491. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

provider

OpenStackNetworkProvider

In/Out

 

6.161.2. list GET

Returns the list of providers.

The order of the returned list of providers isn’t guaranteed.

Table 6.492. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

max

Integer

In

Sets the maximum number of providers to return.

providers

OpenStackNetworkProvider[]

Out

 

search

String

In

A query string used to restrict the returned OpenStack network providers.

6.161.2.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.161.2.2. max

Sets the maximum number of providers to return. If not specified all the providers are returned.

6.162. OpenstackNetworks

Table 6.493. Methods summary
NameSummary

list

Returns the list of networks.

6.162.1. list GET

Returns the list of networks.

The order of the returned list of networks isn’t guaranteed.

Table 6.494. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

max

Integer

In

Sets the maximum number of networks to return.

networks

OpenStackNetwork[]

Out

 

6.162.1.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.162.1.2. max

Sets the maximum number of networks to return. If not specified all the networks are returned.

6.163. OpenstackSubnet

Table 6.495. Methods summary
NameSummary

get

 

remove

 

6.163.1. get GET

Table 6.496. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

subnet

OpenStackSubnet

Out

 

6.163.1.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.163.2. remove DELETE

Table 6.497. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the remove should be performed asynchronously.

6.164. OpenstackSubnets

Table 6.498. Methods summary
NameSummary

add

 

list

Returns the list of sub-networks.

6.164.1. add POST

Table 6.499. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

subnet

OpenStackSubnet

In/Out

 

6.164.2. list GET

Returns the list of sub-networks.

The order of the returned list of sub-networks isn’t guaranteed.

Table 6.500. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

max

Integer

In

Sets the maximum number of sub-networks to return.

subnets

OpenStackSubnet[]

Out

 

6.164.2.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.164.2.2. max

Sets the maximum number of sub-networks to return. If not specified all the sub-networks are returned.

6.165. OpenstackVolumeAuthenticationKey

Openstack Volume (Cinder) integration has been replaced by Managed Block Storage.

Table 6.501. Methods summary
NameSummary

get

 

remove

 

update

Update the specified authentication key.

6.165.1. get GET

Table 6.502. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

key

OpenstackVolumeAuthenticationKey

Out

 

6.165.1.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.165.2. remove DELETE

Table 6.503. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the remove should be performed asynchronously.

6.165.3. update PUT

Update the specified authentication key.

Table 6.504. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

key

OpenstackVolumeAuthenticationKey

In/Out

 

6.166. OpenstackVolumeAuthenticationKeys

Openstack Volume (Cinder) integration has been replaced by Managed Block Storage.

Table 6.505. Methods summary
NameSummary

add

Add a new authentication key to the OpenStack volume provider.

list

Returns the list of authentication keys.

6.166.1. add POST

Add a new authentication key to the OpenStack volume provider.

Table 6.506. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

key

OpenstackVolumeAuthenticationKey

In/Out

 

6.166.2. list GET

Returns the list of authentication keys.

The order of the returned list of authentication keys isn’t guaranteed.

Table 6.507. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

keys

OpenstackVolumeAuthenticationKey[]

Out

 

max

Integer

In

Sets the maximum number of keys to return.

6.166.2.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.166.2.2. max

Sets the maximum number of keys to return. If not specified all the keys are returned.

6.167. OpenstackVolumeProvider

Openstack Volume (Cinder) integration has been replaced by Managed Block Storage.

Table 6.508. Methods summary
NameSummary

get

 

importcertificates

Import the SSL certificates of the external host provider.

remove

 

testconnectivity

In order to test connectivity for external provider we need to run following request where 123 is an id of a provider.

update

Update the specified OpenStack volume provider in the system.

6.167.1. get GET

Table 6.509. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

provider

OpenStackVolumeProvider

Out

 

6.167.1.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.167.2. importcertificates POST

Import the SSL certificates of the external host provider.

Table 6.510. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

certificates

Certificate[]

In

 

6.167.3. remove DELETE

Table 6.511. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the remove should be performed asynchronously.

force

Boolean

In

Indicates if the operation should succeed, and the provider removed from the database, even if something fails during the operation.

6.167.3.1. force

Indicates if the operation should succeed, and the provider removed from the database, even if something fails during the operation.

This parameter is optional, and the default value is false.

6.167.4. testconnectivity POST

In order to test connectivity for external provider we need to run following request where 123 is an id of a provider.

POST /ovirt-engine/api/externalhostproviders/123/testconnectivity
Table 6.512. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the test should be performed asynchronously.

6.167.5. update PUT

Update the specified OpenStack volume provider in the system.

Table 6.513. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the update should be performed asynchronously.

provider

OpenStackVolumeProvider

In/Out

 

6.168. OpenstackVolumeProviders

Openstack Volume (Cinder) integration has been replaced by Managed Block Storage.

Table 6.514. Methods summary
NameSummary

add

Adds a new volume provider.

list

Retrieves the list of volume providers.

6.168.1. add POST

Adds a new volume provider.

For example:

POST /ovirt-engine/api/openstackvolumeproviders

With a request body like this:

<openstack_volume_provider>
  <name>mycinder</name>
  <url>https://mycinder.example.com:8776</url>
  <data_center>
    <name>mydc</name>
  </data_center>
  <requires_authentication>true</requires_authentication>
  <username>admin</username>
  <password>mypassword</password>
  <tenant_name>mytenant</tenant_name>
</openstack_volume_provider>
Table 6.515. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

provider

OpenStackVolumeProvider

In/Out

 

6.168.2. list GET

Retrieves the list of volume providers.

The order of the returned list of volume providers isn’t guaranteed.

Table 6.516. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

max

Integer

In

Sets the maximum number of providers to return.

providers

OpenStackVolumeProvider[]

Out

 

search

String

In

A query string used to restrict the returned volume providers.

6.168.2.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.168.2.2. max

Sets the maximum number of providers to return. If not specified all the providers are returned.

6.169. OpenstackVolumeType

Openstack Volume (Cinder) integration has been replaced by Managed Block Storage.

Table 6.517. Methods summary
NameSummary

get

 

6.169.1. get GET

Table 6.518. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

type

OpenStackVolumeType

Out

 

6.169.1.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.170. OpenstackVolumeTypes

Openstack Volume (Cinder) integration has been replaced by Managed Block Storage.

Table 6.519. Methods summary
NameSummary

list

Returns the list of volume types.

6.170.1. list GET

Returns the list of volume types.

The order of the returned list of volume types isn’t guaranteed.

Table 6.520. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

max

Integer

In

Sets the maximum number of volume types to return.

types

OpenStackVolumeType[]

Out

 

6.170.1.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.170.1.2. max

Sets the maximum number of volume types to return. If not specified all the volume types are returned.

6.171. OperatingSystem

Table 6.521. Methods summary
NameSummary

get

 

6.171.1. get GET

Table 6.522. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

operating_system

OperatingSystemInfo

Out

 

6.171.1.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.172. OperatingSystems

Manages the set of types of operating systems available in the system.

Table 6.523. Methods summary
NameSummary

list

Returns the list of types of operating system available in the system.

6.172.1. list GET

Returns the list of types of operating system available in the system.

The order of the returned list of operating systems isn’t guaranteed.

Table 6.524. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

max

Integer

In

Sets the maximum number of networks to return.

operating_system

OperatingSystemInfo[]

Out

 

6.172.1.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.172.1.2. max

Sets the maximum number of networks to return. If not specified all the networks are returned.

6.173. Permission

Table 6.525. Methods summary
NameSummary

get

 

remove

 

6.173.1. get GET

Table 6.526. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

permission

Permission

Out

 

6.173.1.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.173.2. remove DELETE

Table 6.527. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the remove should be performed asynchronously.

6.174. Permit

A service to manage a specific permit of the role.

Table 6.528. Methods summary
NameSummary

get

Gets the information about the permit of the role.

remove

Removes the permit from the role.

6.174.1. get GET

Gets the information about the permit of the role.

For example to retrieve the information about the permit with the id 456 of the role with the id 123 send a request like this:

GET /ovirt-engine/api/roles/123/permits/456
<permit href="/ovirt-engine/api/roles/123/permits/456" id="456">
  <name>change_vm_cd</name>
  <administrative>false</administrative>
  <role href="/ovirt-engine/api/roles/123" id="123"/>
</permit>
Table 6.529. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

permit

Permit

Out

The permit of the role.

6.174.1.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.174.2. remove DELETE

Removes the permit from the role.

For example to remove the permit with id 456 from the role with id 123 send a request like this:

DELETE /ovirt-engine/api/roles/123/permits/456
Table 6.530. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the remove should be performed asynchronously.

6.175. Permits

Represents a permits sub-collection of the specific role.

Table 6.531. Methods summary
NameSummary

add

Adds a permit to the role.

list

List the permits of the role.

6.175.1. add POST

Adds a permit to the role. The permit name can be retrieved from the cluster_levels service.

For example to assign a permit create_vm to the role with id 123 send a request like this:

POST /ovirt-engine/api/roles/123/permits

With a request body like this:

<permit>
  <name>create_vm</name>
</permit>
Table 6.532. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

permit

Permit

In/Out

The permit to add.

6.175.2. list GET

List the permits of the role.

For example to list the permits of the role with the id 123 send a request like this:

GET /ovirt-engine/api/roles/123/permits
<permits>
  <permit href="/ovirt-engine/api/roles/123/permits/5" id="5">
    <name>change_vm_cd</name>
    <administrative>false</administrative>
    <role href="/ovirt-engine/api/roles/123" id="123"/>
  </permit>
  <permit href="/ovirt-engine/api/roles/123/permits/7" id="7">
    <name>connect_to_vm</name>
    <administrative>false</administrative>
    <role href="/ovirt-engine/api/roles/123" id="123"/>
  </permit>
</permits>

The order of the returned list of permits isn’t guaranteed.

Table 6.533. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

max

Integer

In

Sets the maximum number of permits to return.

permits

Permit[]

Out

List of permits.

6.175.2.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.175.2.2. max

Sets the maximum number of permits to return. If not specified all the permits are returned.

6.176. Qos

Table 6.534. Methods summary
NameSummary

get

Get specified QoS in the data center.

remove

Remove specified QoS from datacenter.

update

Update the specified QoS in the dataCenter.

6.176.1. get GET

Get specified QoS in the data center.

GET /ovirt-engine/api/datacenters/123/qoss/123

You will get response like this one below:

<qos href="/ovirt-engine/api/datacenters/123/qoss/123" id="123">
  <name>123</name>
  <description>123</description>
  <max_iops>1</max_iops>
  <max_throughput>1</max_throughput>
  <type>storage</type>
  <data_center href="/ovirt-engine/api/datacenters/123" id="123"/>
</qos>
Table 6.535. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

qos

Qos

Out

Queried QoS object.

6.176.1.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.176.2. remove DELETE

Remove specified QoS from datacenter.

DELETE /ovirt-engine/api/datacenters/123/qoss/123
Table 6.536. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the remove should be performed asynchronously.

6.176.3. update PUT

Update the specified QoS in the dataCenter.

PUT /ovirt-engine/api/datacenters/123/qoss/123

For example with curl:

curl -u admin@internal:123456 -X PUT -H "content-type: application/xml" -d \
"<qos><name>321</name><description>321</description><max_iops>10</max_iops></qos>" \
https://engine/ovirt-engine/api/datacenters/123/qoss/123

You will receive response like this:

<qos href="/ovirt-engine/api/datacenters/123/qoss/123" id="123">
  <name>321</name>
  <description>321</description>
  <max_iops>10</max_iops>
  <max_throughput>1</max_throughput>
  <type>storage</type>
  <data_center href="/ovirt-engine/api/datacenters/123" id="123"/>
</qos>
Table 6.537. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the update should be performed asynchronously.

qos

Qos

In/Out

Updated QoS object.

6.177. Qoss

Manages the set of quality of service configurations available in a data center.

Table 6.538. Methods summary
NameSummary

add

Add a new QoS to the dataCenter.

list

Returns the list of quality of service configurations available in the data center.

6.177.1. add POST

Add a new QoS to the dataCenter.

POST /ovirt-engine/api/datacenters/123/qoss

The response will look as follows:

<qos href="/ovirt-engine/api/datacenters/123/qoss/123" id="123">
  <name>123</name>
  <description>123</description>
  <max_iops>10</max_iops>
  <type>storage</type>
  <data_center href="/ovirt-engine/api/datacenters/123" id="123"/>
</qos>
Table 6.539. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

qos

Qos

In/Out

Added QoS object.

6.177.2. list GET

Returns the list of quality of service configurations available in the data center.

GET /ovirt-engine/api/datacenter/123/qoss

You will get response which will look like this:

<qoss>
  <qos href="/ovirt-engine/api/datacenters/123/qoss/1" id="1">...</qos>
  <qos href="/ovirt-engine/api/datacenters/123/qoss/2" id="2">...</qos>
  <qos href="/ovirt-engine/api/datacenters/123/qoss/3" id="3">...</qos>
</qoss>

The returned list of quality of service configurations isn’t guaranteed.

Table 6.540. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

max

Integer

In

Sets the maximum number of QoS descriptors to return.

qoss

Qos[]

Out

List of queried QoS objects.

6.177.2.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.177.2.2. max

Sets the maximum number of QoS descriptors to return. If not specified all the descriptors are returned.

6.178. Quota

Table 6.541. Methods summary
NameSummary

get

Retrieves a quota.

remove

Delete a quota.

update

Updates a quota.

6.178.1. get GET

Retrieves a quota.

An example of retrieving a quota:

GET /ovirt-engine/api/datacenters/123/quotas/456
<quota id="456">
  <name>myquota</name>
  <description>My new quota for virtual machines</description>
  <cluster_hard_limit_pct>20</cluster_hard_limit_pct>
  <cluster_soft_limit_pct>80</cluster_soft_limit_pct>
  <storage_hard_limit_pct>20</storage_hard_limit_pct>
  <storage_soft_limit_pct>80</storage_soft_limit_pct>
</quota>
Table 6.542. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

quota

Quota

Out

 

6.178.1.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.178.2. remove DELETE

Delete a quota.

An example of deleting a quota:

DELETE /ovirt-engine/api/datacenters/123-456/quotas/654-321
-0472718ab224 HTTP/1.1
Accept: application/xml
Content-type: application/xml
Table 6.543. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the remove should be performed asynchronously.

6.178.3. update PUT

Updates a quota.

An example of updating a quota:

PUT /ovirt-engine/api/datacenters/123/quotas/456
<quota>
  <cluster_hard_limit_pct>30</cluster_hard_limit_pct>
  <cluster_soft_limit_pct>70</cluster_soft_limit_pct>
  <storage_hard_limit_pct>20</storage_hard_limit_pct>
  <storage_soft_limit_pct>80</storage_soft_limit_pct>
</quota>
Table 6.544. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the update should be performed asynchronously.

quota

Quota

In/Out

 

6.179. QuotaClusterLimit

Table 6.545. Methods summary
NameSummary

get

 

remove

 

6.179.1. get GET

Table 6.546. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

limit

QuotaClusterLimit

Out

 

6.179.1.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.179.2. remove DELETE

Table 6.547. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the remove should be performed asynchronously.

6.180. QuotaClusterLimits

Manages the set of quota limits configured for a cluster.

Table 6.548. Methods summary
NameSummary

add

Add a cluster limit to a specified Quota.

list

Returns the set of quota limits configured for the cluster.

6.180.1. add POST

Add a cluster limit to a specified Quota.

Table 6.549. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

limit

QuotaClusterLimit

In/Out

 

6.180.2. list GET

Returns the set of quota limits configured for the cluster.

The returned list of quota limits isn’t guaranteed.

Table 6.550. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

limits

QuotaClusterLimit[]

Out

 

max

Integer

In

Sets the maximum number of limits to return.

6.180.2.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.180.2.2. max

Sets the maximum number of limits to return. If not specified all the limits are returned.

6.181. QuotaStorageLimit

Table 6.551. Methods summary
NameSummary

get

 

remove

 

6.181.1. get GET

Table 6.552. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

limit

QuotaStorageLimit

Out

 

6.181.1.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.181.2. remove DELETE

Table 6.553. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the update should be performed asynchronously.

6.182. QuotaStorageLimits

Manages the set of storage limits configured for a quota.

Table 6.554. Methods summary
NameSummary

add

Adds a storage limit to a specified quota.

list

Returns the list of storage limits configured for the quota.

6.182.1. add POST

Adds a storage limit to a specified quota.

To create a 100GiB storage limit for all storage domains in a data center, send a request like this:

POST /ovirt-engine/api/datacenters/123/quotas/456/quotastoragelimits

With a request body like this:

<quota_storage_limit>
  <limit>100</limit>
</quota_storage_limit>

To create a 50GiB storage limit for a storage domain with the ID 000, send a request like this:

POST /ovirt-engine/api/datacenters/123/quotas/456/quotastoragelimits

With a request body like this:

<quota_storage_limit>
  <limit>50</limit>
  <storage_domain id="000"/>
</quota_storage_limit>
Table 6.555. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

limit

QuotaStorageLimit

In/Out

 

6.182.2. list GET

Returns the list of storage limits configured for the quota.

The order of the returned list of storage limits is not guaranteed.

Table 6.556. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

limits

QuotaStorageLimit[]

Out

 

max

Integer

In

Sets the maximum number of limits to return.

6.182.2.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.182.2.2. max

Sets the maximum number of limits to return. If not specified, all the limits are returned.

6.183. Quotas

Manages the set of quotas configured for a data center.

Table 6.557. Methods summary
NameSummary

add

Creates a new quota.

list

Lists quotas of a data center.

6.183.1. add POST

Creates a new quota.

An example of creating a new quota:

POST /ovirt-engine/api/datacenters/123/quotas
<quota>
  <name>myquota</name>
  <description>My new quota for virtual machines</description>
</quota>
Table 6.558. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

quota

Quota

In/Out

 

6.183.2. list GET

Lists quotas of a data center.

The order of the returned list of quotas isn’t guaranteed.

Table 6.559. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

max

Integer

In

Sets the maximum number of quota descriptors to return.

quotas

Quota[]

Out

 

6.183.2.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.183.2.2. max

Sets the maximum number of quota descriptors to return. If not specified all the descriptors are returned.

6.184. Role

Table 6.560. Methods summary
NameSummary

get

Get the role.

remove

Removes the role.

update

Updates a role.

6.184.1. get GET

Get the role.

GET /ovirt-engine/api/roles/123

You will receive XML response like this one:

<role id="123">
  <name>MyRole</name>
  <description>MyRole description</description>
  <link href="/ovirt-engine/api/roles/123/permits" rel="permits"/>
  <administrative>true</administrative>
  <mutable>false</mutable>
</role>
Table 6.561. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

role

Role

Out

Retrieved role.

6.184.1.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.184.2. remove DELETE

Removes the role.

To remove the role you need to know its id, then send request like this:

DELETE /ovirt-engine/api/roles/{role_id}
Table 6.562. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the remove should be performed asynchronously.

6.184.3. update PUT

Updates a role. You are allowed to update name, description and administrative attributes after role is created. Within this endpoint you can’t add or remove roles permits you need to use service that manages permits of role.

For example to update role’s name, description and administrative attributes send a request like this:

PUT /ovirt-engine/api/roles/123

With a request body like this:

<role>
  <name>MyNewRoleName</name>
  <description>My new description of the role</description>
  <administrative>true</administrative>
</group>
Table 6.563. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the update should be performed asynchronously.

role

Role

In/Out

Updated role.

6.185. Roles

Provides read-only access to the global set of roles

Table 6.564. Methods summary
NameSummary

add

Create a new role.

list

List roles.

6.185.1. add POST

Create a new role. The role can be administrative or non-administrative and can have different permits.

For example, to add the MyRole non-administrative role with permits to login and create virtual machines send a request like this (note that you have to pass permit id):

POST /ovirt-engine/api/roles

With a request body like this:

<role>
  <name>MyRole</name>
  <description>My custom role to create virtual machines</description>
  <administrative>false</administrative>
  <permits>
    <permit id="1"/>
    <permit id="1300"/>
  </permits>
</group>
Table 6.565. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

role

Role

In/Out

Role that will be added.

6.185.2. list GET

List roles.

GET /ovirt-engine/api/roles

You will receive response in XML like this one:

<roles>
  <role id="123">
     <name>SuperUser</name>
     <description>Roles management administrator</description>
     <link href="/ovirt-engine/api/roles/123/permits" rel="permits"/>
     <administrative>true</administrative>
     <mutable>false</mutable>
  </role>
  ...
</roles>

The order of the returned list of roles isn’t guaranteed.

Table 6.566. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

max

Integer

In

Sets the maximum number of roles to return.

roles

Role[]

Out

Retrieved list of roles.

6.185.2.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.185.2.2. max

Sets the maximum number of roles to return. If not specified all the roles are returned.

6.186. SchedulingPolicies

Manages the set of scheduling policies available in the system.

Table 6.567. Methods summary
NameSummary

add

Add a new scheduling policy to the system.

list

Returns the list of scheduling policies available in the system.

6.186.1. add POST

Add a new scheduling policy to the system.

Table 6.568. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

policy

SchedulingPolicy

In/Out

 

6.186.2. list GET

Returns the list of scheduling policies available in the system.

The order of the returned list of scheduling policies isn’t guaranteed.

Table 6.569. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

filter

Boolean

In

Indicates if the results should be filtered according to the permissions of the user.

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

max

Integer

In

Sets the maximum number of policies to return.

policies

SchedulingPolicy[]

Out

 

6.186.2.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.186.2.2. max

Sets the maximum number of policies to return. If not specified all the policies are returned.

6.187. SchedulingPolicy

Table 6.570. Methods summary
NameSummary

get

 

remove

 

update

Update the specified user defined scheduling policy in the system.

6.187.1. get GET

Table 6.571. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

filter

Boolean

In

Indicates if the results should be filtered according to the permissions of the user.

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

policy

SchedulingPolicy

Out

 

6.187.1.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.187.2. remove DELETE

Table 6.572. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the remove should be performed asynchronously.

6.187.3. update PUT

Update the specified user defined scheduling policy in the system.

Table 6.573. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the update should be performed asynchronously.

policy

SchedulingPolicy

In/Out

 

6.188. SchedulingPolicyUnit

Table 6.574. Methods summary
NameSummary

get

 

remove

 

6.188.1. get GET

Table 6.575. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

filter

Boolean

In

Indicates if the results should be filtered according to the permissions of the user.

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

unit

SchedulingPolicyUnit

Out

 

6.188.1.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.188.2. remove DELETE

Table 6.576. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the remove should be performed asynchronously.

