Hosts

>>>

GET /api/hosts
List all hosts

GET /api/hostgroups/:hostgroup_id/hosts
List all hosts for a host group

GET /api/locations/:location_id/hosts
List hosts per location

GET /api/organizations/:organization_id/hosts
List hosts per organization

Examples

GET /api/v2/hosts?thin=true&page=1&per_page=10&search=
200
{
  "total": 2,
  "subtotal": 2,
  "page": 1,
  "per_page": 10,
  "search": "",
  "sort": {
    "by": null,
    "order": null
  },
  "results": [
    {
      "id": 1,
      "name": "host5.example2.com"
    },
    {
      "id": 2,
      "name": "host6"
    }
  ]
}

Params

Param name Description
thin
optional

Only list ID and name of hosts

Validations:

  • Must be one of: true, false, 1, 0.
hostgroup_id
optional

ID of host group

Validations:

  • Must be a String
location_id
optional

ID of location

Validations:

  • Must be a String
organization_id
optional

ID of organization

Validations:

  • Must be a String
include
optional

Array of extra information types to include

Validations:

  • Must be one of: parameters, all_parameters.
search
optional

filter results

Validations:

  • Must be a String
order
optional

Sort and order by a searchable field, e.g. '<field> DESC'

Validations:

  • Must be a String
page
optional

Page number, starting at 1

Validations:

  • Must be a number.
per_page
optional

Number of results per page to return, 'all' to return all results

Validations:

  • Must match regular expression /\A([1-9]\d*|all)\Z$/.

Search fields

Field name Type Possible values
architecture string
boot_time datetime
build true, false
build_status built, pending, token_expired, build_failed
comment text
compute_resource string
compute_resource_id integer
configuration_status.applied integer
configuration_status.enabled true, false
configuration_status.failed integer
configuration_status.failed_restarts integer
configuration_status.interesting true, false
configuration_status.pending integer
configuration_status.restarted integer
configuration_status.skipped integer
created_at datetime
domain string
domain_id integer
facts string
global_status ok, warning, error
has_ip string
has_ip6 string
has_mac string
hostgroup string
hostgroup_fullname string
hostgroup_id integer
hostgroup_name string
hostgroup_title string
id integer
image string
infrastructure_facet.foreman true, false
infrastructure_facet.smart_proxy_id integer
installed_at datetime
ip string
ip6 string
last_report datetime
location string
location_id integer
mac string
managed true, false
model string
name string
organization string
organization_id integer
origin string
os string
os_description string
os_id integer
os_major string
os_minor string
os_title string
owner string
owner_id integer
owner_type string
params string
params_name string
parent_hostgroup string
puppet_ca string
puppet_proxy_id integer
puppetmaster string
pxe_loader PXELinux_BIOS, PXELinux_UEFI, Grub2_BIOS, Grub2_ELF, Grub2_UEFI, Grub2_UEFI_SecureBoot, Grub2_UEFI_HTTP, Grub2_UEFI_HTTPS, Grub2_UEFI_HTTPS_SecureBoot, iPXE_Embedded, iPXE_UEFI_HTTP, iPXE_Chain_BIOS, iPXE_Chain_UEFI
realm string
realm_id integer
reported.bios_release_date string
reported.bios_vendor string
reported.bios_version string
reported.boot_time datetime
reported.cores integer
reported.disks_total integer
reported.kernel_version string
reported.ram integer
reported.sockets integer
reported.virtual true, false
smart_proxy string
status.applied integer
status.enabled true, false
status.failed integer
status.failed_restarts integer
status.interesting true, false
status.pending integer
status.restarted integer
status.skipped integer
subnet string
subnet.name text
subnet6 string
subnet6.name text
user.firstname string
user.lastname string
user.login string
user.mail string
usergroup string
usergroup.name string
uuid string
>>>

