Partially modify volumes

1 min

PATCH

https://api.ionos.com/cloudapi/v6/datacenters/{datacenterId}/volumes/{volumeId}

Update the properties of the specified storage volume within the data center.

Path Parameters

datacenterIdstringrequired
Description
The unique ID of the data center.
volumeIdstringrequired
Description
The unique ID of the volume.

Query Parameters

prettyboolean
Description
Controls whether the response is pretty-printed (with indentations and new lines).
Default
true
depthinteger<int32>
Description
Controls the detail depth of the response objects. GET /datacenters/[ID] - depth=0: Only direct properties are included; children (servers and other elements) are not included. - depth=1: Direct properties and children references are included. - depth=2: Direct properties and children properties are included. - depth=3: Direct properties and children properties and children's children are included. - depth=... and so on
Default
0
Format
int32
Minimum
0
Maximum
10

Header Parameters

X-Contract-Numberinteger<int32>
Description
Users with multiple contracts must provide the contract number, for which all API requests are to be executed.
Format
int32

Body Parameters

bodyobjectrequired
Description
The properties of the volume to be updated.
- objectVolumeProperties
  - namestring
    Example
    My resource
    Description
    The name of the resource.
  - typestring<HDD | SSD | SSD Standard | SSD Premium | DAS | ISO>
    Example
    HDD
    Description
    Hardware type of the volume. DAS (Direct Attached Storage) could be used only in a composite call with a Cube server.
    Allowed
    HDDSSDSSD StandardSSD PremiumDASISO
  - sizenumberrequired
    Example
    100
    Description
    The size of the volume in GB.
  - availabilityZonestring<AUTO | ZONE_1 | ZONE_2 | ZONE_3>
    Example
    AUTO
    Description
    The availability zone in which the volume should be provisioned. The storage volume will be provisioned on as few physical storage devices as possible, but this cannot be guaranteed upfront. This is uavailable for DAS (Direct Attached Storage), and subject to availability for SSD.
    Allowed
    AUTOZONE_1ZONE_2ZONE_3
  - imagestring
    Example
    d6ad1576-fde9-4696-aa41-1ebd75bdaf49
    Description
    Image or snapshot ID to be used as template for this volume. MSSQL Enterprise Images can be used only if the feature toggle for MSSQL Enterprise is enabled on the contract. If the referenced image supports Confidential Computing, additional rules apply: the volume can only be created inline as part of a server creation request (not via standalone volume creation, nor by attaching to an existing server), and exactly one volume on that server may use such an image. The resulting volume is permanently bound to the server as its boot device and cannot be detached or moved to another server.
  - imagePasswordstring
    Example
    mypass123
    Description
    Initial password to be set for installed OS. Works with public images only. Not modifiable, forbidden in update requests. Password rules allows all characters from a-z, A-Z, 0-9.
  - sshKeysstring[]
    Example
    [ "ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAADAQABAAABAQCyWh6LZ7f2wxnupVgtK2096bc69Vv9uT2A58lwN3ol0A6mxqlT0f4M1NbarVUxa+MVdxBLud5PvlkbYc9mY91OyzLGZMfVWvhAYz/tJSsDtsgRUl0GFVv332zDWk0i+mAVy0N408OORm5XqV6zvIDaiB/jopyjemUp2rnP7pXU4+98ilZw6ef9DF9y4YZ64mchL5//rcrGm1Lff3pC75X/polGONHeG6m4Vs8eIu+0epJ4PJBxO+rwRYp1zMnn90UCk21KvTcYops2cte7ouXQwkGUq3vmXxnSdvuivK/4JNoFQBsaGV974hDmloS5LOvSJjKpXs8Ed437ln712345", "ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAADAQABAAABAQCyWh6LZ7f2wxnupVgtK2096bc69Vv9uT2A58lwN3ol0A6mxqlT0f4M1NbarVUxa+MVdxBLud5PvlkbYc9mY91OyzLGZMfVWvhAYz/tJSsDtsgRUl0GFVv332zDWk0i+mAVy0N408OORm5XqV6zvIDaiB/jopyjemUp2rnP7pXU4+98ilZw6ef9DF9y4YZ64mchL5//rcrGm1Lff3pC75X/polGONHeG6m4Vs8eIu+0epJ4PJBxO+rwRYp1zMnn90UCk21KvTcYops2cte7ouXQwkGUq3vmXxnSdvuivK/asdfghjkjhyutry545tgvbn76e4rf43" ]
    Description
    Public SSH keys are set on the image as authorized keys for appropriate SSH login to the instance using the corresponding private key. This field may only be set in creation requests. When reading, it always returns null. SSH keys are only supported if a public Linux image is used for the volume creation.
  - busstring<VIRTIO | IDE | UNKNOWN>
    Example
    VIRTIO
    Description
    The bus type for this volume; default is VIRTIO.