6.189. SchedulingPolicyUnits

Manages the set of scheduling policy units available in the system.

Table 6.577. Methods summary
NameSummary

list

Returns the list of scheduling policy units available in the system.

6.189.1. list GET

Returns the list of scheduling policy units available in the system.

The order of the returned list of scheduling policy units isn’t guaranteed.

Table 6.578. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

filter

Boolean

In

Indicates if the results should be filtered according to the permissions of the user.

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

max

Integer

In

Sets the maximum number of policy units to return.

units

SchedulingPolicyUnit[]

Out

 

6.189.1.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.189.1.2. max

Sets the maximum number of policy units to return. If not specified all the policy units are returned.

6.190. Snapshot

Table 6.579. Methods summary
NameSummary

get

 

remove

 

restore

Restores a virtual machine snapshot.

6.190.1. get GET

Table 6.580. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

snapshot

Snapshot

Out

 

6.190.1.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.190.2. remove DELETE

Table 6.581. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

all_content

Boolean

In

Indicates if all the attributes of the virtual machine snapshot should be included in the response.

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the remove should be performed asynchronously.

6.190.2.1. all_content

Indicates if all the attributes of the virtual machine snapshot should be included in the response.

By default the attribute initialization.configuration.data is excluded.

For example, to retrieve the complete representation of the snapshot with id 456 of the virtual machine with id 123 send a request like this:

GET /ovirt-engine/api/vms/123/snapshots/456?all_content=true

6.190.3. restore POST

Restores a virtual machine snapshot.

For example, to restore the snapshot with identifier 456 of virtual machine with identifier 123 send a request like this:

POST /ovirt-engine/api/vms/123/snapshots/456/restore

With an empty action in the body:

<action/>
Note

Confirm that the commit operation is finished and the virtual machine is down before running the virtual machine.

Table 6.582. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the restore should be performed asynchronously.

disks

Disk[]

In

Specify the disks included in the snapshot’s restore.

restore_memory

Boolean

In

 

6.190.3.1. disks

Specify the disks included in the snapshot’s restore.

For each disk parameter, it is also required to specify its image_id.

For example, to restore a snapshot with an identifier 456 of a virtual machine with identifier 123, including a disk with identifier 111 and image_id of 222, send a request like this:

POST /ovirt-engine/api/vms/123/snapshots/456/restore

Request body:

<action>
  <disks>
    <disk id="111">
      <image_id>222</image_id>
    </disk>
  </disks>
</action>

6.191. SnapshotCdrom

Table 6.583. Methods summary
NameSummary

get

 

6.191.1. get GET

Table 6.584. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

cdrom

Cdrom

Out

 

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

6.191.1.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.192. SnapshotCdroms

Manages the set of CD-ROM devices of a virtual machine snapshot.

Table 6.585. Methods summary
NameSummary

list

Returns the list of CD-ROM devices of the snapshot.

6.192.1. list GET

Returns the list of CD-ROM devices of the snapshot.

The order of the returned list of CD-ROM devices isn’t guaranteed.

Table 6.586. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

cdroms

Cdrom[]

Out

 

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

max

Integer

In

Sets the maximum number of CDROMS to return.

6.192.1.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.192.1.2. max

Sets the maximum number of CDROMS to return. If not specified all the CDROMS are returned.

6.193. SnapshotDisk

Table 6.587. Methods summary
NameSummary

get

 

6.193.1. get GET

Table 6.588. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

disk

Disk

Out

 

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

6.193.1.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.194. SnapshotDisks

Manages the set of disks of an snapshot.

Table 6.589. Methods summary
NameSummary

list

Returns the list of disks of the snapshot.

6.194.1. list GET

Returns the list of disks of the snapshot.

The order of the returned list of disks isn’t guaranteed.

Table 6.590. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

disks

Disk[]

Out

 

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

max

Integer

In

Sets the maximum number of disks to return.

6.194.1.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.194.1.2. max

Sets the maximum number of disks to return. If not specified all the disks are returned.

6.195. SnapshotNic

Table 6.591. Methods summary
NameSummary

get

 

6.195.1. get GET

Table 6.592. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

nic

Nic

Out

 

6.195.1.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.196. SnapshotNics

Manages the set of NICs of an snapshot.

Table 6.593. Methods summary
NameSummary

list

Returns the list of NICs of the snapshot.

6.196.1. list GET

Returns the list of NICs of the snapshot.

The order of the returned list of NICs isn’t guaranteed.

Table 6.594. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

max

Integer

In

Sets the maximum number of NICs to return.

nics

Nic[]

Out

 

6.196.1.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.196.1.2. max

Sets the maximum number of NICs to return. If not specified all the NICs are returned.

6.197. Snapshots

Manages the set of snapshots of a storage domain or virtual machine.

Table 6.595. Methods summary
NameSummary

add

Creates a virtual machine snapshot.

list

Returns the list of snapshots of the storage domain or virtual machine.

6.197.1. add POST

Creates a virtual machine snapshot.

For example, to create a new snapshot for virtual machine 123 send a request like this:

POST /ovirt-engine/api/vms/123/snapshots

With a request body like this:

<snapshot>
  <description>My snapshot</description>
</snapshot>

For including only a sub-set of disks in the snapshots, add disk_attachments element to the request body. Note that disks which are not specified in disk_attachments element will not be a part of the snapshot. If an empty disk_attachments element is passed, the snapshot will include only the virtual machine configuration. If no disk_attachments element is passed, then all the disks will be included in the snapshot.

For each disk, image_id element can be specified for setting the new active image id. This is used in order to restore a chain of images from backup. I.e. when restoring a disk with snapshots, the relevant image_id should be specified for each snapshot (so the identifiers of the disk snapshots are identical to the backup).

<snapshot>
  <description>My snapshot</description>
  <disk_attachments>
    <disk_attachment>
      <disk id="123">
        <image_id>456</image_id>
      </disk>
    </disk_attachment>
  </disk_attachments>
</snapshot>
Important

When a snapshot is created, the default value for the persist_memorystate attribute is true. That means that the content of the memory of the virtual machine will be included in the snapshot, and it also means that the virtual machine will be paused for a longer time. That can negatively affect applications that are very sensitive to timing (NTP servers, for example). In those cases make sure that you set the attribute to false:

<snapshot>
  <description>My snapshot</description>
  <persist_memorystate>false</persist_memorystate>
</snapshot>
Table 6.596. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

snapshot

Snapshot

In/Out

 

6.197.2. list GET

Returns the list of snapshots of the storage domain or virtual machine.

The order of the returned list of snapshots isn’t guaranteed.

Table 6.597. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

all_content

Boolean

In

Indicates if all the attributes of the virtual machine snapshot should be included in the response.

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

max

Integer

In

Sets the maximum number of snapshots to return.

snapshots

Snapshot[]

Out

 

6.197.2.1. all_content

Indicates if all the attributes of the virtual machine snapshot should be included in the response.

By default the attribute initialization.configuration.data is excluded.

For example, to retrieve the complete representation of the virtual machine with id 123 snapshots send a request like this:

GET /ovirt-engine/api/vms/123/snapshots?all_content=true

6.197.2.2. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.197.2.3. max

Sets the maximum number of snapshots to return. If not specified all the snapshots are returned.

6.198. SshPublicKey

Table 6.598. Methods summary
NameSummary

get

 

remove

 

update

Replaces the key with a new resource.

6.198.1. get GET

Table 6.599. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

key

SshPublicKey

Out

 

6.198.1.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.198.2. remove DELETE

Table 6.600. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the remove should be performed asynchronously.

6.198.3. update PUT

Replaces the key with a new resource.

Important

Since version 4.4.8 of the engine this operation is deprecated, and preserved only for backwards compatibility. It will be removed in the future. Instead please use DELETE followed by add operation.

Table 6.601. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the update should be performed asynchronously.

key

SshPublicKey

In/Out

 

6.199. SshPublicKeys

Table 6.602. Methods summary
NameSummary

add

 

list

Returns a list of SSH public keys of the user.

6.199.1. add POST

Table 6.603. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

key

SshPublicKey

In/Out

 

6.199.2. list GET

Returns a list of SSH public keys of the user.

For example, to retrieve the list of SSH keys of user with identifier 123, send a request like this:

GET /ovirt-engine/api/users/123/sshpublickeys

The result will be the following XML document:

<ssh_public_keys>
  <ssh_public_key href="/ovirt-engine/api/users/123/sshpublickeys/456" id="456">
    <content>ssh-rsa ...</content>
    <user href="/ovirt-engine/api/users/123" id="123"/>
  </ssh_public_key>
</ssh_public_keys>

Or the following JSON object

{
  "ssh_public_key": [
    {
      "content": "ssh-rsa ...",
      "user": {
        "href": "/ovirt-engine/api/users/123",
        "id": "123"
      },
      "href": "/ovirt-engine/api/users/123/sshpublickeys/456",
      "id": "456"
    }
  ]
}

The order of the returned list of keys is not guaranteed.

Table 6.604. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

keys

SshPublicKey[]

Out

 

max

Integer

In

Sets the maximum number of keys to return.

6.199.2.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.199.2.2. max

Sets the maximum number of keys to return. If not specified all the keys are returned.

6.200. Statistic

Table 6.605. Methods summary
NameSummary

get

 

6.200.1. get GET

Table 6.606. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

statistic

Statistic

Out

 

6.200.1.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.201. Statistics

Table 6.607. Methods summary
NameSummary

list

Retrieves a list of statistics.

6.201.1. list GET

Retrieves a list of statistics.

For example, to retrieve the statistics for virtual machine 123 send a request like this:

GET /ovirt-engine/api/vms/123/statistics

The result will be like this:

<statistics>
  <statistic href="/ovirt-engine/api/vms/123/statistics/456" id="456">
    <name>memory.installed</name>
    <description>Total memory configured</description>
    <kind>gauge</kind>
    <type>integer</type>
    <unit>bytes</unit>
    <values>
      <value>
        <datum>1073741824</datum>
      </value>
    </values>
    <vm href="/ovirt-engine/api/vms/123" id="123"/>
  </statistic>
  ...
</statistics>

Just a single part of the statistics can be retrieved by specifying its id at the end of the URI. That means:

GET /ovirt-engine/api/vms/123/statistics/456

Outputs:

<statistic href="/ovirt-engine/api/vms/123/statistics/456" id="456">
  <name>memory.installed</name>
  <description>Total memory configured</description>
  <kind>gauge</kind>
  <type>integer</type>
  <unit>bytes</unit>
  <values>
    <value>
      <datum>1073741824</datum>
    </value>
  </values>
  <vm href="/ovirt-engine/api/vms/123" id="123"/>
</statistic>

The order of the returned list of statistics isn’t guaranteed.

Table 6.608. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

max

Integer

In

Sets the maximum number of statistics to return.

statistics

Statistic[]

Out

 

6.201.1.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.201.1.2. max

Sets the maximum number of statistics to return. If not specified all the statistics are returned.

6.202. Step

A service to manage a step.

Table 6.609. Methods summary
NameSummary

end

Marks an external step execution as ended.

get

Retrieves a step.

6.202.1. end POST

Marks an external step execution as ended.

For example, to terminate a step with identifier 456 which belongs to a job with identifier 123 send the following request:

POST /ovirt-engine/api/jobs/123/steps/456/end

With the following request body:

<action>
  <force>true</force>
  <succeeded>true</succeeded>
</action>
Table 6.610. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the action should be performed asynchronously.

force

Boolean

In

Indicates if the step should be forcibly terminated.

succeeded

Boolean

In

Indicates if the step should be marked as successfully finished or as failed.

6.202.1.1. succeeded

Indicates if the step should be marked as successfully finished or as failed.

This parameter is optional, and the default value is true.

6.202.2. get GET

Retrieves a step.

GET /ovirt-engine/api/jobs/123/steps/456

You will receive response in XML like this one:

<step href="/ovirt-engine/api/jobs/123/steps/456" id="456">
  <actions>
    <link href="/ovirt-engine/api/jobs/123/steps/456/end" rel="end"/>
  </actions>
  <description>Validating</description>
  <end_time>2016-12-12T23:07:26.627+02:00</end_time>
  <external>false</external>
  <number>0</number>
  <start_time>2016-12-12T23:07:26.605+02:00</start_time>
  <status>finished</status>
  <type>validating</type>
  <job href="/ovirt-engine/api/jobs/123" id="123"/>
</step>
Table 6.611. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

step

Step

Out

Retrieves the representation of the step.

6.202.2.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.203. Steps

A service to manage steps.

Table 6.612. Methods summary
NameSummary

add

Add an external step to an existing job or to an existing step.

list

Retrieves the representation of the steps.

6.203.1. add POST

Add an external step to an existing job or to an existing step.

For example, to add a step to job with identifier 123 send the following request:

POST /ovirt-engine/api/jobs/123/steps

With the following request body:

<step>
  <description>Validating</description>
  <start_time>2016-12-12T23:07:26.605+02:00</start_time>
  <status>started</status>
  <type>validating</type>
</step>

The response should look like:

<step href="/ovirt-engine/api/jobs/123/steps/456" id="456">
  <actions>
    <link href="/ovirt-engine/api/jobs/123/steps/456/end" rel="end"/>
  </actions>
  <description>Validating</description>
  <link href="/ovirt-engine/api/jobs/123/steps/456/statistics" rel="statistics"/>
  <external>true</external>
  <number>2</number>
  <start_time>2016-12-13T01:06:15.380+02:00</start_time>
  <status>started</status>
  <type>validating</type>
  <job href="/ovirt-engine/api/jobs/123" id="123"/>
</step>
Table 6.613. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

step

Step

In/Out

Step that will be added.

6.203.2. list GET

Retrieves the representation of the steps.

GET /ovirt-engine/api/job/123/steps

You will receive response in XML like this one:

<steps>
  <step href="/ovirt-engine/api/jobs/123/steps/456" id="456">
    <actions>
      <link href="/ovirt-engine/api/jobs/123/steps/456/end" rel="end"/>
    </actions>
    <description>Validating</description>
    <link href="/ovirt-engine/api/jobs/123/steps/456/statistics" rel="statistics"/>
    <external>true</external>
    <number>2</number>
    <start_time>2016-12-13T01:06:15.380+02:00</start_time>
    <status>started</status>
    <type>validating</type>
    <job href="/ovirt-engine/api/jobs/123" id="123"/>
  </step>
  ...
</steps>

The order of the returned list of steps isn’t guaranteed.

Table 6.614. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

max

Integer

In

Sets the maximum number of steps to return.

steps

Step[]

Out

A representation of steps.

6.203.2.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.203.2.2. max

Sets the maximum number of steps to return. If not specified all the steps are returned.

6.204. Storage

Table 6.615. Methods summary
NameSummary

get

 

6.204.1. get GET

Table 6.616. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

report_status

Boolean

In

Indicates if the status of the LUNs in the storage should be checked.

storage

HostStorage

Out

 

6.204.1.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.204.1.2. report_status

Indicates if the status of the LUNs in the storage should be checked. Checking the status of the LUN is an heavy weight operation and this data is not always needed by the user. This parameter will give the option to not perform the status check of the LUNs.

The default is true for backward compatibility.

Here an example with the LUN status :

<host_storage id="360014051136c20574f743bdbd28177fd">
  <logical_units>
    <logical_unit id="360014051136c20574f743bdbd28177fd">
      <lun_mapping>0</lun_mapping>
      <paths>1</paths>
      <product_id>lun0</product_id>
      <serial>SLIO-ORG_lun0_1136c205-74f7-43bd-bd28-177fd5ce6993</serial>
      <size>10737418240</size>
      <status>used</status>
      <vendor_id>LIO-ORG</vendor_id>
      <volume_group_id>O9Du7I-RahN-ECe1-dZ1w-nh0b-64io-MNzIBZ</volume_group_id>
    </logical_unit>
  </logical_units>
  <type>iscsi</type>
  <host id="8bb5ade5-e988-4000-8b93-dbfc6717fe50"/>
</host_storage>

Here an example without the LUN status :

<host_storage id="360014051136c20574f743bdbd28177fd">
  <logical_units>
    <logical_unit id="360014051136c20574f743bdbd28177fd">
      <lun_mapping>0</lun_mapping>
      <paths>1</paths>
      <product_id>lun0</product_id>
      <serial>SLIO-ORG_lun0_1136c205-74f7-43bd-bd28-177fd5ce6993</serial>
      <size>10737418240</size>
      <vendor_id>LIO-ORG</vendor_id>
      <volume_group_id>O9Du7I-RahN-ECe1-dZ1w-nh0b-64io-MNzIBZ</volume_group_id>
    </logical_unit>
  </logical_units>
  <type>iscsi</type>
  <host id="8bb5ade5-e988-4000-8b93-dbfc6717fe50"/>
</host_storage>

6.205. StorageDomain

Table 6.617. Methods summary
NameSummary

get

Retrieves the description of the storage domain.

isattached

Used for querying if the storage domain is already attached to a data center using the is_attached boolean field, which is part of the storage server.

reduceluns

This operation reduces logical units from the storage domain.

refreshluns

This operation refreshes the LUN size.

remove

Removes the storage domain.

update

Updates a storage domain.

updateovfstore

This operation forces the update of the OVF_STORE of this storage domain.

6.205.1. get GET

Retrieves the description of the storage domain.

Table 6.618. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

filter

Boolean

In

Indicates if the results should be filtered according to the permissions of the user.

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

storage_domain

StorageDomain

Out

The description of the storage domain.

6.205.1.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.205.2. isattached POST

Used for querying if the storage domain is already attached to a data center using the is_attached boolean field, which is part of the storage server. IMPORTANT: Executing this API will cause the host to disconnect from the storage domain.

Table 6.619. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the action should be performed asynchronously.

host

Host

In

Indicates the data center’s host.

is_attached

Boolean

Out

Indicates whether the storage domain is attached to the data center.

6.205.3. reduceluns POST

This operation reduces logical units from the storage domain.

In order to do so the data stored on the provided logical units will be moved to other logical units of the storage domain and only then they will be reduced from the storage domain.

For example, in order to reduce two logical units from a storage domain send a request like this:

POST /ovirt-engine/api/storageDomains/123/reduceluns

With a request body like this:

 <action>
   <logical_units>
     <logical_unit id="1IET_00010001"/>
     <logical_unit id="1IET_00010002"/>
   </logical_units>
 </action>
Note that this operation is only applicable to block storage domains (i.e., storage domains with the
xref:types-storage_type[storage type] of iSCSI or FCP).
Table 6.620. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

logical_units

LogicalUnit[]

In

The logical units that need to be reduced from the storage domain.

6.205.4. refreshluns POST

This operation refreshes the LUN size.

After increasing the size of the underlying LUN on the storage server, the user can refresh the LUN size. This action forces a rescan of the provided LUNs and updates the database with the new size, if required.

For example, in order to refresh the size of two LUNs send a request like this:

POST /ovirt-engine/api/storageDomains/262b056b-aede-40f1-9666-b883eff59d40/refreshluns

With a request body like this:

 <action>
   <logical_units>
     <logical_unit id="1IET_00010001"/>
     <logical_unit id="1IET_00010002"/>
   </logical_units>
 </action>
Table 6.621. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the refresh should be performed asynchronously.

logical_units

LogicalUnit[]

In

The LUNs that need to be refreshed.

6.205.5. remove DELETE

Removes the storage domain.

Without any special parameters, the storage domain is detached from the system and removed from the database. The storage domain can then be imported to the same or to a different setup, with all the data on it. If the storage is not accessible the operation will fail.

If the destroy parameter is true then the operation will always succeed, even if the storage is not accessible, the failure is just ignored and the storage domain is removed from the database anyway.

If the format parameter is true then the actual storage is formatted, and the metadata is removed from the LUN or directory, so it can no longer be imported to the same or to a different setup.

Table 6.622. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the remove should be performed asynchronously.

destroy

Boolean

In

Indicates if the operation should succeed, and the storage domain removed from the database, even if the storage is not accessible.

format

Boolean

In

Indicates if the actual storage should be formatted, removing all the metadata from the underlying LUN or directory:

[source] ---- DELETE /ovirt-engine/api/storageDomains/123?format=true ----

This parameter is optional, and the default value is false.

host

String

In

Indicates which host should be used to remove the storage domain.

6.205.5.1. destroy

Indicates if the operation should succeed, and the storage domain removed from the database, even if the storage is not accessible.

DELETE /ovirt-engine/api/storageDomains/123?destroy=true

This parameter is optional, and the default value is false. When the value of destroy is true the host parameter will be ignored.

6.205.5.2. host

Indicates which host should be used to remove the storage domain.

This parameter is mandatory, except if the destroy parameter is included and its value is true, in that case the host parameter will be ignored.

The value should contain the name or the identifier of the host. For example, to use the host named myhost to remove the storage domain with identifier 123 send a request like this:

DELETE /ovirt-engine/api/storageDomains/123?host=myhost

6.205.6. update PUT

Updates a storage domain.

Not all of the StorageDomain's attributes are updatable after creation. Those that can be updated are: name, description, comment, warning_low_space_indicator, critical_space_action_blocker and wipe_after_delete. (Note that changing the wipe_after_delete attribute will not change the wipe after delete property of disks that already exist).

To update the name and wipe_after_delete attributes of a storage domain with an identifier 123, send a request as follows:

PUT /ovirt-engine/api/storageDomains/123

With a request body as follows:

<storage_domain>
  <name>data2</name>
  <wipe_after_delete>true</wipe_after_delete>
</storage_domain>
Table 6.623. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the update should be performed asynchronously.

storage_domain

StorageDomain

In/Out

The updated storage domain.

6.205.7. updateovfstore POST

This operation forces the update of the OVF_STORE of this storage domain.

The OVF_STORE is a disk image that contains the metadata of virtual machines and disks that reside in the storage domain. This metadata is used in case the domain is imported or exported to or from a different data center or a different installation.

By default the OVF_STORE is updated periodically (set by default to 60 minutes) but users might want to force an update after an important change, or when the they believe the OVF_STORE is corrupt.

When initiated by the user, OVF_STORE update will be performed whether an update is needed or not.

Table 6.624. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the OVF_STORE update should be performed asynchronously.

6.206. StorageDomainContentDisk

Table 6.625. Methods summary
NameSummary

get

 

6.206.1. get GET

Table 6.626. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

disk

Disk

Out

 

filter

Boolean

In

Indicates if the results should be filtered according to the permissions of the user.

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

6.206.1.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.207. StorageDomainContentDisks

Manages the set of disks available in a storage domain.

Table 6.627. Methods summary
NameSummary

list

Returns the list of disks available in the storage domain.

6.207.1. list GET

Returns the list of disks available in the storage domain.