GET /api/hosts/:id
Show a host

Examples

GET /api/hosts/host4.example1.com?show_hidden_parameters=true
200
{
  "ip": "0.0.0.1",
  "ip6": null,
  "last_report": null,
  "mac": "00:53:67:ab:00:01",
  "realm_id": null,
  "realm_name": null,
  "sp_mac": null,
  "sp_ip": null,
  "sp_name": null,
  "domain_id": 759776764,
  "domain_name": "example1.com",
  "architecture_id": 922134522,
  "architecture_name": "x86_64-1",
  "operatingsystem_id": 1073012829,
  "operatingsystem_name": "operatingsystem1 1",
  "subnet_id": null,
  "subnet_name": null,
  "subnet6_id": null,
  "subnet6_name": null,
  "sp_subnet_id": null,
  "ptable_id": 1007981702,
  "ptable_name": "ptable1",
  "medium_id": 1011586619,
  "medium_name": "medium1",
  "pxe_loader": "Grub2 UEFI",
  "build": false,
  "comment": "",
  "disk": null,
  "initiated_at": null,
  "installed_at": null,
  "model_id": null,
  "hostgroup_id": null,
  "owner_id": 135138680,
  "owner_name": "Admin User",
  "owner_type": "User",
  "creator_id": 135138680,
  "creator": "Admin User",
  "enabled": true,
  "managed": true,
  "use_image": null,
  "image_file": "",
  "uuid": null,
  "compute_resource_id": null,
  "compute_resource_name": null,
  "compute_profile_id": null,
  "compute_profile_name": null,
  "capabilities": [
    "build"
  ],
  "provision_method": "build",
  "certname": "host4.example1.com",
  "image_id": null,
  "image_name": null,
  "created_at": "2025-11-11 20:08:44 UTC",
  "updated_at": "2025-11-11 20:08:44 UTC",
  "last_compile": null,
  "global_status": 0,
  "global_status_label": "OK",
  "global_status_fulltext": [
    "Build: Installed"
  ],
  "bmc_available": false,
  "organization_id": 447626438,
  "organization_name": "Organization 1",
  "location_id": 255093256,
  "location_name": "Location 1",
  "puppet_status": 0,
  "model_name": null,
  "build_status": 0,
  "build_status_label": "Installed",
  "name": "host4.example1.com",
  "id": 4,
  "display_name": "host4.example1.com",
  "puppet_proxy_id": null,
  "puppet_proxy_name": null,
  "puppet_ca_proxy_id": null,
  "puppet_ca_proxy_name": null,
  "puppet_proxy": null,
  "puppet_ca_proxy": null,
  "compute_resource_provider": null,
  "hostgroup_name": null,
  "hostgroup_title": null,
  "parameters": [],
  "all_parameters": [
    {
      "priority": null,
      "created_at": "2025-11-11 20:08:42 UTC",
      "updated_at": "2025-11-11 20:08:42 UTC",
      "id": 513706444,
      "name": "loc_param",
      "parameter_type": "string",
      "associated_type": "location",
      "hidden_value?": false,
      "value": "abc"
    },
    {
      "priority": null,
      "created_at": "2025-11-11 20:08:42 UTC",
      "updated_at": "2025-11-11 20:08:42 UTC",
      "id": 32400255,
      "name": "org_param",
      "parameter_type": "string",
      "associated_type": "organization",
      "hidden_value?": false,
      "value": "xyz"
    },
    {
      "priority": null,
      "created_at": "2025-11-11 20:08:42 UTC",
      "updated_at": "2025-11-11 20:08:42 UTC",
      "id": 636252244,
      "name": "test",
      "parameter_type": "string",
      "associated_type": "global",
      "hidden_value?": false,
      "value": "myvalue"
    }
  ],
  "interfaces": [
    {
      "subnet_id": null,
      "subnet_name": null,
      "subnet6_id": null,
      "subnet6_name": null,
      "domain_id": 759776764,
      "domain_name": "example1.com",
      "host_id": 4,
      "host_name": "host4.example1.com",
      "created_at": "2025-11-11 20:08:44 UTC",
      "updated_at": "2025-11-11 20:08:44 UTC",
      "managed": true,
      "identifier": "eth1",
      "id": 4,
      "name": "host4.example1.com",
      "ip": "0.0.0.1",
      "ip6": null,
      "mac": "00:53:67:ab:00:01",
      "mtu": null,
      "fqdn": "host4.example1.com",
      "primary": true,
      "provision": true,
      "type": "interface",
      "virtual": false
    }
  ],
  "permissions": {
    "view_hosts": true,
    "create_hosts": true,
    "edit_hosts": true,
    "destroy_hosts": true,
    "build_hosts": true,
    "power_hosts": true,
    "console_hosts": true,
    "ipmi_boot_hosts": true
  }
}

Params

Param name Description
location_id
optional

Set the current location context for the request

Validations:

  • Must be a Integer
organization_id
optional

Set the current organization context for the request

Validations:

  • Must be a Integer
id
required

Validations:

  • Must be an identifier, string from 1 to 128 characters containing only alphanumeric characters, dot(.), space, underscore(_), hypen(-) with no leading or trailing space.
show_hidden_parameters
optional

Display hidden parameter values

Validations:

  • Must be one of: true, false, 1, 0.
>>>

POST /api/hosts
Create a host

Params

Param name Description
location_id
optional

Set the current location context for the request

Validations:

