Create a Snapshot of a Compute instance

POST /instance/{id}:create-snapshot

Path parameters

id string(uuid) Required

Responses

200 application/json

200
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- id string(uuid)
  
  Operation ID
- reason string
  
  Operation failure reason
  
  Values are incorrect, unknown, unavailable, forbidden, busy, fault, partial, not-found, interrupted, unsupported, or conflict.
- reference object
  
  Related resource reference
  
  Additional properties are allowed.
  
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  id string(uuid)
  
  Reference ID
  
  link string
  
  Link to the referenced resource
  
  command string
  
  Command name
- message string
  
  Operation message
- state string
  
  Operation status
  
  Values are failure, pending, success, or timeout.

POST /instance/{id}:create-snapshot

curl \
 -X POST https://api-ch-gva-2.exoscale.com/v2/instance/{id}:create-snapshot

Response examples (200)

{
  "id": "string",
  "reason": "incorrect",
  "reference": {
    "id": "string",
    "link": "string",
    "command": "string"
  },
  "message": "string",
  "state": "failure"
}