Create custom server

Creates a new custom server in your account.

POST api/servers/custom

Required scopes:

Create servers

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Status	Description
type	string	required	The server type, must be any of these values: `server`, `load-balancer`, `database-server`, `redis-server`, `storage-server`
name	string	optional	The server name, cannot contain any special characters and is alpha-numeric, if left empty a random name will be used
ip	string	required	The server's IP address
ssh_port	integer	required	The SSH port the server runs on
database_type	string	required	The type of database to install, must be either: `none`, `mysql`, `mariadb`, `postgresql` or `postgresql13`
php_version	string	required	The PHP version installed, only applicable on the `server` type. Must be any of these values: `5.6`, `7.0`, `7.1`, `7.2`, `7.3`, `7.4`, `8.0`, `8.1`
description	string	optional	Allows you to send in an additional description for your server as note

Example request:

curl -X POST "https://ploi.io/api/servers/custom" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer {token}" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "Accept: application/json" \
   --data '{ 
         "type": "server",
         "name": "awesome-server", 
         "ip": "12.34.56.78"
    }'

After running this request, you will have to add the public key of the Ploi worker to your server. We include this in the response with a 1-line command within the ssh_command key.

Example response:

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/json

{
    "id": 1,
    "name": "awesome-server",
    "public_key": "ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAADAQABAAABA.... ploi-worker@ploi.io",
    "ssh_command": "mkdir -p /root/.ssh && touch /root/.ssh/authorized_keys && echo ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAADAQABAAABA.... ploi-worker@ploi.io >> /root/.ssh/authorized_keys",
    "start_installation_url": "https://ploi.io/api/servers/custom/1/start",
    "message": "Server has been created! Please run the \"ssh_command\" inside this response on your server as root user. After that trigger the \"start_installation_url\" with a POST request to start the actual installation."
}

If you don't want to install this server anymore after this step, you can still remove it using the delete server endpoint.

After doing this, you can trigger the URL in the response with key start_installation_url, this URL accepts a POST request with an empty body or with any of the optional parameters.

Parameter	Type	Status	Description
install_monitoring	boolean	optional	Allows you to install Ploi monitoring as well, requires Pro plan or higher
webhook_url	url	optional	This URL gets triggered by Ploi when installation has completed, you can use this for your own system, this will only send 1 signal, there is no retry schedule

Example request:

curl -X POST "https://ploi.io/api/servers/custom/1/start" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer {token}" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "Accept: application/json"

Example response after triggering installation:

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/json

{
    "message" : "Server installation has started. Please make sure to not to reboot the server or do any actions on it while installation is running."
}