  • Must be a Integer
organization_id
optional

Set the current organization context for the request

Validations:

  • Must be a Integer
host
required

Validations:

  • Must be a Hash
host[name]
required

Validations:

  • Must be a String
host[location_id]
required

Validations:

  • Must be a number.
host[organization_id]
required

Validations:

  • Must be a number.
host[ip]
optional , nil allowed

not required if using a subnet with DHCP proxy

Validations:

  • Must be a String
host[mac]
optional , nil allowed

required for managed host that is bare metal, not required if it's a virtual machine

Validations:

  • Must be a String
host[architecture_id]
optional , nil allowed

required if host is managed and value is not inherited from host group

Validations:

  • Must be a number.
host[domain_id]
optional , nil allowed

required if host is managed and value is not inherited from host group

Validations:

  • Must be a number.
host[realm_id]
optional , nil allowed

Validations:

  • Must be a number.
host[puppet_proxy_id]
optional , nil allowed

Puppet proxy ID

Validations:

  • Must be a number.
host[puppet_ca_proxy_id]
optional , nil allowed

Puppet CA proxy ID

Validations:

  • Must be a number.
host[operatingsystem_id]
optional , nil allowed

required if host is managed and value is not inherited from host group

Validations:

  • Must be a number.
host[medium_id]
optional , nil allowed

required if not imaged based provisioning and host is managed and value is not inherited from host group

Validations:

  • Must be a String
host[pxe_loader]
optional , nil allowed

DHCP filename option (Grub2/PXELinux by default)

Validations:

  • Must be one of: None, PXELinux BIOS, PXELinux UEFI, Grub2 BIOS, Grub2 ELF, Grub2 UEFI, Grub2 UEFI SecureBoot, Grub2 UEFI HTTP, Grub2 UEFI HTTPS, Grub2 UEFI HTTPS SecureBoot, iPXE Embedded, iPXE UEFI HTTP, iPXE Chain BIOS, iPXE Chain UEFI.
host[ptable_id]
optional , nil allowed

required if host is managed and custom partition has not been defined

Validations:

  • Must be a number.
host[subnet_id]
optional , nil allowed

required if host is managed and value is not inherited from host group

Validations:

  • Must be a number.
host[compute_resource_id]
optional , nil allowed

nil means host is bare metal

Validations:

  • Must be a number.
host[root_pass]
optional , nil allowed

required if host is managed and value is not inherited from host group or default password in settings

Validations:

  • Must be a String
host[model_id]
optional , nil allowed

Validations:

  • Must be a number.
host[hostgroup_id]
optional , nil allowed

ID of the host group. Note: Changing the host group will re-apply attributes inherited from the new host group, unless you explicitly override them again in the update request

Validations:

  • Must be a number.
host[owner_id]
optional , nil allowed

Validations:

  • Must be a number.
host[owner_type]
optional , nil allowed

Host's owner type

Validations:

  • Must be one of: User, Usergroup.
host[image_id]
optional , nil allowed

Validations:

  • Must be a number.
host[host_parameters_attributes]
optional , nil allowed

Host's parameters (array or indexed hash)

Validations:

  • Must be an Array of nested elements
host[host_parameters_attributes][name]
required

Name of the parameter

Validations:

  • Must be a String
host[host_parameters_attributes][value]
required

Parameter value

Validations:

  • Must be a String
host[host_parameters_attributes][parameter_type]
optional , nil allowed

Type of value

Validations:

  • Must be one of: string, boolean, integer, real, array, hash, yaml, json.
host[host_parameters_attributes][hidden_value]
optional , nil allowed

Validations:

  • Must be one of: true, false, 1, 0.
host[build]
optional , nil allowed

Validations:

  • Must be one of: true, false, 1, 0.
host[enabled]
optional , nil allowed

Include this host within Foreman reporting

Validations:

  • Must be one of: true, false, 1, 0.
host[provision_method]
optional , nil allowed

The method used to provision the host.

Validations:

  • Must be one of: build, image.
host[managed]
optional , nil allowed

True/False flag whether a host is managed or unmanaged. Note: this value also determines whether several parameters are required or not

Validations:

  • Must be one of: true, false, 1, 0.
host[progress_report_id]
optional , nil allowed

UUID to track orchestration tasks status, GET /api/orchestration/:UUID/tasks

Validations:

  • Must be a String
host[comment]
optional , nil allowed

Additional information about this host

Validations:

  • Must be a String
host[capabilities]
optional , nil allowed

Validations:

  • Must be a String
host[compute_profile_id]
optional , nil allowed

Validations:

  • Must be a number.
host[interfaces_attributes]
optional , nil allowed

Host's network interfaces.

