/v1/qemu/img

POST /v1/qemu/img

Create a Qemu image

Response status codes

  • 201: Image created

Input

Name Mandatory Type Description
adapter_type enum Possible values: ide, lsilogic, buslogic, legacyESX
cluster_size integer
format enum Possible values: qcow2, qcow, vpc, vdi, vmdk, raw
lazy_refcounts enum Possible values: on, off
path string Absolute or relative path of the image
preallocation enum Possible values: off, metadata, falloc, full
qemu_img string Path to the qemu-img binary
refcount_bits integer
size integer Image size in M
static enum Possible values: on, off
subformat enum Possible values: dynamic, fixed, streamOptimized, twoGbMaxExtentSparse, twoGbMaxExtentFlat, monolithicSparse, monolithicFlat
zeroed_grain enum Possible values: on, off

Sample session

curl -i -X POST 'http://localhost:8000/v1/qemu/img' -d '{"cluster_size": 64, "format": "qcow2", "lazy_refcounts": "off", "path": "/tmp/hda.qcow2", "preallocation": "metadata", "qemu_img": "/tmp/qemu-img", "refcount_bits": 12, "size": 100}'

POST /v1/qemu/img HTTP/1.1
{
    "cluster_size": 64,
    "format": "qcow2",
    "lazy_refcounts": "off",
    "path": "/tmp/hda.qcow2",
    "preallocation": "metadata",
    "qemu_img": "/tmp/qemu-img",
    "refcount_bits": 12,
    "size": 100
}


HTTP/1.1 201
ACCESS-CONTROL-ALLOW-ORIGIN: *
CONNECTION: keep-alive
CONTENT-LENGTH: 0
DATE: Thu, 08 Jan 2015 16:09:15 GMT
SERVER: Python/3.5 GNS3/1.4.0dev13
X-ROUTE: /v1/qemu/img