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Firecracker

Firecracker Balloon API

The Balloon API from Firecracker — 5 operation(s) for balloon.

Documentation Provider Profile APIs.io OpenAPI GitHub

Firecracker Balloon API is one of 19 APIs that Firecracker publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include Balloon. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, and a getting-started guide.

This API exposes 8 operations across 5 paths, and defines 7 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 2.0, at version 1.16.0-dev.

Requests are made against the base URL http://localhost/.

8 operations 5 paths 7 schemas 3 GET4 PATCH1 PUT

Metadata

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Specification
OpenAPI 2.0
API Version
1.16.0-dev
Base URL
http://localhost/
Contact
firecracker-maintainers@amazon.com
License
Apache 2.0
Resource Areas
1

Paths & Operations 8

Across 5 paths, the API surfaces 8 operations — 3 GET, 4 PATCH, 1 PUT. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Balloon 8
GET
/balloon
Returns the current balloon device configuration.
describeBalloonConfig → 200400default
PUT
/balloon
Creates or updates a balloon device.
putBalloon 1 param → 204400default
PATCH
/balloon
Updates a balloon device.
patchBalloon 1 param → 204400default
GET
/balloon/statistics
Returns the latest balloon device statistics, only if enabled pre-boot.
describeBalloonStats → 200400default
PATCH
/balloon/statistics
Updates a balloon device statistics polling interval.
patchBalloonStatsInterval 1 param → 204400default
PATCH
/balloon/hinting/start
Starts a free page hinting run only if enabled pre-boot.
startBalloonHinting 1 param → 200400default
GET
/balloon/hinting/status
Returns the balloon hinting statistics, only if enabled pre-boot.
describeBalloonHinting → 200400default
PATCH
/balloon/hinting/stop
Stops a free page hinting run only if enabled pre-boot.
stopBalloonHinting → 200400default

Schemas 7

The contract defines 7 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are BalloonStats (20 properties), Balloon (5 properties), BalloonHintingStatus (2 properties), Error (1 property). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

Balloon
object
Balloon device descriptor.
5 properties 2 required
BalloonUpdate
object
Balloon device descriptor.
1 property 1 required
BalloonHintingStatus
object
Describes the free page hinting status.
2 properties 1 required
BalloonStats
object
Describes the balloon device statistics.
20 properties 4 required
BalloonStartCmd
object
Command used to start a free page hinting run.
1 property
BalloonStatsUpdate
object
Update the statistics polling interval, with the first statistics update scheduled immediately. Statistics cannot be turned on/off after boot.
1 property 1 required
Error
object
1 property

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

firecracker-balloon-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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API Details
ID
firecracker:firecracker-balloon-api
Base URL
http://localhost/
Docs
https://github.com/firecracker-microvm/firecracker
Provider
Firecracker
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