Service Instances API

Creating a Service Instance

POST /v2/service_instances/

Fields

Name	Description	Example Values
name	A name for the service instance	my-service-instance
service_plan_guid	The guid of the service plan to associate with the instance
space_guid	The guid of the space in which the instance will be created
gateway_data	Configuration information for the broker gateway in v1 services

Parameters

Name	Description	Valid Values	Example Values
accepts_incomplete	Set to `true` if the client allows asynchronous provisioning. The cloud controller may respond before the service is ready for use.	true false

Request

Headers

Authorization: bearer eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoidWFhLWlkLTEwNSIsImVtYWlsIjoiZW1haWwtNzZAc29tZWRvbWFpbi5jb20iLCJzY29wZSI6WyJjbG91ZF9jb250cm9sbGVyLmFkbWluIl0sImF1ZCI6WyJjbG91ZF9jb250cm9sbGVyIl0sImV4cCI6MTQyMjk5MDg3MH0.9-XaVZFgZNrw95RJatb95FZZ-VqiQ_TIYDydWj_hZF8
Host: example.org
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
Cookie:

Route

POST /v2/service_instances

Body

{
  "space_guid": "a6719e7f-320d-469c-8f8e-c2a7958f83da",
  "name": "my-service-instance",
  "service_plan_guid": "b0f5f738-c405-4cba-8c28-3ceac838362e"
}

cURL

curl "https://api.[your-domain.com]/v2/service_instances" -d '{
  "space_guid": "a6719e7f-320d-469c-8f8e-c2a7958f83da",
  "name": "my-service-instance",
  "service_plan_guid": "b0f5f738-c405-4cba-8c28-3ceac838362e"
}' -X POST \
	-H "Authorization: bearer eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoidWFhLWlkLTEwNSIsImVtYWlsIjoiZW1haWwtNzZAc29tZWRvbWFpbi5jb20iLCJzY29wZSI6WyJjbG91ZF9jb250cm9sbGVyLmFkbWluIl0sImF1ZCI6WyJjbG91ZF9jb250cm9sbGVyIl0sImV4cCI6MTQyMjk5MDg3MH0.9-XaVZFgZNrw95RJatb95FZZ-VqiQ_TIYDydWj_hZF8" \
	-H "Host: example.org" \
	-H "Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded" \
	-H "Cookie: "

Response

Headers

Content-Type: application/json;charset=utf-8
Location: /v2/service_instances/64abd95e-0790-4847-9eb4-25016706b501
X-VCAP-Request-ID: b9588320-f847-46b8-9002-6ac0cefdb115
Content-Length: 893
X-Content-Type-Options: nosniff

Status

201 Created

Body

{
  "metadata": {
    "guid": "64abd95e-0790-4847-9eb4-25016706b501",
    "url": "/v2/service_instances/64abd95e-0790-4847-9eb4-25016706b501",
    "created_at": "2015-01-27T19:14:30Z",
    "updated_at": null
  },
  "entity": {
    "name": "my-service-instance",
    "credentials": {
      "creds-key-170": "creds-val-170"
    },
    "service_plan_guid": "b0f5f738-c405-4cba-8c28-3ceac838362e",
    "space_guid": "a6719e7f-320d-469c-8f8e-c2a7958f83da",
    "gateway_data": "CONFIGURATION",
    "dashboard_url": "http://dashboard.example.com",
    "type": "managed_service_instance",
    "state": null,
    "state_description": null,
    "space_url": "/v2/spaces/a6719e7f-320d-469c-8f8e-c2a7958f83da",
    "service_plan_url": "/v2/service_plans/b0f5f738-c405-4cba-8c28-3ceac838362e",
    "service_bindings_url": "/v2/service_instances/64abd95e-0790-4847-9eb4-25016706b501/service_bindings"
  }
}