Instana Releases API
These APIs can be used to create, update, delete and fetch releases.## Mandatory Parameters when sending a request:1. **Create release** - `name` and `start` are mandatory parameters to create a release with Global scope. - `applications` is a mandatory parameter **along with** Global scope mandatory parameters tocreate a release with Application Perspective scope. - `services.name` is a mandatory parameter **along with** Global scope mandatory parameters tocreate a release with Service scope. - `services.scopedTo.applications` is a mandatory parameter **along with Service scope** mandatoryparameters to create a release with Service within an Application Perspective scope.2. **Delete release** - `releaseId` is a mandatory path parameter.3. **Get release** - `releaseId` is a mandatory path parameter.4. **Update release** - `releaseId` is a mandatory path parameter. - Same mandatory parameters as **Create release**.
Instana Releases API is one of 62 APIs that Instana publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.
Tagged areas include Releases. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification and API documentation.
This API exposes 5 operations across 2 paths, and defines 9 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version 1.307.1417.
Requests are made against 2 base URLs: https://{unit}-{tenant}.instana.io, https://{domain}.
Metadata
The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.
Authentication & Security 1
Instana Releases API declares
1 security scheme
for authenticating requests.
An API key is passed in the header as authorization (ApiKeyAuth).
ApiKeyAuth— Example bash curl --request GET \ --url https://test-instana.instana.io/api/application-monitoring/catalog/metrics \ --header 'authorization: apiToken xxxxxxxx…
Paths & Operations 5
Across 2 paths, the API surfaces 5 operations — 1 DELETE, 2 GET, 1 POST, 1 PUT. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.
These APIs can be used to create, update, delete and fetch releases. Mandatory Parameters when sending a request: 1. Create release - name and start are mandatory parameters to cr…
Schemas 9
The contract defines 9 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are ReleaseWithMetadata (7 properties), ReleaseScope (4 properties), Release (4 properties), ServiceScopeWithMetadata (3 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.
Specification
The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.
Source
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