Working with the Controller and API

How to work with the Anka Controller and API

Anka Controller is the central management system of Anka Build and provides a simple and extensible interface for provisioning and managing on-demand macOS VMs on a cluster of mac hardware (Anka Build nodes). If you use CI tools like Jenkins, Teamcity. GitLab CI, BuidKite, integrate them with Anka controller using plugins or controller REST APIs to provision macOS VMs on-demand for CI job requests.

You can work with controller through the web portal interface, REST APIs or the CI plugins.

Controller Portal

Access it by going to your controller IP - http://<controllerIP>:port.

You can view the status of your Anka Build macOS cloud from this UI and also perform basic management operations.

Dashboard View

This view displays the total active build nodes, running VM instances, instance run capacity utilization, registry storage consumption, average cpu and ram utilization across the entire cloud.

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Nodes View

Click on nodes to go to node list view.

You can view all active build nodes, instances running on them, their cpu and ram utilization. From this view, you can modify the concurrent VM capacity for each node.

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Explanation of Node States

  • Offline: Node has not checked in recently
  • Inactive: (Invalid License): License has likely expired; log in to the node and run anka license show
  • Active: Node is healthy
  • Updating: Node is downloading and installing the proper agent pkg (if the controller has been upgraded)
  • Unhealthy: VMs running on Node are in an errored or failed

Templates View

Click on templates to look at all VMs stored in the registry.

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Click on an individual template to view all versions/tags for that template.

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Click on distribute to all nodes or select specific Nodes to pre-load the most frequently used Vm templates for your build/test jobs on all build nodes. This will reduce the time for first time job execution on Anka Build cloud. Controller manages disk space on the Build Nodes and deletes VM templates that are not used for CI build and test jobs.

Note - Once a job executes on a build node in a specific VM, the original VM template used for this job is cached on the node. Hence, any subesequent job executions don't download VM from the registry. The VM template is only downloaded when there is a brand new VM template or a new tag to an existing VM template. Download of a VM template with a new tag is only incremental.

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Distribution to nodes is complete.

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Instances View

Click on Instances to get a list of all running instances on the cloud.

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Manually starting instances

Click on create instance to manually start instances using a specific VM template/tag on the cloud.

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Accessing Error logs

Starting from Controller release version 1.0.12, logs will be available for download from the Controller Management portal for error scenarios during VM provisioning.

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Enterprise License Features

Node Groups

node groups

This feature allows users to add Anka Virtualization Nodes to groups which can then be used to limit or isolate CI/CD tasks. You can even create fallback groups should the primary group you assign to a Node reach capacity. This is useful when you have multiple projects in your organization and wish to prevent certain projects from using all available VM slots.

Both the Controller UI and API allow creation and control of groups

You can assign a Node to a group in the Controller Nodes UI, API, or even when joining with ankacluster join --groups

Priority Scheduling

When requesting multiple VMs through the API, a priority can be assigned. The lower the priority integer, the higher the urgency:

# Request a VM with the highest priority (default priority is 1000)
curl -X POST "http://anka.controller/api/v1/vm" -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"vmid": "6b135004-0c89-43bb-b892-74796b8d266c", "count": 2, "priority": 1}'

{
  "status": "OK",
  "message": "",
  "body": [
    "c983c3bf-a0c0-43dc-54dc-2fd9f7d62fce",
    "e74dfc0e-dc94-4ca2-575e-3219ac08ffa2"
  ]
}

USB Device Control (Controller API)

USB device control is possible using the Anka Virtualization CLI with a non-Enterprise license. However, this doesn't allow you to control devices using the Controller API. With an Enterprise or higher license, you can attach one or more devices to your Anka VMs by making an API call:

# Claim a device using the location ID
curl -X POST "http://anka.controller/api/v1/vm" -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"vmid": "6b135004-0c89-43bb-b892-74796b8d266c", "count": 2, "usb_device": "336675856"}'

{
  "status": "OK",
  "message": "",
  "body": [
    "c983c3bf-a0c0-43dc-54dc-2fd9f7d62fce",
    "e74dfc0e-dc94-4ca2-575e-3219ac08ffa2"
  ]
}

Event logging and automated pushing

You can enable Event Logging to create a log of actions performed in the controller. The logs are saved under:

  • Mac: /Library/Application\ Support/Veertu/Anka/registry/files/central-logs/
  • Docker (registry container): /mnt/vol/files/central-logs

event logging

Logged EventsType
StartVMapiAction
VMStartedsystemAction
VMFailedToStartsystemAction
TerminateVMapiAction
VMTerminatedsystemAction
DistributeTemplateToNodesapiAction
TemplatePulledsystemAction
DeleteRegistryVmapiAction
ConfigNodeapiAction
DeleteNodeapiAction
NodeUnregisteredsystemAction

You can also specify an endpoint that consumes JSON and the controller will push the events.


REST API

Use the REST APIs to integrate Anka Build cloud with your CI system (If there is no plugin/integration available).

