Updating ECS Metadata
Function
This API is used to update ECS metadata.
- If the metadata does not contain the target field, the field is automatically added.
- If the metadata contains the target field, the field value is automatically updated.
- If the field in the metadata is not requested, the field value remains unchanged.
Constraints
An ECS must be in active, stopped, paused, or suspended state, which is specified by OS-EXT-STS:vm_state.
URI
POST /v1/{project_id}/cloudservers/{server_id}/metadata
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
Parameter | Mandatory | Type | Description |
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metadata | Yes | Object | Specifies the user-defined metadata key-value pair. The data structure can be empty. If the value is empty, data is not updated. For a metadata tag: It contains a maximum of 255 Unicode characters and cannot be left blank. A tag can contain uppercase letters (A-Z), lowercase letters (a-z), digits (0-9), hyphens (-), underscores (_), colons (:), and periods (.). For a metadata value: It contains a maximum of 255 Unicode characters. |
Response
Parameter | Type | Description |
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metadata | Object | Specifies the user-defined metadata key-value pair. |
Example Request
POST https://{endpoint}/v1/{project_id}/cloudservers/{server_id}/metadata
{"metadata": {"key": "value"}}
Example Response
{"metadata":{"key":"value"}}
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