3.52.1. Create multiple servers

3.52.1.1. Request
3.52.1.2. Response

Method	URI	Description
POST	`/v2/{tenant_id}/servers{?security_group,user_data,availability_zone,return_reservation_id,min_count,max_count}`	Creates one or more servers with an optional reservation ID.

Normal response codes: 202

3.52.1.1. Request

This table shows the URI parameters for the create multiple servers request:

Name	Type	Description
`{tenant_id}`	String	The ID for the tenant or account in a multi-tenancy cloud.

This table shows the query parameters for the create multiple servers request:

Name	Type	Description
`security_group`	String (Required)	The name of the security group. If blank, the server is created in the `default` security group.
`user_data`	String (Optional)	Configuration information or scripts to use upon launch. Must be Base64 encoded.
`availability_zone`	String (Optional)	The availability zone in which to launch the server.
`return_reservation_id`	String (Optional)	Set to `True`to generate a reservation ID for each server. Omit this attribute to create servers without a reservation ID. This extended attribute is enabled when the service provider enables multiple server launch.
`min_count`	String (Optional)	The minimum number of servers to launch when the service provider enables multiple server launch.
`max_count`	String (Optional)	The maximum number of servers to launch when the service provider enables multiple server launch.

Example 3.434. Create multiple servers: JSON request

{
    "server" : {
        "name" : "new-server-test",
        "imageRef" : "http://openstack.example.com/openstack/images/70a599e0-31e7-49b7-b260-868f441e862b",
        "flavorRef" : "http://openstack.example.com/openstack/flavors/1",
        "metadata" : {
            "My Server Name" : "Apache1"
        },
        "min_count": "2",
        "max_count": "3",
        "personality" : [
            {
                "path" : "/etc/banner.txt",
                "contents" : "ICAgICAgDQoiQSBjbG91ZCBkb2VzIG5vdCBrbm93IHdoeSBpdCBtb3ZlcyBpbiBqdXN0IHN1Y2ggYSBkaXJlY3Rpb24gYW5kIGF0IHN1Y2ggYSBzcGVlZC4uLkl0IGZlZWxzIGFuIGltcHVsc2lvbi4uLnRoaXMgaXMgdGhlIHBsYWNlIHRvIGdvIG5vdy4gQnV0IHRoZSBza3kga25vd3MgdGhlIHJlYXNvbnMgYW5kIHRoZSBwYXR0ZXJucyBiZWhpbmQgYWxsIGNsb3VkcywgYW5kIHlvdSB3aWxsIGtub3csIHRvbywgd2hlbiB5b3UgbGlmdCB5b3Vyc2VsZiBoaWdoIGVub3VnaCB0byBzZWUgYmV5b25kIGhvcml6b25zLiINCg0KLVJpY2hhcmQgQmFjaA=="
            }
        ]
    }
}

Example 3.435. Create multiple servers: XML request

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<server xmlns="http://docs.openstack.org/compute/api/v1.1"
        imageRef="http://openstack.example.com/openstack/images/70a599e0-31e7-49b7-b260-868f441e862b"
        flavorRef="http://openstack.example.com/openstack/flavors/1"
        name="new-server-test"
        min_count="2"
        max_count="3">
  <metadata>
    <meta key="My Server Name">Apache1</meta>
  </metadata>
  <personality>
    <file path="/etc/banner.txt">
        ICAgICAgDQoiQSBjbG91ZCBkb2VzIG5vdCBrbm93IHdoeSBp
        dCBtb3ZlcyBpbiBqdXN0IHN1Y2ggYSBkaXJlY3Rpb24gYW5k
        IGF0IHN1Y2ggYSBzcGVlZC4uLkl0IGZlZWxzIGFuIGltcHVs
        c2lvbi4uLnRoaXMgaXMgdGhlIHBsYWNlIHRvIGdvIG5vdy4g
        QnV0IHRoZSBza3kga25vd3MgdGhlIHJlYXNvbnMgYW5kIHRo
        ZSBwYXR0ZXJucyBiZWhpbmQgYWxsIGNsb3VkcywgYW5kIHlv
        dSB3aWxsIGtub3csIHRvbywgd2hlbiB5b3UgbGlmdCB5b3Vy
        c2VsZiBoaWdoIGVub3VnaCB0byBzZWUgYmV5b25kIGhvcml6
        b25zLiINCg0KLVJpY2hhcmQgQmFjaA==
    </file>
  </personality>
</server>