Status

❯ curl -s http://anka.controller:8090/api/v1/status         
{"status":"OK","message":"","body":{"status":"Running","version":"1.13.0-24e848a5","registry_address":"http://anka.registry:8089","registry_status":"Running","license":"enterprise plus"}}

VM Instance

Object Model:

PropertyTypeDescription
instance_idstringidentifier for the instance
instance_statestringthe instance's state options are “Scheduling”, “Pulling”, “Started”, “Stopping”, “Stopped”, “Terminating”, “Terminated”, “Error”, “Pushing” (Scheduling -> Pulling, Started, Stopped, Pushing, or Error -> Terminating -> Terminated)
messagestringError message in case of an error
anka_registrystringthe URL of the registry where the template is saved
vmidstringthe Id of the template that the VM is created from
tagstringthe template's tag
versionintthe template's version
vminfoobjectan object representing the VM itself
node_idstringthe Id of the node where the VM is running
inflight_reqidstringthe Id of the pending start VM request
tsdatetimetime of the instance last update
cr_timedatetimecreation time of the instance
progressfloatthe pull progress, in case the VM is in state “Pulling”
group_idstringthe id of the group that the instance belongs to
namestringname of the instance. non unique
external_idstringa string saved with the instance, can be used to save the vm id on an external system. non unique
metadataobjectkey-value object. keys are strings. values are strings, integers or booleans
mac_addressstringrepresents the assigned MAC address

All fields but the following are omitted if empty: vmid, group_id, and usb_device

Start VM instances

Note Group_id, priority and USB_device is only available if you are running Enterprise and higher tier of Anka Build.

Description: Start VM instances
Path: /api/v1/vm
Method: POST
Required Body Parameters:

ParameterTypeDescription
vmidstringThe template (vm image) to use for the instance.

Optional Body Parameters:

ParameterTypeDescriptionDefault
tagstringSpecify a specific tag to useLatest tag.
versionintSpecify a version number instead of a tag.-
namestringA name for the instance.-
external_idstringAn arbitrary string to be saved with the instance-
countintNumber of instances to start.1
node_idstringStart the instance on this specific node-
startup_scriptstringScript to be executed after the instance is started, encoded as a base64 string.-
startup_script_conditionintOptions are 0 or 1. If 0 is passed the script will run after the VM's network is up, if 1 is passed the script will run as soon as the VM boots.wait for network
name_templatestringName template for the vm name (on the Node), available vars are $template_name $template_id and $ts (timestamp)-
group_idstringRun the VM on a node from this group.-
priorityintPriority of this instance in range 1-10000 (lower is more urgent).1000
usb_devicestringName of the USB device to attach to the VM-
vcpuintOverride the number of CPU cores for the VM Template (only works when the template VM is stopped).
vramintOverride the VM's RAM size in MB (1GB = 1024MB) (only works when the template VM is stopped).
metadataobjectSets the instance metadata, a key-value object. Keys are strings. Values are strings, ints or booleans-
mac_addressstringSpecify MAC address for the VM (Capital letters and ‘:’ as separators) (only works when the template VM is stopped and when –manage-mac-addresses flag is set in the controller config).

Returns:

  • status: Operation Result (OK|FAIL)
  • body: Array of instance UUIDs
  • message: Error message in case of an error

Example

 curl -X POST "http://anka.controller/api/v1/vm" -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"vmid": "6b135004-0c89-43bb-b892-74796b8d266c", "count": 2}'

{
  "status": "OK",
  "message": "",
  "body": [
    "c983c3bf-a0c0-43dc-54dc-2fd9f7d62fce",
    "e74dfc0e-dc94-4ca2-575e-3219ac08ffa2"
  ]
}

Update Instance

Description: Update VM Instance Path: /api/v1/vm Method: PUT Required Query Parameters

ParameterTypeDescription
idstringReturn the VM with that ID. If the vm does not exists the server will return the status FAIL

Optional Body Parameters:

ParameterTypeDescriptionDefault
namestringA name for the instance-
external_idstringAn arbitrary string to be saved with the instance-
metadataobjectUpdates the instance metadata, a key-value object. Keys are strings. Values are strings, ints or booleans-

Returns:

  • status: Operation Result (OK|FAIL)
  • message: Error message in case of an error

Example

 curl -X PUT "http://anka.controller/api/v1/vm?id=c0f36a87-41d9-44a8-66e1-6c5afae15b80" -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"name": "My VM name"}'

{
  "status": "OK",
  "message": ""
}

Terminate VM instance

Description: Terminate a running VM instance
Path: /api/v1/vm
Method: DELETE
Required Body Parameters:

ParameterTypeDescription
idstringThe id of the instance to terminate.

Returns:

  • Status: Operation Result (OK|FAIL)
  • message: Error message in case of an error

Example

curl -X DELETE "http://anka.controller/api/v1/vm" -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"id": "c983c3bf-a0c0-43dc-54dc-2fd9f7d62fce"}' | jq
{
   "status" : "OK",
   "message" : ""
}

List VM Instances

Description: List all VM instances
Path: /api/v1/vm
Method: GET
Optional Query Parameters

ParameterTypeDescription
idstringReturn the VM with that ID. If the vm does not exists the server will return the status FAIL

Returns:

  • Status: Operation Result (OK|FAIL)
  • Body: Array of Instances
  • message: Error message in case of an error

