Cloud API
With the Cloud API, you can:
Requests to the Cloud API are generally limited to 1 request per second.
Requests to the /instance-operations/launch
endpoint are limited to 1 request every 10 seconds.
Launching instances
You can launch an instance from the command line using the Cloud API:
Create a file named
request.json
that contains the necessary payload. For example:Run the following command:
Replace API-KEY with your actual API key. Don't remove the trailing colon (:).
Restarting instances
Generate an API key if you haven't already generated one.
Create a file that contains the necessary payload. For example:
Run the following command:
Replace API-KEY with your actual API key. Don't remove the trailing colon (:).
Replace INSTANCE-IDS with the name of the payload file you created in the previous step.
Terminating instances
Generate an API key if you haven't already generated one.
Create a file that contains the necessary payload. For example:
Run the following command:
Replace API-KEY with your actual API key. Don't remove the trailing colon (:).
Replace INSTANCE-IDS with the name of the payload file you created in the previous step.
Listing details of running instances
You can list your running instances from a command line using the Cloud API.
First, generate an API key. Then, run the following command:
Replace API-KEY with your actual API key. Don't remove the trailing colon (:).
Getting details of a specific instance
You can retrieve the details of an instance from a command line using the Cloud API.
First, generate an API key. Then, run the following command:
Replace API-KEY with your actual API key. Don't remove the trailing colon (:).
Replace INSTANCE-ID with the ID of the instance you want details about.
Listing instances types offered by Lambda GPU Cloud
You can list the instances types offered by Lambda GPU Cloud by first generating an API key, then running the following command:
Replace API-KEY with your actual API key. Don’t remove the trailing colon (:).
Managing SSH keys
You can use the Cloud API to:
Note
Following these instructions won't add the SSH key to existing instances.
To add SSH keys to existing instances, read our FAQ on using more than one SSH key.
You can add up to 1,024 SSH keys to your account.
Add an existing SSH key to your account
To add an existing SSH key to your account:
Generate an API key if you don't have one already.
Create a file named
ssh-key.json
that contains the necessary payload. For example:Run the following command:
Replace API-KEY with your actual API key. Don't remove the trailing colon (:).
Generate a new SSH key pair
To generate a new SSH key pair:
Generate an API key if you don’t have one already.
Run the following command:
Replace API-KEY with your actual API key. Don't remove the trailing colon (:).
The private key for your SSH key pair will be saved as
my-generated-private-key.pem
.Run
chmod 400 my-generated-private-key.pem
to set the correct file permissions for your private key.
List the SSH keys saved in your account
To list the SSH keys saved in your account, generate an API key if you don’t already have one. Then, run the following command:
Replace API-KEY with your actual API key. Don’t remove the trailing colon (:).
Delete an SSH key from your account
To delete an SSH key from your account, generate an API key if you don’t already have one. Then, run the following command:
Replace API-KEY with your actual API key. Don't remove the trailing colon (:).
Replace SSH-KEY-ID with the ID of the SSH key you want to delete.
Listing file systems
To list your persistent storage file systems using the Cloud API:
Generate an API key if you don’t already have an API key.
Run the following command:
Replace API-KEY with your actual API key. Don’t remove the trailing colon (:).
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