The order of the returned list of disks is guaranteed only if the sortby clause is included in the search parameter.

Table 6.628. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

case_sensitive

Boolean

In

Indicates if the search performed using the search parameter should be performed taking case into account.

disks

Disk[]

Out

 

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

max

Integer

In

Sets the maximum number of disks to return.

search

String

In

A query string used to restrict the returned disks.

6.207.1.1. case_sensitive

Indicates if the search performed using the search parameter should be performed taking case into account. The default value is true, which means that case is taken into account. If you want to search ignoring case set it to false.

6.207.1.2. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.207.1.3. max

Sets the maximum number of disks to return. If not specified all the disks are returned.

6.208. StorageDomainDisk

Manages a single disk available in a storage domain.

Important

Since version 4.2 of the engine this service is intended only to list disks available in the storage domain, and to register unregistered disks. All the other operations, like copying a disk, moving a disk, etc, have been deprecated and will be removed in the future. To perform those operations use the service that manages all the disks of the system or the service that manages a specific disk.

Table 6.629. Methods summary
NameSummary

copy

Copies a disk to the specified storage domain.

export

Exports a disk to an export storage domain.

get

Retrieves the description of the disk.

move

Moves a disk to another storage domain.

reduce

Reduces the size of the disk image.

remove

Removes a disk.

sparsify

Sparsify the disk.

update

Updates the disk.

6.208.1. copy POST

Copies a disk to the specified storage domain.

Important

Since version 4.2 of the engine this operation is deprecated, and preserved only for backwards compatibility. It will be removed in the future. To copy a disk use the copy operation of the service that manages that disk.

Table 6.630. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

disk

Disk

In

Description of the resulting disk.

storage_domain

StorageDomain

In

The storage domain where the new disk will be created.

6.208.2. export POST

Exports a disk to an export storage domain.

Important

Since version 4.2 of the engine this operation is deprecated, and preserved only for backwards compatibility. It will be removed in the future. To export a disk use the export operation of the service that manages that disk.

Table 6.631. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

storage_domain

StorageDomain

In

The export storage domain where the disk should be exported to.

6.208.3. get GET

Retrieves the description of the disk.

Table 6.632. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

disk

Disk

Out

The description of the disk.

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

6.208.3.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.208.4. move POST

Moves a disk to another storage domain.

Important

Since version 4.2 of the engine this operation is deprecated, and preserved only for backwards compatibility. It will be removed in the future. To move a disk use the move operation of the service that manages that disk.

Table 6.633. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the move should be performed asynchronously.

filter

Boolean

In

Indicates if the results should be filtered according to the permissions of the user.

storage_domain

StorageDomain

In

The storage domain where the disk will be moved to.

6.208.5. reduce POST

Reduces the size of the disk image.

Invokes reduce on the logical volume (i.e. this is only applicable for block storage domains). This is applicable for floating disks and disks attached to non-running virtual machines. There is no need to specify the size as the optimal size is calculated automatically.

Table 6.634. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the remove should be performed asynchronously.

6.208.6. remove DELETE

Removes a disk.

Important

Since version 4.2 of the engine this operation is deprecated, and preserved only for backwards compatibility. It will be removed in the future. To remove a disk use the remove operation of the service that manages that disk.

6.208.7. sparsify POST

Sparsify the disk.

Important

Since version 4.2 of the engine this operation is deprecated, and preserved only for backwards compatibility. It will be removed in the future. To remove a disk use the remove operation of the service that manages that disk.

6.208.8. update PUT

Updates the disk.

Important

Since version 4.2 of the engine this operation is deprecated, and preserved only for backwards compatibility. It will be removed in the future. To update a disk use the update operation of the service that manages that disk.

Table 6.635. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

disk

Disk

In/Out

The update to apply to the disk.

6.209. StorageDomainDisks

Manages the collection of disks available inside a specific storage domain.

Table 6.636. Methods summary
NameSummary

add

Adds or registers a disk.

list

Retrieves the list of disks that are available in the storage domain.

6.209.1. add POST

Adds or registers a disk.

Important

Since version 4.2 of the Red Hat Virtualization Manager this operation is deprecated, and preserved only for backwards compatibility. It will be removed in the future. To add a new disk use the add operation of the service that manages the disks of the system. To register an unregistered disk use the register operation of the service that manages that disk.

Table 6.637. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

disk

Disk

In/Out

The disk to add or register.

unregistered

Boolean

In

Indicates if a new disk should be added or if an existing unregistered disk should be registered.

6.209.1.1. unregistered

Indicates if a new disk should be added or if an existing unregistered disk should be registered. If the value is true then the identifier of the disk to register needs to be provided. For example, to register the disk with ID 456 send a request like this:

POST /ovirt-engine/api/storagedomains/123/disks?unregistered=true

With a request body like this:

<disk id="456"/>

If the value is false then a new disk will be created in the storage domain. In that case the provisioned_size, format, and name attributes are mandatory. For example, to create a new copy on write disk of 1 GiB, send a request like this:

POST /ovirt-engine/api/storagedomains/123/disks

With a request body like this:

<disk>
  <name>mydisk</name>
  <format>cow</format>
  <provisioned_size>1073741824</provisioned_size>
</disk>

The default value is false.

This parameter has been deprecated since version 4.2 of the Red Hat Virtualization Manager.

6.209.2. list GET

Retrieves the list of disks that are available in the storage domain.

The order of the returned list of disks is not guaranteed.

Table 6.638. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

disks

Disk[]

Out

The list of retrieved disks.

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

max

Integer

In

Sets the maximum number of disks to return.

unregistered

Boolean

In

Indicates whether to retrieve a list of registered or unregistered disks in the storage domain.

6.209.2.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.209.2.2. max

Sets the maximum number of disks to return. If not specified, all the disks are returned.

6.209.2.3. unregistered

Indicates whether to retrieve a list of registered or unregistered disks in the storage domain. To get a list of unregistered disks in the storage domain the call should indicate the unregistered flag. For example, to get a list of unregistered disks the REST API call should look like this:

GET /ovirt-engine/api/storagedomains/123/disks?unregistered=true

The default value of the unregistered flag is false. The request only applies to storage domains that are attached.

6.210. StorageDomainServerConnection

Table 6.639. Methods summary
NameSummary

get

 

remove

Detaches a storage connection from storage.

6.210.1. get GET

Table 6.640. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

connection

StorageConnection

Out

 

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

6.210.1.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.210.2. remove DELETE

Detaches a storage connection from storage.

Table 6.641. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the action should be performed asynchronously.

6.211. StorageDomainServerConnections

Manages the set of connections to storage servers that exist in a storage domain.

Table 6.642. Methods summary
NameSummary

add

 

list

Returns the list of connections to storage servers that existin the storage domain.

6.211.1. add POST

Table 6.643. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

connection

StorageConnection

In/Out

 

6.211.2. list GET

Returns the list of connections to storage servers that existin the storage domain.

The order of the returned list of connections isn’t guaranteed.

Table 6.644. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

connections

StorageConnection[]

Out

 

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

max

Integer

In

Sets the maximum number of connections to return.

6.211.2.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.211.2.2. max

Sets the maximum number of connections to return. If not specified all the connections are returned.

6.212. StorageDomainTemplate

Table 6.645. Methods summary
NameSummary

get

 

import

Action to import a template from an export storage domain.

register

Register the Template means importing the Template from the data domain by inserting the configuration of the Template and disks into the database without the copy process.

remove

 

6.212.1. get GET

Table 6.646. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

template

Template

Out

 

6.212.1.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.212.2. import POST

Action to import a template from an export storage domain.

For example, to import the template 456 from the storage domain 123 send the following request:

POST /ovirt-engine/api/storagedomains/123/templates/456/import

With the following request body:

<action>
  <storage_domain>
    <name>myexport</name>
  </storage_domain>
  <cluster>
    <name>mycluster</name>
  </cluster>
</action>

If you register an entity without specifying the cluster ID or name, the cluster name from the entity’s OVF will be used (unless the register request also includes the cluster mapping).

Table 6.647. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the import should be performed asynchronously.

clone

Boolean

In

Use the optional clone parameter to generate new UUIDs for the imported template and its entities.

cluster

Cluster

In

 

exclusive

Boolean

In

 

storage_domain

StorageDomain

In

 

template

Template

In

 

vm

Vm

In

 

6.212.2.1. clone

Use the optional clone parameter to generate new UUIDs for the imported template and its entities.

You can import a template with the clone parameter set to false when importing a template from an export domain, with templates that were exported by a different Red Hat Virtualization environment.

6.212.3. register POST

Register the Template means importing the Template from the data domain by inserting the configuration of the Template and disks into the database without the copy process.

Table 6.648. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

allow_partial_import

Boolean

In

Indicates whether a template is allowed to be registered with only some of its disks.

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the registration should be performed asynchronously.

clone

Boolean

In

 

cluster

Cluster

In

 

exclusive

Boolean

In

 

registration_configuration

RegistrationConfiguration

In

This parameter describes how the template should be registered.

template

Template

In

 

vnic_profile_mappings

VnicProfileMapping[]

In

Deprecated attribute describing mapping rules for virtual NIC profiles that will be applied during the import\register process.

6.212.3.1. allow_partial_import

Indicates whether a template is allowed to be registered with only some of its disks.

If this flag is true, the system will not fail in the validation process if an image is not found, but instead it will allow the template to be registered without the missing disks. This is mainly used during registration of a template when some of the storage domains are not available. The default value is false.

6.212.3.2. registration_configuration

This parameter describes how the template should be registered.

This parameter is optional. If the parameter is not specified, the template will be registered with the same configuration that it had in the original environment where it was created.

6.212.3.3. vnic_profile_mappings

Deprecated attribute describing mapping rules for virtual NIC profiles that will be applied during the import\register process.

Warning

Please note that this attribute has been deprecated since version 4.2.1 of the engine, and preserved only for backward compatibility. It will be removed in the future. To specify vnic_profile_mappings use the vnic_profile_mappings attribute inside the RegistrationConfiguration type.

6.212.4. remove DELETE

Table 6.649. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the remove should be performed asynchronously.

6.213. StorageDomainTemplates

Manages the set of templates available in a storage domain.

Table 6.650. Methods summary
NameSummary

list

Returns the list of templates availalbe in the storage domain.

6.213.1. list GET

Returns the list of templates availalbe in the storage domain.

The order of the returned list of templates isn’t guaranteed.

Table 6.651. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

max

Integer

In

Sets the maximum number of templates to return.

templates

Template[]

Out

 

unregistered

Boolean

In

Indicates whether to retrieve a list of registered or unregistered templates which contain disks on the storage domain.

6.213.1.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.213.1.2. max

Sets the maximum number of templates to return. If not specified all the templates are returned.

6.213.1.3. unregistered

Indicates whether to retrieve a list of registered or unregistered templates which contain disks on the storage domain. To get a list of unregistered templates the call should indicate the unregistered flag. For example, to get a list of unregistered templates the REST API call should look like this:

GET /ovirt-engine/api/storagedomains/123/templates?unregistered=true

The default value of the unregisterd flag is false. The request only apply to storage domains that are attached.

6.214. StorageDomainVm

Table 6.652. Methods summary
NameSummary

get

 

import

Imports a virtual machine from an export storage domain.

register

 

remove

Deletes a virtual machine from an export storage domain.

6.214.1. get GET

Table 6.653. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

vm

Vm

Out

 

6.214.1.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.214.2. import POST

Imports a virtual machine from an export storage domain.

For example, send a request like this:

POST /ovirt-engine/api/storagedomains/123/vms/456/import

With a request body like this:

<action>
  <storage_domain>
    <name>mydata</name>
  </storage_domain>
  <cluster>
    <name>mycluster</name>
  </cluster>
</action>

To import a virtual machine as a new entity add the clone parameter:

<action>
  <storage_domain>
    <name>mydata</name>
  </storage_domain>
  <cluster>
    <name>mycluster</name>
  </cluster>
  <clone>true</clone>
  <vm>
    <name>myvm</name>
  </vm>
</action>

Include an optional disks parameter to choose which disks to import. For example, to import the disks of the template that have the identifiers 123 and 456 send the following request body:

<action>
  <cluster>
    <name>mycluster</name>
  </cluster>
  <vm>
    <name>myvm</name>
  </vm>
  <disks>
    <disk id="123"/>
    <disk id="456"/>
  </disks>
</action>

If you register an entity without specifying the cluster ID or name, the cluster name from the entity’s OVF will be used (unless the register request also includes the cluster mapping).

Table 6.654. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the import should be performed asynchronously.

clone

Boolean

In

Indicates if the identifiers of the imported virtual machine should be regenerated.

cluster

Cluster

In

 

collapse_snapshots

Boolean

In

Indicates of the snapshots of the virtual machine that is imported should be collapsed, so that the result will be a virtual machine without snapshots.

exclusive

Boolean

In

 

storage_domain

StorageDomain

In

 

vm

Vm

In

 

6.214.2.1. clone

Indicates if the identifiers of the imported virtual machine should be regenerated.

By default when a virtual machine is imported the identifiers are preserved. This means that the same virtual machine can’t be imported multiple times, as that identifiers needs to be unique. To allow importing the same machine multiple times set this parameter to true, as the default is false.

6.214.2.2. collapse_snapshots

Indicates of the snapshots of the virtual machine that is imported should be collapsed, so that the result will be a virtual machine without snapshots.

This parameter is optional, and if it isn’t explicitly specified the default value is false.

6.214.3. register POST

Table 6.655. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

allow_partial_import

Boolean

In

Indicates whether a virtual machine is allowed to be registered with only some of its disks.

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the registration should be performed asynchronously.

clone

Boolean

In

 

cluster

Cluster

In

 

reassign_bad_macs

Boolean

In

Indicates if the problematic MAC addresses should be re-assigned during the import process by the engine.

registration_configuration

RegistrationConfiguration

In

This parameter describes how the virtual machine should be registered.

vm

Vm

In

 

vnic_profile_mappings

VnicProfileMapping[]

In

Deprecated attribute describing mapping rules for virtual NIC profiles that will be applied during the import\register process.

6.214.3.1. allow_partial_import

Indicates whether a virtual machine is allowed to be registered with only some of its disks.

If this flag is true, the engine will not fail in the validation process if an image is not found, but instead it will allow the virtual machine to be registered without the missing disks. This is mainly used during registration of a virtual machine when some of the storage domains are not available. The default value is false.

6.214.3.2. reassign_bad_macs

Indicates if the problematic MAC addresses should be re-assigned during the import process by the engine.

A MAC address would be considered as a problematic one if one of the following is true:

  • It conflicts with a MAC address that is already allocated to a virtual machine in the target environment.
  • It’s out of the range of the target MAC address pool.

6.214.3.3. registration_configuration

This parameter describes how the virtual machine should be registered.

This parameter is optional. If the parameter is not specified, the virtual machine will be registered with the same configuration that it had in the original environment where it was created.

6.214.3.4. vnic_profile_mappings

Deprecated attribute describing mapping rules for virtual NIC profiles that will be applied during the import\register process.

Warning

Please note that this attribute has been deprecated since version 4.2.1 of the engine, and preserved only for backward compatibility. It will be removed in the future. To specify vnic_profile_mappings use the vnic_profile_mappings attribute inside the RegistrationConfiguration type.

6.214.4. remove DELETE

Deletes a virtual machine from an export storage domain.

For example, to delete the virtual machine 456 from the storage domain 123, send a request like this:

DELETE /ovirt-engine/api/storagedomains/123/vms/456
Table 6.656. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the remove should be performed asynchronously.

6.215. StorageDomainVmDiskAttachment

Returns the details of the disks attached to a virtual machine in the export domain.

Table 6.657. Methods summary
NameSummary

get

Returns the details of the attachment with all its properties and a link to the disk.

6.215.1. get GET

Returns the details of the attachment with all its properties and a link to the disk.

Table 6.658. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

attachment

DiskAttachment

Out

The disk attachment.

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

6.215.1.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.216. StorageDomainVmDiskAttachments

Returns the details of a disk attached to a virtual machine in the export domain.

Table 6.659. Methods summary
NameSummary

list

List the disks that are attached to the virtual machine.

6.216.1. list GET

List the disks that are attached to the virtual machine.

The order of the returned list of disk attachments isn’t guaranteed.

Table 6.660. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

attachments

DiskAttachment[]

Out

 

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

6.216.1.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.217. StorageDomainVms

Lists the virtual machines of an export storage domain.

For example, to retrieve the virtual machines that are available in the storage domain with identifier 123 send the following request:

GET /ovirt-engine/api/storagedomains/123/vms

This will return the following response body:

<vms>
  <vm id="456" href="/api/storagedomains/123/vms/456">
    <name>vm1</name>
    ...
    <storage_domain id="123" href="/api/storagedomains/123"/>
    <actions>
      <link rel="import" href="/api/storagedomains/123/vms/456/import"/>
    </actions>
  </vm>
</vms>

Virtual machines and templates in these collections have a similar representation to their counterparts in the top-level Vm and Template collections, except they also contain a StorageDomain reference and an import action.

Table 6.661. Methods summary
NameSummary

list

Returns the list of virtual machines of the export storage domain.

6.217.1. list GET

Returns the list of virtual machines of the export storage domain.

The order of the returned list of virtual machines isn’t guaranteed.

Table 6.662. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

max

Integer

In

Sets the maximum number of virtual machines to return.

unregistered

Boolean

In

Indicates whether to retrieve a list of registered or unregistered virtual machines which contain disks on the storage domain.

vm

Vm[]

Out

 

6.217.1.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.217.1.2. max

Sets the maximum number of virtual machines to return. If not specified all the virtual machines are returned.

6.217.1.3. unregistered

Indicates whether to retrieve a list of registered or unregistered virtual machines which contain disks on the storage domain. To get a list of unregistered virtual machines the call should indicate the unregistered flag. For example, to get a list of unregistered virtual machines the REST API call should look like this:

GET /ovirt-engine/api/storagedomains/123/vms?unregistered=true

The default value of the unregisterd flag is false. The request only apply to storage domains that are attached.

6.218. StorageDomains

Manages the set of storage domains in the system.

Table 6.663. Methods summary
NameSummary

add

Adds a new storage domain.

list

Returns the list of storage domains in the system.

6.218.1. add POST

Adds a new storage domain.

Creation of a new StorageDomain requires the name, type, host, and storage attributes. Identify the host attribute with the id or name attributes. In Red Hat Virtualization 3.6 and later you can enable the wipe after delete option by default on the storage domain. To configure this, specify wipe_after_delete in the POST request. This option can be edited after the domain is created, but doing so will not change the wipe after delete property of disks that already exist.

To add a new storage domain with specified name, type, storage.type, storage.address, and storage.path, and using a host with an id 123, send a request like this:

POST /ovirt-engine/api/storageDomains

With a request body like this:

<storage_domain>
  <name>mydata</name>
  <type>data</type>
  <storage>
    <type>nfs</type>
    <address>mynfs.example.com</address>
    <path>/exports/mydata</path>
  </storage>
  <host>
    <name>myhost</name>
  </host>
</storage_domain>

To create a new NFS ISO storage domain send a request like this:

<storage_domain>
  <name>myisos</name>
  <type>iso</type>
  <storage>
    <type>nfs</type>
    <address>mynfs.example.com</address>
    <path>/export/myisos</path>
  </storage>
  <host>
    <name>myhost</name>
  </host>
</storage_domain>

To create a new iSCSI storage domain send a request like this:

<storage_domain>
  <name>myiscsi</name>
  <type>data</type>
  <storage>
    <type>iscsi</type>
    <logical_units>
      <logical_unit id="3600144f09dbd050000004eedbd340001"/>
      <logical_unit id="3600144f09dbd050000004eedbd340002"/>
    </logical_units>
  </storage>
  <host>
    <name>myhost</name>
  </host>
</storage_domain>
Table 6.664. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

storage_domain

StorageDomain

In/Out

The storage domain to add.

6.218.2. list GET

Returns the list of storage domains in the system.

The order of the returned list of storage domains is guaranteed only if the sortby clause is included in the search parameter.

Table 6.665. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

case_sensitive

Boolean

In

Indicates if the search should be performed taking case into account.

filter

Boolean

In

Indicates if the results should be filtered according to the permissions of the user.

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

max

Integer

In

Sets the maximum number of storage domains to return.

search

String

In

A query string used to restrict the returned storage domains.

storage_domains

StorageDomain[]

Out

A list of the storage domains in the system.

6.218.2.1. case_sensitive

Indicates if the search should be performed taking case into account. The default value is true, which means that case is taken into account. If you want to search ignoring case, set it to false.

6.218.2.2. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.218.2.3. max

Sets the maximum number of storage domains to return. If not specified, all the storage domains are returned.

6.219. StorageServerConnection

Table 6.666. Methods summary
NameSummary

get

 

remove

Removes a storage connection.

update

Updates the storage connection.

6.219.1. get GET

Table 6.667. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

conection

StorageConnection

Out

 

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

6.219.1.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.219.2. remove DELETE

Removes a storage connection.

A storage connection can only be deleted if neither storage domain nor LUN disks reference it. The host name or id is optional; providing it disconnects (unmounts) the connection from that host.

Table 6.668. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the remove should be performed asynchronously.

host

String

In

The name or identifier of the host from which the connection would be unmounted (disconnected).

6.219.2.1. host

The name or identifier of the host from which the connection would be unmounted (disconnected). If not provided, no host will be disconnected.

For example, to use the host with identifier 456 to delete the storage connection with identifier 123 send a request like this:

DELETE /ovirt-engine/api/storageconnections/123?host=456

6.219.3. update PUT

Updates the storage connection.

For example, to change the address of an NFS storage server, send a request like this:

PUT /ovirt-engine/api/storageconnections/123

With a request body like this:

<storage_connection>
  <address>mynewnfs.example.com</address>
</storage_connection>

To change the connection of an iSCSI storage server, send a request like this:

PUT /ovirt-engine/api/storageconnections/123

With a request body like this:

<storage_connection>
  <port>3260</port>
  <target>iqn.2017-01.com.myhost:444</target>
</storage_connection>
Table 6.669. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the update should be performed asynchronously.

connection

StorageConnection

In/Out

 

force

Boolean

In

Indicates if the operation should succeed regardless to the relevant storage domain’s status (i.

6.219.3.1. force

Indicates if the operation should succeed regardless to the relevant storage domain’s status (i.e. updating is also applicable when storage domain’s status is not maintenance).

This parameter is optional, and the default value is false.

6.220. StorageServerConnectionExtension

Table 6.670. Methods summary
NameSummary

get

 

remove

 

update

Update a storage server connection extension for the given host.