Example

# List all VMs

curl  "http://anka.controller/api/v1/vm" -H "Content-Type: application/json" | jq
{
   "status" : "OK",
   "body" : [
      {
         "instance_id" : "04b7ca7a-945c-4bdc-5123-68b2e4c8ad13",
         "name": "My VM",
         "external_id": "ly79930",
         "vm" : {
            "anka_registry" : "",
            "ts" : "2019-12-25T16:06:20.681609561Z",
            "progress" : 0,
            "vminfo" : {
               "ip" : "192.168.64.4",
               "status" : "running",
               "cpu_cores" : 2,
               "name" : "mgmtManaged-build_vm3-MacPro-02.local-1574781776830830000",
               "port_forwarding" : [
                  {
                     "Name" : "ssh",
                     "protocol" : "tcp",
                     "host_port" : 10001,
                     "guest_port" : 22
                  }
               ],
               "ram" : "2G",
               "vnc_port" : 5902,
               "node_id" : "f8707005-4630-4c9c-8403-c9c5964097f6",
               "vnc_connection_string" : "vnc://:@207.254.51.229:5902",
               "host_ip" : "207.254.51.229",
               "uuid" : "381e5c9f-d453-48dc-87a4-af6a2a98e46f"
            },
            "tag" : "t1",
            "instance_state" : "Started",
            "cr_time" : "2019-11-26T15:22:52.221924626Z",
            "vmid" : "a29dcb72-f663-469d-9d83-8c4641b2e5dd",
            "node_id" : "f8707005-4630-4c9c-8403-c9c5964097f6"
         }
      },
      {
         "vm" : {
            "node_id" : "f8707005-4630-4c9c-8403-c9c5964097f6",
            "instance_state" : "Started",
            "cr_time" : "2019-12-25T16:06:04.658586219Z",
            "vmid" : "6b135004-0c89-43bb-b892-74796b8d266c",
            "vminfo" : {
               "status" : "running",
               "cpu_cores" : 2,
               "ip" : "",
               "name" : "mgmtManaged-mojave-w-java-1577289969489444000",
               "vnc_port" : 5903,
               "ram" : "2G",
               "node_id" : "f8707005-4630-4c9c-8403-c9c5964097f6",
               "uuid" : "4284cb1a-246c-4a2f-b773-ab18d6785957",
               "host_ip" : "207.254.51.229",
               "vnc_connection_string" : "vnc://:@207.254.51.229:5903"
            },
            "tag" : "teamcity",
            "anka_registry" : "",
            "ts" : "2019-12-25T16:06:20.717627395Z",
            "progress" : 0
         },
         "instance_id" : "6d5b7632-6ace-433a-44d9-e0c25f56706b"
      },
      {
         "vm" : {
            "tag" : "teamcity",
            "vminfo" : {
               "ip" : "",
               "tag" : "teamcity",
               "status" : "running",
               "cpu_cores" : 2,
               "name" : "mojave-w-java-1577289976968997000",
               "vnc_port" : 5904,
               "ram" : "2G",
               "node_id" : "f8707005-4630-4c9c-8403-c9c5964097f6",
               "host_ip" : "207.254.51.229",
               "vnc_connection_string" : "vnc://:admin@207.254.51.229:5904",
               "uuid" : "bfd4106c-2a88-462f-a545-50f832b7a0f7"
            },
            "progress" : 1,
            "anka_registry" : "",
            "ts" : "2019-12-25T16:06:21.163835272Z",
            "node_id" : "f8707005-4630-4c9c-8403-c9c5964097f6",
            "cr_time" : "2019-12-25T16:06:04.763922869Z",
            "vmid" : "6b135004-0c89-43bb-b892-74796b8d266c",
            "instance_state" : "Started"
         },
         "instance_id" : "9c623cc1-e489-4d02-4559-0c76492bec9f"
      }
   ],
   "message" : ""
}

# Show specific VM

curl "http://anka.controller/api/v1/vm?id=04b7ca7a-945c-4bdc-5123-68b2e4c8ad13" -H "Content-Type: application/json" 

{
   "message" : "",
   "status" : "OK",
   "body" : {
      "progress" : 0,
      "vminfo" : {
         "node_id" : "f8707005-4630-4c9c-8403-c9c5964097f6",
         "cpu_cores" : 2,
         "ip" : "192.168.64.4",
         "status" : "running",
         "uuid" : "381e5c9f-d453-48dc-87a4-af6a2a98e46f",
         "port_forwarding" : [
            {
               "host_port" : 10001,
               "Name" : "ssh",
               "protocol" : "tcp",
               "guest_port" : 22
            }
         ],
         "vnc_connection_string" : "vnc://:@207.254.51.229:5902",
         "host_ip" : "207.254.51.229",
         "ram" : "2G",
         "name" : "mgmtManaged-build_vm3-MacPro-02.local-1574781776830830000",
         "vnc_port" : 5902
      },
      "vmid" : "a29dcb72-f663-469d-9d83-8c4641b2e5dd",
      "node_id" : "f8707005-4630-4c9c-8403-c9c5964097f6",
      "anka_registry" : "",
      "ts" : "2019-12-26T08:57:48.392701636Z",
      "instance_state" : "Started",
      "cr_time" : "2019-11-26T15:22:52.221924626Z",
      "tag" : "t1"
   }
}

Node

Object Model:

PropertyTypeDescription
node_idstringThe node's id
node_namestringThe node's name
cpu_countintQuantity of CPU cores
ramintAmount of RAM in GB
vm_countintNumber of VMs currently running
vcpu_countintNumber of running virtual CPUs
vramintAmount of virtual RAM used
cpu_utilfloatCPU utilization (0-1)
ram_utilfloatRAM utilization (0-1)
ip_addressstringThe IP address or host name of the node
statestringState of the node values can be “Offline”, “Inactive (Invalid License)", “Active”, “Updating”, “Unhealthy”
capacityintNumber of VMs the node can run
groupslistList of groups that the nodes belongs to
anka_versionobjectAn object representing the Anka information. running version, product name, license.
usb_deviceslistList of USB devices connected to the node
capacity_modestringNode's capacity mode, options are number (number of running VMs) or resource (VCPUs and VRAM)
vcpu_overrideintVCPU scheduling limit, when using capacity mode resource
ram_overrideintVRAM scheduling limit, when using capacity mode resource
disk_sizeintNode's disk size in bytes
free_disk_spaceintNode's free disk space in bytes
anka_disk_usageintDisk space used by Anka in bytes

List Nodes

Description: List all build nodes joined to the controller
Path: /api/v1/node
Method: GET
Optional Query Parameters

