Dedicated Bare Metal

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Dedicated Bare Metal

API Token

The procedure is documented in

Create an API Key and don’t forget to add IP whitelisting to access the API.

API Key is to be used in HTTP Header as Key = PRIVATE-TOKEN and Value = your_api_key

Server details

The host endpoint provides details on dedicated bare metal servers in your account.

To list all Hosts with full detail on hardware configuration including IP addresses:

To list details of a specific Host:

Server actions

Basic action for power On/Off/Restart can be performed on each server using below endpoints:

Turn the server On:

Turn the server Off:

Server OS installation

This endpoint allows to install a new operating system onto a server in the customer account.

API endpoint

You will need to know which Operating System id to use by using below endpoint:

Request body properties

Property

Value type

Required

Description

hostname

string

Optional

Default is Server{ID} with Unique identifier. NOTE: when installing Talos, the machine name will be derived from the hostname, taking the first part of the hostname.

os.id

int

Required

os.kernelParams

string

Optional

An advanced option, currently only applies when installing Talos (See talos OS section)

postInstallScript

string

Optional

Optional bash script to be performed after OS installation. Does not apply to Talos.

sshKeyId

UUid

Required

quickFormat

bool

Optional

Optional parameter indicating whether you want the disks to first be quick-formatted prior to OS installation. We recommend to always perform a quick-format, unless you have a specific case where it is not needed to clear the disk partitions prior to installing a new OS.

Table 1: Install OS element structure

Example request

Request Body

{
  "hostname": "my.host.name",
  "os": {
    "id": 261
  },
  "postInstallScript": "#!/bin/bash\necho \"Hello world\" > /tmp/test.txt",
  "sshKeyUuid": "62335584-bee9-48a2-xxxx-3561d8cadad1",
  "quickFormat": true
}

Talos OS

Talos can be installed using two methods

Talos install vanilla: provide required siderolink.api link
Talos install via Factory image: provide required factoryhash

In both cases, additional kernel parameters are required. These will override any defaults injected. Talos default kernel parameters are:

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pti=on
vga=normal
locale=en_US
console-keymaps-at/keymap=us
net.ifnames=0
panic=0
initrd=initrd.magic
init_on_alloc=1
consoleblank=0
nvme_core.io_timeout=4294967295
printk.devkmsg=on
ima_template=ima-ng
ima_appraise=fix ima_hash=sha512
talos.platform=metal
talos.events.sink=[fdae:41e4:649b:9303::1]:8091
talos.logging.kernel=tcp://[fdae:41e4:649b:9303::1]:8092

More information about Talos kernel parameters you can find here: https://www.talos.dev/v1.7/reference/kernel/

Network configuration for your server will be automatically injected by our systems.

Example Talos OS 1.7.2 Vanilla Request Body

Request body

{
  "hostname": "My.Host.Name",
  "os": {
    "id": 294,
    "kernelParams": [
      {
        "key": "siderolink.api",
        "value": "https://path.to/omni?bcwe7r8236r7gwuyiwe"
      },
      {
        "key": "talos.customparam",
        "value": "123456"
      }
    ]
  },
  "postInstallScript": null,
  "sshKeyUuid": "62335584-bee9-48a2-a81d-3561d8cadad1"
}

Example Talos OS 1.7.2 Factory Request Body

Request body

{
  "hostname": "My.Host.Name",
  "os": {
    "id": 294,
    "kernelParams": [
      {
        "key": "factoryhash",
        "value": "93be9c834b04065cdfb6223049697263586e92471231ed2abdfcc23c2a4551a4"
      },
      {
        "key": "talos.customparam",
        "value": "123456"
      }
    ]
  },
  "postInstallScript": null,
  "sshKeyUuid": "62335584-bee9-48a2-a81d-3561d8cadad1"
}

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