    Allowed
    VIRTIOIDEUNKNOWN
  - licenceTypestring
    Example
    LINUX
    Description
    OS type for this volume.
  - applicationTypeApplicationType
    Example
    MSSQL-2019-Standard
    Description
    The type of application that is hosted on this resource. Only public images can have an Application type different than UNKNOWN.
  - cpuHotPlugboolean
    Example
    true
    Description
    Hot-plug capable CPU (no reboot required).
  - ramHotPlugboolean
    Example
    true
    Description
    Hot-plug capable RAM (no reboot required).
  - nicHotPlugboolean
    Example
    true
    Description
    Hot-plug capable NIC (no reboot required).
  - nicHotUnplugboolean
    Example
    true
    Description
    Hot-unplug capable NIC (no reboot required).
  - discVirtioHotPlugboolean
    Example
    true
    Description
    Hot-plug capable Virt-IO drive (no reboot required).
  - discVirtioHotUnplugboolean
    Example
    true
    Description
    Hot-unplug capable Virt-IO drive (no reboot required). Not supported with Windows VMs.
  - exposeSerialExposeSerial
    Example
    true
    Description
    If set to true will expose the serial id of the disk attached to the server. If set to false will not expose the serial id. Some operating systems or software solutions require the serial id to be exposed to work properly. Exposing the serial can influence licensed software (e.g. Windows) behavior
  - requireLegacyBiosRequireLegacyBios
    Example
    true
    Description
    Indicates if the image requires the legacy BIOS for compatibility or specific needs.
    Default
    true
  - deviceNumberinteger<int64>
    Example
    3
    Description
    The Logical Unit Number of the storage volume. Null for volumes, not mounted to a VM.
    Format
    int64
  - pciSlotinteger<int32>
    Example
    7
    Description
    The PCI slot number of the storage volume. Null for volumes, not mounted to a VM.
    Format
    int32
  - backupunitIdstring<uuid>
    Example
    25f67991-0f51-4efc-a8ad-ef1fb31a481c
    Description
    The ID of the backup unit that the user has access to. The property is immutable and is only allowed to be set on creation of a new a volume. It is mandatory to provide either 'public image' or 'imageAlias' in conjunction with this property.
    Format
    uuid
  - userDatastring
    Description
    The cloud-init configuration for the volume as base64 encoded string. The property is immutable and is only allowed to be set on creation of a new a volume. It is mandatory to provide either 'public image' or 'imageAlias' that has cloud-init compatibility in conjunction with this property. This field is blocked for Confidential Computing VM storage.
  - bootServerstring
    Example
    25f67991-0f51-4efc-a8ad-ef1fb31a481c
    Description
    The UUID of the attached server.
  - bootOrderstring<AUTO | NONE | PRIMARY>
    Example
    AUTO
    Description
    Determines whether the volume will be used as a boot volume. Set to NONE, the volume will not be used as boot volume. Set to PRIMARY, the volume will be used as boot volume and all other volumes must be set to NONE. Set to AUTO or null requires all volumes to be set to AUTO or null; this will use the legacy behavior, which is to use the volume as a boot volume only if there are no other volumes or cdrom devices. A volume with a Confidential Computing image may be created with bootOrder set to PRIMARY (or left unset / AUTO, in which case it is automatically treated as the boot device), but it must not be created with bootOrder set to NONE. Conversely, no other volume attached to the same server is allowed to be set to PRIMARY — only the confidential computing volume can be the boot device.
    Default
    AUTO
    Allowed
    AUTONONEPRIMARY
- objectImageAlias
  - imageAliasstring
    Description
    Image alias of an image to be used as template for this volume. MSSQL Enterprise Images can be used only if the feature toggle for MSSQL Enterprise is enabled on the contract. If the referenced image supports Confidential Computing, additional rules apply: the volume can only be created inline as part of a server creation request (not via standalone volume creation, nor by attaching to an existing server), and exactly one volume on that server may use such an image. The resulting volume is permanently bound to the server as its boot device and cannot be detached or moved to another server.