6.220.1. get GET

Table 6.671. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

extension

StorageConnectionExtension

Out

 

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

6.220.1.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.220.2. remove DELETE

Table 6.672. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the remove should be performed asynchronously.

6.220.3. update PUT

Update a storage server connection extension for the given host.

To update the storage connection 456 of host 123 send a request like this:

PUT /ovirt-engine/api/hosts/123/storageconnectionextensions/456

With a request body like this:

<storage_connection_extension>
  <target>iqn.2016-01.com.example:mytarget</target>
  <username>myuser</username>
  <password>mypassword</password>
</storage_connection_extension>
Table 6.673. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the update should be performed asynchronously.

extension

StorageConnectionExtension

In/Out

 

6.221. StorageServerConnectionExtensions

Table 6.674. Methods summary
NameSummary

add

Creates a new storage server connection extension for the given host.

list

Returns the list os storage connection extensions.

6.221.1. add POST

Creates a new storage server connection extension for the given host.

The extension lets the user define credentials for an iSCSI target for a specific host. For example to use myuser and mypassword as the credentials when connecting to the iSCSI target from host 123 send a request like this:

POST /ovirt-engine/api/hosts/123/storageconnectionextensions

With a request body like this:

<storage_connection_extension>
  <target>iqn.2016-01.com.example:mytarget</target>
  <username>myuser</username>
  <password>mypassword</password>
</storage_connection_extension>
Table 6.675. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

extension

StorageConnectionExtension

In/Out

 

6.221.2. list GET

Returns the list os storage connection extensions.

The order of the returned list of storage connections isn’t guaranteed.

Table 6.676. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

extensions

StorageConnectionExtension[]

Out

 

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

max

Integer

In

Sets the maximum number of extensions to return.

6.221.2.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.221.2.2. max

Sets the maximum number of extensions to return. If not specified all the extensions are returned.

6.222. StorageServerConnections

Table 6.677. Methods summary
NameSummary

add

Creates a new storage connection.

list

Returns the list of storage connections.

6.222.1. add POST

Creates a new storage connection.

For example, to create a new storage connection for the NFS server mynfs.example.com and NFS share /export/mydata send a request like this:

POST /ovirt-engine/api/storageconnections

With a request body like this:

<storage_connection>
  <type>nfs</type>
  <address>mynfs.example.com</address>
  <path>/export/mydata</path>
  <host>
    <name>myhost</name>
  </host>
</storage_connection>
Table 6.678. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

connection

StorageConnection

In/Out

 

6.222.2. list GET

Returns the list of storage connections.

The order of the returned list of connections isn’t guaranteed.

Table 6.679. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

connections

StorageConnection[]

Out

 

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

max

Integer

In

Sets the maximum number of connections to return.

6.222.2.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.222.2.2. max

Sets the maximum number of connections to return. If not specified all the connections are returned.

6.223. System

Table 6.680. Methods summary
NameSummary

get

Returns basic information describing the API, like the product name, the version number and a summary of the number of relevant objects.

reloadconfigurations

 

6.223.1. get GET

Returns basic information describing the API, like the product name, the version number and a summary of the number of relevant objects.

GET /ovirt-engine/api

We get following response:

<api>
  <link rel="capabilities" href="/api/capabilities"/>
  <link rel="clusters" href="/api/clusters"/>
  <link rel="clusters/search" href="/api/clusters?search={query}"/>
  <link rel="datacenters" href="/api/datacenters"/>
  <link rel="datacenters/search" href="/api/datacenters?search={query}"/>
  <link rel="events" href="/api/events"/>
  <link rel="events/search" href="/api/events?search={query}"/>
  <link rel="hosts" href="/api/hosts"/>
  <link rel="hosts/search" href="/api/hosts?search={query}"/>
  <link rel="networks" href="/api/networks"/>
  <link rel="roles" href="/api/roles"/>
  <link rel="storagedomains" href="/api/storagedomains"/>
  <link rel="storagedomains/search" href="/api/storagedomains?search={query}"/>
  <link rel="tags" href="/api/tags"/>
  <link rel="templates" href="/api/templates"/>
  <link rel="templates/search" href="/api/templates?search={query}"/>
  <link rel="users" href="/api/users"/>
  <link rel="groups" href="/api/groups"/>
  <link rel="domains" href="/api/domains"/>
  <link rel="vmpools" href="/api/vmpools"/>
  <link rel="vmpools/search" href="/api/vmpools?search={query}"/>
  <link rel="vms" href="/api/vms"/>
  <link rel="vms/search" href="/api/vms?search={query}"/>
  <product_info>
    <name>oVirt Engine</name>
    <vendor>ovirt.org</vendor>
    <version>
      <build>4</build>
      <full_version>4.0.4</full_version>
      <major>4</major>
      <minor>0</minor>
      <revision>0</revision>
    </version>
  </product_info>
  <special_objects>
    <blank_template href="/ovirt-engine/api/templates/00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000" id="00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000"/>
    <root_tag href="/ovirt-engine/api/tags/00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000" id="00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000"/>
  </special_objects>
  <summary>
    <hosts>
      <active>0</active>
      <total>0</total>
    </hosts>
    <storage_domains>
      <active>0</active>
      <total>1</total>
    </storage_domains>
    <users>
      <active>1</active>
      <total>1</total>
    </users>
    <vms>
      <active>0</active>
      <total>0</total>
    </vms>
  </summary>
  <time>2016-09-14T12:00:48.132+02:00</time>
</api>

The entry point provides a user with links to the collections in a virtualization environment. The rel attribute of each collection link provides a reference point for each link.

The entry point also contains other data such as product_info, special_objects and summary.

Table 6.681. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

api

Api

Out

 

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

6.223.1.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.223.2. reloadconfigurations POST

Table 6.682. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the reload should be performed asynchronously.

6.224. SystemOption

A service that provides values of specific configuration option of the system.

Table 6.683. Methods summary
NameSummary

get

Get the values of specific configuration option.

6.224.1. get GET

Get the values of specific configuration option.

For example to retrieve the values of configuration option MigrationPolicies send a request like this:

GET /ovirt-engine/api/options/MigrationPolicies

The response to that request will be the following:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
<system_option href="/ovirt-engine/api/options/MigrationPolicies" id="MigrationPolicies">
    <name>MigrationPolicies</name>
    <values>
        <system_option_value>
            <value>[{"id":{"uuid":"80554327-0569-496b-bdeb-fcbbf52b827b"},...}]</value>
            <version>4.2</version>
        </system_option_value>
        <system_option_value>
            <value>[{"id":{"uuid":"80554327-0569-496b-bdeb-fcbbf52b827b"},...}]</value>
            <version>4.3</version>
        </system_option_value>
        <system_option_value>
            <value>[{"id":{"uuid":"80554327-0569-496b-bdeb-fcbbf52b827b"},...}]</value>
            <version>4.4</version>
        </system_option_value>
        <system_option_value>
            <value>[{"id":{"uuid":"80554327-0569-496b-bdeb-fcbbf52b827b"},...}]</value>
            <version>4.5</version>
        </system_option_value>
        <system_option_value>
            <value>[{"id":{"uuid":"80554327-0569-496b-bdeb-fcbbf52b827b"},...}]</value>
            <version>4.6</version>
        </system_option_value>
        <system_option_value>
            <value>[{"id":{"uuid":"80554327-0569-496b-bdeb-fcbbf52b827b"},...}]</value>
            <version>4.7</version>
        </system_option_value>
    </values>
</system_option>
Note

The appropriate permissions are required to query configuration options. Some options can be queried only by users with administrator permissions.

Important

There is NO backward compatibility and no guarantee about the names or values of the options. Options may be removed and their meaning can be changed at any point.

We strongly discourage the use of this service for applications other than the ones that are released simultaneously with the engine. Usage by other applications is not supported. Therefore there will be no documentation listing accessible configuration options.

Table 6.684. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

option

SystemOption

Out

The returned configuration option of the system.

version

String

In

Optional version parameter that specifies that only particular version of the configuration option should be returned.

6.224.1.1. version

Optional version parameter that specifies that only particular version of the configuration option should be returned. If this parameter isn’t used then all the versions will be returned.

For example, to get the value of the MigrationPolicies option but only for version 4.2 send a request like this:

GET /ovirt-engine/api/options/MigrationPolicies?version=4.2

The response to that request will be like this:

<system_option href="/ovirt-engine/api/options/MigrationPolicies" id="MigrationPolicies">
    <name>MigrationPolicies</name>
    <values>
        <system_option_value>
            <value>[{"id":{"uuid":"80554327-0569-496b-bdeb-fcbbf52b827b"},...}]</value>
            <version>4.2</version>
        </system_option_value>
    </values>
</system_option>

6.225. SystemOptions

Service that provides values of configuration options of the system.

6.226. SystemPermissions

This service doesn’t add any new methods, it is just a placeholder for the annotation that specifies the path of the resource that manages the permissions assigned to the system object.

Table 6.685. Methods summary
NameSummary

add

Assign a new permission to a user or group for specific entity.

list

List all the permissions of the specific entity.

6.226.1. add POST

Assign a new permission to a user or group for specific entity.

For example, to assign the UserVmManager role to the virtual machine with id 123 to the user with id 456 send a request like this:

POST /ovirt-engine/api/vms/123/permissions

With a request body like this:

<permission>
  <role>
    <name>UserVmManager</name>
  </role>
  <user id="456"/>
</permission>

To assign the SuperUser role to the system to the user with id 456 send a request like this:

POST /ovirt-engine/api/permissions

With a request body like this:

<permission>
  <role>
    <name>SuperUser</name>
  </role>
  <user id="456"/>
</permission>

If you want to assign permission to the group instead of the user please replace the user element with the group element with proper id of the group. For example to assign the UserRole role to the cluster with id 123 to the group with id 789 send a request like this:

POST /ovirt-engine/api/clusters/123/permissions

With a request body like this:

<permission>
  <role>
    <name>UserRole</name>
  </role>
  <group id="789"/>
</permission>
Table 6.686. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

permission

Permission

In/Out

The permission.

6.226.2. list GET

List all the permissions of the specific entity.

For example to list all the permissions of the cluster with id 123 send a request like this:

GET /ovirt-engine/api/clusters/123/permissions
<permissions>
  <permission id="456">
    <cluster id="123"/>
    <role id="789"/>
    <user id="451"/>
  </permission>
  <permission id="654">
    <cluster id="123"/>
    <role id="789"/>
    <group id="127"/>
  </permission>
</permissions>

The order of the returned permissions isn’t guaranteed.

Table 6.687. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

permissions

Permission[]

Out

The list of permissions.

6.226.2.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.227. Tag

A service to manage a specific tag in the system.

Table 6.688. Methods summary
NameSummary

get

Gets the information about the tag.

remove

Removes the tag from the system.

update

Updates the tag entity.

6.227.1. get GET

Gets the information about the tag.

For example to retrieve the information about the tag with the id 123 send a request like this:

GET /ovirt-engine/api/tags/123
<tag href="/ovirt-engine/api/tags/123" id="123">
  <name>root</name>
  <description>root</description>
</tag>
Table 6.689. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

tag

Tag

Out

The tag.

6.227.1.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.227.2. remove DELETE

Removes the tag from the system.

For example to remove the tag with id 123 send a request like this:

DELETE /ovirt-engine/api/tags/123
Table 6.690. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the remove should be performed asynchronously.

6.227.3. update PUT

Updates the tag entity.

For example to update parent tag to tag with id 456 of the tag with id 123 send a request like this:

PUT /ovirt-engine/api/tags/123

With request body like:

<tag>
  <parent id="456"/>
</tag>

You may also specify a tag name instead of id. For example to update parent tag to tag with name mytag of the tag with id 123 send a request like this:

<tag>
  <parent>
    <name>mytag</name>
  </parent>
</tag>
Table 6.691. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the update should be performed asynchronously.

tag

Tag

In/Out

The updated tag.

6.228. Tags

Represents a service to manage collection of the tags in the system.

Table 6.692. Methods summary
NameSummary

add

Add a new tag to the system.

list

List the tags in the system.

6.228.1. add POST

Add a new tag to the system.

For example, to add new tag with name mytag to the system send a request like this:

POST /ovirt-engine/api/tags

With a request body like this:

<tag>
  <name>mytag</name>
</tag>
Note

The root tag is a special pseudo-tag assumed as the default parent tag if no parent tag is specified. The root tag cannot be deleted nor assigned a parent tag.

To create new tag with specific parent tag send a request body like this:

<tag>
  <name>mytag</name>
  <parent>
    <name>myparenttag</name>
  </parent>
</tag>
Table 6.693. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

tag

Tag

In/Out

The added tag.

6.228.2. list GET

List the tags in the system.

For example to list the full hierarchy of the tags in the system send a request like this:

GET /ovirt-engine/api/tags
<tags>
  <tag href="/ovirt-engine/api/tags/222" id="222">
    <name>root2</name>
    <description>root2</description>
    <parent href="/ovirt-engine/api/tags/111" id="111"/>
  </tag>
  <tag href="/ovirt-engine/api/tags/333" id="333">
    <name>root3</name>
    <description>root3</description>
    <parent href="/ovirt-engine/api/tags/222" id="222"/>
  </tag>
  <tag href="/ovirt-engine/api/tags/111" id="111">
    <name>root</name>
    <description>root</description>
  </tag>
</tags>

In the previous XML output you can see the following hierarchy of the tags:

root:        (id: 111)
  - root2    (id: 222)
    - root3  (id: 333)

The order of the returned list of tags isn’t guaranteed.

Table 6.694. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

max

Integer

In

Sets the maximum number of tags to return.

tags

Tag[]

Out

List of all tags in the system.

6.228.2.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.228.2.2. max

Sets the maximum number of tags to return. If not specified all the tags are returned.

6.229. Template

Manages the virtual machine template and template versions.

Table 6.695. Methods summary
NameSummary

export

Exports a template to the data center export domain.

get

Returns the information about this template or template version.

remove

Removes a virtual machine template.

update

Updates the template.

6.229.1. export POST

Exports a template to the data center export domain.

For example, send the following request:

POST /ovirt-engine/api/templates/123/export

With a request body like this:

<action>
  <storage_domain id="456"/>
  <exclusive>true<exclusive/>
</action>

Since version 4.2 of the engine it is also possible to export a template as a virtual appliance (OVA). For example, to export template 123 as an OVA file named myvm.ova that is placed in the directory /home/ovirt/ on host myhost:

POST /ovirt-engine/api/templates/123/export

With a request body like this:

<action>
  <host>
    <name>myhost</name>
  </host>
  <directory>/home/ovirt</directory>
  <filename>myvm.ova</filename>
</action>
Table 6.696. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

exclusive

Boolean

In

Indicates if the existing templates with the same name should be overwritten.

storage_domain

StorageDomain

In

Specifies the destination export storage domain.

6.229.1.1. exclusive

Indicates if the existing templates with the same name should be overwritten.

The export action reports a failed action if a template of the same name exists in the destination domain. Set this parameter to true to change this behavior and overwrite any existing template.

6.229.2. get GET

Returns the information about this template or template version.

Table 6.697. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

filter

Boolean

In

Indicates if the results should be filtered according to the permissions of the user.

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

template

Template

Out

The information about the template or template version.

6.229.2.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.229.3. remove DELETE

Removes a virtual machine template.

DELETE /ovirt-engine/api/templates/123
Table 6.698. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the removal should be performed asynchronously.

6.229.4. update PUT

Updates the template.

The name, description, type, memory, cpu, topology, os, high_availability, display, stateless, usb, and timezone elements can be updated after a template has been created.

For example, to update a template so that it has 1 GiB of memory send a request like this:

PUT /ovirt-engine/api/templates/123

With the following request body:

<template>
  <memory>1073741824</memory>
</template>

The version_name name attribute is the only one that can be updated within the version attribute used for template versions:

<template>
  <version>
    <version_name>mytemplate_2</version_name>
  </version>
</template>
Table 6.699. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the update should be performed asynchronously.

template

Template

In/Out

 

6.230. TemplateCdrom

A service managing a CD-ROM device on templates.

Table 6.700. Methods summary
NameSummary

get

Returns the information about this CD-ROM device.

6.230.1. get GET

Returns the information about this CD-ROM device.

For example, to get information about the CD-ROM device of template 123 send a request like:

GET /ovirt-engine/api/templates/123/cdroms/
Table 6.701. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

cdrom

Cdrom

Out

The information about the CD-ROM device.

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

6.230.1.1. cdrom

The information about the CD-ROM device.

The information consists of cdrom attribute containing reference to the CD-ROM device, the template, and optionally the inserted disk.

If there is a disk inserted then the file attribute will contain a reference to the ISO image:

<cdrom href="..." id="00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000">
  <template href="/ovirt-engine/api/templates/123" id="123"/>
  <file id="mycd.iso"/>
</cdrom>

If there is no disk inserted then the file attribute won’t be reported:

<cdrom href="..." id="00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000">
  <template href="/ovirt-engine/api/templates/123" id="123"/>
</cdrom>

6.230.1.2. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.231. TemplateCdroms

Lists the CD-ROM devices of a template.

Table 6.702. Methods summary
NameSummary

list

Returns the list of CD-ROM devices of the template.

6.231.1. list GET

Returns the list of CD-ROM devices of the template.

The order of the returned list of CD-ROM devices isn’t guaranteed.

Table 6.703. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

cdroms

Cdrom[]

Out

The list of CD-ROM devices of the template.

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

max

Integer

In

Sets the maximum number of CD-ROMs to return.

6.231.1.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.231.1.2. max

Sets the maximum number of CD-ROMs to return. If not specified all the CD-ROMs are returned.

6.232. TemplateDisk

Table 6.704. Methods summary
NameSummary

copy

Copy the specified disk attached to the template to a specific storage domain.

export

 

get

 

remove

 

6.232.1. copy POST

Copy the specified disk attached to the template to a specific storage domain.

Table 6.705. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the copy should be performed asynchronously.

filter

Boolean

In

Indicates if the results should be filtered according to the permissions of the user.

storage_domain

StorageDomain

In

 

6.232.2. export POST

Table 6.706. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the export should be performed asynchronously.

filter

Boolean

In

Indicates if the results should be filtered according to the permissions of the user.

storage_domain

StorageDomain

In

 

6.232.3. get GET

Table 6.707. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

disk

Disk

Out

 

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

6.232.3.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.232.4. remove DELETE

Table 6.708. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the remove should be performed asynchronously.

6.233. TemplateDiskAttachment

This service manages the attachment of a disk to a template.

Table 6.709. Methods summary
NameSummary

get

Returns the details of the attachment.

remove

Removes the disk from the template.

6.233.1. get GET

Returns the details of the attachment.

Table 6.710. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

attachment

DiskAttachment

Out

 

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

6.233.1.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.233.2. remove DELETE

Removes the disk from the template. The disk will only be removed if there are other existing copies of the disk on other storage domains.

A storage domain has to be specified to determine which of the copies should be removed (template disks can have copies on multiple storage domains).

DELETE /ovirt-engine/api/templates/{template:id}/diskattachments/{attachment:id}?storage_domain=072fbaa1-08f3-4a40-9f34-a5ca22dd1d74
Table 6.711. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

force

Boolean

In

 

storage_domain

String

In

Specifies the identifier of the storage domain the image to be removed resides on.

6.234. TemplateDiskAttachments

This service manages the set of disks attached to a template. Each attached disk is represented by a DiskAttachment.

Table 6.712. Methods summary
NameSummary

list

List the disks that are attached to the template.

6.234.1. list GET

List the disks that are attached to the template.

The order of the returned list of attachments isn’t guaranteed.

Table 6.713. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

attachments

DiskAttachment[]

Out

 

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

6.234.1.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.235. TemplateDisks

Table 6.714. Methods summary
NameSummary

list

Returns the list of disks of the template.

6.235.1. list GET

Returns the list of disks of the template.

The order of the returned list of disks isn’t guaranteed.

Table 6.715. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

disks

Disk[]

Out

 

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

max

Integer

In

Sets the maximum number of disks to return.

6.235.1.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.235.1.2. max

Sets the maximum number of disks to return. If not specified all the disks are returned.

6.236. TemplateGraphicsConsole

Table 6.716. Methods summary
NameSummary

get

Gets graphics console configuration of the template.

remove

Remove the graphics console from the template.

6.236.1. get GET

Gets graphics console configuration of the template.

Table 6.717. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

console

GraphicsConsole

Out

The information about the graphics console of the template.

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

6.236.1.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.236.2. remove DELETE

Remove the graphics console from the template.

Table 6.718. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the remove should be performed asynchronously.

6.237. TemplateGraphicsConsoles

Table 6.719. Methods summary
NameSummary

add

Add new graphics console to the template.

list

Lists all the configured graphics consoles of the template.

6.237.1. add POST

Add new graphics console to the template.

Table 6.720. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

console

GraphicsConsole

In/Out

 

6.237.2. list GET

Lists all the configured graphics consoles of the template.

The order of the returned list of graphics consoles isn’t guaranteed.

Table 6.721. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

consoles

GraphicsConsole[]

Out

The list of graphics consoles of the template.

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

max

Integer

In

Sets the maximum number of consoles to return.

6.237.2.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.237.2.2. max

Sets the maximum number of consoles to return. If not specified all the consoles are returned.

6.238. TemplateMediatedDevice

Table 6.722. Methods summary
NameSummary

get

Gets mediated device configuration of the template.

remove

Remove the mediated device from the template.

update

Updates the information about the mediated device.

6.238.1. get GET

Gets mediated device configuration of the template.

Table 6.723. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

device

VmMediatedDevice

Out

The information about the mediated device of the template.

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

6.238.1.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.238.2. remove DELETE

Remove the mediated device from the template.

Table 6.724. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the remove should be performed asynchronously.

6.238.3. update PUT

Updates the information about the mediated device.

You can update the information using specParams element.

For example, to update a mediated device, send a request like this:

PUT /ovirt-engine/api/templates/123/mediateddevices/00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000
<vm_mediated_device>
  <spec_params>
    <property>
      <name>mdevType</name>
      <value>nvidia-11</value>
    </property>
  </spec_params>
</vm_mediated_device>

with response body:

<vm_mediated_device href="/ovirt-engine/api/templates/123/mediateddevices/00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000" id="00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000">
  <template href="/ovirt-engine/api/templates/123" id="123"/>
  <spec_params>
    <property>
      <name>mdevType</name>
      <value>nvidia-11</value>
    </property>
  </spec_params>
</vm_mediated_device>
Table 6.725. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the update should be performed asynchronously.

devices

VmMediatedDevice

In/Out

The information about the mediated device.

6.238.3.1. devices

The information about the mediated device.

