This extension enables volume management on virtual servers. It is used with the OpenStack Compute 1.1 API to add or remove fixed IP addresses on named instances.
To use this extension, you must have configured Compute to manage volumes.
To obtain current information the extensions available to you, issue an EXTENSION query on the OpenStack system where it is installed, such as http://mycloud.com/v1.1/tenant/extensions.
As shown below, responses to an EXTENSION query in XML or JSON provide basic information about the extension.
Extension Query Response: XML:
Extension Query Response: JSON:
{"extensions": [{"updated": "2011-03-25T00:00:00+00:00", "name": "Volumes", "links": [], "namespace": "http://docs.openstack.org/ext/volumes/api/v1.1", "alias": "os-volumes", "description": "Volumes support"}]}
Revision Date | Summary of Changes |
2011-09-14 | Initial draft |
This extension to the Compute API allows volume management through the OpenStack Compute API.
To support these new actions, the extension also issues new (faults, headers, resources, states, you name it.)
This extension uses POST to attach or detach volumes to instances.
Normal Response Code: 202
Enter “None” if there are no changes to the sections below.
Include the response codes, transitions if applicable, and XML and JSON examples.
List the specific changes to the API. For example:
In section 4.1.1 (List Servers) of the Cloud Servers Specification: Examples 4.1 and 4.2 should be replaced with Example 2.7 and Example 2.8 below.
Provide examples in XML and JSON