Supported OpenStack block storage (Cinder) APIs

Table 1. OpenStack block storage volumes APIs that are used with IBM Cloud Infrastructure Center

Method	URI	Description
POST	/v3/{tenant_id}/volumes	Creates a volume. Specify multiattach=True to create a multiattach-capable volume.
GET	/v3/{tenant_id}/volumes	Views a list of simple volume entities.
GET	/v3/{tenant_id}/volumes/detail	Views a list of detailed volume entities.
GET	/v3/{tenant_id}/volumes/{volume_id}	Views all information about a specified volume.
DELETE	/v3/{tenant_id}/volumes/{volume_id}	Deletes a specified volume.
POST	/v3/{project_id}/volumes/{volume_id}/action	Extends a volume size.

Volume types called storage templates in IBM Cloud Infrastructure Center.

Table 2. OpenStack block storage volume types APIs that are used with IBM Cloud Infrastructure Center

Method	URI	Description
POST	/v3/{tenant_id}/types	Creates a volume type. For information about the keys that are supported, see Supported volume type extra-specs.
GET	/v3/{tenant_id}/types	Requests a list of volume types.
GET	/v3/{tenant_id}/types/{volume_type_id}	Requests a single volume type.
PUT	/v3/{tenant_id}/types/{volume_type_id}	Updates a volume type.
DELETE	/v3/{tenant_id}/types/{volume_type_id}	Deletes a volume type.
PUT	/v3/{tenant_id}/types/{volume_type_id}/extra_specs/{key_id}	Updates the extra specs of a volume type. For information about the keys that are supported, see Supported volume type extra-specs.

Table 3. OpenStack block storage hosts APIs that are used with IBM Cloud Infrastructure Center.

Method	URI	Description
GET	/v3/{tenant_id}/os-hosts	Lists all hosts.
GET	/v3/{tenant_id}/os-hosts/{host_name}	Describes a specific host.

Table 4. OpenStack quotas APIs that are used with IBM Cloud Infrastructure Center

Method	URI	Description
GET	/v3/{project_id}/os-quota-sets/{project_id}	Shows quotas for a project. Pass the usage=True query parameter to view current usage.
GET	/v3/{project_id}/os-quota-sets/defaults	Retrieves default quotas for a project.
PUT	/v3/{project_id}/os-quota-sets/{project_id}	Updates quotas for a project.
DELETE	/v3/{project_id}/os-quota-sets/{project_id}	Deletes quotas for a project.

The IBM Cloud Infrastructure Center consistency groups feature uses OpenStack generic volume group APIs.

Table 5. Openstack generic group APIs that are used with the IBM Cloud Infrastructure Center

Method	URI	Description
GET	/v3/{project_id}/groups	List groups.
GET	/v3/{project_id}/groups/detail	List groups with details.
GET	/v3/{project_id}/groups/{group_id}	Show group details.
POST	/v3/{project_id}/groups	Create a group.
POST	/v3/{tenant_id}/groups/{group_id}/action	Delete a group.
POST	/v3/{tenant_id}/groups/action	Clone a group or create group from snapshot. Refer to Clone consistency groups or create consistency group from group snapshot for details.
PUT	/v3/{project_id}/groups/{group_id}	Update a group.
POST	/v3/{tenant_id}/groups/{group_id}/action	Delete a group.
POST	/v3/{project_id}/groups/{group_id}/action	Reset group status.

The IBM Cloud Infrastructure Center consistency group snapshots feature uses OpenStack generic group snapshot APIs.

Table 5. Openstack group snapshot APIs that are used with the IBM Cloud Infrastructure Center

Method	URI	Description
GET	/v3/{project_id}/group_snapshots	List group snapshots
GET	/v3/{project_id}/group_snapshots/detail	List group snapshots with details.
GET	/v3/{project_id}/group_snapshots/{group_snapshot_id}	Show group snapshot details
POST	/v3/{project_id}/group_snapshots	Create a group snapshot.
POST	/v3/{project_id}/group_snapshots/{group_snapshot_id}/action	Reset group snapshot status
DELETE	/v3/{project_id}/group_snapshots/{group_snapshot_id}	Delete group snapshot

To create a generic volume group, you must specify a group type. The IBM Cloud Infrastructure Center only supports default_grouptype , currently.

Table 6. Openstack group type API that is used with the IBM Cloud Infrastructure Center

Method	URI	Description
GET	/v3/{project_id}/group_types	List group types