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Snapshots

List snapshots
get/snapshots
Get snapshot details
get/snapshots/{snapshotId}
Delete a snapshot
delete/snapshots/{snapshotId}
Fork a new instance from a snapshot
post/snapshots/{snapshotId}/fork
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Snapshot = object { id, created_at, kind, 6 more }
id: string

Auto-generated unique snapshot identifier

created_at: string

Snapshot creation timestamp

formatdate-time

Snapshot capture kind

Accepts one of the following:
"Standby"
"Stopped"
size_bytes: number

Total payload size in bytes

formatint64
source_hypervisor: "cloud-hypervisor" or "firecracker" or "qemu" or "vz"

Source instance hypervisor at snapshot creation time

Accepts one of the following:
"cloud-hypervisor"
"firecracker"
"qemu"
"vz"
source_instance_id: string

Source instance ID at snapshot creation time

source_instance_name: string

Source instance name at snapshot creation time

name: optional string

Optional human-readable snapshot name (unique per source instance)

tags: optional map[string]

User-defined key-value tags.

SnapshotKind = "Standby" or "Stopped"

Snapshot capture kind

Accepts one of the following:
"Standby"
"Stopped"