The request data must contain specParams properties. The response data contains complete information about the updated mediated device.

6.239. TemplateMediatedDevices

A service that manages mediated devices of a template.

Table 6.726. Methods summary
NameSummary

add

Add new mediated device to the template.

list

Lists all the configured mediated devices of the template.

6.239.1. add POST

Add new mediated device to the template.

Table 6.727. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

device

VmMediatedDevice

In/Out

 

6.239.2. list GET

Lists all the configured mediated devices of the template.

The order of the returned list of mediated devices isn’t guaranteed.

Table 6.728. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

devices

VmMediatedDevice[]

Out

The list of mediated devices of the template.

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

max

Integer

In

Sets the maximum number of mediated devices to return.

6.239.2.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.239.2.2. max

Sets the maximum number of mediated devices to return. If not specified all the mediated devices are returned.

6.240. TemplateNic

Table 6.729. Methods summary
NameSummary

get

 

remove

 

update

Update the specified network interface card attached to the template.

6.240.1. get GET

Table 6.730. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

nic

Nic

Out

 

6.240.1.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.240.2. remove DELETE

Table 6.731. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the remove should be performed asynchronously.

6.240.3. update PUT

Update the specified network interface card attached to the template.

Table 6.732. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the update should be performed asynchronously.

nic

Nic

In/Out

 

6.241. TemplateNics

Table 6.733. Methods summary
NameSummary

add

Add a new network interface card to the template.

list

Returns the list of NICs of the template.

6.241.1. add POST

Add a new network interface card to the template.

Table 6.734. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

nic

Nic

In/Out

 

6.241.2. list GET

Returns the list of NICs of the template.

The order of the returned list of NICs isn’t guaranteed.

Table 6.735. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

max

Integer

In

Sets the maximum number of NICs to return.

nics

Nic[]

Out

 

6.241.2.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.241.2.2. max

Sets the maximum number of NICs to return. If not specified all the NICs are returned.

6.242. TemplateWatchdog

Table 6.736. Methods summary
NameSummary

get

 

remove

 

update

Update the watchdog for the template identified by the given id.

6.242.1. get GET

Table 6.737. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

watchdog

Watchdog

Out

 

6.242.1.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.242.2. remove DELETE

Table 6.738. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the remove should be performed asynchronously.

6.242.3. update PUT

Update the watchdog for the template identified by the given id.

Table 6.739. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the update should be performed asynchronously.

watchdog

Watchdog

In/Out

 

6.243. TemplateWatchdogs

Table 6.740. Methods summary
NameSummary

add

Add a watchdog to the template identified by the given id.

list

Returns the list of watchdogs.

6.243.1. add POST

Add a watchdog to the template identified by the given id.

Table 6.741. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

watchdog

Watchdog

In/Out

 

6.243.2. list GET

Returns the list of watchdogs.

The order of the returned list of watchdogs isn’t guaranteed.

Table 6.742. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

max

Integer

In

Sets the maximum number of watchdogs to return.

watchdogs

Watchdog[]

Out

 

6.243.2.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.243.2.2. max

Sets the maximum number of watchdogs to return. If not specified all the watchdogs are returned.

6.244. Templates

This service manages the virtual machine templates available in the system.

Table 6.743. Methods summary
NameSummary

add

Creates a new template.

list

Returns the list of virtual machine templates.

6.244.1. add POST

Creates a new template.

This requires the name and vm elements. To identify the virtual machine use the vm.id or vm.name attributes. For example, to create a template from a virtual machine with the identifier 123 send a request like this:

POST /ovirt-engine/api/templates

With a request body like this:

<template>
  <name>mytemplate</name>
  <vm id="123"/>
</template>

Since version 4.3, in order to create virtual machine template from a snapshot send a request body like this:

<template>
  <name>mytemplate</name>
  <vm id="123">
    <snapshots>
      <snapshot id="456"/>
    </snapshots>
  </vm>
</template>

The disks of the template can be customized, making some of their characteristics different from the disks of the original virtual machine. To do so use the vm.disk_attachments attribute, specifying the identifier of the disk of the original virtual machine and the characteristics that you want to change. For example, if the original virtual machine has a disk with the identifier 456, and, for that disk, you want to change the name to mydisk the format to Copy On Write and make it sparse, send a request body like this:

<template>
  <name>mytemplate</name>
  <vm id="123">
    <disk_attachments>
      <disk_attachment>
        <disk id="456">
          <name>mydisk</name>
          <format>cow</format>
          <sparse>true</sparse>
        </disk>
      </disk_attachment>
    </disk_attachments>
  </vm>
</template>

The template can be created as a sub-version of an existing template. This requires the name and vm attributes for the new template, and the base_template and version_name attributes for the new template version. The base_template and version_name attributes must be specified within a version section enclosed in the template section. Identify the virtual machine with the id or name attributes.

<template>
  <name>mytemplate</name>
  <vm id="123"/>
  <version>
    <base_template id="456"/>
    <version_name>mytemplate_001</version_name>
  </version>
</template>

The destination storage domain of the template can be customized, in one of two ways:

  1. Globally, at the request level. The request must list the desired disk attachments to be created on the storage domain. If the disk attachments are not listed, the global storage domain parameter will be ignored.

    <template>
      <name>mytemplate</name>
      <storage_domain id="123"/>
      <vm id="456">
        <disk_attachments>
          <disk_attachment>
            <disk id="789">
              <format>cow</format>
              <sparse>true</sparse>
            </disk>
          </disk_attachment>
        </disk_attachments>
      </vm>
    </template>
  2. Per each disk attachment. Specify the desired storage domain for each disk attachment. Specifying the global storage definition will override the storage domain per disk attachment specification.

    <template>
      <name>mytemplate</name>
      <vm id="123">
        <disk_attachments>
          <disk_attachment>
            <disk id="456">
              <format>cow</format>
              <sparse>true</sparse>
              <storage_domains>
                 <storage_domain id="789"/>
              </storage_domains>
            </disk>
          </disk_attachment>
        </disk_attachments>
      </vm>
    </template>
Table 6.744. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

clone_permissions

Boolean

In

Specifies if the permissions of the virtual machine should be copied to the template.

seal

Boolean

In

Seals the template.

template

Template

In/Out

The information about the template or template version.

6.244.1.1. clone_permissions

Specifies if the permissions of the virtual machine should be copied to the template.

If this optional parameter is provided, and its value is true, then the permissions of the virtual machine (only the direct ones, not the inherited ones) will be copied to the created template. For example, to create a template from the myvm virtual machine copying its permissions, send a request like this:

POST /ovirt-engine/api/templates?clone_permissions=true

With a request body like this:

<template>
  <name>mytemplate<name>
  <vm>
    <name>myvm<name>
  </vm>
</template>

6.244.1.2. seal

Seals the template.

If this optional parameter is provided and its value is true, then the template is sealed after creation.

Sealing erases all host-specific configuration from the filesystem: SSH keys, UDEV rules, MAC addresses, system ID, hostname, and so on, thus making it easier to use the template to create multiple virtual machines without manual intervention.

Currently, sealing is supported only for Linux operating systems.

6.244.2. list GET

Returns the list of virtual machine templates.

For example:

GET /ovirt-engine/api/templates

Will return the list of virtual machines and virtual machine templates.

The order of the returned list of templates is not guaranteed.

Table 6.745. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

case_sensitive

Boolean

In

Indicates if the search performed using the search parameter should be performed taking case into account.

filter

Boolean

In

Indicates if the results should be filtered according to the permissions of the user.

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

max

Integer

In

Sets the maximum number of templates to return.

search

String

In

A query string used to restrict the returned templates.

templates

Template[]

Out

The list of virtual machine templates.

6.244.2.1. case_sensitive

Indicates if the search performed using the search parameter should be performed taking case into account. The default value is true, which means that case is taken into account. If you want to search ignoring case set it to false.

6.244.2.2. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.244.2.3. max

Sets the maximum number of templates to return. If not specified, all the templates are returned.

6.245. UnmanagedNetwork

Table 6.746. Methods summary
NameSummary

get

 

remove

 

6.245.1. get GET

Table 6.747. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

network

UnmanagedNetwork

Out

 

6.245.1.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.245.2. remove DELETE

Table 6.748. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the remove should be performed asynchronously.

6.246. UnmanagedNetworks

Table 6.749. Methods summary
NameSummary

list

Returns the list of unmanaged networks of the host.

6.246.1. list GET

Returns the list of unmanaged networks of the host.

The order of the returned list of networks isn’t guaranteed.

Table 6.750. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

max

Integer

In

Sets the maximum number of networks to return.

networks

UnmanagedNetwork[]

Out

 

6.246.1.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.246.1.2. max

Sets the maximum number of networks to return. If not specified all the networks are returned.

6.247. User

A service to manage a user in the system. Use this service to either get users details or remove users. In order to add new users please use users.

Table 6.751. Methods summary
NameSummary

get

Gets the system user information.

remove

Removes the system user.

update

Updates information about the user.

6.247.1. get GET

Gets the system user information.

Usage:

GET /ovirt-engine/api/users/1234

Will return the user information:

<user href="/ovirt-engine/api/users/1234" id="1234">
  <name>admin</name>
  <link href="/ovirt-engine/api/users/1234/sshpublickeys" rel="sshpublickeys"/>
  <link href="/ovirt-engine/api/users/1234/roles" rel="roles"/>
  <link href="/ovirt-engine/api/users/1234/permissions" rel="permissions"/>
  <link href="/ovirt-engine/api/users/1234/tags" rel="tags"/>
  <department></department>
  <domain_entry_id>23456</domain_entry_id>
  <email>user1@domain.com</email>
  <last_name>Lastname</last_name>
  <namespace>*</namespace>
  <principal>user1</principal>
  <user_name>user1@domain-authz</user_name>
  <domain href="/ovirt-engine/api/domains/45678" id="45678">
    <name>domain-authz</name>
  </domain>
</user>
Table 6.752. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

user

User

Out

The system user.

6.247.1.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.247.2. remove DELETE

Removes the system user.

Usage:

DELETE /ovirt-engine/api/users/1234
Table 6.753. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the remove should be performed asynchronously.

6.247.3. update PUT

Updates information about the user.

Only the user_options field can be updated.

For example, to update user options:

PUT /ovirt-engine/api/users/123

With a request body like this:

<user>
   <user_options>
      <property>
         <name>test</name>
         <value>["any","JSON"]</value>
      </property>
   </user_options>
</user>
Important

Since version 4.4.5 of the engine this operation is deprecated, and preserved only for backwards compatibility. It will be removed in the future. Please use the options endpoint instead.

Table 6.754. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

user

User

In/Out

 

6.248. UserOption

Table 6.755. Methods summary
NameSummary

get

Returns a user profile property of type JSON.

remove

Deletes an existing property of type JSON.

6.248.1. get GET

Returns a user profile property of type JSON.

Example request(for user with identifier 123 and option with identifier 456):

GET /ovirt-engine/api/users/123/options/456

The result will be the following XML document:

  <user_option href="/ovirt-engine/api/users/123/options/456" id="456">
    <name>SomeName</name>
    <content>["any", "JSON"]</content>
    <user href="/ovirt-engine/api/users/123" id="123"/>
  </user_option>
Table 6.756. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

option

UserOption

Out

 

6.248.2. remove DELETE

Deletes an existing property of type JSON.

Example request(for user with identifier 123 and option with identifier 456):

DELETE /ovirt-engine/api/users/123/options/456

6.249. UserOptions

Table 6.757. Methods summary
NameSummary

add

Adds a new user profile property of type JSON.

list

Returns a list of user profile properties of type JSON.

6.249.1. add POST

Adds a new user profile property of type JSON.

Example request(for user with identifier 123):

POST /ovirt-engine/api/users/123/options

Payload:

  <user_option>
    <name>SomeName</name>
    <content>["any", "JSON"]</content>
  </user_option>
Table 6.758. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

option

UserOption

In/Out

 

6.249.2. list GET

Returns a list of user profile properties of type JSON.

Example request(for user with identifier 123):

GET /ovirt-engine/api/users/123/options

The result will be the following XML document:

<user_options>
  <user_option href="/ovirt-engine/api/users/123/options/456" id="456">
    <name>SomeName</name>
    <content>["any", "JSON"]</content>
    <user href="/ovirt-engine/api/users/123" id="123"/>
  </user_option>
</user_options>
Table 6.759. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

options

UserOption[]

Out

 

6.250. Users

A service to manage the users in the system.

Table 6.760. Methods summary
NameSummary

add

Add user from a directory service.

list

List all the users in the system.

6.250.1. add POST

Add user from a directory service.

For example, to add the myuser user from the myextension-authz authorization provider send a request like this:

POST /ovirt-engine/api/users

With a request body like this:

<user>
  <user_name>myuser@myextension-authz</user_name>
  <domain>
    <name>myextension-authz</name>
  </domain>
</user>

In case you are working with Active Directory you have to pass user principal name (UPN) as username, followed by authorization provider name. Due to bug 1147900 you need to provide also principal parameter set to UPN of the user.

For example, to add the user with UPN myuser@mysubdomain.mydomain.com from the myextension-authz authorization provider send a request body like this:

<user>
  <principal>myuser@mysubdomain.mydomain.com</principal>
  <user_name>myuser@mysubdomain.mydomain.com@myextension-authz</user_name>
  <domain>
    <name>myextension-authz</name>
  </domain>
</user>
Table 6.761. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

user

User

In/Out

 

6.250.2. list GET

List all the users in the system.

Usage:

GET /ovirt-engine/api/users

Will return the list of users:

<users>
  <user href="/ovirt-engine/api/users/1234" id="1234">
    <name>admin</name>
    <link href="/ovirt-engine/api/users/1234/sshpublickeys" rel="sshpublickeys"/>
    <link href="/ovirt-engine/api/users/1234/roles" rel="roles"/>
    <link href="/ovirt-engine/api/users/1234/permissions" rel="permissions"/>
    <link href="/ovirt-engine/api/users/1234/tags" rel="tags"/>
    <domain_entry_id>23456</domain_entry_id>
    <namespace>*</namespace>
    <principal>user1</principal>
    <user_name>user1@domain-authz</user_name>
    <domain href="/ovirt-engine/api/domains/45678" id="45678">
      <name>domain-authz</name>
    </domain>
  </user>
</users>

The order of the returned list of users isn’t guaranteed.

Table 6.762. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

case_sensitive

Boolean

In

Indicates if the search performed using the search parameter should be performed taking case into account.

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

max

Integer

In

Sets the maximum number of users to return.

search

String

In

A query string used to restrict the returned users.

users

User[]

Out

The list of users.

6.250.2.1. case_sensitive

Indicates if the search performed using the search parameter should be performed taking case into account. The default value is true, which means that case is taken into account. If you want to search ignoring case set it to false.

6.250.2.2. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.250.2.3. max

Sets the maximum number of users to return. If not specified all the users are returned.

6.251. VirtualFunctionAllowedNetwork

Table 6.763. Methods summary
NameSummary

get

 

remove

 

6.251.1. get GET

Table 6.764. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

network

Network

Out

 

6.251.1.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.251.2. remove DELETE

Table 6.765. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the remove should be performed asynchronously.

6.252. VirtualFunctionAllowedNetworks

Table 6.766. Methods summary
NameSummary

add

 

list

Returns the list of networks.

6.252.1. add POST

Table 6.767. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

network

Network

In/Out

 

6.252.2. list GET

Returns the list of networks.

The order of the returned list of networks isn’t guaranteed.

Table 6.768. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

max

Integer

In

Sets the maximum number of networks to return.

networks

Network[]

Out

 

6.252.2.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.252.2.2. max

Sets the maximum number of networks to return. If not specified all the networks are returned.

6.253. Vm

Table 6.769. Methods summary
NameSummary

autopincpuandnumanodes

Apply an automatic CPU and NUMA configuration on the VM.

cancelmigration

This operation stops any migration of a virtual machine to another physical host.

clone

 

commitsnapshot

Permanently restores the virtual machine to the state of the previewed snapshot.

detach

Detaches a virtual machine from a pool.

export

Exports the virtual machine.

freezefilesystems

Freezes virtual machine file systems.

get

Retrieves the description of the virtual machine.

logon

Initiates the automatic user logon to access a virtual machine from an external console.

maintenance

Sets the global maintenance mode on the hosted engine virtual machine.

migrate

Migrates a virtual machine to another physical host.

previewsnapshot

Temporarily restores the virtual machine to the state of a snapshot.

reboot

Sends a reboot request to a virtual machine.

remove

Removes the virtual machine, including the virtual disks attached to it.

reordermacaddresses

 

reset

Sends a reset request to a virtual machine.

screenshot

Captures screenshot of the current state of the VM.

shutdown

This operation sends a shutdown request to a virtual machine.

start

Starts the virtual machine.

stop

This operation forces a virtual machine to power-off.

suspend

This operation saves the virtual machine state to disk and stops it.

thawfilesystems

Thaws virtual machine file systems.

ticket

Generates a time-sensitive authentication token for accessing a virtual machine’s display.

undosnapshot

Restores the virtual machine to the state it had before previewing the snapshot.

update

Update the virtual machine in the system for the given virtual machine id.

6.253.1. autopincpuandnumanodes POST

Apply an automatic CPU and NUMA configuration on the VM.

Important

Since version 4.5 of the engine this operation is deprecated, and preserved only for backwards compatibility. It will be removed in the future. Instead please use PUT followed by update operation.

An example for a request:

POST /ovirt-engine/api/vms/123/autopincpuandnumanodes

With a request body like this:

<action>
  <optimize_cpu_settings>true</optimize_cpu_settings>
</action>
Table 6.770. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the detach action should be performed asynchronously.

optimize_cpu_settings

Boolean

In

Specifies how the auto CPU and NUMA configuration is applied.

6.253.1.1. optimize_cpu_settings

Specifies how the auto CPU and NUMA configuration is applied. If set to true, will adjust the CPU topology to fit the VM pinned host hardware. Otherwise, it will use the VM CPU topology.

6.253.2. cancelmigration POST

This operation stops any migration of a virtual machine to another physical host.

POST /ovirt-engine/api/vms/123/cancelmigration

The cancel migration action does not take any action specific parameters; therefore, the request body should contain an empty action:

<action/>
Table 6.771. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the migration should cancelled asynchronously.

6.253.3. clone POST

Table 6.772. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the clone should be performed asynchronously.

discard_snapshots

Boolean

In

Use the discard_snapshots parameter when the virtual machine should be clone with its snapshots collapsed.

storage_domain

StorageDomain

In

The storage domain on which the virtual machines disks will be copied to.

vm

Vm

In

 

6.253.3.1. discard_snapshots

Use the discard_snapshots parameter when the virtual machine should be clone with its snapshots collapsed. Default is true.

6.253.4. commitsnapshot POST

Permanently restores the virtual machine to the state of the previewed snapshot.

See the preview_snapshot operation for details.

Table 6.773. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the snapshots should be committed asynchronously.

6.253.5. detach POST

Detaches a virtual machine from a pool.

POST /ovirt-engine/api/vms/123/detach

The detach action does not take any action specific parameters; therefore, the request body should contain an empty action:

<action/>
Table 6.774. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the detach action should be performed asynchronously.

6.253.6. export POST

Exports the virtual machine.

A virtual machine can be exported to an export domain. For example, to export virtual machine 123 to the export domain myexport:

POST /ovirt-engine/api/vms/123/export

With a request body like this:

<action>
  <storage_domain>
    <name>myexport</name>
  </storage_domain>
  <exclusive>true</exclusive>
  <discard_snapshots>true</discard_snapshots>
</action>

Since version 4.2 of the engine it is also possible to export a virtual machine as a virtual appliance (OVA). For example, to export virtual machine 123 as an OVA file named myvm.ova that is placed in the directory /home/ovirt/ on host myhost:

POST /ovirt-engine/api/vms/123/export

With a request body like this:

<action>
  <host>
    <name>myhost</name>
  </host>
  <directory>/home/ovirt</directory>
  <filename>myvm.ova</filename>
</action>
Note

Confirm that the export operation has completed before attempting any actions on the export domain.

Table 6.775. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the export should be performed asynchronously.

discard_snapshots

Boolean

In

Use the discard_snapshots parameter when the virtual machine should be exported with all of its snapshots collapsed.

exclusive

Boolean

In

Use the exclusive parameter when the virtual machine should be exported even if another copy of it already exists in the export domain (override).

storage_domain

StorageDomain

In

The (export) storage domain to export the virtual machine to.

6.253.7. freezefilesystems POST

Freezes virtual machine file systems.

This operation freezes a virtual machine’s file systems using the QEMU guest agent when taking a live snapshot of a running virtual machine. Normally, this is done automatically by the manager, but this must be executed manually with the API for virtual machines using OpenStack Volume (Cinder) disks.

Example:

POST /ovirt-engine/api/vms/123/freezefilesystems
<action/>
Table 6.776. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the freeze should be performed asynchronously.

6.253.8. get GET

Retrieves the description of the virtual machine.

Table 6.777. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

all_content

Boolean

In

Indicates if all of the attributes of the virtual machine should be included in the response.

filter

Boolean

In

Indicates if the results should be filtered according to the permissions of the user.

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

next_run

Boolean

In

Indicates if the returned result describes the virtual machine as it is currently running or if describes the virtual machine with the modifications that have already been performed but that will only come into effect when the virtual machine is restarted.

ovf_as_ova

Boolean

In

Indicates if the results should expose the OVF as it appears in OVA files of that VM.

vm

Vm

Out

Description of the virtual machine.

6.253.8.1. all_content

Indicates if all of the attributes of the virtual machine should be included in the response.

By default the following attributes are excluded:

  • console
  • initialization.configuration.data - The OVF document describing the virtual machine.
  • rng_source
  • soundcard
  • virtio_scsi

For example, to retrieve the complete representation of the virtual machine '123':

GET /ovirt-engine/api/vms/123?all_content=true
Note

These attributes are not included by default as they reduce performance. These attributes are seldom used and require additional queries to the database. Only use this parameter when required as it will reduce performance.

6.253.8.2. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.253.8.3. next_run

Indicates if the returned result describes the virtual machine as it is currently running or if describes the virtual machine with the modifications that have already been performed but that will only come into effect when the virtual machine is restarted. By default the value is false.

If the parameter is included in the request, but without a value, it is assumed that the value is true. The the following request:

GET /vms/{vm:id};next_run

Is equivalent to using the value true:

GET /vms/{vm:id};next_run=true

6.253.8.4. ovf_as_ova

Indicates if the results should expose the OVF as it appears in OVA files of that VM. The OVF document describing the virtual machine. This parameter will work only when all_content=True is set. The OVF will be presented in initialization.configuration.data.

