Allocating DeHs

Function

This API is used to allocate one or more DeHs and set required parameters, such as the flavor, AZ, and quantity.

Constraints

The number of allocatable DeHs depends on the DeH quota owned by the tenant.

URI

POST /v1.0/{project_id}/dedicated-hosts

Table 1 describes the parameters.

Request

• Request parameters

  Table 2 Request parameters

  Parameter	In	Type	Mandatory	Description
  name	body	String	Yes	Specifies the DeH name.
  auto_placement	body	String	No	Specifies whether to allow an ECS to be placed on any available DeH if its DeH ID is not specified during its creation. The value can be on or off. The default value is on.
  availability_zone	body	String	Yes	Specifies the AZ to which the DeH belongs.
  host_type	body	String	Yes	Specifies the DeH type.
  quantity	body	Integer	Yes	Specifies the number of allocatable DeHs.
  tags	body	Array of objects	No	Specifies the DeH tags.

  Table 3 resource_tag field description

  Parameter	Type	Mandatory	Description
  key	String	Yes	Specifies the tag key. It contains a maximum of 36 Unicode characters. The value cannot be empty. It cannot contain the following ASCII characters: =*<>\|/, It can contain letters, digits, hyphens (-), and underscores (_).
  value	String	Yes	Specifies the tag value. It contains a maximum of 43 Unicode characters. It cannot contain the following ASCII characters: =*<>\|/, It can contain letters, digits, hyphens (-), and underscores (_).

• Example request

  POST https://{Endpoint}/v1.0/9c53a566cb3443ab910cf0daebca90c4/dedicated-hosts
  {
       "availability_zone": "dc1.az1",
       "name": "high performance servers1",
       "auto_placement": "off",
       "host_type": "h1",
       "quantity": 2,
       "tags": [
           {
               "key": "key1",
               "value": "value1"
           }
       ] 
  }

Response

• Response parameters

  Table 4 Response parameters

  Parameter	In	Type	Description
  dedicated_host_ids	body	Array of strings	Specifies a group of IDs of allocated DeHs. The tenant can create ECSs on these DeHs.

• Example response

  {
      "dedicated_host_ids": ["xxxxxxx1","xxxxxxx2"]
  }

Status Code

For more status codes, see Status Codes.