⁠3.8. Example: Create NFS Data Storage

An NFS data storage domain is an exported NFS share attached to a data center and provides storage for virtualized guest images. Creation of a new storage domain requires a POST request, with the storage domain representation included, sent to the URL of the storage domain collection.
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Example 3.7. Create an NFS data storage domain

Request:
POST /api/storagedomains HTTP/1.1
Accept: application/xml
Content-type: application/xml

<storage_domain>
  <name>data1</name>
  <type>data</type>
  <storage>
    <type>nfs</type>
    <address>192.168.0.10</address>
    <path>/data1</path>
  </storage>
  <host>
    <name>hypervisor</name>
  </host>
</storage_domain>
cURL command:
# curl -X POST -H "Accept: application/xml" -H "Content-Type: application/xml" \
    -u [USER:PASS] --cacert [CERT] \
    -d "<storage_domain><name>data1</name><type>data</type> \
    <storage><type>nfs</type><address>192.168.0.10</address> \
    <path>/data1</path></storage> \ 
    <host><name>hypervisor</name></host></storage_domain>" \
    https://[RHEVM Host]:443/api/storagedomains
The API creates a NFS data storage domain called data1 with an export path of 192.168.0.10:/data1 and sets access to the storage domain through the hypervisor host. The API also returns the following representation of the newly created storage domain resource.
Result:
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Accept: application/xml

<storage_domain id="9ca7cb40-9a2a-4513-acef-dc254af57aac"
  href="/api/storagedomains/9ca7cb40-9a2a-4513-acef-dc254af57aac">
    <name>data1</name>
    <link rel="permissions"
      href="/api/storagedomains/9ca7cb40-9a2a-4513-acef-dc254af57aac/
      permissions"/>
    <link rel="files"
      href="/api/storagedomains/9ca7cb40-9a2a-4513-acef-dc254af57aac/files"/>
    <type>data</type>
    <master>false</master>
    <storage>
        <type>nfs</type>
        <address>192.168.0.10</address>
        <path>/data1</path>
    </storage>
    <available>175019917312</available>
    <used>27917287424</used>
    <committed>10737418240</committed>
    <storage_format>v1</storage_format>
    <host id="0656f432-923a-11e0-ad20-5254004ac988"
      href="/api/hosts/0656f432-923a-11e0-ad20-5254004ac988">
</storage_domain>
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