Validations:

  • Must be an Array of nested elements
host[interfaces_attributes][id]
optional , nil allowed

ID of interface

Validations:

  • Must be a number.
host[interfaces_attributes][mac]
optional , nil allowed

MAC address of interface. Required for managed interfaces on bare metal.

Validations:

  • Must be a String
host[interfaces_attributes][ip]
optional , nil allowed

IPv4 address of interface

Validations:

  • Must be a String
host[interfaces_attributes][ip6]
optional , nil allowed

IPv6 address of interface

Validations:

  • Must be a String
host[interfaces_attributes][type]
optional , nil allowed

Interface type, e.g. bmc. Default is interface

Validations:

  • Must be one of: interface, bmc, bond, bridge, interface, bmc, bond, bridge, interface, bmc, bond, bridge.
host[interfaces_attributes][name]
optional , nil allowed

Interface's DNS name

Validations:

  • Must be a String
host[interfaces_attributes][subnet_id]
optional , nil allowed

Foreman subnet ID of IPv4 interface

Validations:

  • Must be a number.
host[interfaces_attributes][subnet6_id]
optional , nil allowed

Foreman subnet ID of IPv6 interface

Validations:

  • Must be a number.
host[interfaces_attributes][domain_id]
optional , nil allowed

Foreman domain ID of interface. Required for primary interfaces on managed hosts.

Validations:

  • Must be a number.
host[interfaces_attributes][identifier]
optional , nil allowed

Device identifier, e.g. eth0 or eth1.1

Validations:

  • Must be a String
host[interfaces_attributes][managed]
optional , nil allowed

Should this interface be managed via DHCP and DNS smart proxy and should it be configured during provisioning?

Validations:

  • Must be one of: true, false, 1, 0.
host[interfaces_attributes][primary]
optional , nil allowed

Should this interface be used for constructing the FQDN of the host? Each managed hosts needs to have one primary interface.

Validations:

  • Must be one of: true, false, 1, 0.
host[interfaces_attributes][provision]
optional , nil allowed

Should this interface be used for TFTP of PXELinux (or SSH for image-based hosts)? Each managed hosts needs to have one provision interface.

Validations:

  • Must be one of: true, false, 1, 0.
host[interfaces_attributes][username]
optional , nil allowed

Only for BMC interfaces.

Validations:

  • Must be a String
host[interfaces_attributes][password]
optional , nil allowed

Only for BMC interfaces.

Validations:

  • Must be a String
host[interfaces_attributes][provider]
optional , nil allowed

Interface provider, e.g. IPMI. Only for BMC interfaces.

Validations:

  • Must be one of: IPMI, Redfish, SSH.
host[interfaces_attributes][virtual]
optional , nil allowed

Alias or VLAN device

Validations:

  • Must be one of: true, false, 1, 0.
host[interfaces_attributes][tag]
optional , nil allowed

VLAN tag, this attribute has precedence over the subnet VLAN ID. Only for virtual interfaces.

Validations:

  • Must be a String
host[interfaces_attributes][mtu]
optional , nil allowed

MTU, this attribute has precedence over the subnet MTU.

Validations:

  • Must be a Integer
host[interfaces_attributes][attached_to]
optional , nil allowed

Identifier of the interface to which this interface belongs, e.g. eth1. Only for virtual interfaces.

Validations:

  • Must be a String
host[interfaces_attributes][mode]
optional , nil allowed

Bond mode of the interface, e.g. balance-rr. Only for bond interfaces.

Validations:

  • Must be one of: balance-rr, active-backup, balance-xor, broadcast, 802.3ad, balance-tlb, balance-alb.
host[interfaces_attributes][attached_devices]
optional , nil allowed

Identifiers of attached interfaces, e.g. `['eth1', 'eth2']`. For bond interfaces those are the slaves. Only for bond and bridges interfaces.

Validations:

  • Must be an array of any type
host[interfaces_attributes][bond_options]
optional , nil allowed

Space separated options, e.g. miimon=100. Only for bond interfaces.

Validations:

  • Must be a String
host[interfaces_attributes][compute_attributes]
optional , nil allowed

Additional compute resource specific attributes for the interface.

Validations:

  • Must be a Hash
host[compute_attributes]
optional , nil allowed

Additional compute resource specific attributes.

