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Exoscale snapshot API

Snapshots provide a way to get point-in-time recovery for your Compute instance.

Exoscale snapshot API is one of 37 APIs that Exoscale publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include snapshot. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, and pricing.

This API exposes 6 operations across 5 paths, and defines 16 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.0.0, at version 2.0.0.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://api-{zone}.exoscale.com/v2.

6 operations 5 paths 16 schemas 1 DELETE2 GET3 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.0.0
API Version
2.0.0
Base URL
https://api-ch-gva-2.exoscale.com/v2
Terms of Service
Resource Areas
1

Paths & Operations 6

Across 5 paths, the API surfaces 6 operations — 1 DELETE, 2 GET, 3 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

snapshot 6

Snapshots provide a way to get point-in-time recovery for your Compute instance.

POST
/instance/{id}:create-snapshot
Create a Snapshot of a Compute instance
create-snapshot 1 param → 200
POST
/snapshot/{id}:export
Export a Snapshot
export-snapshot 1 param → 200
DELETE
/snapshot/{id}
Delete a Snapshot
delete-snapshot 1 param → 200
GET
/snapshot/{id}
Retrieve Snapshot details
get-snapshot 1 param → 200
GET
/snapshot
List Snapshots
list-snapshots → 200
POST
/snapshot/{id}:promote
Promote a Snapshot to a Template
promote-snapshot-to-template 1 param body → 200

Schemas 16

The contract defines 16 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are instance (25 properties), template (18 properties), instance-type (8 properties), snapshot (8 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

instance-type
object
Compute instance type
8 properties
ssh-key
object
SSH key
2 properties
labels
object
deploy-target-ref
object
Deploy target reference
1 property
security-group-ref
object
Security group reference
1 property
public-ip-assignment
string
zone-name
string
snapshot-ref
object
Snapshot reference
1 property
operation
object
Operation
5 properties
manager
object
Resource manager
2 properties
elastic-ip-ref
object
Elastic IP reference
1 property
instance-state
string
instance
object
Instance
25 properties
template
object
Instance template
18 properties
anti-affinity-group-ref
object
Anti-affinity group reference
1 property
snapshot
object
Snapshot
8 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

exoscale-snapshot-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs Exoscale publishes across the network.

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Exoscale anti-affinity-group API
Exoscale api-key API
Exoscale block-storage API
Exoscale ccm API
Exoscale cluster API
Exoscale compute API
Exoscale crypto API
Exoscale dbaas API
Exoscale deploy-target API
Exoscale deployment API
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