Responses

202Successful operation

Volume
- idstring
  Example
  15f67991-0f51-4efc-a8ad-ef1fb31a480c
  Description
  The resource's unique identifier.
- typeobject
  - Type
- hrefstring<uri>
  Example
  <RESOURCE-URI>
  Description
  The URL to the object representation (absolute path).
  Format
  uri
- metadataDatacenterElementMetadata
  - etagstring
    Example
    45480eb3fbfc31f1d916c1eaa4abdcc3
    Description
    Resource's Entity Tag as defined in http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec3.html#sec3.11 Entity Tag is also added as an 'ETag response header to requests which don't use 'depth' parameter.
  - createdDatestring<date-time>
    Example
    2015-12-04T14:34:09.809Z
    Description
    The last time the resource was created.
    Format
    date-time
  - createdBystring
    Example
    [email protected]
    Description
    The user who created the resource.
  - createdByUserIdstring
    Example
    [email protected]
    Description
    The unique ID of the user who created the resource.
  - lastModifiedDatestring<date-time>
    Example
    2015-12-04T14:34:09.809Z
    Description
    The last time the resource was modified.
    Format
    date-time
  - lastModifiedBystring
    Example
    [email protected]
    Description
    The user who last modified the resource.
  - lastModifiedByUserIdstring
    Example
    63cef532-26fe-4a64-a4e0-de7c8a506c90
    Description
    The unique ID of the user who last modified the resource.
  - statestring<AVAILABLE | INACTIVE | BUSY | DEPLOYING | ACTIVE | FAILED | SUSPENDED | FAILED_SUSPENDED | UPDATING | FAILED_UPDATING | DESTROYING | FAILED_DESTROYING | TERMINATED | HIBERNATING | FAILED_HIBERNATING | MAINTENANCE | FAILED_MAINTENANCE | UNKNOWN>
    Example
    AVAILABLE
    Description
    State of the resource. AVAILABLE There are no pending modification requests for this item; BUSY There is at least one modification request pending and all following requests will be queued; INACTIVE Resource has been de-provisioned; DEPLOYING Resource state DEPLOYING - relevant for Kubernetes cluster/nodepool; ACTIVE Resource state ACTIVE - relevant for Kubernetes cluster/nodepool; FAILED Resource state FAILED - relevant for Kubernetes cluster/nodepool; SUSPENDED Resource state SUSPENDED - relevant for Kubernetes cluster/nodepool; FAILED_SUSPENDED Resource state FAILED_SUSPENDED - relevant for Kubernetes cluster; UPDATING Resource state UPDATING - relevant for Kubernetes cluster/nodepool; FAILED_UPDATING Resource state FAILED_UPDATING - relevant for Kubernetes cluster/nodepool; DESTROYING Resource state DESTROYING - relevant for Kubernetes cluster; FAILED_DESTROYING Resource state FAILED_DESTROYING - relevant for Kubernetes cluster/nodepool; TERMINATED Resource state TERMINATED - relevant for Kubernetes cluster/nodepool; HIBERNATING Resource state HIBERNATING - relevant for Kubernetes cluster/nodepool; FAILED_HIBERNATING Resource state FAILED_HIBERNATING - relevant for Kubernetes cluster/nodepool; MAINTENANCE Resource state MAINTENANCE - relevant for Kubernetes cluster/nodepool; FAILED_HIBERNATING Resource state FAILED_HIBERNATING - relevant for Kubernetes cluster/nodepool.
    Allowed
    AVAILABLEINACTIVEBUSYDEPLOYINGACTIVEFAILEDSUSPENDEDFAILED_SUSPENDEDUPDATINGFAILED_UPDATINGDESTROYINGFAILED_DESTROYINGTERMINATEDHIBERNATINGFAILED_HIBERNATINGMAINTENANCEFAILED_MAINTENANCEUNKNOWN
- propertiesVolumePropertiesrequired
  - namestring