Validations:

  • Must be a Hash
host[overwrite]
optional

Overwrite existing host (true by default)

Validations:

  • Must be one of: true, false, 1, 0.
>>>

PUT /api/hosts/:id
Update a host

Params

Param name Description
location_id
optional

Set the current location context for the request

Validations:

  • Must be a Integer
organization_id
optional

Set the current organization context for the request

Validations:

  • Must be a Integer
id
required

Validations:

  • Must be an identifier, string from 1 to 128 characters containing only alphanumeric characters, space, underscore(_), hypen(-) with no leading or trailing space.
host
required

Validations:

  • Must be a Hash
host[name]
optional

Validations:

  • Must be a String
host[location_id]
optional

Validations:

  • Must be a number.
host[organization_id]
optional

Validations:

  • Must be a number.
host[ip]
optional , nil allowed

not required if using a subnet with DHCP proxy

Validations:

  • Must be a String
host[mac]
optional , nil allowed

required for managed host that is bare metal, not required if it's a virtual machine

Validations:

  • Must be a String
host[architecture_id]
optional , nil allowed

required if host is managed and value is not inherited from host group

Validations:

  • Must be a number.
host[domain_id]
optional , nil allowed

required if host is managed and value is not inherited from host group

Validations:

  • Must be a number.
host[realm_id]
optional , nil allowed

Validations:

  • Must be a number.
host[puppet_proxy_id]
optional , nil allowed

Puppet proxy ID

Validations:

  • Must be a number.
host[puppet_ca_proxy_id]
optional , nil allowed

Puppet CA proxy ID

Validations:

  • Must be a number.
host[operatingsystem_id]
optional , nil allowed

required if host is managed and value is not inherited from host group

Validations:

  • Must be a number.
host[medium_id]
optional , nil allowed

required if not imaged based provisioning and host is managed and value is not inherited from host group

Validations:

  • Must be a String
host[pxe_loader]
optional , nil allowed

DHCP filename option (Grub2/PXELinux by default)

Validations:

  • Must be one of: None, PXELinux BIOS, PXELinux UEFI, Grub2 BIOS, Grub2 ELF, Grub2 UEFI, Grub2 UEFI SecureBoot, Grub2 UEFI HTTP, Grub2 UEFI HTTPS, Grub2 UEFI HTTPS SecureBoot, iPXE Embedded, iPXE UEFI HTTP, iPXE Chain BIOS, iPXE Chain UEFI.
host[ptable_id]
optional , nil allowed

required if host is managed and custom partition has not been defined

Validations:

  • Must be a number.
host[subnet_id]
optional , nil allowed

required if host is managed and value is not inherited from host group

Validations:

  • Must be a number.
host[compute_resource_id]
optional , nil allowed

nil means host is bare metal

Validations:

  • Must be a number.
host[root_pass]
optional , nil allowed

required if host is managed and value is not inherited from host group or default password in settings

Validations:

  • Must be a String
host[model_id]
optional , nil allowed

Validations:

  • Must be a number.
host[hostgroup_id]
optional , nil allowed

ID of the host group. Note: Changing the host group will re-apply attributes inherited from the new host group, unless you explicitly override them again in the update request

Validations:

  • Must be a number.
host[owner_id]
optional , nil allowed

Validations:

  • Must be a number.
host[owner_type]
optional , nil allowed

Host's owner type

Validations:

  • Must be one of: User, Usergroup.
host[image_id]
optional , nil allowed

Validations:

  • Must be a number.
host[host_parameters_attributes]
optional , nil allowed

Host's parameters (array or indexed hash)

Validations:

  • Must be an Array of nested elements
host[host_parameters_attributes][name]
optional

Name of the parameter

Validations:

  • Must be a String
host[host_parameters_attributes][value]
optional

Parameter value

Validations:

  • Must be a String
host[host_parameters_attributes][parameter_type]
optional , nil allowed

Type of value

Validations:

  • Must be one of: string, boolean, integer, real, array, hash, yaml, json.
host[host_parameters_attributes][hidden_value]
optional , nil allowed

Validations:

  • Must be one of: true, false, 1, 0.
host[build]
optional , nil allowed

Validations:

  • Must be one of: true, false, 1, 0.
host[enabled]
optional , nil allowed

Include this host within Foreman reporting

Validations:

  • Must be one of: true, false, 1, 0.
host[provision_method]
optional , nil allowed

The method used to provision the host.