For example:

GET /vms/{vm:id}?all_content=true&ovf_as_ova=true

6.253.9. logon POST

Initiates the automatic user logon to access a virtual machine from an external console.

This action requires the ovirt-guest-agent-gdm-plugin and the ovirt-guest-agent-pam-module packages to be installed and the ovirt-guest-agent service to be running on the virtual machine.

Users require the appropriate user permissions for the virtual machine in order to access the virtual machine from an external console.

For example:

POST /ovirt-engine/api/vms/123/logon

Request body:

<action/>
Table 6.778. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the logon should be performed asynchronously.

6.253.10. maintenance POST

Sets the global maintenance mode on the hosted engine virtual machine.

This action has no effect on other virtual machines.

Example:

POST /ovirt-engine/api/vms/123/maintenance
<action>
  <maintenance_enabled>true<maintenance_enabled/>
</action>
Table 6.779. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the global maintenance action should be performed asynchronously.

maintenance_enabled

Boolean

In

Indicates if global maintenance should be enabled or disabled.

6.253.11. migrate POST

Migrates a virtual machine to another physical host.

Example:

POST /ovirt-engine/api/vms/123/migrate

To specify a specific host to migrate the virtual machine to:

<action>
  <host id="2ab5e1da-b726-4274-bbf7-0a42b16a0fc3"/>
</action>
Table 6.780. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the migration should be performed asynchronously.

cluster

Cluster

In

Specifies the cluster the virtual machine should migrate to.

force

Boolean

In

Specifies that the virtual machine should migrate even if the virtual machine is defined as non-migratable.

host

Host

In

Specifies a specific host that the virtual machine should migrate to.

migrate_vms_in_affinity_closure

Boolean

In

Migrate also all other virtual machines in positive enforcing affinity groups with this virtual machine, that are running on the same host.

6.253.11.1. cluster

Specifies the cluster the virtual machine should migrate to. This is an optional parameter. By default, the virtual machine is migrated to another host within the same cluster.

Warning

Live migration to another cluster is not supported. Strongly consider the target cluster’s hardware architecture and network architecture before attempting a migration.

6.253.11.2. force

Specifies that the virtual machine should migrate even if the virtual machine is defined as non-migratable. This is an optional parameter. By default, it is set to false.

6.253.11.3. host

Specifies a specific host that the virtual machine should migrate to. This is an optional parameter. By default, the Red Hat Virtualization Manager automatically selects a default host for migration within the same cluster. If an API user requires a specific host, the user can specify the host with either an id or name parameter.

6.253.11.4. migrate_vms_in_affinity_closure

Migrate also all other virtual machines in positive enforcing affinity groups with this virtual machine, that are running on the same host.

The default value is false.

6.253.12. previewsnapshot POST

Temporarily restores the virtual machine to the state of a snapshot.

The snapshot is indicated with the snapshot.id parameter. It is restored temporarily, so that the content can be inspected. Once that inspection is finished, the state of the virtual machine can be made permanent, using the commit_snapshot method, or discarded using the undo_snapshot method.

Table 6.781. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the preview should be performed asynchronously.

disks

Disk[]

In

Specify the disks included in the snapshot’s preview.

lease

StorageDomainLease

In

Specify the lease storage domain ID to use in the preview of the snapshot.

restore_memory

Boolean

In

 

snapshot

Snapshot

In

 

vm

Vm

In

 

6.253.12.1. disks

Specify the disks included in the snapshot’s preview.

For each disk parameter, it is also required to specify its image_id.

For example, to preview a snapshot with identifier 456 which includes a disk with identifier 111 and its image_id as 222, send a request like this:

POST /ovirt-engine/api/vms/123/previewsnapshot

Request body:

<action>
  <disks>
    <disk id="111">
      <image_id>222</image_id>
    </disk>
  </disks>
  <snapshot id="456"/>
</action>

6.253.12.2. lease

Specify the lease storage domain ID to use in the preview of the snapshot. If lease parameter is not passed, then the previewed snapshot lease storage domain will be used. If lease parameter is passed with empty storage domain parameter, then no lease will be used for the snapshot preview. If lease parameter is passed with storage domain parameter then the storage domain ID can be only one of the leases domain IDs that belongs to one of the virtual machine snapshots. This is an optional parameter, set by default to null

6.253.13. reboot POST

Sends a reboot request to a virtual machine.

For example:

POST /ovirt-engine/api/vms/123/reboot

The reboot action does not take any action specific parameters; therefore, the request body should contain an empty action:

<action/>

To reboot the VM even if a backup is running for it, the action should include the 'force' element.

For example, to force reboot virtual machine 123:

POST /ovirt-engine/api/vms/123/reboot
<action>
    <force>true</force>
</action>
Table 6.782. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the reboot should be performed asynchronously.

force

Boolean

In

Indicates if the VM should be forcibly rebooted even if a backup is running for it.

6.253.14. remove DELETE

Removes the virtual machine, including the virtual disks attached to it.

For example, to remove the virtual machine with identifier 123:

DELETE /ovirt-engine/api/vms/123
Table 6.783. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the remove should be performed asynchronously.

detach_only

Boolean

In

Indicates if the attached virtual disks should be detached first and preserved instead of being removed.

force

Boolean

In

Indicates if the virtual machine should be forcibly removed.

6.253.14.1. force

Indicates if the virtual machine should be forcibly removed.

Locked virtual machines and virtual machines with locked disk images cannot be removed without this flag set to true.

6.253.15. reordermacaddresses POST

Table 6.784. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the action should be performed asynchronously.

6.253.16. reset POST

Sends a reset request to a virtual machine.

For example:

POST /ovirt-engine/api/vms/123/reset

The reset action does not take any action specific parameters; therefore, the request body should contain an empty action:

<action/>
Table 6.785. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the reset should be performed asynchronously.

6.253.17. screenshot POST

Captures screenshot of the current state of the VM.

For example:

POST /ovirt-engine/api/vms/123/screenshot

The screenshot action does not take any action specific parameters; therefore, the request body should contain an empty action:

<action/>

6.253.18. shutdown POST

This operation sends a shutdown request to a virtual machine.

For example:

POST /ovirt-engine/api/vms/123/shutdown

The shutdown action does not take any action specific parameters; therefore, the request body should contain an empty action:

<action/>

To shutdown the VM even if a backup is running for it, the action should include the 'force' element.

For example, to force shutdown virtual machine 123:

POST /ovirt-engine/api/vms/123/shutdown
<action>
    <force>true</force>
</action>
Table 6.786. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the shutdown should be performed asynchronously.

force

Boolean

In

Indicates if the VM should be forcibly shutdown even if a backup is running for it.

reason

String

In

The reason the virtual machine was stopped.

6.253.18.1. reason

The reason the virtual machine was stopped. Optionally set by user when shutting down the virtual machine.

6.253.19. start POST

Starts the virtual machine.

If the virtual environment is complete and the virtual machine contains all necessary components to function, it can be started.

This example starts the virtual machine:

POST /ovirt-engine/api/vms/123/start

With a request body:

<action/>
Table 6.787. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the start action should be performed asynchronously.

authorized_key

AuthorizedKey

In

 

filter

Boolean

In

Indicates if the results should be filtered according to the permissions of the user.

pause

Boolean

In

If set to true, start the virtual machine in paused mode.

use_cloud_init

Boolean

In

If set to true, the initialization type is set to cloud-init.

use_ignition

Boolean

In

If set to true, the initialization type is set to Ignition.

use_initialization

Boolean

In

If set to true, the initialization type is set by the VM’s OS.

use_sysprep

Boolean

In

If set to true, the initialization type is set to Sysprep.

vm

Vm

In

The definition of the virtual machine for this specific run.

volatile

Boolean

In

Indicates that this run configuration will be discarded even in the case of guest-initiated reboot.

6.253.19.1. pause

If set to true, start the virtual machine in paused mode. The default is false.

6.253.19.2. use_cloud_init

If set to true, the initialization type is set to cloud-init. The default value is false. See cloud-init documentation for details.

6.253.19.3. use_ignition

If set to true, the initialization type is set to Ignition. The default value is false. See Ignition documentation for details.

6.253.19.4. use_initialization

If set to true, the initialization type is set by the VM’s OS. Windows will set to Sysprep, Linux to cloud-init and RedHat CoreOS to Ignition. If any of the initialization-types are explicitly set (useCloudInit, useSysprep or useIgnition), they will be prioritized and this flag will be ignored. The default value is false.

6.253.19.5. use_sysprep

If set to true, the initialization type is set to Sysprep. The default value is false. See Sysprep for details.

6.253.19.6. vm

The definition of the virtual machine for this specific run.

For example:

<action>
  <vm>
    <os>
      <boot>
        <devices>
          <device>cdrom</device>
        </devices>
      </boot>
    </os>
  </vm>
</action>

This will set the boot device to the CDROM only for this specific start. After the virtual machine is powered off, this definition will be reverted.

6.253.19.7. volatile

Indicates that this run configuration will be discarded even in the case of guest-initiated reboot. The default value is false.

6.253.20. stop POST

This operation forces a virtual machine to power-off.

For example:

POST /ovirt-engine/api/vms/123/stop

The stop action does not take any action specific parameters; therefore, the request body should contain an empty action:

<action/>

To stop the VM even if a backup is running for it, the action should include the 'force' element.

For example, to force stop virtual machine 123:

POST /ovirt-engine/api/vms/123/stop
<action>
    <force>true</force>
</action>
Table 6.788. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the stop action should be performed asynchronously.

force

Boolean

In

Indicates if the VM should be forcibly stop even if a backup is running for it.

reason

String

In

The reason the virtual machine was stopped.

6.253.20.1. reason

The reason the virtual machine was stopped. Optionally set by user when shutting down the virtual machine.

6.253.21. suspend POST

This operation saves the virtual machine state to disk and stops it. Start a suspended virtual machine and restore the virtual machine state with the start action.

For example:

POST /ovirt-engine/api/vms/123/suspend

The suspend action does not take any action specific parameters; therefore, the request body should contain an empty action:

<action/>
Table 6.789. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the suspend action should be performed asynchronously.

6.253.22. thawfilesystems POST

Thaws virtual machine file systems.

This operation thaws a virtual machine’s file systems using the QEMU guest agent when taking a live snapshot of a running virtual machine. Normally, this is done automatically by the manager, but this must be executed manually with the API for virtual machines using OpenStack Volume (Cinder) disks.

Example:

POST /api/vms/123/thawfilesystems
<action/>
Table 6.790. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the thaw file systems action should be performed asynchronously.

6.253.23. ticket POST

Generates a time-sensitive authentication token for accessing a virtual machine’s display.

For example:

POST /ovirt-engine/api/vms/123/ticket

The client-provided action optionally includes a desired ticket value and/or an expiry time in seconds.

The response specifies the actual ticket value and expiry used.

<action>
  <ticket>
    <value>abcd12345</value>
    <expiry>120</expiry>
  </ticket>
</action>
Important

If the virtual machine is configured to support only one graphics protocol then the generated authentication token will be valid for that protocol. But if the virtual machine is configured to support multiple protocols, VNC and SPICE, then the authentication token will only be valid for the SPICE protocol.

In order to obtain an authentication token for a specific protocol, for example for VNC, use the ticket method of the service, which manages the graphics consoles of the virtual machine, by sending a request:

POST /ovirt-engine/api/vms/123/graphicsconsoles/456/ticket
Table 6.791. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the generation of the ticket should be performed asynchronously.

ticket

Ticket

In/Out

 

6.253.24. undosnapshot POST

Restores the virtual machine to the state it had before previewing the snapshot.

See the preview_snapshot operation for details.

Table 6.792. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the undo snapshot action should be performed asynchronously.

6.253.25. update PUT

Update the virtual machine in the system for the given virtual machine id.

Table 6.793. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the update should be performed asynchronously.

next_run

Boolean

In

Indicates if the update should be applied to the virtual machine immediately or if it should be applied only when the virtual machine is restarted.

vm

Vm

In/Out

 

6.253.25.1. next_run

Indicates if the update should be applied to the virtual machine immediately or if it should be applied only when the virtual machine is restarted. The default value is false, so by default changes are applied immediately.

6.254. VmApplication

A service that provides information about an application installed in a virtual machine.

Table 6.794. Methods summary
NameSummary

get

Returns the information about the application.

6.254.1. get GET

Returns the information about the application.

Table 6.795. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

application

Application

Out

The information about the application.

filter

Boolean

In

Indicates if the results should be filtered according to the permissions of the user.

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

6.254.1.1. application

The information about the application.

The information consists of name attribute containing the name of the application (which is an arbitrary string that may also contain additional information such as version) and vm attribute identifying the virtual machine.

For example, a request like this:

GET /ovirt-engine/api/vms/123/applications/789

May return information like this:

<application href="/ovirt-engine/api/vms/123/applications/789" id="789">
  <name>ovirt-guest-agent-common-1.0.12-3.el7</name>
  <vm href="/ovirt-engine/api/vms/123" id="123"/>
</application>

6.254.1.2. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.255. VmApplications

A service that provides information about applications installed in a virtual machine.

Table 6.796. Methods summary
NameSummary

list

Returns a list of applications installed in the virtual machine.

6.255.1. list GET

Returns a list of applications installed in the virtual machine.

The order of the returned list of applications isn’t guaranteed.

Table 6.797. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

applications

Application[]

Out

A list of applications installed in the virtual machine.

filter

Boolean

In

Indicates if the results should be filtered according to the permissions of the user.

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

max

Integer

In

Sets the maximum number of applications to return.

6.255.1.1. applications

A list of applications installed in the virtual machine.

For example, a request like this:

GET /ovirt-engine/api/vms/123/applications/

May return a list like this:

<applications>
  <application href="/ovirt-engine/api/vms/123/applications/456" id="456">
    <name>kernel-3.10.0-327.36.1.el7</name>
    <vm href="/ovirt-engine/api/vms/123" id="123"/>
  </application>
  <application href="/ovirt-engine/api/vms/123/applications/789" id="789">
    <name>ovirt-guest-agent-common-1.0.12-3.el7</name>
    <vm href="/ovirt-engine/api/vms/123" id="123"/>
  </application>
</applications>

6.255.1.2. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.255.1.3. max

Sets the maximum number of applications to return. If not specified all the applications are returned.

6.256. VmBackup

A service managing a backup of a virtual machines.

Table 6.798. Methods summary
NameSummary

finalize

Finalize the virtual machine backup entity.

get

Returns information about the virtual machine backup.

6.256.1. finalize POST

Finalize the virtual machine backup entity.

End backup, unlock resources, and perform cleanups. To finalize a virtual machine with an id '123' and a backup with an id '456' send a request as follows:

POST /ovirt-engine/api/vms/123/backups/456/finalize

With a request body as follows:

<action />

6.256.2. get GET

Returns information about the virtual machine backup.

Table 6.799. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

backup

Backup

Out

The information about the virtual machine backup entities.

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

6.256.2.1. backup

The information about the virtual machine backup entities.

<backups>
  <backup id="backup-uuid">
    <from_checkpoint_id>previous-checkpoint-uuid</from_checkpoint_id>
    <link href="/ovirt-engine/api/vms/vm-uuid/backups/backup-uuid/disks" rel="disks"/>
    <status>initializing</status>
    <creation_date>
 </backup>
</backups>

6.256.2.2. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.257. VmBackupDisk

Table 6.800. Methods summary
NameSummary

get

Retrieves the description of the disk.

6.257.1. get GET

Retrieves the description of the disk.

Table 6.801. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

disk

Disk

Out

The description of the disk.

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

6.257.1.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.258. VmBackupDisks

Table 6.802. Methods summary
NameSummary

list

Returns the list of disks in backup.

6.258.1. list GET

Returns the list of disks in backup.

Table 6.803. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

disks

Disk[]

Out

The list of retrieved disks.

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

max

Integer

In

Sets the maximum number of disks to return.

6.258.1.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.258.1.2. max

Sets the maximum number of disks to return. If not specified, all the disks are returned.

6.259. VmBackups

Lists the backups of a virtual machine.

Table 6.804. Methods summary
NameSummary

add

Adds a new backup entity to a virtual machine.

list

The list of virtual machine backups.

6.259.1. add POST

Adds a new backup entity to a virtual machine.

For example, to start a new incremental backup of a virtual machine since checkpoint id previous-checkpoint-uuid, send a request like this:

POST /ovirt-engine/api/vms/123/backups

With a request body like this:

<backup>
  <from_checkpoint_id>previous-checkpoint-uuid</from_checkpoint_id>
  <disks>
      <disk id="disk-uuid" />
      ...
  </disks>
</backup>

The response body:

<backup id="backup-uuid">
    <from_checkpoint_id>previous-checkpoint-uuid</from_checkpoint_id>
    <to_checkpoint_id>new-checkpoint-uuid</to_checkpoint_id>
    <disks>
        <disk id="disk-uuid" />
        ...
        ...
    </disks>
    <status>initializing</status>
    <creation_date>
</backup>

To provide the ID of the created backup, send a request like this:

POST /ovirt-engine/api/vms/123/backups

With a request body like this:

<backup id="backup-uuid">
  <from_checkpoint_id>previous-checkpoint-uuid</from_checkpoint_id>
  <disks>
      <disk id="disk-uuid" />
      ...
  </disks>
</backup>
Table 6.805. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

backup

Backup

In/Out

The information about the virtual machine backup entity.

require_consistency

Boolean

In

Indicates if the backup will fail if VM failed to freeze or not.

use_active

Boolean

In

Indicate whether to use the active volume for performing the backup.

6.259.1.1. require_consistency

Indicates if the backup will fail if VM failed to freeze or not.

If requireConsistency=True VM backup will fail in case of a failure to freeze the VM.

The REST API call should look like this:

POST /ovirt-engine/api/vms/123/backups?require_consistency=true

The default value of the requireConsistency flag is false.

6.259.1.2. use_active

Indicate whether to use the active volume for performing the backup.

If useActive=False a snapshot will be created for the backup operation.

The REST API call should look like this:

POST /ovirt-engine/api/vms/123/backups?use_active=false

The default value of the useActive flag is false.

6.259.2. list GET

The list of virtual machine backups.

Table 6.806. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

backups

Backup[]

Out

The information about the virtual machine backup entities.

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

max

Integer

In

Sets the maximum number of virtual machine backups to return.

6.259.2.1. backups

The information about the virtual machine backup entities.

<backups>
  <backup id="backup-uuid">
    <from_checkpoint_id>previous-checkpoint-uuid</from_checkpoint_id>
    <disks>
      <disk id="disk-uuid" />
      ...
      ...
    </disks>
    <status>initiailizing</status>
    <creation_date>
 </backup>
</backups>

6.259.2.2. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.259.2.3. max

Sets the maximum number of virtual machine backups to return. If not specified, all the virtual machine backups are returned.

6.260. VmCdrom

Manages a CDROM device of a virtual machine.

Changing and ejecting the disk is done using always the update method, to change the value of the file attribute.

Table 6.807. Methods summary
NameSummary

get

Returns the information about this CDROM device.

update

Updates the information about this CDROM device.

6.260.1. get GET

Returns the information about this CDROM device.

The information consists of cdrom attribute containing reference to the CDROM device, the virtual machine, and optionally the inserted disk.

If there is a disk inserted then the file attribute will contain a reference to the ISO image:

<cdrom href="..." id="00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000">
  <file id="mycd.iso"/>
  <vm href="/ovirt-engine/api/vms/123" id="123"/>
</cdrom>

If there is no disk inserted then the file attribute won’t be reported:

<cdrom href="..." id="00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000">
  <vm href="/ovirt-engine/api/vms/123" id="123"/>
</cdrom>
Table 6.808. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

cdrom

Cdrom

Out

The information about the CDROM device.

current

Boolean

In

Indicates if the operation should return the information for the currently running virtual machine.

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

6.260.1.1. current

Indicates if the operation should return the information for the currently running virtual machine. This parameter is optional, and the default value is false.

6.260.1.2. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.260.2. update PUT

Updates the information about this CDROM device.

It allows to change or eject the disk by changing the value of the file attribute. For example, to insert or change the disk send a request like this:

PUT /ovirt-engine/api/vms/123/cdroms/00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000

The body should contain the new value for the file attribute:

<cdrom>
  <file id="mycd.iso"/>
</cdrom>

The value of the id attribute, mycd.iso in this example, should correspond to a file available in an attached ISO storage domain.

To eject the disk use a file with an empty id:

<cdrom>
  <file id=""/>
</cdrom>

By default the above operations change permanently the disk that will be visible to the virtual machine after the next boot, but they do not have any effect on the currently running virtual machine. If you want to change the disk that is visible to the current running virtual machine, add the current=true parameter. For example, to eject the current disk send a request like this:

PUT /ovirt-engine/api/vms/123/cdroms/00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000?current=true

With a request body like this:

<cdrom>
  <file id=""/>
</cdrom>
Important

The changes made with the current=true parameter are never persisted, so they won’t have any effect after the virtual machine is rebooted.

Table 6.809. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

cdrom

Cdrom

In/Out

The information about the CDROM device.

current

Boolean

In

Indicates if the update should apply to the currently running virtual machine, or to the virtual machine after the next boot.

6.260.2.1. current

Indicates if the update should apply to the currently running virtual machine, or to the virtual machine after the next boot. This parameter is optional, and the default value is false, which means that by default the update will have effect only after the next boot.

6.261. VmCdroms

Manages the CDROM devices of a virtual machine.

Currently virtual machines have exactly one CDROM device. No new devices can be added, and the existing one can’t be removed, thus there are no add or remove methods. Changing and ejecting CDROM disks is done with the update method of the service that manages the CDROM device.

Table 6.810. Methods summary
NameSummary

add

Add a cdrom to a virtual machine identified by the given id.

list

Returns the list of CDROM devices of the virtual machine.

6.261.1. add POST

Add a cdrom to a virtual machine identified by the given id.

Table 6.811. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

cdrom

Cdrom

In/Out

 

6.261.2. list GET

Returns the list of CDROM devices of the virtual machine.

The order of the returned list of CD-ROM devices isn’t guaranteed.

Table 6.812. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

cdroms

Cdrom[]

Out

The list of CDROM devices of the virtual machine.

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

max

Integer

In

Sets the maximum number of CDROMs to return.

6.261.2.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.261.2.2. max

Sets the maximum number of CDROMs to return. If not specified all the CDROMs are returned.

6.262. VmCheckpoint

A service managing a checkpoint of a virtual machines.

Table 6.813. Methods summary
NameSummary

get

Returns information about the virtual machine checkpoint.

remove

Remove the virtual machine checkpoint entity.

