Longhorn BackingImages API
Backing image management for volumes that use pre-populated disk images as their base data. Backing images are immutable and can be shared across multiple volumes in the same namespace.
Longhorn BackingImages API is one of 9 APIs that Longhorn publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.
This API exposes 1 JSON Schema definition.
Tagged areas include BackingImages. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, a GitHub repository, and 1 JSON Schema.
This API exposes 2 operations across 1 path, and defines 4 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version 1.11.
Requests are made against a single base URL, http://{longhornManagerHost}:{longhornManagerPort}.
Metadata
The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.
Authentication & Security 1
Longhorn BackingImages API declares
1 security scheme
for authenticating requests.
It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (bearerAuth).
By default, every request must be authenticated.
bearerAuth— Kubernetes service account token for authenticating with the Longhorn Manager API. Typically passed via the Kubernetes API proxy.
Paths & Operations 2
Across 1 path, the API surfaces 2 operations — 1 GET, 1 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.
Backing image management for volumes that use pre-populated disk images as their base data. Backing images are immutable and can be shared across multiple volumes in the same name…
Schemas 4
The contract defines 4 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are BackingImage (5 properties), BackingImageCreateInput (4 properties), APIError (4 properties), BackingImageCollection (1 property). 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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