How to resize a server via the IaaS-API

This tutorial will show you how to resize a server by changing its machine-type.

Prerequisites

• Switch over to where you have installed the STACKIT CLI
• First use the cli to Authenticate to the API and set the project ID

$ stackit auth login
Successfully logged into STACKIT CLI.
$ stackit config set --project-id xxx
$ PROJECTID=xxx

All available Machine Types can be found here:

Server machine types

Change the machine-type

By changing the machine-type the server will have a short downtime.

Resizing a server

$ stackit curl -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" --data '{"machineType": "<TYPE_NAME>"}' https://iaas.api.eu01.stackit.cloud/v1/projects/<PROJECT_ID>/servers/<SERVER_ID>/resize

• <TYPE_NAME> should be replaced with the name of the new machine-type that should be used
• <PROJECT_ID> should be replaced with your actual project ID
• <SERVER_ID> should be replaced with the ID of the server you want to resize

After the resize it could be necessary to do changes in your operating system.