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Nutanix Storage Containers API

Manage storage containers that provide logical storage partitions within the Nutanix distributed storage fabric.

Nutanix Storage Containers API is one of 21 APIs that Nutanix publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include Storage Containers. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, and authentication docs.

This API exposes 5 operations across 2 paths, and defines 3 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.1.0, at version 3.1.0.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://{prismCentralIp}:9440/api/nutanix/v3.

5 operations 2 paths 3 schemas 1 DELETE2 GET1 POST1 PUT

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.1.0
API Version
3.1.0
Base URL
https://{{prism-central-ip}}:9440/api/nutanix/v3
Authentication
HTTP Basic
Terms of Service
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

Nutanix Storage Containers API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. It accepts HTTP basic authentication (basicAuth). By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • basicAuth — HTTP Basic Authentication using Prism Central username and password credentials.

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.

Storage Containers 5

Manage storage containers that provide logical storage partitions within the Nutanix distributed storage fabric.

GET
/storage_containers
Nutanix List storage containers
listStorageContainers → 200401
POST
/storage_containers
Nutanix Create a storage container
createStorageContainer body → 201400401
GET
/storage_containers/{id}
Nutanix Get a storage container
getStorageContainer 1 param → 200401404
PUT
/storage_containers/{id}
Nutanix Update a storage container
updateStorageContainer 1 param body → 200401404
DELETE
/storage_containers/{id}
Nutanix Delete a storage container
deleteStorageContainer 1 param → 204401404

Schemas 3

The contract defines 3 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are StorageContainer (8 properties), StorageContainerInput (5 properties), PaginationMetadata (5 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

PaginationMetadata
object
Pagination metadata for list responses.
5 properties
StorageContainer
object
A storage container in the Nutanix cluster.
8 properties
StorageContainerInput
object
Input for creating or updating a storage container.
5 properties 1 required

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

nutanix-storage-containers-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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