Microsoft Azure VirtualMachineInstances API is one of 1667 APIs that Microsoft Azure publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.
Tagged areas include VirtualMachineInstances. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, an API reference, pricing, a JSON-LD context, and a getting-started guide.
This API exposes
8 operations
across 5 paths,
and defines 35 schemas.
It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version 2020-08-01-preview.
8 operations5 paths35 schemas1 DELETE2 GET1 PATCH3 POST1 PUT
Metadata
The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.
Specification
OpenAPI 3.2.0
API Version
2020-08-01-preview
Resource Areas
1
Paths & Operations 8
Across 5 paths, the API surfaces 8 operations — 1 DELETE, 2 GET, 1 PATCH, 3 POST, 1 PUT. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.
The contract defines 35 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are VirtualMachineInstanceProperties (11 properties), NetworkInterface (11 properties), InfrastructureProfile (10 properties), VirtualDisk (10 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.
FirmwareType
string
Firmware type
NetworkProfile
object
Specifies the network interfaces of the virtual machine.
1 property
OsType
string
Defines the different types of VM guest operating systems.
OsProfileForVMInstance
object
Specifies the operating system settings for the virtual machine.
9 properties
DiskType
string
Defines the different types of disks.
VirtualMachineInstanceUpdate
object
Defines the virtualMachineInstanceUpdate.
1 property
PowerOnBootOption
string
Defines the options for power on boot.
ResourceStatus
object
The resource status information.
6 properties
NICType
string
NIC type
NetworkInterface
object
Network Interface model
11 properties
ResourceProvisioningState
string
The current deployment state of resource.
SecurityProfile
object
Specifies the Security profile settings for the virtual machine.
1 property
VirtualDisk
object
Virtual disk model
10 properties
IPAddressAllocationMethod
string
IP address allocation method.
NetworkProfileUpdate
object
Specifies the network interfaces of the virtual machine.
1 property
VirtualSCSIController
object
This data object type contains the properties of a SCSI controller device attached to a virtual machine that is reported by the controller.
5 properties
ExtendedLocation
object
The extended location.
2 properties
VirtualMachineInstancesList
object
List of VirtualMachineInstances.
2 properties1 required
StopVirtualMachineOptions
object
Defines the stop action properties.
1 property
StorageProfile
object
Specifies the storage settings for the virtual machine disks.
2 properties
InfrastructureProfile
object
Specifies the vCenter infrastructure specific settings for the virtual machine.
10 properties
UefiSettings
object
Specifies the security settings like secure boot used while creating the virtual machine.
1 property
PlacementProfile
object
Specifies the compute and storage placement settings for the virtual machine.
4 properties
VirtualMachineInstanceUpdateProperties
object
Describes the properties of a Virtual Machine.
3 properties
StorageProfileUpdate
object
Specifies the storage settings for the virtual machine disks.
1 property
VirtualMachineInstanceProperties
object
Describes the properties of a Virtual Machine Instance.
11 properties
NicIPSettings
object
Defines the network interface ip settings.
8 properties
SCSIControllerType
string
Defines the different types of SCSI controllers.
NicIPAddressSettings
object
IP address information for a virtual network adapter reported by the fabric.
3 properties
VirtualMachineInstance
object
Define the virtualMachineInstance.
2 properties1 required
VirtualSCSISharing
string
Defines the sharing mode for sharing the SCSI bus.
HardwareProfile
object
Specifies the hardware settings for the virtual machine.
6 properties
VirtualDiskUpdate
object
Defines the virtual disk update.
8 properties
NetworkInterfaceUpdate
object
Defines the network interface update.
5 properties
DiskMode
string
Defines the different types of disk modes.
Specification
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