ParameterTypeDescription
idstringReturn the Node with that ID. If the node does not exists the server will return the status FAIL

Returns:

  • Status: Operation Result (OK|FAIL)
  • Body: Array of Nodes
  • message: Error message in case of an error

Examples

# List Nodes
curl "http://anka.controller/api/v1/node" -H "Content-Type: application/json" | jq
{
   "body" : [
      {
         "ip_address" : "207.254.51.229",
         "cpu_count" : 12,
         "capacity" : 6,
         "node_name" : "MacPro-02.local",
         "vm_count" : 1,
         "usb_devices" : null,
         "vcpu_count" : 2,
         "node_id" : "f8707005-4630-4c9c-8403-c9c5964097f6",
         "cpu_util" : 0.074900396,
         "vram" : 2048,
         "ram_util" : 0.03125,
         "state" : "Active",
         "vcpu_override" : 0,
         "anka_version" : {
            "build" : "112",
            "product" : "Anka Build Enterpriseplus",
            "version" : "2.1.2",
            "license" : "com.veertu.anka.entplus"
         },
         "free_disk_space" : 155624185856,
         "anka_disk_usage" : 38274388000,
         "disk_size" : 250135076864,
         "ram" : 64,
         "ram_override" : 0,
         "capacity_mode" : "number"
      }
   ],
   "status" : "OK",
   "message" : ""
}

# List Nodes (with groups assigned in the Controller; Enterprise and Enterprise+ license feature)
curl "http://anka.controller/api/v1/node" -H "Content-Type: application/json" | jq
{
  "status": "OK",
  "message": "",
  "body": [
    {
      "node_id": "3c101836-9540-4733-9482-604d0c5fbe30",
      "node_name": "Veertu.local",
      "cpu_count": 8,
      "ram": 32,
      "vm_count": 0,
      "vcpu_count": 0,
      "vram": 0,
      "cpu_util": 0.09658847,
      "ram_util": 0,
      "ip_address": "192.168.0.106",
      "state": "Active",
      "capacity": 2,
      "groups": [
        {
          "id": "bc288727-676c-4ab5-47b3-d1cd04227d11",
          "name": "iOS",
          "description": "Used for iOS builds and tests",
          "fallback_group_id": null
        }
      ],
      "anka_version": {
        "product": "Anka Build Enterpriseplus",
        "version": "2.2.3",
        "build": "118",
        "license": "com.veertu.anka.entplus"
      },
      "usb_devices": null,
      "capacity_mode": "number",
      "vcpu_override": 0,
      "ram_override": 0,
      "disk_size": 1000240963584,
      "free_disk_space": 387449434112,
      "anka_disk_usage": 37276504000
    }
  ]
}

# Show specific Node
curl "http://anka.controller/api/v1/node?id=f8707005-4630-4c9c-8403-c9c5964097f6" -H "Content-Type: application/json" | jq
{
   "message" : "",
   "status" : "OK",
   "body" : [
      {
         "cpu_count" : 12,
         "vcpu_override" : 0,
         "capacity" : 6,
         "usb_devices" : null,
         "ram" : 64,
         "ram_util" : 0.03125,
         "state" : "Active",
         "ip_address" : "207.254.51.229",
         "vm_count" : 1,
         "vram" : 2048,
         "anka_version" : {
            "license" : "",
            "build" : "",
            "product" : "",
            "version" : ""
         },
         "capacity_mode" : "",
         "free_disk_space" : 155624185856,
         "anka_disk_usage" : 38274388000,
         "disk_size" : 250135076864,
         "cpu_util" : 0.08308069,
         "node_name" : "MacPro-02.local",
         "node_id" : "f8707005-4630-4c9c-8403-c9c5964097f6",
         "ram_override" : 0,
         "vcpu_count" : 2
      }
   ]
}

Update Node

Description: Update Node configuration parameters.
Path: /api/v1/node/config
Method: POST
Required Body Parameters:

ParameterTypeDescription
node_idstringThe specified Node's id.

Optional Body Parameters:

ParameterTypeDescriptionDefault
max_vm_countintSet Node capacity-
namestringSet the Node's name-
hoststringSet the Node's host name-
capacity_modestringSet the Node's capacity mode, options are number (number of running VMs) or resource (VCPUs and VRAM)Default behavior is number
vcpu_overrideintWhen using capacity mode resource set the VCPU scheduling limit-
ram_overrideintWhen using capacity mode resource set the VRAM scheduling limit-
disable_central_loggingboolIf true, disables central logging (logs will not be sent to the log server)-

Returns:

  • Status: Operation Result (OK|FAIL)
  • Body: Array of Nodes
  • message: Error message in case of an error

Example

curl -X POST "http://anka.controller/api/v1/node/config" -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
 -d '{"node_id": "f8707005-4630-4c9c-8403-c9c5964097f6", "name": "MacPro1", "max_vm_count": 6}' | jq
{
   "status":"OK",
   "message":""
}

Delete Node.

Note To remove a Node from the cluster, execute ankacluster disjoin on the Node.

Description: Remove Nodes that do not exist anymore or have crashed
Path: /api/v1/node
Method: DELETE
Required Body Parameters:

ParameterTypeDescription
node_idstringThe specified Node's id.

