11.12. Start Application

Description

Start an application that is not running.

Method and URL Structure

Method URL Structure
POST /broker/rest/application/:id/events

Request Parameters

Name Description Required Default
event Event Yes

See Section A.6, “Applications” for more information about the valid options applicable to these request parameters.
Request

{
  "event": "start"
}

cURL Command Example

$ curl -X POST https://openshift.redhat.com/broker/rest/application/534253991015616165707776/events --user user@example.com:password --data-urlencode event=start

JSON Response

The API returns the application resource. Unnecessary information and related resource links returned by the API have been removed for brevity. See Chapter 11, Applications for more information on all application parameters. 

{
  "api_version": 1.6,
  "data": {
    "aliases": [

    ],
    "app_url": "http://myapp-mydomain.rhcloud.com/",
    "build_job_url": null,
    "building_app": null,
    "building_with": null,
    "creation_time": "2013-08-21T01:58:41Z",
    "domain_id": "mydomain",
    "embedded": {
      "haproxy-1.4": {
      }
    },
    "framework": "ruby-2.0",
    "gear_count": 1,
    "gear_profile": "small",
    "git_url": "ssh://534253991015616165707776@myapp-mydomain.rhcloud.com/~/git/myapp.git/",
    "health_check_path": "health",
    "id": "534253991015616165707776",
    "initial_git_url": null,
    "members": [
      {
        "explicit_role": null,
        "from": [
          {
            "type": "domain",
            "role": "admin"
          }
        ],
        "id": "5213a826e499b22f15000001",
        "name": "user@example.com",
        "owner": true,
        "role": "admin",
        "type": "user"
      }
    ],
    "name": "myapp",
    "scalable": true,
    "ssh_url": "ssh://534253991015616165707776@myapp-mydomain.rhcloud.com"
  },
  "messages": [
    {
      "exit_code": 0,
      "field": null,
      "severity": "info",
      "text": "Application myapp has started"
    },
    {
      "exit_code": 0,
      "field": null,
      "severity": "warning",
      "text": "HAProxy instance is started\n"
    }
  ],
  "status": "ok",
  "supported_api_versions": [
    1.0,
    1.1,
    1.2,
    1.3,
    1.4,
    1.5,
    1.6
  ],
  "type": "application",
  "version": "1.6"
}