3.14. Example: Create Virtual Machine Storage Disk
The following example creates an 8 GB Copy-On-Write storage disk for the example virtual machine.
Example 3.16. Create a virtual machine storage disk
Request:
POST /api/vms/6efc0cfa-8495-4a96-93e5-ee490328cf48/disks HTTP/1.1 Accept: application/xml Content-type: application/xml <disk> <storage_domains> <storage_domain id="9ca7cb40-9a2a-4513-acef-dc254af57aac"/> </storage_domains> <size>8589934592</size> <type>system</type> <interface>virtio</interface> <format>cow</format> <bootable>true</bootable> </disk>
cURL command:
# curl -X POST -H "Accept: application/xml" -H "Content-Type: application/xml" \ -u [USER:PASS] --cacert [CERT] \ -d "<disk><storage_domains> \ <storage_domain id='9ca7cb40-9a2a-4513-acef-dc254af57aac'/> \ </storage_domains><size>8589934592</size><type>system</type> \ <interface>virtio</interface><format>cow</format> \ <bootable>true</bootable></disk>" \ https://[RHEVM Host]:443/api/vms/6efc0cfa-8495-4a96-93e5-ee490328cf48/disks
The
storage_domain
element tells the API to store the disk on the data1
storage domain.