12.3. Methods

12.3.1. Creating a Storage Domain

Creation of a new storage domain requires the name, type, host and storage elements. Identify the host element with the id attribute or name element.

Example 12.2.  Creating a storage domain

POST /api/storagedomains HTTP/1.1
Accept: application/xml
Content-type: application/xml
    
<storage_domain>
    <name>data1</name>
    <type>data</type>
    <host id="2ab5e1da-b726-4274-bbf7-0a42b16a0fc3"/>
    <storage>
        <type>nfs</type>
        <address>172.31.0.6</address>
        <path>/exports/RHEVX/images/0</path>
    </storage>
</storage_domain>
The API user attaches the storage domain to a data center after creation.