Format

Method	POST
URL	/tasks/create
Request content	GuestCreate Object
Successful answer	TaskResult Object
Unexpected error	HTTP 500

GuestCreate Object

Schema

repeat	String	Reserved
retries	String	Number of times this task will be retried, in case of an error
type	String	Task type identifier. In this case, "guest_create"
guest_id	String	Unique identifier of the Guest
description	String	Description of the Guest
sockets	String	Number of virtual CPU sockets
cores	String	Number of CPU cores per socket
vram	String	RAM in GB.
audio_drv	String	Audio driver name. One of "rtl8139" or "ich6".
rtc_type	String	RTC clock reference. One of "local", "UTC", or empty
keyboard_drv	String	Keyboard driver name. One of "ps2", "usb" or empty
cpu_emul	String	CPU emulation type. One of "kvm", "amd" or empty
pool_id	String	Unique identifier of the Pool that will contain the new Guest
preferred_host	String	Preferred host for this Guest
disk_list	Array of DiskInfo	Array of associated Images
direct_disk_list	Array of DirectDiskInfo	Array of directly attached disks
iso_list	Array of ISOInfo	Array of associated ISO images
net_list	Array of NetworkInfo	Array of network interfaces of the new Guest

JSON example

{
    "repeat": "0",    
    "retries": "0",
    "type": "guest_create",
    "rtc_type": "",
    "vram": "2",
    "audio_drv": "ich6",
    "sockets": "1",
    "description": "",
    "cores": "2",
    "preferred_host": "",
    "direct_disk_list": [],
    "guest_id": "corus",
    "disk_list": [{
        "devnum": "0",
        "bus": "virtio",
        "volume_id": "home_flexvdi",
        "image_id": "corus",
        "image_storage_id": "internal"
    }],
    "iso_list": [{
        "media_storage_id": "ms-empty",
        "filename": "ms-empty",
        "devnum": "0",
        "bus": "ide"
    }],
    "net_list": [{
        "vlan_list": "",
        "vlan_mode": "none",
        "bridge": "virbr0",
        "driver": "virtio",
        "hwaddr": "02:f1:00:14:00:05",
        "device": "eth0"
    }],
    "pool_id": "templates"
}

DiskInfo Object

Schema

devnum	String	Device bus number
bus	String	Bus name. One of "virtio" or "ide"
image_storage_id	String	Unique identifier of the ImageStorage that contains Volume volume_id
volume_id	String	Unique identifier of the Volume that contains Image image_id
image_id	String	Unique identifier of this disk Image

JSON example

{
    "devnum": "0",
    "bus": "virtio",
    "volume_id": "home_flexvdi",
    "image_id": "corus",
    "image_storage_id": "internal"
}

DirectDiskInfo Object

Schema

devnum	String	Device bus number
bus	String	Bus name
direct_storage_id	String	Unique identifier of the DirectStorage that contains the PhysicalDisk physical_disk_id
physical_disk_id	String	Unique identifier of this PhysicalDisk

JSON example

{
    "devnum": "1",
    "bus": "virtio",
    "direct_storage_id": "dstorage01",
    "physical_disk_id": "4021V3WF"
}

ISOInfo Object

Schema

devnum	String	Device bus number
bus	String	Bus name
media_storage_id	String	Unique identifier of the MediaStorage that contains ISO image filename. The special value ms-empty means an empty optical drive.
filename	String	Name of the ISO image. The special value ms-empty means an empty optical drive.

JSON example

{
    "media_storage_id": "ms-empty",
    "filename": "ms-empty",
    "devnum": "0",
    "bus": "ide"
}

NetworkInfo Object

Schema

device	String	Device name, for ordering. In the form "ethN", where N is the ordinal of this device
hwaddr	String	MAC address of the interface
bridge	String	Host virtual bridge where the interface is attached
driver	String	Network device driver name. One of "virtio", "rtl8139" or "e1000"
vlan_mode	String	VLAN mode. One of "none", "access" or "trunk"
vlan_list	Array of String	For VLAN modes "access" and "trunk", the list of allowed VLANs

JSON example

{
    "device": "eth0",
    "hwaddr": "02:f1:00:14:00:05",
    "bridge": "virbr0",
    "driver": "virtio",
    "vlan_mode": "none",
    "vlan_list": ""
}