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  • Cloud Block Storage 1.0
  • Getting started
    • Get your credentials
    • Sending API requests to Cloud Block Storage
      • Convert cURL examples to run on Windows
    • Authenticate to the Rackspace Cloud
      • Send an authentication request
      • Review the authentication response
      • Configure environment variables
    • Cloud Block Storage concepts
      • Instance
      • Instance type
      • Snapshot
      • Volume
      • Volume type
    • Create and manage volumes and snapshots
      • Creating a block storage volume
      • Listing existing block storage volumes
      • Showing volume details
      • Updating a volume
      • Deleting a volume
      • Creating a snapshot
      • Listing snapshots
      • Showing snapshot details
      • Updating a snapshot
      • Deleting a snapshot
      • Other cURL commands
  • General API information
    • Service access endpoints
    • Cloud Block Storage service versions
    • Request and response types
    • Cloud Block Storage quotas
    • Absolute limits
    • Paginated collections
    • Response codes
    • Date and time format
    • Role-based access control (RBAC)
      • Assigning roles to account users
      • Roles available for Rackspace Cloud Block Storage
      • Multiproduct global roles and permissions
      • Resolving conflicts between RBAC multiproduct and product-specific roles
      • RBAC permissions cross-reference to Rackspace Cloud Block Storage API operations
    • Differences between Rackspace Cloud Block Storage v1 methods and OpenStack Block Storage v2 methods
  • API reference
    • Volumes
      • Create a volume
        • Request parameters
        • Request examples
        • Response examples
        • Response codes
      • Retrieve volumes
        • Request
        • Response examples
        • Response codes
      • Retrieve volumes (detailed)
        • Request
        • Response examples
        • Response codes
      • Retrieve details for a volume
        • Request
        • Response examples
        • Response codes
      • Update a volume
        • Request parameters
        • Request example
        • Response examples
        • Response codes
      • Delete a volume
        • Request
        • Response
        • Response codes
    • Volume types
      • Retrieve volume types
        • Request
        • Response examples
        • Response codes
      • Retrieve volume type details
        • Request
        • Response examples
        • Response codes
    • Volume transfer
      • Create a volume transfer
        • Request parameters
        • Request example
        • Response parameters
        • Response example
        • Response codes
      • Retrieve the volume transfers
        • Request
        • Response parameters
        • Response example
        • Response codes
      • Retrieve the volume transfers (detailed)
        • Request
        • Response parameters
        • Response example
        • Response codes
      • Retrieve a volume transfer (detailed)
        • Request
        • Response parameters
        • Response example
        • Response codes
      • Delete a volume transfer
        • Request
        • Response
        • Response codes
      • Accept a volume transfer
        • Request parameters
        • Request example
        • Response parameters
        • Response example
        • Response codes
    • Snapshots
      • Create a snapshot
        • Request parameters
        • Request example
        • Response examples
        • Response codes
      • Retrieve snapshots
        • Request
        • Response examples
        • Response codes
      • Retrieve snapshots (detailed)
        • Request
        • Response examples
        • Response codes
      • Retrieve details for a snapshot
        • Request
        • Response examples
        • Response codes
      • Update a snapshot
        • Request parameters
        • Request examples
        • Response examples
        • Response codes
      • Delete a snapshot
        • Request
        • Response
        • Response codes
      • Retrieve metadata for a snapshot
        • Request
        • Response example
        • Response codes
  • Release notes
    • API 1.0 updates, August 11, 2020
      • What’s new
      • Resolved issues
      • Known issues
    • API 1.0 updates, March 9, 2016
      • What’s new
      • Resolved issues
      • Known issues
    • API 1.0 updates, January 20, 2016
      • What’s new
      • Resolved issues
      • Known issues
    • API 1.0 updates, August 27, 2015
      • What’s new
      • Resolved issues
      • Known issues
    • API 1.0 updates, February 11, 2015
      • What’s new
      • Resolved issues
      • Known issues
    • API 1.0 updates, December 29, 2014
      • What’s new
      • Resolved issues
      • Known issues
    • API 1.0 updates, October 9, 2014
      • What’s new
      • Resolved issues
      • Known issues
    • API 1.0 updates, February 10, 2014
      • What’s new
      • Resolved issues
      • Known issues
    • API 1.0 updates, February 6, 2014
      • What’s new
      • Resolved issues
      • Known issues
    • API 1.0 updates, January 28, 2014
      • What’s new
      • Resolved issues
      • Known issues
    • API 1.0 updates, January 2, 2014
      • What’s new
      • Resolved issues
      • Known issues
    • API 1.0 updates, October 21, 2013
      • What’s new
      • Resolved issues
      • Known issues
    • API 1.0 updates, October 3, 2013
      • What’s new
      • Resolved issues
      • Known issues
    • API 1.0 updates, August 9, 2013
      • What’s new
      • Resolved issues
      • Known issues
    • API 1.0 release, October 23, 2012
      • What’s new
      • Resolved issues
      • Known issues
  • Service updates
  • Additional resources
  • Disclaimer

API reference#

Learn about the available Rackspace Cloud Block Storage API resources and operations, and see request and response examples. You can use the Rackspace Cloud Block Storage API operations to interact directly with the service.

Note

You can also perform operations by using the the Cloud Control Panel.

  • Volumes
    • Create a volume
    • Retrieve volumes
    • Retrieve volumes (detailed)
    • Retrieve details for a volume
    • Update a volume
    • Delete a volume
  • Volume types
    • Retrieve volume types
    • Retrieve volume type details
  • Volume transfer
    • Create a volume transfer
    • Retrieve the volume transfers
    • Retrieve the volume transfers (detailed)
    • Retrieve a volume transfer (detailed)
    • Delete a volume transfer
    • Accept a volume transfer
  • Snapshots
    • Create a snapshot
    • Retrieve snapshots
    • Retrieve snapshots (detailed)
    • Retrieve details for a snapshot
    • Update a snapshot
    • Delete a snapshot
    • Retrieve metadata for a snapshot
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