Returns:

  • Status: Operation Result (OK|FAIL)
  • message: Error message in case of an error

Example

curl -X DELETE "http://anka.controller/api/v1/node" -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
 -d '{"node_id": "f8707005-4630-4c9c-8403-c9c5964097f6"}' | jq
{
   "status":"OK",
   "message":""
}

Template

Template Object Model:

PropertyTypeDescription
idstringThe ID of the template
namestringTemplate's name
sizeintTotal size of all Template's files on the registry in bytes. Including images, state files (suspend state), configuration files for all tags/versions

Tag/Version Object Model:

Each template has multiple Tags/Versions

PropertyTypeDescription
tagstringTag name of the version
numberintSerial number of the version (between versions)
descriptionstringTag's description
imageslistA list of image file names that this tag contains
state_fileslistA list of state file names (suspend state) that this tag contains
state_filestringName of the state file (in case there multiple state files)
sizeintTotal size of all tag's files on registry in bytes.
nvramstringName of the nvram file
config_filestringName of the tag's config file

List Templates

Description: List all templates stored in the Registry.
Path: /api/v1/registry/vm
Method: GET
Optional Query Parameters

ParameterTypeDescription
idstringReturn a specific Template. Passing this parameter will show more information about the Template's tags

Returns:

  • Status: Operation Result (OK|FAIL)
  • Body: Array of Templates or Template (if id supplied)
  • message: Error message in case of an error

Template List format

  • name: Template's name
  • id: Template's id

Template format

  • name: Template's name
  • id: Template's id
  • versions: Array of Version objects.

Version format

  • tag: The version's tag
  • number: Serial number of the version
  • description: The version's description
  • images: List of image file names
  • state_files: List of state file names (suspend images)
  • config_file: Name of the version's VM config file
  • nvram: Name of the VM nvram file

Example

# List example
curl "http://anka.controller/api/v1/registry/vm" | jq
{
   "message" : "",
   "body" : [
      {
         "id" : "0bf1a7e8-be95-43d9-a0c8-68c6aed0f2dd",
         "name" : "jenkins-slave",
         "size" : 16427892736
      },
      {
         "id" : "1820b42d-6581-46af-bf42-f64caa1e9633",
         "name" : "catalina",
         "size" : 20643704832
      },
      {
         "id" : "2fa0f10e-e91e-4665-8d42-00a39b9707de",
         "name" : "Catalina-Xcode-11",
         "size" : 17834520576
      },
      {
         "name" : "CachedBuidMojave",
         "id" : "36fc63bb-6841-4528-9480-a9c44dc2740d",
         "size" : 15040651264
      },
      {
         "name" : "android-2",
         "id" : "59adf1a8-c239-11e8-821d-c4b301c47c6b",
         "size" : 19698943312
      }
   ],
   "status" : "OK"
}


# Get Single Template
curl "http://anka.controller/api/v1/registry/vm?id=00510971-5c37-4a60-a9c6-ea185397d9b4" | jq
{
   "message" : "",
   "body" : {
      "name" : "android-2",
      "id" : "00510971-5c37-4a60-a9c6-ea185397d9b4",
      "versions" : [
         {
            "config_file" : "00510971-5c37-4a60-a9c6-ea185397d9b4.yaml",
            "state_files" : [
               "c19ba955c706475e9aeade79f174a925.ank"
            ],
            "number" : 0,
            "size" : 16634568704,
            "description" : "",
            "nvram" : "nvram",
            "images" : [
               "83e3eb9a2b694ddbb90f535ffae4cbb8.ank",
               "fae1423d7c99419c92109c326162c2dd.ank",
               "51f90db935494831a831dae51c9743e0.ank",
               "2be4266d24704db2bacbbd258d0d6288.ank",
               "2d07e328bfc449b58f74b3e08f8d049d.ank",
               "06ad0ac5-af7a-11e8-884c-c4b301c47c6b.ank",
               "237a78ab78254cde9f04f2cecaec21b7.ank",
               "7ae0e540-cae2-11e8-b0c8-c4b301c47c6b.ank",
               "916cd0f1087345659b70275bb8cc3101.ank",
               "239bb374545141ceb481d495ec01683e.ank",
               "4ef1b52304264ac2bacaa34903b7af9c.ank",
               "d2da3f9b4faa49b1804af2adccf5bccd.ank",
               "dd94fbf0-c6ed-11e8-920b-c4b301c47c6b.ank",
               "daba8902e1d24636bc424ac44252a090.ank",
               "d97298f5-a06c-11e8-964c-c4b301c47c6b.ank",
               "85ab1ffd-af80-11e8-bd5e-c4b301c47c6b.ank"
            ],
            "tag" : "t1"
         }
      ]
   },
   "status" : "OK"
}

Delete Template

Description: Delete a specific VM template and all associated tags from the registry
Path: /api/v1/registry/vm
Method: DELETE
Required Query Parameters:

ParameterTypeDescription
idstringThe Template's id.

Returns:

  • Status: Operation Result (OK|FAIL)
  • message: Error message in case of an error

Example

curl -X DELETE "http://anka.controller/api/v1/registry/vm?id=00510971-5c37-4a60-a9c6-ea185397d9b4" | jq
{
   "status":"OK",
   "message":""
}

Revert Template Tag

Description: Revert a Template to a certain Tag or version number. Delete the latest version if none is specified.
Path: /api/v1/registry/revert
Method: DELETE
Required Query Parameters

ParameterTypeDescription
idstringThe Template id.

Optional Query Parameters

ParameterTypeDescriptionDefault
tagstringThe Tag to revert to. Newer versions will also be deletedLatest
versionintThe number of the version to revert to, 0 indexedLatest

Returns:

  • Status: Operation Result (OK|FAIL)
  • message: Error message in case of an error

Example

# Delete latest version
curl -X DELETE  "http://anka.controller/api/v1/registry/revert?id=00510971-5c37-4a60-a9c6-ea185397d9b4" | jq
{
   "body" : null,
   "message" : "",
   "status" : "OK"
}

# Revert to the first version of the template
curl -X DELETE  "http://anka.controller/api/v1/registry/revert?id=a3cc47f0-3a73-11e9-b515-c4b301c47c6b&number=0" | jq
{
   "status" : "OK",
   "body" : null,
   "message" : ""
}

# Revert to a specific Tag
curl -X DELETE  "http://anka.controller/api/v1/registry/revert?id=a3cc47f0-3a73-11e9-b515-c4b301c47c6b&tag=p120190904183122" | jq
{
   "status" : "OK",
   "body" : null,
   "message" : ""
}

Distribute Template

Note Group_id is only available if you are running Enterprise tier of Anka Build.

