Perform a snapshot action
Dispatches an action via the required ?action= query
parameter. restore rolls the snapshot back in place onto its
original VM. There is no cross-host restore or restore into a
new VM; use the environment fork action for that.
Preconditions are reported as 4xx, not 5xx:
- 400
invalid_argument— missing or unknown action. - 404
not_found— unknown snapshot, or its checkpoint is missing on the provider. - 409
conflict— the target VM is not running (e.g. draining), or the snapshot is not in thereadystate. - 501
unimplemented— the provider has no snapshot support.
POST
/v1/snapshots/{snapshotId}Authorization
AuthorizationBearer token · headerrequired`Authorization: Bearer <token>` — either the static master token
(`ORCH_AUTH_TOKEN`) or a revocable API key issued via
/v1/api-keys (API keys require Postgres; without a database only
the master token is accepted). Master-only surfaces (exec,
attach, API key management) refuse API keys with 403.
**Authentication can be disabled entirely.** When neither
`ORCH_AUTH_TOKEN` nor an API key store (`DATABASE_URL`) is
configured — the default local-development posture — the bearer
middleware becomes a pass-through: every operation this document
marks as secured is reachable with no credentials, requests carry
no principal, and master-only surfaces therefore admit everyone.
Never run that configuration on a reachable network; set
`ORCH_REQUIRE_AUTH=true` to make the orchestrator refuse to start
without a master token.
or
fuse_sessionAPI key · cookierequiredHttpOnly session cookie set by POST /login for browser callers.
Consulted only when no Authorization header is present.
Path parameters
snapshotIdstringrequiredSnapshot identifier returned by createSnapshot.
Query parameters
actionstringrequiredThe action to perform. Currently only "restore" is supported.
Allowed:
restoreResponses
204Action succeeded.
400Malformed request.
errorobjectrequiredShow propertiesHide properties
codestringrequiredStable machine-readable code. `route_not_found` (404)
means the URL matches no route this server exposes —
usually a wrong host, port, or path prefix — as opposed
to `not_found`, where the route exists but the resource
does not. `forbidden` is emitted only by CIDR-allowlist
rejections; master-only refusals (exec, attach, API key
management) return 403 with code `unauthorized`.
Allowed:
not_foundroute_not_foundconflictinvalid_argumentunauthorizedforbiddenunavailableinternalunimplementedmessagestringrequiredHuman-readable description.
detailsobjectOptional stable, non-sensitive metadata (e.g. ids,
counts). Omitted when empty.
404Resource does not exist. Note the distinct code
`route_not_found`, returned when the URL matches no registered
route at all (wrong host, port, or path prefix) rather than a
known route with a missing resource.
errorobjectrequiredShow propertiesHide properties
codestringrequiredStable machine-readable code. `route_not_found` (404)
means the URL matches no route this server exposes —
usually a wrong host, port, or path prefix — as opposed
to `not_found`, where the route exists but the resource
does not. `forbidden` is emitted only by CIDR-allowlist
rejections; master-only refusals (exec, attach, API key
management) return 403 with code `unauthorized`.
Allowed:
not_foundroute_not_foundconflictinvalid_argumentunauthorizedforbiddenunavailableinternalunimplementedmessagestringrequiredHuman-readable description.
detailsobjectOptional stable, non-sensitive metadata (e.g. ids,
counts). Omitted when empty.
409Conflicts with current state (e.g. duplicate task assignment).
errorobjectrequiredShow propertiesHide properties
codestringrequiredStable machine-readable code. `route_not_found` (404)
means the URL matches no route this server exposes —
usually a wrong host, port, or path prefix — as opposed
to `not_found`, where the route exists but the resource
does not. `forbidden` is emitted only by CIDR-allowlist
rejections; master-only refusals (exec, attach, API key
management) return 403 with code `unauthorized`.
Allowed:
not_foundroute_not_foundconflictinvalid_argumentunauthorizedforbiddenunavailableinternalunimplementedmessagestringrequiredHuman-readable description.
detailsobjectOptional stable, non-sensitive metadata (e.g. ids,
counts). Omitted when empty.
500Unexpected server error.
errorobjectrequiredShow propertiesHide properties
codestringrequiredStable machine-readable code. `route_not_found` (404)
means the URL matches no route this server exposes —
usually a wrong host, port, or path prefix — as opposed
to `not_found`, where the route exists but the resource
does not. `forbidden` is emitted only by CIDR-allowlist
rejections; master-only refusals (exec, attach, API key
management) return 403 with code `unauthorized`.
Allowed:
not_foundroute_not_foundconflictinvalid_argumentunauthorizedforbiddenunavailableinternalunimplementedmessagestringrequiredHuman-readable description.
detailsobjectOptional stable, non-sensitive metadata (e.g. ids,
counts). Omitted when empty.
501The operation is not supported by the backing provider (e.g. an
exec or attach against an environment with no real guest).
errorobjectrequiredShow propertiesHide properties
codestringrequiredStable machine-readable code. `route_not_found` (404)
means the URL matches no route this server exposes —
usually a wrong host, port, or path prefix — as opposed
to `not_found`, where the route exists but the resource
does not. `forbidden` is emitted only by CIDR-allowlist
rejections; master-only refusals (exec, attach, API key
management) return 403 with code `unauthorized`.
Allowed:
not_foundroute_not_foundconflictinvalid_argumentunauthorizedforbiddenunavailableinternalunimplementedmessagestringrequiredHuman-readable description.
detailsobjectOptional stable, non-sensitive metadata (e.g. ids,
counts). Omitted when empty.
Request
curl -X POST "http://localhost:8080/v1/snapshots/string?action=restore" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_TOKEN"const response = await fetch("http://localhost:8080/v1/snapshots/string?action=restore", {
method: "POST",
headers: {
"Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_TOKEN"
}
});import requests
response = requests.post(
"http://localhost:8080/v1/snapshots/string?action=restore",
headers={
"Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_TOKEN"
},
)Response
Action succeeded.
{
"error": {
"code": "not_found",
"message": "string",
"details": {}
}
}{
"error": {
"code": "not_found",
"message": "string",
"details": {}
}
}{
"error": {
"code": "not_found",
"message": "string",
"details": {}
}
}{
"error": {
"code": "not_found",
"message": "string",
"details": {}
}
}{
"error": {
"code": "not_found",
"message": "string",
"details": {}
}
}