Get virtual server details

Example of how to retrieve the details of a virtual server through a GET API operation. The list of fields returned can be customized by adding or removing fields from the objectMask

Operation: GET

URL: SoftLayer_Virtual_Guest/{server_id}

Example CURL:

curl --user userid:api_key
"https://api.softlayer.com/rest/v3/SoftLayer_Virtual_Guest/
7743084.json?objectMask=mask[domain,fullyQualifiedDomainName,hostname,id,primaryBack
endIpAddress,primaryIpAddress,status.keyName]"

Example Response:

{
    "domain":"lab01.softlayer.ws",
    "fullyQualifiedDomainName":"test03.lab01.softlayer.ws",
    "hostname":"test03",
    "id":7743084,
    "primaryBackendIpAddress":"10.118.68.8",
    "primaryIpAddress":"168.1.79.8",
    "status":{
        "keyName":"ACTIVE",
        "name":"Active"
    }
}

February 15, 2015

Get virtual server details