Description: Distribute a specific VM template to all or some build nodes.
Path: /api/v1/registry/vm/distribute
Method: POST
Required Body Parameters:

ParameterTypeDescription
template_idstringId of the Template to distribute

Optional Body Parameters:

ParameterTypeDescriptionDefault
tagstringSpecify a Tag to distributeLatest Tag
versionintSpecify a version number to distributeLatest
node_idsstring arrayChoose specific Nodes to distribute the Template toAll
group_idstringDistribute the Template to the specified group (enterprise)-

Returns:

  • status: Operation Result (OK|FAIL)
  • body: Request id of the distribution request
  • message: Error message in case of an error

Example

curl -X POST "http://anka.controller/api/v1/registry/vm/distribute" \
-d '{"template_id": "eaef3af8-cb54-4c3e-baf9-839053472f15"}' | jq
{
   "body" : {
      "request_id" : "74efc824-2fcb-4e07-5e7d-7f9cc98e0ee5"
   },
   "message" : "",
   "status" : "OK"
}

Get distribution status

Description: Get the status of a requested distribution
Path: /api/v1/registry/vm/distribute
Method: GET
Optional Query Parameters

ParameterTypeDescription
idstringReturn the Distribution with that ID.

Returns:

  • Status: Operation Result (OK|FAIL)
  • Body: List of request status or single request status
  • message: Error message in case of an error

Request Status format

  • distribute_status - Map of nodes
    • status: A boolean, true if the download is finished on the Node
    • progress: A number representing the download progress
  • request - An object that represents the request
    • request_id: The request's id
    • template_id: The Template being distributed
    • time_requested: The time of the request

Example

# List all distribution requests
curl  "http://anka.controller/api/v1/registry/vm/distribute" | jq
{
   "message" : "",
   "body" : [
      {
         "request" : {
            "time_requested" : "2019-12-26T17:48:50.380949005+02:00",
            "template_id" : "eaef3af8-cb54-4c3e-baf9-839053472f15",
            "request_id" : "74efc824-2fcb-4e07-5e7d-7f9cc98e0ee5"
         },
         "distribute_status" : {
            "64230242-321c-442a-bd96-d87edd0943a3" : {
               "progress" : 0,
               "status" : false
            }
         }
      }
   ],
   "status" : "OK"
}

# Get a specific distribution request
curl  "http://anka.controller/api/v1/registry/vm/distribute?id=74efc824-2fcb-4e07-5e7d-7f9cc98e0ee5" | jq
{
   "status" : "OK",
   "body" : {
      "distribute_status" : {
         "64230242-321c-442a-bd96-d87edd0943a3" : {
            "progress" : 0,
            "status" : false
         }
      },
      "request" : {
         "request_id" : "74efc824-2fcb-4e07-5e7d-7f9cc98e0ee5",
         "template_id" : "eaef3af8-cb54-4c3e-baf9-839053472f15",
         "time_requested" : "2019-12-26T17:48:50.380949005+02:00"
      }
   },
   "message" : ""
}

Save Template Image

Description: Create a “Save Image” request. Save a running VM instance to the Registry as a new Tag or Template.

The instance you have running will no longer exist/be running after using this Save Template Image.

Path: /api/v1/image
Method: POST
Required Body Parameters:

ParameterTypeDescription
idstringThe ID of a running Controller Instance you want to save to the registry
new_template_namestringCreate a new VM Template with a specific name. Required if target_vm_id not supplied

Optional Body Parameters:

ParameterTypeDescriptionDefault
target_vm_idstringThe template id to save the tag to-
tagstringThe tag name to set-
descriptionstringThe description to use for the new tag-
suspendboolIf true, suspends the vm before pushingtrue
scriptstringScript to be executed before the instance is stopped/suspended, encoded as a base64 string.-
revert_before_pushboolIf target_vm_id is not empty, revert the latest tag of the template or tag specified in revert_tagfalse
revert_tagstringRevert this specific tag. In case the tag does not exist, revert operation does not take place.-
do_suspend_sanity_testboolIf suspend is true, perform a suspend sanity test before pushing the VM to the registryfalse
cancel_on_script_failureboolDon't save the image if the script does not have return_code: 0 in GET /api/v1/image: script_result (see below)false

Returns:

  • Status: Operation Result (OK|FAIL)
  • Body: The created request id
  • message: Error message in case of an error

Example

curl -X POST "http://anka.controller/api/v1/image" -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"id": "cfc3cafd-d326-459d-7b3b-3c41b1a3efb7", "target_vm_id": "cb1473f2-1f0a-413c-a376-236bfd7d718f", "tag": "my-new-vm-1901", "revert_before_push": true, "revert_tag": "latest-vm-1801"}' | jq
{
   "status" : "OK",
   "body" : {
      "request_id" : "cc55f7dd-5280-4120-461c-9b0ef9b40131"
   },
   "message" : ""
}echo '#!/bin/bash
echo $(hostname)
echo
env
export TEST=true
bash -c "echo $TEST"' | base64 -i -
IyEvYmluL2Jhc2gKZWNobyAkKGhvc3RuYW1lKQplY2hvCmVudgpleHBvcnQgVEVTVD10cnVlCmJhc2ggLWMgImVjaG8gJFRFU1QiCg==

