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Firecracker Hotplug API

The Hotplug API from Firecracker — 1 operation(s) for hotplug.

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

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

This API exposes 3 operations across 1 path, and defines 4 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 2.0, at version 1.16.0-dev.

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

3 operations 1 paths 4 schemas 1 GET1 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 3

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

Hotplug 3
PUT
/hotplug/memory
Configures the hotpluggable memory
putMemoryHotplug 1 param → 204default
PATCH
/hotplug/memory
Updates the size of the hotpluggable memory region
patchMemoryHotplug 1 param → 204default
GET
/hotplug/memory
Retrieves the status of the hotpluggable memory
getMemoryHotplug → 200default

Schemas 4

The contract defines 4 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are MemoryHotplugStatus (5 properties), MemoryHotplugConfig (3 properties), MemoryHotplugSizeUpdate (1 property), Error (1 property). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

MemoryHotplugConfig
object
The configuration of the hotpluggable memory device (virtio-mem)
3 properties
MemoryHotplugStatus
object
The status of the hotpluggable memory device (virtio-mem)
5 properties
Error
object
1 property
MemoryHotplugSizeUpdate
object
An update to the size of the hotpluggable memory region.
1 property

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

firecracker-hotplug-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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