6.262.1. get GET

Returns information about the virtual machine checkpoint.

Table 6.814. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

checkpoint

Checkpoint

Out

The information about the virtual machine checkpoint entity.

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

6.262.1.1. checkpoint

The information about the virtual machine checkpoint entity.

<checkpoint id="checkpoint-uuid">
 <link href="/ovirt-engine/api/vms/vm-uuid/checkpoints/checkpoint-uuid/disks" rel="disks"/>
 <parent_id>parent-checkpoint-uuid</parent_id>
 <creation_date>xxx</creation_date>
 <vm href="/ovirt-engine/api/vms/vm-uuid" id="vm-uuid"/>
</checkpoint>

6.262.1.2. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.262.2. remove DELETE

Remove the virtual machine checkpoint entity.

Remove the checkpoint from libvirt and the database.

Table 6.815. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the remove should be performed asynchronously.

6.263. VmCheckpointDisk

Table 6.816. Methods summary
NameSummary

get

Retrieves the description of the disk.

6.263.1. get GET

Retrieves the description of the disk.

Table 6.817. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

disk

Disk

Out

The description of the disk.

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

6.263.1.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.264. VmCheckpointDisks

Table 6.818. Methods summary
NameSummary

list

Returns the list of disks in checkpoint.

6.264.1. list GET

Returns the list of disks in checkpoint.

Table 6.819. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

disks

Disk[]

Out

The list of retrieved disks.

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

max

Integer

In

Sets the maximum number of disks to return.

6.264.1.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.264.1.2. max

Sets the maximum number of disks to return. If not specified, all the disks are returned.

6.265. VmCheckpoints

Lists the checkpoints of a virtual machine.

Table 6.820. Methods summary
NameSummary

list

The list of virtual machine checkpoints.

6.265.1. list GET

The list of virtual machine checkpoints.

To get a list of checkpoints for a virtual machine with an id '123', send a request as follows:

GET /ovirt-engine/api/vms/123/checkpoints
Table 6.821. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

checkpoints

Checkpoint[]

Out

The information about the virtual machine checkpoint entities.

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

max

Integer

In

Sets the maximum number of virtual machine checkpoints to return.

6.265.1.1. checkpoints

The information about the virtual machine checkpoint entities.

<checkpoints>
  <checkpoint id="checkpoint-uuid">
    <link href="/ovirt-engine/api/vms/vm-uuid/checkpoints/checkpoint-uuid/disks" rel="disks"/>
    <parent_id>parent-checkpoint-uuid</parent_id>
    <creation_date>xxx</creation_date>
    <vm href="/ovirt-engine/api/vm-uuid" id="vm-uuid"/>
 </checkpoint>
</checkpoints>

6.265.1.2. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.265.1.3. max

Sets the maximum number of virtual machine checkpoints to return. If not specified, all the virtual machine checkpoints are returned.

6.266. VmDisk

Table 6.822. Methods summary
NameSummary

activate

 

deactivate

 

export

 

get

 

move

 

reduce

Reduces the size of the disk image.

remove

Detach the disk from the virtual machine.

update

 

6.266.1. activate POST

Table 6.823. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the activation should be performed asynchronously.

6.266.2. deactivate POST

Table 6.824. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the deactivation should be performed asynchronously.

6.266.3. export POST

Table 6.825. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the export should be performed asynchronously.

filter

Boolean

In

Indicates if the results should be filtered according to the permissions of the user.

6.266.4. get GET

Table 6.826. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

disk

Disk

Out

 

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

6.266.4.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.266.5. move POST

Table 6.827. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the move should be performed asynchronously.

filter

Boolean

In

Indicates if the results should be filtered according to the permissions of the user.

6.266.6. reduce POST

Reduces the size of the disk image.

Invokes reduce on the logical volume (i.e. this is only applicable for block storage domains). This is applicable for floating disks and disks attached to non-running virtual machines. There is no need to specify the size as the optimal size is calculated automatically.

Table 6.828. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the remove should be performed asynchronously.

6.266.7. remove DELETE

Detach the disk from the virtual machine.

Note

In version 3 of the API this used to also remove the disk completely from the system, but starting with version 4 it doesn’t. If you need to remove it completely use the remove method of the top level disk service.

Table 6.829. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the remove should be performed asynchronously.

6.266.8. update PUT

Table 6.830. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the update should be performed asynchronously.

disk

Disk

In/Out

 

6.267. VmDisks

Table 6.831. Methods summary
NameSummary

add

 

list

Returns the list of disks of the virtual machine.

6.267.1. add POST

Table 6.832. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

disk

Disk

In/Out

 

6.267.2. list GET

Returns the list of disks of the virtual machine.

The order of the returned list of disks isn’t guaranteed.

Table 6.833. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

disks

Disk[]

Out

 

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

max

Integer

In

Sets the maximum number of disks to return.

6.267.2.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.267.2.2. max

Sets the maximum number of disks to return. If not specified all the disks are returned.

6.268. VmGraphicsConsole

Table 6.834. Methods summary
NameSummary

get

Retrieves the graphics console configuration of the virtual machine.

proxyticket

 

remoteviewerconnectionfile

Generates the file which is compatible with remote-viewer client.

remove

Remove the graphics console from the virtual machine.

ticket

Generates a time-sensitive authentication token for accessing this virtual machine’s console.

6.268.1. get GET

Retrieves the graphics console configuration of the virtual machine.

Important

By default, when the current parameter is not specified, the data returned corresponds to the next execution of the virtual machine. In the current implementation of the system this means that the address and port attributes will not be populated because the system does not know what address and port will be used for the next execution. Since in most cases those attributes are needed, it is strongly advised to aways explicitly include the current parameter with the value true.

Table 6.835. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

console

GraphicsConsole

Out

The information about the graphics console of the virtual machine.

current

Boolean

In

Specifies if the data returned should correspond to the next execution of the virtual machine, or to the current execution.

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

6.268.1.1. current

Specifies if the data returned should correspond to the next execution of the virtual machine, or to the current execution.

Important

The address and port attributes will not be populated unless the value is true.

For example, to get data for the current execution of the virtual machine, including the address and port attributes, send a request like this:

GET /ovit-engine/api/vms/123/graphicsconsoles/456?current=true

The default value is false.

6.268.1.2. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.268.2. proxyticket POST

Table 6.836. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the generation of the ticket should be performed asynchronously.

proxy_ticket

ProxyTicket

Out

 

6.268.3. remoteviewerconnectionfile POST

Generates the file which is compatible with remote-viewer client.

Use the following request to generate remote viewer connection file of the graphics console. Note that this action generates the file only if virtual machine is running.

POST /ovirt-engine/api/vms/123/graphicsconsoles/456/remoteviewerconnectionfile

The remoteviewerconnectionfile action does not take any action specific parameters, so the request body should contain an empty action:

<action/>

The response contains the file, which can be used with remote-viewer client.

<action>
  <remote_viewer_connection_file>
    [virt-viewer]
    type=spice
    host=192.168.1.101
    port=-1
    password=123456789
    delete-this-file=1
    fullscreen=0
    toggle-fullscreen=shift+f11
    release-cursor=shift+f12
    secure-attention=ctrl+alt+end
    tls-port=5900
    enable-smartcard=0
    enable-usb-autoshare=0
    usb-filter=null
    tls-ciphers=DEFAULT
    host-subject=O=local,CN=example.com
    ca=...
  </remote_viewer_connection_file>
</action>

E.g., to fetch the content of remote viewer connection file and save it into temporary file, user can use oVirt Python SDK as follows:

# Find the virtual machine:
vm = vms_service.list(search='name=myvm')[0]

# Locate the service that manages the virtual machine, as that is where
# the locators are defined:
vm_service = vms_service.vm_service(vm.id)

# Find the graphic console of the virtual machine:
graphics_consoles_service = vm_service.graphics_consoles_service()
graphics_console = graphics_consoles_service.list()[0]

# Generate the remote viewer connection file:
console_service = graphics_consoles_service.console_service(graphics_console.id)
remote_viewer_connection_file = console_service.remote_viewer_connection_file()

# Write the content to file "/tmp/remote_viewer_connection_file.vv"
path = "/tmp/remote_viewer_connection_file.vv"
with open(path, "w") as f:
    f.write(remote_viewer_connection_file)

When you create the remote viewer connection file, then you can connect to virtual machine graphic console, as follows:

#!/bin/sh -ex

remote-viewer --ovirt-ca-file=/etc/pki/ovirt-engine/ca.pem /tmp/remote_viewer_connection_file.vv
Table 6.837. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

remote_viewer_connection_file

String

Out

Contains the file which is compatible with remote-viewer client.

6.268.3.1. remote_viewer_connection_file

Contains the file which is compatible with remote-viewer client.

User can use the content of this attribute to create a file, which can be passed to remote-viewer client to connect to virtual machine graphic console.

6.268.4. remove DELETE

Remove the graphics console from the virtual machine.

Table 6.838. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the remove should be performed asynchronously.

6.268.5. ticket POST

Generates a time-sensitive authentication token for accessing this virtual machine’s console.

POST /ovirt-engine/api/vms/123/graphicsconsoles/456/ticket

The client-provided action optionally includes a desired ticket value and/or an expiry time in seconds.

In any case, the response specifies the actual ticket value and expiry used.

<action>
  <ticket>
    <value>abcd12345</value>
    <expiry>120</expiry>
  </ticket>
</action>
Table 6.839. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

ticket

Ticket

In/Out

The generated ticket that can be used to access this console.

6.269. VmGraphicsConsoles

Table 6.840. Methods summary
NameSummary

add

Add new graphics console to the virtual machine.

list

Lists all the configured graphics consoles of the virtual machine.

6.269.1. add POST

Add new graphics console to the virtual machine.

Table 6.841. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

console

GraphicsConsole

In/Out

 

6.269.2. list GET

Lists all the configured graphics consoles of the virtual machine.

Important

By default, when the current parameter is not specified, the data returned corresponds to the next execution of the virtual machine. In the current implementation of the system this means that the address and port attributes will not be populated because the system does not know what address and port will be used for the next execution. Since in most cases those attributes are needed, it is strongly advised to aways explicitly include the current parameter with the value true.

The order of the returned list of graphics consoles is not guaranteed.

Table 6.842. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

consoles

GraphicsConsole[]

Out

The list of graphics consoles of the virtual machine.

current

Boolean

In

Specifies if the data returned should correspond to the next execution of the virtual machine, or to the current execution.

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

max

Integer

In

Sets the maximum number of consoles to return.

6.269.2.1. current

Specifies if the data returned should correspond to the next execution of the virtual machine, or to the current execution.

Important

The address and port attributes will not be populated unless the value is true.

For example, to get data for the current execution of the virtual machine, including the address and port attributes, send a request like this:

GET /ovirt-engine/api/vms/123/graphicsconsoles?current=true

The default value is false.

6.269.2.2. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.269.2.3. max

Sets the maximum number of consoles to return. If not specified all the consoles are returned.

6.270. VmHostDevice

A service to manage individual host device attached to a virtual machine.

Table 6.843. Methods summary
NameSummary

get

Retrieve information about particular host device attached to given virtual machine.

remove

Remove the attachment of this host device from given virtual machine.

6.270.1. get GET

Retrieve information about particular host device attached to given virtual machine.

Example:

GET /ovirt-engine/api/vms/123/hostdevices/456
<host_device href="/ovirt-engine/api/hosts/543/devices/456" id="456">
  <name>pci_0000_04_00_0</name>
  <capability>pci</capability>
  <iommu_group>30</iommu_group>
  <placeholder>true</placeholder>
  <product id="0x13ba">
    <name>GM107GL [Quadro K2200]</name>
  </product>
  <vendor id="0x10de">
    <name>NVIDIA Corporation</name>
  </vendor>
  <host href="/ovirt-engine/api/hosts/543" id="543"/>
  <parent_device href="/ovirt-engine/api/hosts/543/devices/456" id="456">
    <name>pci_0000_00_03_0</name>
  </parent_device>
  <vm href="/ovirt-engine/api/vms/123" id="123"/>
</host_device>
Table 6.844. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

device

HostDevice

Out

Retrieved information about the host device attached to given virtual machine.

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

6.270.1.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.270.2. remove DELETE

Remove the attachment of this host device from given virtual machine.

Note

In case this device serves as an IOMMU placeholder, it cannot be removed (remove will result only in setting its placeholder flag to true). Note that all IOMMU placeholder devices will be removed automatically as soon as there will be no more non-placeholder devices (all devices from given IOMMU group are detached).

DELETE /ovirt-engine/api/vms/123/hostdevices/456
Table 6.845. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the remove should be performed asynchronously.

6.271. VmHostDevices

A service to manage host devices attached to a virtual machine.

Table 6.846. Methods summary
NameSummary

add

Attach target device to given virtual machine.

list

List the host devices assigned to given virtual machine.

6.271.1. add POST

Attach target device to given virtual machine.

Example:

POST /ovirt-engine/api/vms/123/hostdevices

With request body of type HostDevice, for example

<host_device id="123" />
Note

A necessary precondition for a successful host device attachment is that the virtual machine must be pinned to exactly one host. The device ID is then taken relative to this host.

Note

Attachment of a PCI device that is part of a bigger IOMMU group will result in attachment of the remaining devices from that IOMMU group as "placeholders". These devices are then identified using the placeholder attribute of the HostDevice type set to true.

In case you want attach a device that already serves as an IOMMU placeholder, simply issue an explicit Add operation for it, and its placeholder flag will be cleared, and the device will be accessible to the virtual machine.

Table 6.847. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

device

HostDevice

In/Out

The host device to be attached to given virtual machine.

6.271.2. list GET

List the host devices assigned to given virtual machine.

The order of the returned list of devices isn’t guaranteed.

Table 6.848. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

device

HostDevice[]

Out

Retrieved list of host devices attached to given virtual machine.

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

max

Integer

In

Sets the maximum number of devices to return.

6.271.2.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.271.2.2. max

Sets the maximum number of devices to return. If not specified all the devices are returned.

6.272. VmMediatedDevice

Table 6.849. Methods summary
NameSummary

get

Retrieves the configuration of mediated devices in the virtual machine.

remove

Remove the mediated device from the virtual machine.

update

Updates the information about the mediated device.

6.272.1. get GET

Retrieves the configuration of mediated devices in the virtual machine.

Table 6.850. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

device

VmMediatedDevice

Out

The information about the mediated device of the virtual machine.

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

6.272.1.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.272.2. remove DELETE

Remove the mediated device from the virtual machine.

Table 6.851. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the remove should be performed asynchronously.

6.272.3. update PUT

Updates the information about the mediated device.

You can update the information using specParams element.

For example, to update a mediated device, send a request like this:

PUT /ovirt-engine/api/vms/123/mediateddevices/00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000
<vm_mediated_device>
  <spec_params>
    <property>
      <name>mdevType</name>
      <value>nvidia-11</value>
    </property>
  </spec_params>
</vm_mediated_device>

with response body:

<vm_mediated_device href="/ovirt-engine/api/vms/123/mediateddevices/00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000" id="00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000">
  <vm href="/ovirt-engine/api/vms/123" id="123"/>
  <spec_params>
    <property>
      <name>mdevType</name>
      <value>nvidia-11</value>
    </property>
  </spec_params>
</vm_mediated_device>
Table 6.852. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the update should be performed asynchronously.

device

VmMediatedDevice

In/Out

The information about the mediated device.

6.272.3.1. device

The information about the mediated device.

The request data must contain specParams properties. The response data contains complete information about the updated mediated device.

6.273. VmMediatedDevices

A service that manages mediated devices of a VM.

Table 6.853. Methods summary
NameSummary

add

Add a new mediated device to the virtual machine.

list

Lists all the configured mediated devices of the virtual machine.

6.273.1. add POST

Add a new mediated device to the virtual machine.

Table 6.854. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

device

VmMediatedDevice

In/Out

 

6.273.2. list GET

Lists all the configured mediated devices of the virtual machine.

The order of the returned list of mediated devices is not guaranteed.

Table 6.855. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

devices

VmMediatedDevice[]

Out

The list of mediated devices of the virtual machine.

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

max

Integer

In

Sets the maximum number of mediated devices to return.

6.273.2.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.273.2.2. max

Sets the maximum number of mediated devices to return. If not specified all the mediated devices are returned.

6.274. VmNic

Table 6.856. Methods summary
NameSummary

activate

 

deactivate

 

get

 

remove

Removes the NIC.

update

Updates the NIC.

6.274.1. activate POST

Table 6.857. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the activation should be performed asynchronously.

6.274.2. deactivate POST

Table 6.858. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the deactivation should be performed asynchronously.

6.274.3. get GET

Table 6.859. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

nic

Nic

Out

 

6.274.3.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.274.4. remove DELETE

Removes the NIC.

For example, to remove the NIC with id 456 from the virtual machine with id 123 send a request like this:

DELETE /ovirt-engine/api/vms/123/nics/456
Important

The hotplugging feature only supports virtual machine operating systems with hotplugging operations. Example operating systems include:

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  • Windows Server 2008 and
  • Windows Server 2003
Table 6.860. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the remove should be performed asynchronously.

6.274.5. update PUT

Updates the NIC.

For example, to update the NIC having with 456 belonging to virtual the machine with id 123 send a request like this:

PUT /ovirt-engine/api/vms/123/nics/456

With a request body like this:

<nic>
  <name>mynic</name>
  <interface>e1000</interface>
  <vnic_profile id='789'/>
</nic>
Important

The hotplugging feature only supports virtual machine operating systems with hotplugging operations. Example operating systems include:

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  • Windows Server 2008 and
  • Windows Server 2003
Table 6.861. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the update should be performed asynchronously.

nic

Nic

In/Out

 

6.275. VmNics

Table 6.862. Methods summary
NameSummary

add

Adds a NIC to the virtual machine.

list

Returns the list of NICs of the virtual machine.

6.275.1. add POST

Adds a NIC to the virtual machine.

The following example adds to the virtual machine 123 a network interface named mynic using virtio and the NIC profile 456.

POST /ovirt-engine/api/vms/123/nics
<nic>
  <name>mynic</name>
  <interface>virtio</interface>
  <vnic_profile id="456"/>
</nic>

The following example sends that request using curl:

curl \
--request POST \
--header "Version: 4" \
--header "Content-Type: application/xml" \
--header "Accept: application/xml" \
--user "admin@internal:mypassword" \
--cacert /etc/pki/ovirt-engine/ca.pem \
--data '
<nic>
  <name>mynic</name>
  <interface>virtio</interface>
  <vnic_profile id="456"/>
</nic>
' \
https://myengine.example.com/ovirt-engine/api/vms/123/nics
Important

The hotplugging feature only supports virtual machine operating systems with hotplugging operations. Example operating systems include:

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  • Windows Server 2008 and
  • Windows Server 2003
Table 6.863. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

nic

Nic

In/Out

 

6.275.2. list GET

Returns the list of NICs of the virtual machine.

The order of the returned list of NICs isn’t guaranteed.

Table 6.864. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

max

Integer

In

Sets the maximum number of NICs to return.

nics

Nic[]

Out

 

6.275.2.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.275.2.2. max

Sets the maximum number of NICs to return. If not specified all the NICs are returned.

6.276. VmNumaNode

Table 6.865. Methods summary
NameSummary

get

 

remove

Removes a virtual NUMA node.

update

Updates a virtual NUMA node.

6.276.1. get GET

Table 6.866. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

node

VirtualNumaNode

Out

 

6.276.1.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.276.2. remove DELETE

Removes a virtual NUMA node.

An example of removing a virtual NUMA node:

DELETE /ovirt-engine/api/vms/123/numanodes/456
Note

It’s required to remove the numa nodes from the highest index first.

Table 6.867. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the remove should be performed asynchronously.

6.276.3. update PUT

Updates a virtual NUMA node.

An example of pinning a virtual NUMA node to a physical NUMA node on the host:

PUT /ovirt-engine/api/vms/123/numanodes/456

The request body should contain the following:

<vm_numa_node>
  <numa_node_pins>
    <numa_node_pin>
      <index>0</index>
    </numa_node_pin>
  </numa_node_pins>
</vm_numa_node>
Table 6.868. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the update should be performed asynchronously.

node

VirtualNumaNode

In/Out

 

6.277. VmNumaNodes

Table 6.869. Methods summary
NameSummary

add

Creates a new virtual NUMA node for the virtual machine.

list

Lists virtual NUMA nodes of a virtual machine.

6.277.1. add POST

Creates a new virtual NUMA node for the virtual machine.

An example of creating a NUMA node:

POST /ovirt-engine/api/vms/c7ecd2dc/numanodes
Accept: application/xml
Content-type: application/xml

The request body can contain the following:

<vm_numa_node>
  <cpu>
    <cores>
      <core>
        <index>0</index>
      </core>
    </cores>
  </cpu>
  <index>0</index>
  <memory>1024</memory>
  <numa_tune_mode>strict</numa_tune_mode>
</vm_numa_node>
Table 6.870. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

node

VirtualNumaNode

In/Out

 

6.277.2. list GET

Lists virtual NUMA nodes of a virtual machine.

The order of the returned list of NUMA nodes isn’t guaranteed.

Table 6.871. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

max

Integer

In

Sets the maximum number of nodes to return.

nodes

VirtualNumaNode[]

Out

 

6.277.2.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.277.2.2. max

Sets the maximum number of nodes to return. If not specified all the nodes are returned.

6.278. VmPool

A service to manage a virtual machines pool.

Table 6.872. Methods summary
NameSummary

allocatevm

This operation allocates a virtual machine in the virtual machine pool.

get

Get the virtual machine pool.

remove

Removes a virtual machine pool.

update

Update the virtual machine pool.

6.278.1. allocatevm POST

This operation allocates a virtual machine in the virtual machine pool.

POST /ovirt-engine/api/vmpools/123/allocatevm

The allocate virtual machine action does not take any action specific parameters, so the request body should contain an empty action:

<action/>
Table 6.873. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the allocation should be performed asynchronously.

6.278.2. get GET

Get the virtual machine pool.

GET /ovirt-engine/api/vmpools/123

You will get a XML response like that one:

<vm_pool id="123">
  <actions>...</actions>
  <name>MyVmPool</name>
  <description>MyVmPool description</description>
  <link href="/ovirt-engine/api/vmpools/123/permissions" rel="permissions"/>
  <max_user_vms>1</max_user_vms>
  <prestarted_vms>0</prestarted_vms>
  <size>100</size>
  <stateful>false</stateful>
  <type>automatic</type>
  <use_latest_template_version>false</use_latest_template_version>
  <cluster id="123"/>
  <template id="123"/>
  <vm id="123">...</vm>
  ...
</vm_pool>
Table 6.874. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

filter

Boolean

In

Indicates if the results should be filtered according to the permissions of the user.