❯ curl -X POST "http://anka.controller:8090/api/v1/image" -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{"id": "6f1776ad-3b6d-40b3-4bf9-21fe986bc26d", "target_vm_id": "e2729233-fbca-4e71-82de-511028191e33", "tag": "test123", "script": "IyEvYmluL2Jhc2gKZWNobyAkKGhvc3RuYW1lKQplY2hvCmVudgpleHBvcnQgVEVTVD10cnVlCmJhc2ggLWMgImVjaG8gJFRFU1QiCg==" }' | jq
{
   "status" : "OK",
   "body" : {
      "request_id" : "ad84c5aa-2b1d-4ff5-72ef-9b519646b212"
   },
   "message" : ""
}

List Save Template Image Requests

Description: Get a list of Save Image requests, or specify an id and get a single Save Image request.
Path: /api/v1/image
Method: GET
Optional Query Parameters

ParameterTypeDescription
idstringReturn only the Save Image request with that ID.

Returns:

  • Status: Operation Result (OK|FAIL)
  • Body: Array of Save Image requests, or Single Save Image request
  • message: Error message in case of an error

Save Image request format

  • id - The request’s id
  • status - The request's current status. Options are pending/done/error
  • script_result - Details about what was executed in script. Example: { "stdout": "", "stderr": "", "errors": [], "return_code": 0 }
  • request - An object that represents the request
  • error - Error message if status is error

Example

# List all requests

❯ curl -s "http://anka.controller:8090/api/v1/image" | jq '.body[1]'

{
  "id": "ad84c5aa-2b1d-4ff5-72ef-9b519646b212",
  "request": {
    "RequestId": "ad84c5aa-2b1d-4ff5-72ef-9b519646b212",
    "Priority": 0,
    "Timestamp": 1617720316,
    "ReserveExpiryTimestamp": 0,
    "RegistryAddr": "http://anka.registry:8089",
    "VMID": "bd07b49e-201c-44ad-8103-be39ec1b9a2c",
    "InstanceID": "6f1776ad-3b6d-40b3-4bf9-21fe986bc26d",
    "NodeID": "3c101836-9540-4733-9482-604d0c5fbe30",
    "TemplateID": "e2729233-fbca-4e71-82de-511028191e33",
    "NewTemplateName": "",
    "Tag": "test123",
    "Description": "",
    "Suspend": true,
    "Script": "IyEvYmluL2Jhc2gKZWNobyAkKGhvc3RuYW1lKQplY2hvCmVudgpleHBvcnQgVEVTVD10cnVlCmJhc2ggLWMgImVjaG8gJFRFU1QiCg==",
    "DoSuspendTest": false,
    "RevertBeforePush": false,
    "RevertTag": "",
    "CancelOnScriptFailure": false
  },
  "status": "done",
  "error": null,
  "script_result": {
    "stdout": "mgmtmanaged-11-2-3-openjdk-1-8-0-242-teamcity-1617720254314199000.local\n\nSHELL=/bin/bash\nTMPDIR=/var/folders/by/jq7dzyxj0151058zdlzj_st00000gn/T/\nUSER=anka\nSSH_AUTH_SOCK=/private/tmp/com.apple.launchd.hregPBnx2b/Listeners\n__CF_USER_TEXT_ENCODING=0x1F5:0x0:0x0\nPATH=/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin\nPWD=/Users/anka\nXPC_FLAGS=0x0\nXPC_SERVICE_NAME=0\nSHLVL=2\nHOME=/Users/anka\nLOGNAME=anka\n_=/usr/bin/env\ntrue\n",
    "stderr": "",
    "errors": null,
    "return_code": 0
  }
}

# Get specific request

curl "http://anka.controller/api/v1/image?id=cc55f7dd-5280-4120-461c-9b0ef9b40131" | jq
{
   "status" : "OK",
   "message" : "",
   "body" : {
      "status" : "pending",
      "request" : {
         "Tag" : "my-new-vm-1901",
         "Script" : "",
         "Timestamp" : 1577364097,
         "Priority" : 0,
         "RevertBeforePush" : true,
         "RequestId" : "cc55f7dd-5280-4120-461c-9b0ef9b40131",
         "VMID" : "578a3be9-ad37-49c3-99fc-59c41b79dc59",
         "RevertTag" : "latest-vm-1801",
         "TemplateID" : "cb1473f2-1f0a-413c-a376-236bfd7d718f",
         "NewTemplateName" : "",
         "Suspend" : true,
         "RegistryAddr" : "http://192.168.1.108:8089",
         "DoSuspendTest" : false,
         "NodeID" : "64230242-321c-442a-bd96-d87edd0943a3",
         "InstanceID" : "cfc3cafd-d326-459d-7b3b-3c41b1a3efb7",
         "Description" : ""
      },
      "error" : null,
      "id" : "cc55f7dd-5280-4120-461c-9b0ef9b40131",
      "script_result": null
   }
}


Group

Create Group

Description: Create a new node Group. Group is a “container” object used for grouping nodes.
Path: /api/v1/group
Method: POST
Required Body Parameters:

ParameterTypeDescription
namestringName of the new Group

Optional Body Parameters:

ParameterTypeDescriptionDefault
descriptionstringDescription for the Group-
fallback_group_idstringSet a fallback Group-

Returns:

  • status: Operation Result (OK|FAIL)
  • body: The new Group object
  • message: Error message in case of an error

