Build virtual machine (from spec)

Builds a new virtual machine by receiving a virtual machine spec document.

POST
https://api.katapult.io/core/v1/organizations/{organization}/virtual_machines/build_from_spec

If successful, this endpoint will return a 201 Created status.

Scopes

One of the following scopes are required to use this endpoint.

Arguments

The following arguments are supported for this endpoint.

Name Type Default Value

organization Required

Organization Lookup None

xml Required

String None

Potential Errors

The following errors may occur during this request.

Details HTTP status

invalid_spec_xml

The spec XML provided is invalid

400 Bad Request

organization_not_activated

An organization was found from the arguments provided but it wasn't activated yet

403 Forbidden

organization_not_found

No organization was found matching any of the criteria provided in the arguments

404 Not Found

organization_suspended

An organization was found from the arguments provided but it was suspended

403 Forbidden

permission_denied

The authenticated identity is not permitted to perform this action

403 Forbidden

validation_error

A validation error occurred with the object that was being created/updated/deleted

422 Unprocessable Entity

Returned Object

When the request is successful, you can expect an object matching the specification below to be returned.

{
    task: Task {
        id: String
        name: String
        status: TaskStatusEnum
    }
    build: VirtualMachineBuild {
        id: String
        state: VirtualMachineBuildStateEnum
    }
    virtual_machine_build: VirtualMachineBuild {
        id: String
        state: VirtualMachineBuildStateEnum
    }
    hostname: String
}