Retrieve Names of Containers
/instance/
Required Role: To complete this task, you must have the Compute_Monitor
or Compute_Operations
role. If this role isn't assigned to you or you're not sure, then ask your system administrator to ensure that the role is assigned to you in Oracle Cloud My Services. See Modifying User Roles in Managing and Monitoring Oracle Cloud.
Request
- application/oracle-compute-v3+json
-
Cookie: string
The Cookie: header must be included with every request to the service. It must be set to the value of the set-cookie header in the response received to the POST /authenticate/ call.
Response
- application/oracle-compute-v3+directory+json
200 Response
-
set-cookie: string
The cookie value is returned if the session is extended
Examples
cURL Command
The following example shows how to retrieve names of containers that contain the instances that you can access by submitting a GET
request on the REST resource using cURL. For more information about cURL, see Use cURL.
Enter the command on a single line. Line breaks are used in this example for readability.
curl -X GET -H "Cookie: $COMPUTE_COOKIE" -H "Accept: application/oracle-compute-v3+directory+json" https://api-z999.compute.us0.oraclecloud.com/instance/
-
COMPUTE_COOKIE
is the name of the variable in which you stored the authentication cookie earlier. For information about retrieving the authentication cookie and storing it in a variable, see Authentication. -
api-z999.compute.us0.oraclecloud.com
is an example REST endpoint URL. Change this value to the REST endpoint URL of your Compute Classic site. For information about finding out REST endpoint URL for your site, see Send Requests.
Example of Response Body
The following example shows the response body in JSON format.
{"result": ["/Compute-acme/"]}