Reveal the password used during instance creation or the latest password reset.

Add MCP server to your AI tool

Allow AI tools and LLMs to interact with the API documentation portal through MCP.

MCP server URL

https://openapi-v2.exoscale.com/mcp

Standard setup for AI tools providing an mcp.json file

mcp.json 
"Exoscale APIv2 MCP server": {
  "url": "https://openapi-v2.exoscale.com/mcp"
}
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GET /instance/{id}:password

Reveal the password used during instance creation or the latest password reset. This is only available for VMs created against templates having the password-enabled property set to true.

Passwords are transiently stored for at most 24 hours and intended to be retrieved shortly after creation or resets.

Path parameters

  • id string(uuid) Required

Responses

  • 200 application/json

    200

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    • password string

      Password
GET /instance/{id}:password 
curl \
 --request GET 'https://api-ch-gva-2.exoscale.com/v2/instance/{id}:password'
Response examples (200) 
{
  "password": "string"
}