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CreateDisks
Last updated: 2023-12-04 16:32:04
CreateDisks
Last updated: 2023-12-04 16:32:04

1. API Description

Domain name for API request: lighthouse.tencentcloudapi.com.

This API is used to create one or more cloud disks.

A maximum of 20 requests can be initiated per second for this API.

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2. Input Parameters

The following request parameter list only provides API request parameters and some common parameters. For the complete common parameter list, see Common Request Parameters.

Parameter Name Required Type Description
Action Yes String Common Params. The value used for this API: CreateDisks.
Version Yes String Common Params. The value used for this API: 2020-03-24.
Region No String Common Params. This parameter is not required for this API.
Zone Yes String Availability zone. You can call DescribeZones and get the information in the Zone parameter re
DiskSize Yes Integer Cloud disk size in GB.
DiskType Yes String Cloud disk media type. Valid values: "CLOUD_PREMIUM" (premium cloud disk), "CLOUD_SSD" (SSD cloud disk).
DiskChargePrepaid Yes DiskChargePrepaid Parameters of monthly subscribed cloud disks
DiskName No String Image name, which can contain up to 60 characters.
DiskCount No Integer Number of cloud disks. Range: [1, 30]. Default value: 1.
DiskBackupQuota No Integer Specify the quota of disk backups. No quota if it’s left empty. Only one quota is allowed.
AutoVoucher No Boolean Whether to use the vouchers automatically. It defaults to No.
AutoMountConfiguration No AutoMountConfiguration Automatically mount and initialize the data disk.

3. Output Parameters

Parameter Name Type Description
DiskIdSet Array of String List of IDs created by using this API. The returning of IDs does not mean that the instances are created successfully.

You can call DescribeDisks API, and find the disk ID in the DiskSet returned to check its status. If the status changes from PENDING to UNATTACHED or ATTACHED, the instance is created successfully.
RequestId String The unique request ID, which is returned for each request. RequestId is required for locating a problem.

4. Example

Example1 Creating a cloud disk

This example shows you how to create a cloud disk.

Input Example

POST / HTTP/1.1
Host: lighthouse.tencentcloudapi.com
Content-Type: application/json
X-TC-Action: CreateDisks
<Common request parameters>

{
    "DiskCount": 1,
    "DiskChargePrepaid": {
        "Period": 1,
        "TimeUnit": "m"
    },
    "DiskName": "test",
    "DiskType": "CLOUD_PREMIUM",
    "DiskSize": 20,
    "Zone": "ap-hongkong-2",
    "DiskBackupQuota": 1
}

Output Example

{
    "Response": {
        "DiskIdSet": [
            "lhdisk-2q0cs4oe"
        ],
        "RequestId": "69765fd3-56a6-4633-8afd-72ca7805226b"
    }
}

5. Developer Resources

SDK

TencentCloud API 3.0 integrates SDKs that support various programming languages to make it easier for you to call APIs.

Command Line Interface

6. Error Code

The following only lists the error codes related to the API business logic. For other error codes, see Common Error Codes.

Error Code Description
FailedOperation Operation failed.
FailedOperation.CreateDisksFailed Failed to create the cloud disks.
FailedOperation.InsufficientBalance
InvalidParameterValue.DiskInstanceZoneNotMatch The AZ of cloud disk does not match the AZ of instance.
InvalidParameterValue.InvalidDiskType Invalid cloud disk type.
InvalidParameterValue.InvalidZone Invalid Zone value.
InvalidParameterValue.PlatformTypeNotSupportFileSystem The instance OS does not support this file system.
InvalidParameterValue.PlatformTypeNotSupportMountPoint The instance OS does not support the specified mount point.
LimitExceeded.AttachDataDiskQuotaLimitExceeded Failed to attach the disk: Reached the upper limit of attached data disks
LimitExceeded.DiskQuotaLimitExceeded Failed to create the image: Insufficient quota.
ResourceNotFound.InstanceIdNotFound The instance ID does not exist.
UnsupportedOperation.InvalidInstanceState Unsupported operation: the instance status is invalid.
UnsupportedOperation.LatestOperationUnfinished Unsupported operation: the last operation of the instance has not been completed.
UnsupportedOperation.TatAgentNotOnline TAT agent on the instance is not online.
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