Example

 curl -X POST "http://anka.controller/api/v1/group" -d '{"name": "GreateNodes", "description": "best of my macs"}' | jq
{
   "status" : "OK",
   "message" : "",
   "body" : {
      "fallback_group_id" : null,
      "name" : "GreateNodes",
      "description" : "best of my macs",
      "id" : "89a66167-62b1-42bb-5a0b-ff667906b8f5"
   }
}

List Groups

Description: List all groups
Path: /api/v1/group
Method: GET

Returns:

  • Status: Operation Result (OK|FAIL)
  • Body: Array of Group
  • message: Error message in case of an error

Group format

  • id - The group's id
  • name - The group's name
  • description - The group's description
  • fallback_group_id - Id of a the fallback group (group that requests go to if the current group is in full capacity)

Example

curl "http://anka.controller/api/v1/group" | jq
{
   "message" : "",
   "body" : [
      {
         "fallback_group_id" : null,
         "description" : "best of my macs",
         "id" : "89a66167-62b1-42bb-5a0b-ff667906b8f5",
         "name" : "GreateNodes"
      }
   ],
   "status" : "OK"
}

Update Group

Description: Sets one or more parameters of an existing Group object.
Path: /api/v1/group
Method: PUT
Required Query Parameters:

ParameterTypeDescription
idstringThe id of the Group to update

Optional Body Parameters:

ParameterTypeDescriptionDefault
namestringSet the name of Group
descriptionstringSet description for the Group-
fallback_group_idstringSet a fallback Group-

Returns:

  • status: Operation Result (OK|FAIL)
  • message: Error message in case of an error

Example

curl -X PUT "http://anka.controller/api/v1/group?id=89a66167-62b1-42bb-5a0b-ff667906b8f5" \
-d '{"name": "Creme-de-la-nodes", "description": "A selected group of my favorite computers"}' | jq
{
   "message" : "",
   "status" : "OK"
}

Delete Group

Description: Delete a Group.
Path: /api/v1/group
Method: DELETE
Required Query Parameters:

ParameterTypeDescription
idstringThe id of the Group to delete

Returns:

  • status: Operation Result (OK|FAIL)
  • message: Error message in case of an error

Example

curl -X DELETE "http://anka.controller/api/v1/group?id=89a66167-62b1-42bb-5a0b-ff667906b8f5" | jq
{
   "message" : "",
   "status" : "OK"
}

Add Nodes to Group

Description: Add one or more Nodes to one or more Groups.
Path: /api/v1/node/group
Method: POST

Required Body Parameters:

ParameterTypeDescriptionDefault
group_idsstring arrayList of group ids to add the nodes to.[]
node_idsstring arrayList of nodes to add to the specified groups.[]

Returns:

  • status: Operation Result (OK|FAIL)
  • message: Error message in case of an error

Example

curl -X POST "http://anka.controller/api/v1/node/group" \
-d '{"group_ids": ["e41d4b47-4c10-4264-5519-2d52af568bdd"], "node_ids": ["64230242-321c-442a-bd96-d87edd0943a3"]}' | jq
{
   "status" : "OK",
   "message" : ""
}

Remove nodes from a group

Description: Remove one or more Nodes from one or more Groups.
Path: /api/v1/node/group
Method: DELETE

Required Body Parameters:

ParameterTypeDescriptionDefault
group_idsstring arrayList of group ids to remove the nodes from.[]
node_idsstring arrayList of nodes to remove from the specified group ids.[]

Returns:

  • status: Operation Result (OK|FAIL)
  • message: Error message in case of an error

Example

curl -X DELETE "http://anka.controller/api/v1/node/group" \
-d '{"group_ids": ["e41d4b47-4c10-4264-5519-2d52af568bdd"], "node_ids": ["64230242-321c-442a-bd96-d87edd0943a3"]}' | jq
{
   "status" : "OK",
   "message" : ""
}

USB

List Devices

Description: Get a list of all USB devices attached to the cloud
Path: /api/v1/usb
Method: GET

Returns:

  • Status: Operation Result (OK|FAIL)
  • Body: Map of USB devices
  • message: Error message in case of an error

USB map entry format Each key is the device group name

  • available: Number of available devices of this key
  • busy: Number of busy devices of this key

Example

curl "http://anka.controller/api/v1/usb" | jq
{
   "message" : "",
   "body" : {
      "iphone7": {
         "available": 3,
         "busy": 1
      },
      "tablet": {
         "available": 0,
         "busy": 2
      }
   },
   "status" : "OK"
}

MAC Addresses Management

List Addresses

Description: Lists or counts mac address
Path: /api/v1/macaddr
Method: GET

This endpoint requires either count/in_use or limit/last

Query Parameters:

ParameterTypeDescriptionDefault
countintReturn the number of mac addresses available-
in_useintReturn only the number of mac addresses in use-
limitstringReturn a list of mac addresses and limit the results to the amount specified (ex: in_use=1,limit=500)-
laststring(pagination) Return the amount of items specified in limit, but start from a specific MAC address (ex: limit=500&last=00:00:00:00:FF:FF)

Returns:

  • status: Operation Result (OK|FAIL)
  • message: Error message in case of an error

Force population of internal MAC list

Description: Triggers the internal MAC address population (useful if DELETE was submitted with API call)
Path: /api/v1/macaddr
Method: PUT

Returns:

  • status: Operation Result (OK|FAIL)
  • message: Error message in case of an error

Force purge of internal MAC list

Description: Deletes all internal MAC addresses (run this before PUT to re-generate your initial range)
Path: /api/v1/macaddr
Method: DELETE

Returns:

  • status: Operation Result (OK|FAIL)
  • message: Error message in case of an error

Last modified June 29, 2021 : final (c1bb445) by Nathan Pierce