    Example
    My resource
    Description
    The name of the resource.
  - typestring<HDD | SSD | SSD Standard | SSD Premium | DAS | ISO>
    Example
    HDD
    Description
    Hardware type of the volume. DAS (Direct Attached Storage) could be used only in a composite call with a Cube server.
    Allowed
    HDDSSDSSD StandardSSD PremiumDASISO
  - sizenumberrequired
    Example
    100
    Description
    The size of the volume in GB.
  - availabilityZonestring<AUTO | ZONE_1 | ZONE_2 | ZONE_3>
    Example
    AUTO
    Description
    The availability zone in which the volume should be provisioned. The storage volume will be provisioned on as few physical storage devices as possible, but this cannot be guaranteed upfront. This is uavailable for DAS (Direct Attached Storage), and subject to availability for SSD.
    Allowed
    AUTOZONE_1ZONE_2ZONE_3
  - imagestring
    Example
    d6ad1576-fde9-4696-aa41-1ebd75bdaf49
    Description
    Image or snapshot ID to be used as template for this volume. MSSQL Enterprise Images can be used only if the feature toggle for MSSQL Enterprise is enabled on the contract. If the referenced image supports Confidential Computing, additional rules apply: the volume can only be created inline as part of a server creation request (not via standalone volume creation, nor by attaching to an existing server), and exactly one volume on that server may use such an image. The resulting volume is permanently bound to the server as its boot device and cannot be detached or moved to another server.
  - imagePasswordstring
    Example
    mypass123
    Description
    Initial password to be set for installed OS. Works with public images only. Not modifiable, forbidden in update requests. Password rules allows all characters from a-z, A-Z, 0-9.
  - sshKeysstring[]
    Example
    [ "ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAADAQABAAABAQCyWh6LZ7f2wxnupVgtK2096bc69Vv9uT2A58lwN3ol0A6mxqlT0f4M1NbarVUxa+MVdxBLud5PvlkbYc9mY91OyzLGZMfVWvhAYz/tJSsDtsgRUl0GFVv332zDWk0i+mAVy0N408OORm5XqV6zvIDaiB/jopyjemUp2rnP7pXU4+98ilZw6ef9DF9y4YZ64mchL5//rcrGm1Lff3pC75X/polGONHeG6m4Vs8eIu+0epJ4PJBxO+rwRYp1zMnn90UCk21KvTcYops2cte7ouXQwkGUq3vmXxnSdvuivK/4JNoFQBsaGV974hDmloS5LOvSJjKpXs8Ed437ln712345", "ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAADAQABAAABAQCyWh6LZ7f2wxnupVgtK2096bc69Vv9uT2A58lwN3ol0A6mxqlT0f4M1NbarVUxa+MVdxBLud5PvlkbYc9mY91OyzLGZMfVWvhAYz/tJSsDtsgRUl0GFVv332zDWk0i+mAVy0N408OORm5XqV6zvIDaiB/jopyjemUp2rnP7pXU4+98ilZw6ef9DF9y4YZ64mchL5//rcrGm1Lff3pC75X/polGONHeG6m4Vs8eIu+0epJ4PJBxO+rwRYp1zMnn90UCk21KvTcYops2cte7ouXQwkGUq3vmXxnSdvuivK/asdfghjkjhyutry545tgvbn76e4rf43" ]
    Description
    Public SSH keys are set on the image as authorized keys for appropriate SSH login to the instance using the corresponding private key. This field may only be set in creation requests. When reading, it always returns null. SSH keys are only supported if a public Linux image is used for the volume creation.
  - busstring<VIRTIO | IDE | UNKNOWN>
    Example
    VIRTIO
    Description
    The bus type for this volume; default is VIRTIO.
    Allowed
    VIRTIOIDEUNKNOWN
  - licenceTypestring
    Example
    LINUX
    Description
    OS type for this volume.
  - applicationTypeApplicationType
    Example
    MSSQL-2019-Standard
    Description
    The type of application that is hosted on this resource. Only public images can have an Application type different than UNKNOWN.
