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Admin Operations

An admin API request will be done on a URI that starts with the configurable ‘admin’ resource entry point. Authorization for the admin API duplicates the S3 authorization mechanism. Some operations require that the user holds special administrative capabilities. The response entity type (XML or JSON) may be specified as the ‘format’ option in the request and defaults to JSON if not specified.

Get Object

Get an existing object. NOTE: Does not require owner to be non-suspended.

Syntax

GET /{admin}/bucket?object&format=json HTTP/1.1
Host {fqdn}

Request Parameters

bucket

Description: The bucket containing the object to be retrieved.
Type: String
Example: foo_bucket
Required: Yes

object

Description: The object to be retrieved.
Type: String
Example: foo.txt
Required: Yes

Response Entities

If successful, returns the desired object.

object

Description: The desired object.
Type: Object

Special Error Responses

NoSuchObject

Description: Specified object does not exist.
Code: 404 Not Found

Head Object

Verify the existence of an object. If the object exists, metadata headers for the object will be returned.

Syntax

HEAD /{admin}/bucket?object HTTP/1.1
Host {fqdn}

Request Parameters

bucket

Description: The bucket containing the object to be retrieved.
Type: String
Example: foo_bucket
Required: Yes

object

Description: The object to be retrieved.
Type: String
Example: foo.txt
Required: Yes

Response Entities

None.

Special Error Responses

NoSuchObject

Description: Specified object does not exist.
Code: 404 Not Found

Get Zone Info

Get cluster information.

Syntax

GET /{admin}/zone&format=json HTTP/1.1
Host {fqdn}

Response Entities

If successful, returns cluster pool configuration.

zone

Description: Contains current cluster pool configuration.
Type: Container

domain_root

Description: root of all buckets.
Type: String
Parent: cluster

control_pool

Description
Type: String
Parent: cluster

gc_pool

Description: Garbage collection pool.
Type: String
Parent: cluster

log_pool

Description: Log pool.
Type: String
Parent: cluster

intent_log_pool

Description: Intent log pool.
Type: String
Parent: cluster

usage_log_pool

Description: Usage log pool.
Type: String
Parent: cluster

user_keys_pool

Description: User key pool.
Type: String
Parent: cluster

user_email_pool

Description: User email pool.
Type: String
Parent: cluster

user_swift_pool

Description: Pool of swift users.
Type: String
Parent: cluster

Special Error Responses

None.

Example Response

HTTP/1.1 200
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "domain_root": ".rgw",
  "control_pool": ".rgw.control",
  "gc_pool": ".rgw.gc",
  "log_pool": ".log",
  "intent_log_pool": ".intent-log",
  "usage_log_pool": ".usage",
  "user_keys_pool": ".users",
  "user_email_pool": ".users.email",
  "user_swift_pool": ".users.swift",
  "user_uid_pool ": ".users.uid"
}

Add Placement Pool

Make a pool available for data placement.

Syntax

PUT /{admin}/pool?format=json HTTP/1.1
Host {fqdn}

Request Parameters

pool

Description: The pool to be made available for data placement.
Type: String
Example: foo_pool
Required: Yes

create

Description: Creates the data pool if it does not exist.
Type: Boolean
Example: False [False]
Required: No

Response Entities

TBD.

Special Error Responses

TBD.

Remove Placement Pool

Make a pool unavailable for data placement.

Syntax

DELETE /{admin}/pool?format=json HTTP/1.1
Host {fqdn}

Request Parameters

pool

Description: The existing pool to be made available for data placement.
Type: String
Example: foo_pool
Required: Yes

destroy

Description: Destroys the pool after removing it from the active set.
Type: Boolean
Example: False [False]
Required: No

Response Entities

TBD.

Special Error Responses

TBD.

List Available Data Placement Pools

List current pools available for data placement.

Syntax

GET /{admin}/pool?format=json HTTP/1.1
Host {fqdn}

Response Entities

If successful, returns a list of pools available for data placement.

pools

Description: Contains currently available pools for data placement.
Type: Container

List Expired Garbage Collection Items

List objects scheduled for garbage collection.

Syntax

GET /{admin}/garbage?format=json HTTP/1.1
Host {fqdn}

Request Parameters

None.

Response Entities

If expired garbage collection items exist, a list of such objects will be returned.

garbage

Description: Expired garbage collection items.
Type: Container

object

Description: A container garbage collection object information.
Type: Container
Parent: garbage

name

Description: The name of the object.
Type: String
Parent: object

expired

Description: The date at which the object expired.
Type: String
Parent: object

Special Error Responses

TBD.

Manually Processes Garbage Collection Items

List objects scheduled for garbage collection.

Syntax

DELETE /{admin}/garbage?format=json HTTP/1.1
Host {fqdn}

Request Parameters

None.

Response Entities

If expired garbage collection items exist, a list of removed objects will be returned.

garbage

Description: Expired garbage collection items.
Type: Container

object

Description: A container garbage collection object information.
Type: Container
Parent: garbage

name

Description: The name of the object.
Type: String
Parent: object

expired

Description: The date at which the object expired.
Type: String
Parent: object

Special Error Responses

TBD.

Show Log Objects

Show log objects

Syntax

GET /{admin}/log?format=json HTTP/1.1
Host {fqdn}

Request Parameters

object

Description: The log object to return.
Type: String:
Example: 2012-10-11-09-4165.2-foo_bucket
Required: No

Response Entities

If no object is specified, returns the full list of log objects.

log-objects

Description: A list of log objects.
Type: Container

object

Description: The name of the log object.
Type: String

log

Description: The contents of the log object.
Type: Container

Special Error Responses

None.

Standard Error Responses

AccessDenied

Description: Access denied.
Code: 403 Forbidden

InternalError

Description: Internal server error.
Code: 500 Internal Server Error

NoSuchUser

Description: User does not exist.
Code: 404 Not Found

NoSuchBucket

Description: Bucket does not exist.
Code: 404 Not Found

NoSuchKey

Description: No such access key.
Code: 404 Not Found