Changing an ECS OS (Using an Image with Cloud-Init Installed)
Function
This API is used to change an ECS OS. During the system disk reinstallation using a new image, the data disks of the ECS remain unchanged.
After this API is called, the system uninstalls the system disk, uses the new image to create a system disk, and attaches it to the ECS. In this way, the OS is changed.
Constraints
- You can only use an image with Cloud-Init or Cloudbase-Init installed. If the image has no Cloudbase-Init or Cloudbase-init installed, use the API described in Changing an ECS OS (Using an Image Without Cloud-Init Installed).
- Only a stopped ECS or an ECS on which reinstalling or changing the OS failed supports changing OS.
- Only an ECS with a system disk supports changing OS.
- You are not allowed to perform other operations when changing the OS. Otherwise, changing the OS will fail.
URI
POST /v2/{project_id}/cloudservers/{server_id}/changeos
Table 1 describes the parameters in the URI.
Parameter | Mandatory | Description |
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project_id | Yes | Specifies the project ID. For details about how to obtain the ID, see Obtaining a Project ID. |
server_id | Yes | Specifies the ECS ID. |
Request
Table 2 describes the request parameters.
Parameter | Mandatory | Type | Description |
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os-change | Yes | Object | Changes an ECS OS. For details, see Table 3. |
Parameter | Mandatory | Type | Description |
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adminpass | No | String | Specifies the initial password of the ECS administrator. The Windows administrator username is Administrator, and the Linux administrator username is root. The password must meet the following requirements:
NOTE:
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keyname | No | String | Specifies the key pair name. |
userid | No | String | Specifies the user ID. When the keyname parameter is being specified, the value of this parameter is used preferentially. If this parameter is left blank, the user ID in the token is used by default. |
imageid | Yes | String | Specifies the ID of the new image in UUID format. You can obtain the image ID from the console or by following the instructions provided in "Querying Images" in Image Management Service API Reference. |
metadata | No | Object | Specifies the metadata of the ECS for which the OS is to be changed. For more information, see Table 4. |
Parameter | Mandatory | Type | Description |
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user_data | No | String | Specifies the user data to be injected to the ECS during the creation. Text and text files can be injected. NOTE:
For more details, see "Injecting User Data into ECSs" in Elastic Cloud Server User Guide. Examples Before base64 encoding:
After base64 encoding:
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Response
See Responses (Task).
Example Request
- Example URL requestPOST https://{endpoint}/v2/{project_id}/cloudservers/{server_id}/changeos
- Example request 1 (using a password to remotely log in to an ECS with OS changed){"os-change": {"adminpass": "1qazXSW@","userid": "7e25b1da389f4697a79df3a0e5bd494e","imageid": "e215580f-73ad-429d-b6f2-5433947433b0"}}
- Example request 2 (using a key to remotely log in to an ECS with OS changed){"os-change": {"keyname": "KeyPair-350b","userid": "7e25b1da389f4697a79df3a0e5bd494e","imageid": "e215580f-73ad-429d-b6f2-5433947433b0"}}
Example Response
See Responses (Task).
Returned Values
Error Codes
See Error Codes.
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