Create container
Creates a new docker application container in your server.
POST/api/servers/{server}/docker/containers
Create a new container
This endpoint allows you to create a new Docker container on your server.
Required attributes
- Name
name- Type
- string
- Description
The name of the container. Must be unique per server.
Optional attributes
- Name
deploy_script- Type
- string
- Description
Docker compose configuration in YAML format. If none is given, a default one will be provided.
Request
POST
/api/servers/{server}/docker/containerscurl -X POST "https://ploi.io/api/servers/{server}/docker/containers" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer {token}" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "Accept: application/json" \
-d '{"name":"my-container"}'
Response
{
"id": 3,
"status": "created",
"name": "postgres-db",
"deploy_script": "version: '3'\nservices:\n db:\n image: postgres:15\n environment:\n POSTGRES_PASSWORD: example\n ports:\n - '5432:5432'",
"path": "/home/ploi/containers/postgres-db",
"last_deploy_at": null,
"created_at": "2025-04-01T10:30:00.000000Z",
"type": "docker",
"state": "stopped"
}