Validations:

  • Must be one of: build, image.
host[managed]
optional , nil allowed

True/False flag whether a host is managed or unmanaged. Note: this value also determines whether several parameters are required or not

Validations:

  • Must be one of: true, false, 1, 0.
host[progress_report_id]
optional , nil allowed

UUID to track orchestration tasks status, GET /api/orchestration/:UUID/tasks

Validations:

  • Must be a String
host[comment]
optional , nil allowed

Additional information about this host

Validations:

  • Must be a String
host[capabilities]
optional , nil allowed

Validations:

  • Must be a String
host[compute_profile_id]
optional , nil allowed

Validations:

  • Must be a number.
host[interfaces_attributes]
optional , nil allowed

Host's network interfaces.

Validations:

  • Must be an Array of nested elements
host[interfaces_attributes][id]
optional , nil allowed

ID of interface

Validations:

  • Must be a number.
host[interfaces_attributes][mac]
optional , nil allowed

MAC address of interface. Required for managed interfaces on bare metal.

Validations:

  • Must be a String
host[interfaces_attributes][ip]
optional , nil allowed

IPv4 address of interface

Validations:

  • Must be a String
host[interfaces_attributes][ip6]
optional , nil allowed

IPv6 address of interface

Validations:

  • Must be a String
host[interfaces_attributes][type]
optional , nil allowed

Interface type, e.g. bmc. Default is interface

Validations:

  • Must be one of: interface, bmc, bond, bridge, interface, bmc, bond, bridge, interface, bmc, bond, bridge.
host[interfaces_attributes][name]
optional , nil allowed

Interface's DNS name

Validations:

  • Must be a String
host[interfaces_attributes][subnet_id]
optional , nil allowed

Foreman subnet ID of IPv4 interface

Validations:

  • Must be a number.
host[interfaces_attributes][subnet6_id]
optional , nil allowed

Foreman subnet ID of IPv6 interface

Validations:

  • Must be a number.
host[interfaces_attributes][domain_id]
optional , nil allowed

Foreman domain ID of interface. Required for primary interfaces on managed hosts.

Validations:

  • Must be a number.
host[interfaces_attributes][identifier]
optional , nil allowed

Device identifier, e.g. eth0 or eth1.1

Validations:

  • Must be a String
host[interfaces_attributes][managed]
optional , nil allowed

Should this interface be managed via DHCP and DNS smart proxy and should it be configured during provisioning?

Validations:

  • Must be one of: true, false, 1, 0.
host[interfaces_attributes][primary]
optional , nil allowed

Should this interface be used for constructing the FQDN of the host? Each managed hosts needs to have one primary interface.

Validations:

  • Must be one of: true, false, 1, 0.
host[interfaces_attributes][provision]
optional , nil allowed

Should this interface be used for TFTP of PXELinux (or SSH for image-based hosts)? Each managed hosts needs to have one provision interface.

Validations:

  • Must be one of: true, false, 1, 0.
host[interfaces_attributes][username]
optional , nil allowed

Only for BMC interfaces.

Validations:

  • Must be a String
host[interfaces_attributes][password]
optional , nil allowed

Only for BMC interfaces.

Validations:

  • Must be a String
host[interfaces_attributes][provider]
optional , nil allowed

Interface provider, e.g. IPMI. Only for BMC interfaces.

Validations:

  • Must be one of: IPMI, Redfish, SSH.
host[interfaces_attributes][virtual]
optional , nil allowed

Alias or VLAN device

Validations:

  • Must be one of: true, false, 1, 0.
host[interfaces_attributes][tag]
optional , nil allowed

VLAN tag, this attribute has precedence over the subnet VLAN ID. Only for virtual interfaces.

Validations:

  • Must be a String
host[interfaces_attributes][mtu]
optional , nil allowed

MTU, this attribute has precedence over the subnet MTU.

Validations:

  • Must be a Integer
host[interfaces_attributes][attached_to]
optional , nil allowed

Identifier of the interface to which this interface belongs, e.g. eth1. Only for virtual interfaces.

Validations:

  • Must be a String
host[interfaces_attributes][mode]
optional , nil allowed

Bond mode of the interface, e.g. balance-rr. Only for bond interfaces.

Validations:

  • Must be one of: balance-rr, active-backup, balance-xor, broadcast, 802.3ad, balance-tlb, balance-alb.
host[interfaces_attributes][attached_devices]
optional , nil allowed

Identifiers of attached interfaces, e.g. `['eth1', 'eth2']`. For bond interfaces those are the slaves. Only for bond and bridges interfaces.

Validations:

  • Must be an array of any type
host[interfaces_attributes][bond_options]
optional , nil allowed

Space separated options, e.g. miimon=100. Only for bond interfaces.

Validations:

  • Must be a String
host[interfaces_attributes][compute_attributes]
optional , nil allowed

Additional compute resource specific attributes for the interface.