Example 3.436. Create multiple servers: JSON request

{
    "server" : {
        "name" : "new-server-test",
        "imageRef" : "http://openstack.example.com/openstack/images/70a599e0-31e7-49b7-b260-868f441e862b",
        "flavorRef" : "http://openstack.example.com/openstack/flavors/1",
        "metadata" : {
            "My Server Name" : "Apache1"
        },
        "return_reservation_id": "True",
        "min_count": "2",
        "max_count": "3",
        "personality" : [
            {
                "path" : "/etc/banner.txt",
                "contents" : "ICAgICAgDQoiQSBjbG91ZCBkb2VzIG5vdCBrbm93IHdoeSBpdCBtb3ZlcyBpbiBqdXN0IHN1Y2ggYSBkaXJlY3Rpb24gYW5kIGF0IHN1Y2ggYSBzcGVlZC4uLkl0IGZlZWxzIGFuIGltcHVsc2lvbi4uLnRoaXMgaXMgdGhlIHBsYWNlIHRvIGdvIG5vdy4gQnV0IHRoZSBza3kga25vd3MgdGhlIHJlYXNvbnMgYW5kIHRoZSBwYXR0ZXJucyBiZWhpbmQgYWxsIGNsb3VkcywgYW5kIHlvdSB3aWxsIGtub3csIHRvbywgd2hlbiB5b3UgbGlmdCB5b3Vyc2VsZiBoaWdoIGVub3VnaCB0byBzZWUgYmV5b25kIGhvcml6b25zLiINCg0KLVJpY2hhcmQgQmFjaA=="
            }
        ]
    }
}

Example 3.437. Create multiple servers: XML request

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<server xmlns="http://docs.openstack.org/compute/api/v1.1"
        imageRef="http://openstack.example.com/openstack/images/70a599e0-31e7-49b7-b260-868f441e862b"
        flavorRef="http://openstack.example.com/openstack/flavors/1"
        name="new-server-test"
        min_count="2"
        max_count="3"
        return_reservation_id="True">
  <metadata>
    <meta key="My Server Name">Apache1</meta>
  </metadata>
  <personality>
    <file path="/etc/banner.txt">
        ICAgICAgDQoiQSBjbG91ZCBkb2VzIG5vdCBrbm93IHdoeSBp
        dCBtb3ZlcyBpbiBqdXN0IHN1Y2ggYSBkaXJlY3Rpb24gYW5k
        IGF0IHN1Y2ggYSBzcGVlZC4uLkl0IGZlZWxzIGFuIGltcHVs
        c2lvbi4uLnRoaXMgaXMgdGhlIHBsYWNlIHRvIGdvIG5vdy4g
        QnV0IHRoZSBza3kga25vd3MgdGhlIHJlYXNvbnMgYW5kIHRo
        ZSBwYXR0ZXJucyBiZWhpbmQgYWxsIGNsb3VkcywgYW5kIHlv
        dSB3aWxsIGtub3csIHRvbywgd2hlbiB5b3UgbGlmdCB5b3Vy
        c2VsZiBoaWdoIGVub3VnaCB0byBzZWUgYmV5b25kIGhvcml6
        b25zLiINCg0KLVJpY2hhcmQgQmFjaA==
    </file>
  </personality>
</server>

This operation does not require a request body.

3.52.1.2. Response

Example 3.438. Create multiple servers: JSON response

{
    "server": {
        "adminPass": "wfksH3GTTseP",
        "id": "440cf918-3ee0-4143-b289-f63e1d2000e6",
        "links": [
            {
                "href": "http://openstack.example.com/v2/openstack/servers/440cf918-3ee0-4143-b289-f63e1d2000e6",
                "rel": "self"
            },
            {
                "href": "http://openstack.example.com/openstack/servers/440cf918-3ee0-4143-b289-f63e1d2000e6",
                "rel": "bookmark"
            }
        ]
    }
}

Example 3.439. Create multiple servers: XML response

<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
<server xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns="http://docs.openstack.org/compute/api/v1.1" id="0857bea2-df83-4810-876a-093a6b9afb15" adminPass="edBzA3AnJP67">
  <metadata/>
  <atom:link href="http://openstack.example.com/v2/openstack/servers/0857bea2-df83-4810-876a-093a6b9afb15" rel="self"/>
  <atom:link href="http://openstack.example.com/openstack/servers/0857bea2-df83-4810-876a-093a6b9afb15" rel="bookmark"/>
</server>

Example 3.440. Create multiple servers: JSON response

{
    "reservation_id": "r-3fhpjulh"
}

Example 3.441. Create multiple servers: XML response

<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
<server xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns="http://docs.openstack.org/compute/api/v1.1" reservation_id="r-fq0lg4za"/>

This operation does not return a response body.

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