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

pool

VmPool

Out

Retrieved virtual machines pool.

6.278.2.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.278.3. remove DELETE

Removes a virtual machine pool.

DELETE /ovirt-engine/api/vmpools/123
Table 6.875. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the remove should be performed asynchronously.

6.278.4. update PUT

Update the virtual machine pool.

PUT /ovirt-engine/api/vmpools/123

The name, description, size, prestarted_vms and max_user_vms attributes can be updated after the virtual machine pool has been created.

<vmpool>
  <name>VM_Pool_B</name>
  <description>Virtual Machine Pool B</description>
  <size>3</size>
  <prestarted_vms>1</size>
  <max_user_vms>2</size>
</vmpool>
Table 6.876. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the update should be performed asynchronously.

pool

VmPool

In/Out

The virtual machine pool that is being updated.

seal

Boolean

In

Specifies if virtual machines created for the pool should be sealed after creation.

6.278.4.1. seal

Specifies if virtual machines created for the pool should be sealed after creation.

If this optional parameter is provided, and its value is true, virtual machines created for the pool will be sealed after creation. If the value is 'false', the virtual machines will not be sealed. If the parameter is not provided, the virtual machines will be sealed, only if they are created from a sealed template and their guest OS is not set to Windows. This parameter affects only the virtual machines created when the pool is updated.

For example, to update a virtual machine pool and to seal the additional virtual machines that are created, send a request like this:

PUT /ovirt-engine/api/vmpools/123?seal=true

With the following body:

<vmpool>
  <name>VM_Pool_B</name>
  <description>Virtual Machine Pool B</description>
  <size>7</size>
</vmpool>

6.279. VmPools

Provides read-write access to virtual machines pools.

Table 6.877. Methods summary
NameSummary

add

Creates a new virtual machine pool.

list

Get a list of available virtual machines pools.

6.279.1. add POST

Creates a new virtual machine pool.

A new pool requires the name, cluster and template attributes. Identify the cluster and template with the id or name nested attributes:

POST /ovirt-engine/api/vmpools

With the following body:

<vmpool>
  <name>mypool</name>
  <cluster id="123"/>
  <template id="456"/>
</vmpool>
Table 6.878. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

pool

VmPool

In/Out

Pool to add.

seal

Boolean

In

Specifies if virtual machines created for the pool should be sealed after creation.

6.279.1.1. seal

Specifies if virtual machines created for the pool should be sealed after creation.

If this optional parameter is provided, and its value is true, virtual machines created for the pool will be sealed after creation. If the value is 'false', the virtual machines will not be sealed. If the parameter is not provided, the virtual machines will be sealed, only if they are created from a sealed template and their guest OS is not set to Windows. This parameter affects only the virtual machines created when the pool is created.

For example, to create a virtual machine pool with 5 virtual machines and to seal them, send a request like this:

POST /ovirt-engine/api/vmpools?seal=true

With the following body:

<vmpool>
  <name>mypool</name>
  <cluster id="123"/>
  <template id="456"/>
  <size>5</size>
</vmpool>

6.279.2. list GET

Get a list of available virtual machines pools.

GET /ovirt-engine/api/vmpools

You will receive the following response:

<vm_pools>
  <vm_pool id="123">
    ...
  </vm_pool>
  ...
</vm_pools>

The order of the returned list of pools is guaranteed only if the sortby clause is included in the search parameter.

Table 6.879. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

case_sensitive

Boolean

In

Indicates if the search performed using the search parameter should be performed taking case into account.

filter

Boolean

In

Indicates if the results should be filtered according to the permissions of the user.

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

max

Integer

In

Sets the maximum number of pools to return.

pools

VmPool[]

Out

Retrieved pools.

search

String

In

A query string used to restrict the returned pools.

6.279.2.1. case_sensitive

Indicates if the search performed using the search parameter should be performed taking case into account. The default value is true, which means that case is taken into account. If you want to search ignoring case set it to false.

6.279.2.2. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.279.2.3. max

Sets the maximum number of pools to return. If this value is not specified, all of the pools are returned.

6.280. VmReportedDevice

Table 6.880. Methods summary
NameSummary

get

 

6.280.1. get GET

Table 6.881. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

reported_device

ReportedDevice

Out

 

6.280.1.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.281. VmReportedDevices

Table 6.882. Methods summary
NameSummary

list

Returns the list of reported devices of the virtual machine.

6.281.1. list GET

Returns the list of reported devices of the virtual machine.

The order of the returned list of devices isn’t guaranteed.

Table 6.883. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

max

Integer

In

Sets the maximum number of devices to return.

reported_device

ReportedDevice[]

Out

 

6.281.1.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.281.1.2. max

Sets the maximum number of devices to return. If not specified all the devices are returned.

6.282. VmSession

Table 6.884. Methods summary
NameSummary

get

 

6.282.1. get GET

Table 6.885. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

session

Session

Out

 

6.282.1.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.283. VmSessions

Provides information about virtual machine user sessions.

Table 6.886. Methods summary
NameSummary

list

Lists all user sessions for this virtual machine.

6.283.1. list GET

Lists all user sessions for this virtual machine.

For example, to retrieve the session information for virtual machine 123 send a request like this:

GET /ovirt-engine/api/vms/123/sessions

The response body will contain something like this:

<sessions>
  <session href="/ovirt-engine/api/vms/123/sessions/456" id="456">
    <console_user>true</console_user>
    <ip>
      <address>192.168.122.1</address>
    </ip>
    <user href="/ovirt-engine/api/users/789" id="789"/>
    <vm href="/ovirt-engine/api/vms/123" id="123"/>
  </session>
  ...
</sessions>

The order of the returned list of sessions isn’t guaranteed.

Table 6.887. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

max

Integer

In

Sets the maximum number of sessions to return.

sessions

Session[]

Out

 

6.283.1.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.283.1.2. max

Sets the maximum number of sessions to return. If not specified all the sessions are returned.

6.284. VmWatchdog

A service managing a watchdog on virtual machines.

Table 6.888. Methods summary
NameSummary

get

Returns the information about the watchdog.

remove

Removes the watchdog from the virtual machine.

update

Updates the information about the watchdog.

6.284.1. get GET

Returns the information about the watchdog.

Table 6.889. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

watchdog

Watchdog

Out

The information about the watchdog.

6.284.1.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.284.1.2. watchdog

The information about the watchdog.

The information consists of model element, action element and the reference to the virtual machine. It may look like this:

<watchdogs>
  <watchdog href="/ovirt-engine/api/vms/123/watchdogs/00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000" id="00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000">
    <vm href="/ovirt-engine/api/vms/123" id="123"/>
    <action>poweroff</action>
    <model>i6300esb</model>
  </watchdog>
</watchdogs>

6.284.2. remove DELETE

Removes the watchdog from the virtual machine.

For example, to remove a watchdog from a virtual machine, send a request like this:

DELETE /ovirt-engine/api/vms/123/watchdogs/00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000
Table 6.890. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the remove should be performed asynchronously.

6.284.3. update PUT

Updates the information about the watchdog.

You can update the information using action and model elements.

For example, to update a watchdog, send a request like this:

PUT /ovirt-engine/api/vms/123/watchdogs
<watchdog>
  <action>reset</action>
</watchdog>

with response body:

<watchdog href="/ovirt-engine/api/vms/123/watchdogs/00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000" id="00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000">
  <vm href="/ovirt-engine/api/vms/123" id="123"/>
  <action>reset</action>
  <model>i6300esb</model>
</watchdog>
Table 6.891. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the update should be performed asynchronously.

watchdog

Watchdog

In/Out

The information about the watchdog.

6.284.3.1. watchdog

The information about the watchdog.

The request data must contain at least one of model and action elements. The response data contains complete information about the updated watchdog.

6.285. VmWatchdogs

Lists the watchdogs of a virtual machine.

Table 6.892. Methods summary
NameSummary

add

Adds new watchdog to the virtual machine.

list

The list of watchdogs of the virtual machine.

6.285.1. add POST

Adds new watchdog to the virtual machine.

For example, to add a watchdog to a virtual machine, send a request like this:

POST /ovirt-engine/api/vms/123/watchdogs
<watchdog>
  <action>poweroff</action>
  <model>i6300esb</model>
</watchdog>

with response body:

<watchdog href="/ovirt-engine/api/vms/123/watchdogs/00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000" id="00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000">
  <vm href="/ovirt-engine/api/vms/123" id="123"/>
  <action>poweroff</action>
  <model>i6300esb</model>
</watchdog>
Table 6.893. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

watchdog

Watchdog

In/Out

The information about the watchdog.

6.285.1.1. watchdog

The information about the watchdog.

The request data must contain model element (such as i6300esb) and action element (one of none, reset, poweroff, dump, pause). The response data additionally contains references to the added watchdog and to the virtual machine.

6.285.2. list GET

The list of watchdogs of the virtual machine.

The order of the returned list of watchdogs isn’t guaranteed.

Table 6.894. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

max

Integer

In

Sets the maximum number of watchdogs to return.

watchdogs

Watchdog[]

Out

The information about the watchdog.

6.285.2.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.285.2.2. max

Sets the maximum number of watchdogs to return. If not specified all the watchdogs are returned.

6.285.2.3. watchdogs

The information about the watchdog.

The information consists of model element, action element and the reference to the virtual machine. It may look like this:

<watchdogs>
  <watchdog href="/ovirt-engine/api/vms/123/watchdogs/00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000" id="00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000">
    <vm href="/ovirt-engine/api/vms/123" id="123"/>
    <action>poweroff</action>
    <model>i6300esb</model>
  </watchdog>
</watchdogs>

6.286. Vms

Table 6.895. Methods summary
NameSummary

add

Creates a new virtual machine.

list

Returns the list of virtual machines of the system.

6.286.1. add POST

Creates a new virtual machine.

The virtual machine can be created in different ways:

  • From a template. In this case the identifier or name of the template must be provided. For example, using a plain shell script and XML:
#!/bin/sh -ex

url="https://engine.example.com/ovirt-engine/api"
user="admin@internal"
password="..."
curl \
--verbose \
--cacert /etc/pki/ovirt-engine/ca.pem \
--user "${user}:${password}" \
--request POST \
--header "Version: 4" \
--header "Content-Type: application/xml" \
--header "Accept: application/xml" \
--data '
<vm>
  <name>myvm</name>
  <template>
    <name>Blank</name>
  </template>
  <cluster>
    <name>mycluster</name>
  </cluster>
</vm>
' \
"${url}/vms"
  • From a snapshot. In this case the identifier of the snapshot has to be provided. For example, using a plain shel script and XML:
#!/bin/sh -ex

url="https://engine.example.com/ovirt-engine/api"
user="admin@internal"
password="..."
curl \
--verbose \
--cacert /etc/pki/ovirt-engine/ca.pem \
--user "${user}:${password}" \
--request POST \
--header "Content-Type: application/xml" \
--header "Accept: application/xml" \
--data '
<vm>
  <name>myvm</name>
  <snapshots>
    <snapshot id="266742a5-6a65-483c-816d-d2ce49746680"/>
  </snapshots>
  <cluster>
    <name>mycluster</name>
  </cluster>
</vm>
' \
"${url}/vms"

When creating a virtual machine from a template or from a snapshot it is usually useful to explicitly indicate in what storage domain to create the disks for the virtual machine. If the virtual machine is created from a template then this is achieved passing a set of disk_attachment elements that indicate the mapping:

<vm>
  ...
  <disk_attachments>
    <disk_attachment>
      <disk id="8d4bd566-6c86-4592-a4a7-912dbf93c298">
        <storage_domains>
          <storage_domain id="9cb6cb0a-cf1d-41c2-92ca-5a6d665649c9"/>
        </storage_domains>
      </disk>
    <disk_attachment>
  </disk_attachments>
</vm>

When the virtual machine is created from a snapshot this set of disks is slightly different, it uses the image_id attribute instead of id.

<vm>
  ...
  <disk_attachments>
    <disk_attachment>
      <disk>
        <image_id>8d4bd566-6c86-4592-a4a7-912dbf93c298</image_id>
        <storage_domains>
          <storage_domain id="9cb6cb0a-cf1d-41c2-92ca-5a6d665649c9"/>
        </storage_domains>
      </disk>
    <disk_attachment>
  </disk_attachments>
</vm>

It is possible to specify additional virtual machine parameters in the XML description, e.g. a virtual machine of desktop type, with 2 GiB of RAM and additional description can be added sending a request body like the following:

<vm>
  <name>myvm</name>
  <description>My Desktop Virtual Machine</description>
  <type>desktop</type>
  <memory>2147483648</memory>
  ...
</vm>

A bootable CDROM device can be set like this:

<vm>
  ...
  <os>
    <boot dev="cdrom"/>
  </os>
</vm>

In order to boot from CDROM, you first need to insert a disk, as described in the CDROM service. Then booting from that CDROM can be specified using the os.boot.devices attribute:

<vm>
  ...
  <os>
    <boot>
      <devices>
        <device>cdrom</device>
      </devices>
    </boot>
  </os>
</vm>

In all cases the name or identifier of the cluster where the virtual machine will be created is mandatory.

Table 6.896. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

auto_pinning_policy

AutoPinningPolicy

In

Specifies if and how the auto CPU and NUMA configuration is applied.

clone

Boolean

In

Specifies if the virtual machine should be independent of the template.

clone_permissions

Boolean

In

Specifies if the permissions of the template should be copied to the virtual machine.

filter

Boolean

In

Relevant for admin users only.

seal

Boolean

In

Specifies if the virtual machine should be sealed after creation.

vm

Vm

In/Out

 

6.286.1.1. auto_pinning_policy

Specifies if and how the auto CPU and NUMA configuration is applied.

Important

Since version 4.5 of the engine this operation is deprecated, and preserved only for backwards compatibility. It will be removed in the future. Instead please use POST followed by add operation.

An example for a request:

POST /ovirt-engine/api/vms?auto_pinning_policy=existing/adjust

With a request body like this:

<vm>
  <name>myvm<name>
  <template>
    <name>mytemplate<name>
  </template>
  <cluster>
    <name>mycluster<name>
  </cluster>
  <placement_policy>
    <hosts>
      <host>
        <name>myhost</name>
      </host>
    </hosts>
  </placement_policy>
</vm>

6.286.1.2. clone

Specifies if the virtual machine should be independent of the template.

When a virtual machine is created from a template by default the disks of the virtual machine depend on the disks of the template, they are using the copy on write mechanism so that only the differences from the template take up real storage space. If this parameter is specified and the value is true then the disks of the created virtual machine will be cloned, and independent of the template. For example, to create an independent virtual machine, send a request like this:

POST /ovirt-engine/vms?clone=true

With a request body like this:

<vm>
  <name>myvm<name>
  <template>
    <name>mytemplate<name>
  </template>
  <cluster>
    <name>mycluster<name>
  </cluster>
</vm>
Note

When this parameter is true the permissions of the template will also be copied, as when using clone_permissions=true.

6.286.1.3. clone_permissions

Specifies if the permissions of the template should be copied to the virtual machine.

If this optional parameter is provided, and its values is true then the permissions of the template (only the direct ones, not the inherited ones) will be copied to the created virtual machine. For example, to create a virtual machine from the mytemplate template copying its permissions, send a request like this:

POST /ovirt-engine/api/vms?clone_permissions=true

With a request body like this:

<vm>
  <name>myvm<name>
  <template>
    <name>mytemplate<name>
  </template>
  <cluster>
    <name>mycluster<name>
  </cluster>
</vm>

6.286.1.4. filter

Relevant for admin users only. Indicates whether to assign UserVmManager role on the created Virtual Machine for this user. This will enable the user to later access the Virtual Machine as though he were a non-admin user, foregoing his admin permissions (by providing filter=true).

Note

admin-as-user (meaning providing filter=true) POST requests on an existing Virtual Machine will fail unless the Virtual Machine has been previously created by the admin as a user (meaning with filter=true).

6.286.1.5. seal

Specifies if the virtual machine should be sealed after creation.

If this optional parameter is provided, and its value is true, the virtual machine will be sealed after creation. If the value is 'false', the virtual machine will not be sealed. If the parameter is not provided, the virtual machine will be sealed, only if it is created from a sealed template and its guest OS is not set to Windows.

For example, to create a virtual machine from the mytemplate template and to seal it, send a request like this:

POST /ovirt-engine/api/vms?seal=true

With a request body like this:

<vm>
  <name>myvm<name>
  <template>
    <name>mytemplate<name>
  </template>
  <cluster>
    <name>mycluster<name>
  </cluster>
</vm>

6.286.2. list GET

Returns the list of virtual machines of the system.

The order of the returned list of virtual machines is guaranteed only if the sortby clause is included in the search parameter.

Table 6.897. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

all_content

Boolean

In

Indicates if all the attributes of the virtual machines should be included in the response.

case_sensitive

Boolean

In

Indicates if the search performed using the search parameter should be performed taking case into account.

filter

Boolean

In

Indicates if the results should be filtered according to the permissions of the user.

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

max

Integer

In

The maximum number of results to return.

ovf_as_ova

Boolean

In

Indicates if the results should expose the OVF as it appears in OVA files of that VM.

search

String

In

A query string used to restrict the returned virtual machines.

vms

Vm[]

Out

 

6.286.2.1. all_content

Indicates if all the attributes of the virtual machines should be included in the response.

By default the following attributes are excluded:

  • console
  • initialization.configuration.data - The OVF document describing the virtual machine.
  • rng_source
  • soundcard
  • virtio_scsi

For example, to retrieve the complete representation of the virtual machines send a request like this:

GET /ovirt-engine/api/vms?all_content=true
Note

The reason for not including these attributes is performance: they are seldom used and they require additional queries to the database. So try to use the this parameter only when it is really needed.

6.286.2.2. case_sensitive

Indicates if the search performed using the search parameter should be performed taking case into account. The default value is true, which means that case is taken into account. If you want to search ignoring case set it to false.

6.286.2.3. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.286.2.4. ovf_as_ova

Indicates if the results should expose the OVF as it appears in OVA files of that VM. The OVF document describing the virtual machine. This parameter will work only when all_content=True is set. The OVF will be presented in initialization.configuration.data.

For example:

GET /vms?all_content=true&ovf_as_ova=true

6.287. VnicProfile

This service manages a vNIC profile.

Table 6.898. Methods summary
NameSummary

get

Retrieves details about a vNIC profile.

remove

Removes the vNIC profile.

update

Updates details of a vNIC profile.

6.287.1. get GET

Retrieves details about a vNIC profile.

Table 6.899. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

profile

VnicProfile

Out

 

6.287.1.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.287.2. remove DELETE

Removes the vNIC profile.

Table 6.900. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the remove should be performed asynchronously.

6.287.3. update PUT

Updates details of a vNIC profile.

Table 6.901. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the update should be performed asynchronously.

profile

VnicProfile

In/Out

The vNIC profile that is being updated.

6.288. VnicProfiles

This service manages the collection of all vNIC profiles.

Table 6.902. Methods summary
NameSummary

add

Add a vNIC profile.

list

List all vNIC profiles.

6.288.1. add POST

Add a vNIC profile.

For example to add vNIC profile 123 to network 456 send a request to:

POST /ovirt-engine/api/networks/456/vnicprofiles

With the following body:

<vnic_profile id="123">
  <name>new_vNIC_name</name>
  <pass_through>
    <mode>disabled</mode>
  </pass_through>
  <port_mirroring>false</port_mirroring>
</vnic_profile>

Please note that there is a default network filter to each VNIC profile. For more details of how the default network filter is calculated please refer to the documentation in NetworkFilters.

Note

The automatically created vNIC profile for the external network will be without network filter.

The output of creating a new VNIC profile depends in the body arguments that were given. In case no network filter was given, the default network filter will be configured. For example:

<vnic_profile href="/ovirt-engine/api/vnicprofiles/123" id="123">
  <name>new_vNIC_name</name>
  <link href="/ovirt-engine/api/vnicprofiles/123/permissions" rel="permissions"/>
  <pass_through>
    <mode>disabled</mode>
  </pass_through>
  <port_mirroring>false</port_mirroring>
  <network href="/ovirt-engine/api/networks/456" id="456"/>
  <network_filter href="/ovirt-engine/api/networkfilters/789" id="789"/>
</vnic_profile>

In case an empty network filter was given, no network filter will be configured for the specific VNIC profile regardless of the VNIC profile’s default network filter. For example:

<vnic_profile>
  <name>no_network_filter</name>
  <network_filter/>
</vnic_profile>

In case that a specific valid network filter id was given, the VNIC profile will be configured with the given network filter regardless of the VNIC profiles’s default network filter. For example:

<vnic_profile>
  <name>user_choice_network_filter</name>
  <network_filter id= "0000001b-001b-001b-001b-0000000001d5"/>
</vnic_profile>
Table 6.903. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

profile

VnicProfile

In/Out

The vNIC profile that is being added.

6.288.2. list GET

List all vNIC profiles.

The order of the returned list of vNIC profiles isn’t guaranteed.

Table 6.904. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

max

Integer

In

Sets the maximum number of profiles to return.

profiles

VnicProfile[]

Out

The list of all vNIC profiles.

6.288.2.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.288.2.2. max

Sets the maximum number of profiles to return. If not specified all the profiles are returned.

6.289. Weight

Table 6.905. Methods summary
NameSummary

get

 

remove

 

6.289.1. get GET

Table 6.906. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

filter

Boolean

In

Indicates if the results should be filtered according to the permissions of the user.

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

weight

Weight

Out

 

6.289.1.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.289.2. remove DELETE

Table 6.907. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

async

Boolean

In

Indicates if the remove should be performed asynchronously.

6.290. Weights

Table 6.908. Methods summary
NameSummary

add

Add a weight to a specified user defined scheduling policy.

list

Returns the list of weights.

6.290.1. add POST

Add a weight to a specified user defined scheduling policy.

Table 6.909. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

weight

Weight

In/Out

 

6.290.2. list GET

Returns the list of weights.

The order of the returned list of weights isn’t guaranteed.

Table 6.910. Parameters summary
NameTypeDirectionSummary

filter

Boolean

In

Indicates if the results should be filtered according to the permissions of the user.

follow

String

In

Indicates which inner links should be followed.

max

Integer

In

Sets the maximum number of weights to return.

weights

Weight[]

Out

 

6.290.2.1. follow

Indicates which inner links should be followed. The objects referenced by these links will be fetched as part of the current request. See here for details.

6.290.2.2. max

Sets the maximum number of weights to return. If not specified all the weights are returned.

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