Validations:

  • Must be a Hash
host[compute_attributes]
optional , nil allowed

Additional compute resource specific attributes.

Validations:

  • Must be a Hash
>>>

DELETE /api/hosts/:id
Delete a host

Examples

DELETE /api/hosts/host10
200
{
  "id": 2,
  "name": "host10",
  "last_compile": null,
  "last_report": null,
  "updated_at": "2025-11-11T20:09:12.225Z",
  "created_at": "2025-11-11T20:09:12.225Z",
  "root_pass": "$6$GKcNPn3vBTlFCLLs$FFIWA7bSBRWEWRAKOKUi22KlKXBVeAVW40mnXsiXgnx5Odtd8AdjYzDzqB3JKGlaAlKbIuSoYUfQoyx6WwT511",
  "architecture_id": null,
  "operatingsystem_id": null,
  "ptable_id": null,
  "medium_id": null,
  "build": false,
  "comment": "",
  "disk": null,
  "installed_at": null,
  "model_id": null,
  "hostgroup_id": null,
  "owner_id": 135138680,
  "owner_type": "User",
  "enabled": true,
  "puppet_ca_proxy_id": null,
  "managed": false,
  "use_image": null,
  "image_file": "",
  "uuid": null,
  "compute_resource_id": null,
  "puppet_proxy_id": null,
  "certname": "host10",
  "image_id": null,
  "organization_id": 447626438,
  "location_id": 255093256,
  "otp": null,
  "realm_id": null,
  "compute_profile_id": null,
  "provision_method": "build",
  "grub_pass": null,
  "global_status": 0,
  "lookup_value_matcher": "fqdn=host10",
  "pxe_loader": null,
  "initiated_at": null,
  "build_errors": null,
  "creator_id": 135138680
}

Params

Param name Description
location_id
optional

Set the current location context for the request

Validations:

  • Must be a Integer
organization_id
optional

Set the current organization context for the request

Validations:

  • Must be a Integer
id
required

Validations:

  • Must be an identifier, string from 1 to 128 characters containing only alphanumeric characters, space, underscore(_), hypen(-) with no leading or trailing space.
>>>

GET /api/hosts/:id/enc
Get ENC values of host

Params

Param name Description
location_id
optional

Set the current location context for the request

Validations:

  • Must be a Integer
organization_id
optional

Set the current organization context for the request

Validations:

  • Must be a Integer
id
required

Validations:

  • Must be an identifier, string from 1 to 128 characters containing only alphanumeric characters, dot(.), space, underscore(_), hypen(-) with no leading or trailing space.
>>>

GET /api/hosts/:id/status/:type
Get status of host

Returns string representing a host status of a given type

Params

Param name Description
location_id
optional

Set the current location context for the request

Validations:

  • Must be a Integer
organization_id
optional

Set the current organization context for the request

Validations:

  • Must be a Integer
id
required

Validations:

  • Must be an identifier, string from 1 to 128 characters containing only alphanumeric characters, dot(.), space, underscore(_), hypen(-) with no leading or trailing space.
type
required

Validations:

  • Must be one of: global, build, configuration.
>>>

DELETE /api/hosts/:id/status/:type
Clear sub-status of host

Clears a host sub-status of a given type

Params

Param name Description
location_id
optional

Set the current location context for the request

Validations:

  • Must be a Integer
organization_id
optional

Set the current organization context for the request

Validations:

  • Must be a Integer
id
required

Validations:

  • Must be an identifier, string from 1 to 128 characters containing only alphanumeric characters, dot(.), space, underscore(_), hypen(-) with no leading or trailing space.
type
required

Validations:

  • Must be one of: build, configuration.
>>>

GET /api/hosts/:id/vm_compute_attributes
Get vm attributes of host

Return the host's compute attributes that can be used to create a clone of this VM

Params

Param name Description
location_id
optional

Set the current location context for the request

Validations:

  • Must be a Integer
organization_id
optional

Set the current organization context for the request

Validations:

  • Must be a Integer
id
required

Validations:

  • Must be an identifier, string from 1 to 128 characters containing only alphanumeric characters, dot(.), space, underscore(_), hypen(-) with no leading or trailing space.
>>>

PUT /api/hosts/:id/disassociate
Disassociate the host from a VM

Params

Param name Description
location_id
optional

Set the current location context for the request

Validations:

  • Must be a Integer
organization_id
optional

Set the current organization context for the request

Validations:

  • Must be a Integer
id
required

Validations:

  • Must be an identifier, string from 1 to 128 characters containing only alphanumeric characters, dot(.), space, underscore(_), hypen(-) with no leading or trailing space.
>>>