  - cpuHotPlugboolean
    Example
    true
    Description
    Hot-plug capable CPU (no reboot required).
  - ramHotPlugboolean
    Example
    true
    Description
    Hot-plug capable RAM (no reboot required).
  - nicHotPlugboolean
    Example
    true
    Description
    Hot-plug capable NIC (no reboot required).
  - nicHotUnplugboolean
    Example
    true
    Description
    Hot-unplug capable NIC (no reboot required).
  - discVirtioHotPlugboolean
    Example
    true
    Description
    Hot-plug capable Virt-IO drive (no reboot required).
  - discVirtioHotUnplugboolean
    Example
    true
    Description
    Hot-unplug capable Virt-IO drive (no reboot required). Not supported with Windows VMs.
  - exposeSerialExposeSerial
    Example
    true
    Description
    If set to true will expose the serial id of the disk attached to the server. If set to false will not expose the serial id. Some operating systems or software solutions require the serial id to be exposed to work properly. Exposing the serial can influence licensed software (e.g. Windows) behavior
  - requireLegacyBiosRequireLegacyBios
    Example
    true
    Description
    Indicates if the image requires the legacy BIOS for compatibility or specific needs.
    Default
    true
  - deviceNumberinteger<int64>
    Example
    3
    Description
    The Logical Unit Number of the storage volume. Null for volumes, not mounted to a VM.
    Format
    int64
  - pciSlotinteger<int32>
    Example
    7
    Description
    The PCI slot number of the storage volume. Null for volumes, not mounted to a VM.
    Format
    int32
  - backupunitIdstring<uuid>
    Example
    25f67991-0f51-4efc-a8ad-ef1fb31a481c
    Description
    The ID of the backup unit that the user has access to. The property is immutable and is only allowed to be set on creation of a new a volume. It is mandatory to provide either 'public image' or 'imageAlias' in conjunction with this property.
    Format
    uuid
  - userDatastring
    Description
    The cloud-init configuration for the volume as base64 encoded string. The property is immutable and is only allowed to be set on creation of a new a volume. It is mandatory to provide either 'public image' or 'imageAlias' that has cloud-init compatibility in conjunction with this property. This field is blocked for Confidential Computing VM storage.
  - bootServerstring
    Example
    25f67991-0f51-4efc-a8ad-ef1fb31a481c
    Description
    The UUID of the attached server.
  - bootOrderstring<AUTO | NONE | PRIMARY>
    Example
    AUTO
    Description
    Determines whether the volume will be used as a boot volume. Set to NONE, the volume will not be used as boot volume. Set to PRIMARY, the volume will be used as boot volume and all other volumes must be set to NONE. Set to AUTO or null requires all volumes to be set to AUTO or null; this will use the legacy behavior, which is to use the volume as a boot volume only if there are no other volumes or cdrom devices. A volume with a Confidential Computing image may be created with bootOrder set to PRIMARY (or left unset / AUTO, in which case it is automatically treated as the boot device), but it must not be created with bootOrder set to NONE. Conversely, no other volume attached to the same server is allowed to be set to PRIMARY — only the confidential computing volume can be the boot device.
    Default
    AUTO
    Allowed
    AUTONONEPRIMARY

