SiteHost API: /server/provision

/server /provision

POST https://api.sitehost.nz/1.3/server/provision.json

Provisions a new server.

Form Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
client_id	integer	Yes	The ID for the client to provision the new server for.Example: 1
label	string	Yes	A label for the new server.Example: example-label
location	string	Yes	The code for the location to provision the new server at.Example:
product_code	string	Yes	The code for the product to use for the new server.Example: CLDCON1
image	string	Yes	The image to use for the new server.Example: ubuntu-trusty
params[name]	string		The name to give the new server. This will be generated automatically when not passed.Example: example
params[ipv4][0]	string		The IPv4 addresses to assign to the new server. This parameter accepts one or more values in the format of params[ipv4][0]=x, params[ipv4][1]=y. Alternatively, simply pass the string 'auto' to automatically assign an IPv4 address.Example: auto
params[ipv6][0]	string		The IPv6 addresses to assign to the new server. This parameter accepts one or more values in the format of params[ipv6][0]=x, params[ipv6][1]=y. Alternatively, simply pass the string 'auto' to automatically assign an IPv6 address.Example: auto
params[ssh_keys][0]	string		The SSH keys to load onto the new server. This parameter accepts one or more values in the format of params[ssh_keys][0]=x, params[ssh_keys][1]=y.Example: ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAA... user@host
params[contact_id]	string		The ID for the contact who is provisioning the server.Example: 3
params[backup]	string		Specifies whether or not to add an automatic backup subscription for the new server. 0 for no and 1 for yesExample: 1
params[send_email]	string		Specifies whether or not to send the provision email. 0 for no and 1 for yesExample: 1

Code Samples

JavaScript PHP Rails Python

var xmlHttp = new XMLHttpRequest();
xmlHttp.open("POST", "https://api.sitehost.nz/1.3/server/provision.json", false);

var data = new FormData(); 
data.append("apikey", "your_key_here");
data.append("client_id", "1");
data.append("label", "example-label");
data.append("location", "");
data.append("product_code", "CLDCON1");
data.append("image", "ubuntu-trusty");
data.append("params[name]", "example");
data.append("params[ipv4][0]", "auto");
data.append("params[ipv6][0]", "auto");
data.append("params[ssh_keys][0]", "ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAA... user@host");
data.append("params[contact_id]", "3");
data.append("params[backup]", "1");
data.append("params[send_email]", "1");

xmlHttp.send(data);

var response = xmlHttp.responseText;

$ch = curl_init();
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, "https://api.sitehost.nz/1.3/server/provision.json");
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, 1);
$body = array(
    'apikey' => 'your_key_here',
    'client_id' => 1,
    'label' => 'example-label',
    'location' => '',
    'product_code' => 'CLDCON1',
    'image' => 'ubuntu-trusty',
    'params[name]' => 'example',
    'params[ipv4][0]' => 'auto',
    'params[ipv6][0]' => 'auto',
    'params[ssh_keys][0]' => 'ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAA... user@host',
    'params[contact_id]' => '3',
    'params[backup]' => '1',
    'params[send_email]' => '1',
);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $body);

$response = curl_exec($ch);
$status = curl_getinfo($ch, CURLINFO_HTTP_CODE);
curl_close($ch);

require 'net/http'
require 'uri'

uri = URI.parse("https://api.sitehost.nz/1.3/server/provision.json")
http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(uri.request_uri)

body = {"apikey" => "your_key_here", 
    "client_id" => 1,
    "label" => "example-label",
    "location" => "",
    "product_code" => "CLDCON1",
    "image" => "ubuntu-trusty",
    "params[name]" => "example",
    "params[ipv4][0]" => "auto",
    "params[ipv6][0]" => "auto",
    "params[ssh_keys][0]" => "ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAA... user@host",
    "params[contact_id]" => "3",
    "params[backup]" => "1",
    "params[send_email]" => "1",
}
request.set_form_data(body)

response = http.request(request)

import requests
from collections import OrderedDict

uri = 'https://api.sitehost.nz/1.3/server/provision.json'

# We need ordered dictionary because parameters have to be in the right order.
# Refer to Developer Notes for more information.
body = OrderedDict()

body['apikey'] = 'your_key_here'
body['client_id'] = 1
body['label'] = 'example-label'
body['location'] = ''
body['product_code'] = 'CLDCON1'
body['image'] = 'ubuntu-trusty'
body['params[name]'] = 'example'
body['params[ipv4][0]'] = 'auto'
body['params[ipv6][0]'] = 'auto'
body['params[ssh_keys][0]'] = 'ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAA... user@host'
body['params[contact_id]'] = '3'
body['params[backup]'] = '1'
body['params[send_email]'] = '1'

response = requests.post(uri, data=body)

Response

200:

application/json

{
  "return": {
      "job_id": "2251119",
      "name": "server-name",
      "password": "4d6bxsnx",
      "ips": [
          "192.168.11.108"
      ],
      "server_id": "11353"
  },
  "msg": "Successful",
  "status": true
}