PUT /api/hosts/:id/power
Run a power operation on host

Params

Param name Description
location_id
optional

Set the current location context for the request

Validations:

  • Must be a Integer
organization_id
optional

Set the current organization context for the request

Validations:

  • Must be a Integer
id
required

Validations:

  • Must be an identifier, string from 1 to 128 characters containing only alphanumeric characters, dot(.), space, underscore(_), hypen(-) with no leading or trailing space.
power_action
required

power action, valid actions are (on/start), (off/stop), reboot, reset, soft, cycle, (state/status)

Validations:

  • Must be a String
>>>

GET /api/hosts/:id/power
Fetch the status of whether the host is powered on or not. Supported hosts are VMs and physical hosts with BMCs.

Examples

GET /api/hosts/host4.example1.com/power?timeout=30
200
{
  "id": 4,
  "state": "na",
  "title": "N/A",
  "statusText": "Power operations are not enabled on this host."
}

Params

Param name Description
location_id
optional

Set the current location context for the request

Validations:

  • Must be a Integer
organization_id
optional

Set the current organization context for the request

Validations:

  • Must be a Integer
id
required

Validations:

  • Must be an identifier, string from 1 to 128 characters containing only alphanumeric characters, dot(.), space, underscore(_), hypen(-) with no leading or trailing space.
timeout
optional

Timeout to retrieve the power status of the host in seconds. Default is 3 seconds.

Validations:

  • Must be a String
>>>

PUT /api/hosts/:id/boot
Boot host from specified device

Params

Param name Description
location_id
optional

Set the current location context for the request

Validations:

  • Must be a Integer
organization_id
optional

Set the current organization context for the request

Validations:

  • Must be a Integer
id
required

Validations:

  • Must be an identifier, string from 1 to 128 characters containing only alphanumeric characters, dot(.), space, underscore(_), hypen(-) with no leading or trailing space.
device
required

boot device, valid devices are disk, cdrom, pxe, bios

Validations:

  • Must be a String
>>>

POST /api/hosts/facts
Upload facts for a host, creating the host if required

Params

Param name Description
location_id
optional

Set the current location context for the request

Validations:

  • Must be a Integer
organization_id
optional

Set the current organization context for the request

Validations:

  • Must be a Integer
name
required

hostname of the host

Validations:

  • Must be a String
facts
required

hash containing the facts for the host

Validations:

  • Must be a Hash
certname
optional

optional: certname of the host

Validations:

  • Must be a String
type
optional

optional: the STI type of host to create

Validations:

  • Must be a String
>>>

PUT /api/hosts/:id/rebuild_config
Rebuild orchestration config

Params

Param name Description
location_id
optional

Set the current location context for the request

Validations:

  • Must be a Integer
organization_id
optional

Set the current organization context for the request

Validations:

  • Must be a Integer
id
required

Validations:

  • Must be an identifier, string from 1 to 128 characters containing only alphanumeric characters, dot(.), space, underscore(_), hypen(-) with no leading or trailing space.
only
optional

Limit rebuild steps, valid steps are DHCP, DNS, TFTP

Validations:

  • Must be an array of any type
>>>

GET /api/hosts/:id/template/:kind
Preview rendered provisioning template content

Params

Param name Description
location_id
optional

Set the current location context for the request

Validations:

  • Must be a Integer
organization_id
optional

Set the current organization context for the request

Validations:

  • Must be a Integer
id
required

Validations:

  • Must be an identifier, string from 1 to 128 characters containing only alphanumeric characters, dot(.), space, underscore(_), hypen(-) with no leading or trailing space.
kind
required

Template kinds, available values:

Validations:

  • Must be a String
>>>

GET /api/hosts/:id/templates
Get provisioning templates for the host

Params

Param name Description
location_id
optional

Set the current location context for the request

Validations:

  • Must be a Integer
organization_id
optional

Set the current organization context for the request

Validations:

  • Must be a Integer
id
required

Validations:

  • Must be an identifier, string from 1 to 128 characters containing only alphanumeric characters, dot(.), space, underscore(_), hypen(-) with no leading or trailing space.
>>>

GET /api/hosts/:id/inherited_parameters
Get all inherited parameters for a host

Params

Param name Description
location_id
optional

Set the current location context for the request

Validations:

  • Must be a Integer
organization_id
optional

Set the current organization context for the request

Validations:

  • Must be a Integer
id
required

Validations:

  • Must be an identifier, string from 1 to 128 characters containing only alphanumeric characters, dot(.), space, underscore(_), hypen(-) with no leading or trailing space.