Response Headers

X-RateLimit-Remaininginteger<int32>
Description
The number of requests that can still be made without triggering a failure response.
Format
int32
X-RateLimit-Limitinteger<int32>
Description
The average number of requests per minute allowed.
Format
int32
X-RateLimit-Burstinteger<int32>
Description
The maximum number of concurrent API requests allowed.
Format
int32
Locationstring
Description
Callback URL to poll async operation status.
Pattern
https://[apiBaseUri]/requests/[requestId]/status

default

Any erroneous status code: 400 (parse error), 401 (auth error), 402 (trial access), 403 (insufficient privileges), 404 (not found), 405 (unsupported HTTP method), 415 (unsupported content type, 422 (validation error), 429 (request rate limit exceeded), 500 (server error), or 503 (maintenance).

Error
- httpStatusinteger<int32>
  Example
  400
  Description
  HTTP status code of the operation.
  Format
  int32
- messagesErrorMessage[]
  - errorCodestring
    Example
    123
    Description
    Application internal error code.
  - messagestring
    Example
    Error message example.
    Description
    A human-readable message.

curl

curl --request PATCH \
     --url 'https://api.ionos.com/cloudapi/v6/datacenters/{datacenterId}/volumes/{volumeId}?pretty=true&depth=integer%3Cint32%3E' \
     --header 'accept: application/json' \
     --header 'content-type: application/json' \
     --data '{
     "size": 100,
     "requireLegacyBios": true,
     "bootOrder": "AUTO"
     }'

javascript

var myHeaders = new Headers();
myHeaders.append("accept", "application/json");
myHeaders.append("content-type", "application/json");

var raw = JSON.stringify({
   "size": 100,
   "requireLegacyBios": true,
   "bootOrder": "AUTO"
});

var requestOptions = {
   method: 'PATCH',
   headers: myHeaders,
   body: raw,
   redirect: 'follow'
};

fetch("https://api.ionos.com/cloudapi/v6/datacenters/{datacenterId}/volumes/{volumeId}?pretty=true&depth=integer<int32>", requestOptions)
   .then(response => response.text())
   .then(result => console.log(result))
   .catch(error => console.log('error', error));

ruby

require "uri"
require "json"
require "net/http"

url = URI("https://api.ionos.com/cloudapi/v6/datacenters/{datacenterId}/volumes/{volumeId}?pretty=true&depth=integer<int32>")

https = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
https.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Patch.new(url)
request["accept"] = "application/json"
request["content-type"] = "application/json"
request.body = JSON.dump({
   "size": 100,
   "requireLegacyBios": true,
   "bootOrder": "AUTO"
})

response = https.request(request)
puts response.read_body

python

import requests
import json

url = "https://api.ionos.com/cloudapi/v6/datacenters/{datacenterId}/volumes/{volumeId}?pretty=true&depth=integer<int32>"

payload = json.dumps({
   "size": 100,
   "requireLegacyBios": True,
   "bootOrder": "AUTO"
})
headers = {
   'accept': 'application/json',
   'content-type': 'application/json'
}

response = requests.request("PATCH", url, headers=headers, data=payload)

print(response.text)

202

// Successful operation
{
  "id": "15f67991-0f51-4efc-a8ad-ef1fb31a480c",
  "type": {},
  "href": "<RESOURCE-URI>",
  "metadata": {
    "etag": "45480eb3fbfc31f1d916c1eaa4abdcc3",
    "createdDate": "2015-12-04T14:34:09.809Z",
    "createdBy": "[email protected]",
    "createdByUserId": "[email protected]",
    "lastModifiedDate": "2015-12-04T14:34:09.809Z",
    "lastModifiedBy": "[email protected]",
    "lastModifiedByUserId": "63cef532-26fe-4a64-a4e0-de7c8a506c90",
    "state": "AVAILABLE"
  },
  "properties": {
    "name": "My resource",
    "type": "HDD",
    "size": 100,
    "availabilityZone": "AUTO",
    "image": "d6ad1576-fde9-4696-aa41-1ebd75bdaf49",
    "imagePassword": "mypass123",
    "sshKeys": [
      ""
    ],
    "bus": "VIRTIO",
    "licenceType": "LINUX",
    "applicationType": "MSSQL-2019-Standard",
    "cpuHotPlug": true,
    "ramHotPlug": true,
    "nicHotPlug": true,
    "nicHotUnplug": true,
    "discVirtioHotPlug": true,
    "discVirtioHotUnplug": true,
    "exposeSerial": true,
    "requireLegacyBios": true,
    "deviceNumber": 3,
    "pciSlot": 7,
    "backupunitId": "25f67991-0f51-4efc-a8ad-ef1fb31a481c",
    "userData": "",
    "bootServer": "25f67991-0f51-4efc-a8ad-ef1fb31a481c",
    "bootOrder": "AUTO"
  }
}

default

// Any erroneous status code: 400 (parse error), 401 (auth error), 402 (trial access), 403 (insufficient privileges), 404 (not found), 405 (unsupported HTTP method), 415 (unsupported content type, 422 (validation error), 429 (request rate limit exceeded), 500 (server error), or 503 (maintenance).
{
  "httpStatus": 400,
  "messages": [
    {
      "errorCode": "123",
      "message": "Error message example."
    }
  ]
}

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