Server Cold Boot Job

Overview

This job can be used to perform a cold boot on a server.

Cold Boot: Immediately removes power from the server. Processors, memory, and I/O resources lose main power. The server will restart after approximately 8 seconds. Using this option circumvents the graceful shutdown features of the operating system.

Job Template ID Resource Type Job Parameters
aacfb3e0-6575-4d4f-a711-1ee1ae768407 compute-ops-mgmt/server --

Create Job

A job can be created by issuing a POST to the /compute-ops-mgmt/v1/jobs endpoint with the correct payload for the job.

The following properties are used when creating a job:

Property JSON Type Description Required?
jobTemplate string (id) The durable Template ID of the job Yes
resourceType string (type) The TYPE of the resource the job will operate on Yes
resourceId string (id) The ID of the resource the job will operate on Yes
jobParams object Any additional data required by the job No

If the job was created successfully, a 201 Created response is returned. The response includes the job resource which has a job resourceUri that you can use to track the progress of the job.

Job Parameters

This job doesn't require the jobParams property.

Example

Here's an example request payload for creating this job.

Example 1

Cold boot a server.

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{
  "jobTemplate": "aacfb3e0-6575-4d4f-a711-1ee1ae768407",
  "resourceType": "compute-ops-mgmt/server",
  "resourceId": "859654-H12+8899859654112827"
}