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# Create a new application
POST/accounts/{account\_id}/containers/applications
Create a Containers application.
Use `scheduling_policy: "default"` for a scheduler-backed application. The Containers scheduler maintains the requested instance count and manages deployment configuration, placement, scaling, versions, and rollouts.
Use `scheduling_policy: "durable_object"` for a Durable Object-managed application. Each Durable Object creates and manages the lifecycle of its container instance. Supply `name`, `scheduling_policy`, and `durable_objects`, with optional `configuration` and optional top-level `observability` settings. Deployment configuration, scaling, constraints, versions, and rollouts do not apply.
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##### P ath ParametersExpand Collapse
account\_id: string
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##### Body ParametersJSONExpand Collapse
body: object {configuration, instances, max\_instances, 6 more } or object {durable\_objects, name, scheduling\_policy, 2 more }
Create a Containers application. Set scheduling_policy to default for a scheduler-backed application with deployment configuration, instance counts, constraints, versions, and rollouts. Set it to durable_object for a Durable Object-managed application where each Durable Object creates and manages the lifecycle of its container instance. For durable_object requests, supply name, scheduling_policy, and durable_objects, with optional configuration and top-level observability settings.
One of the following:
CcContainersCreateScheduledApplicationRequest object {configuration, instances, max\_instances, 6 more }
Create a scheduler-backed Containers application. The Containers scheduler maintains the requested instance count and applies deployment configuration, placement, scaling, versions, and rollouts.
configuration: object {image, authorized\_keys, command, 4 more }
Defines the deployment configuration for every deployment in this application.
image: string
Image url.
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authorized\_keys: optional array of object {public\_key, name }
public\_key: string
An SSH public key.
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name: optional string
Optional human readable name for this key.
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command: optional array of string
The command that runs when the container starts, passed to the entrypoint. You can override this at run-time. If you override only the command, it gets passed to the default entrypoint specified in the image.
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entrypoint: optional array of string
The entry point for the container, specifying the executable to run when the container starts. You can override this at run-time. If you do, the default command from the image is ignored. Specify both entrypoint and command at run-time to completely replace the image defaults.
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environment\_variables: optional array of object {name, value }
Container environment variables.
name: string
An environment variable name.
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value: string
An environment variable value.
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instance\_type: optional "lite"or "basic"or "standard-1"or 3 more
The instance type configures vCPU, memory, and disk.
- “lite”: 1/16 vCPU, 256 MiB memory, 2 GB disk
- “basic”: 1/4 vCPU, 1 GiB memory, 4 GB disk
- “standard-1”: 1/2 vCPU, 4 GiB memory, 8 GB disk
- “standard-2”: 1 vCPU, 6 GiB memory, 12 GB disk
- “standard-3”: 2 vCPU, 8 GiB memory, 16 GB disk
- “standard-4”: 4 vCPU, 12 GiB memory, 20 GB disk
One of the following:
"lite"
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"basic"
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"standard-1"
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"standard-2"
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"standard-3"
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"standard-4"
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observability: optional object {logs }
Settings for deployment observability such as logging.
logs: optional object {enabled }
Observability logging settings.
enabled: optional boolean
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instances: number
The initial number of deployments to create.
minimum0
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max\_instances: number
Sets the maximum number of instances that the application can run.
minimum0
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name: string
The name for this application.
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scheduling\_policy: "default"
Selects a scheduler-backed application. Use default when the Containers scheduler should maintain the requested number of instances and manage deployment configuration, placement, scaling, versions, and rollouts.
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constraints: optional object {jurisdiction, regions }
jurisdiction: optional string
Restricts placement to datacenters in the selected jurisdiction. Choose “eu”, “fedramp”, or “us”. When combined with regions, EU supports EEUR and WEUR while FedRAMP and US support ENAM and WNAM.
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regions: optional array of string
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durable\_objects: optional object {namespace\_id } or object {class\_name, script\_name }
Optionally associates this scheduler-backed application with a Durable Object namespace.
One of the following:
CcDurableObjectsConfigurationNamespaceID object {namespace\_id }
Durable object configuration using a namespace ID.
namespace\_id: string
The namespace ID of the durable object namespace to use for this application.
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CcDurableObjectsConfigurationScriptAndClass object {class\_name, script\_name }
Durable object configuration using script and class names.
class\_name: string
The class name of the durable object.
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script\_name: string
The script name where the durable object class is defined.
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observability: optional object {logs }
Top-level observability settings for the application. This field is mutually exclusive with configuration.observability.
logs: optional object {enabled }
Observability logging settings.
enabled: optional boolean
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rollout\_active\_grace\_period: optional number
Grace period for active instances to stay alive before becoming eligible for shutdown signal due to a rollout, in seconds. Defaults to 0.
maximum604800
minimum0
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CcContainersCreateDurableObjectApplicationRequest object {durable\_objects, name, scheduling\_policy, 2 more }
Create a Durable Object-managed Containers application. Each Durable Object creates and manages the lifecycle of its container instance. Supply name, scheduling_policy, and durable_objects, with optional configuration and top-level observability settings. Deployment configuration, instance counts, scaling, constraints, versions, and rollouts do not apply.
durable\_objects: object {namespace\_id } or object {class\_name, script\_name }
The customer-owned Durable Object namespace that owns this application and its instances.
One of the following:
CcDurableObjectsConfigurationNamespaceID object {namespace\_id }
Durable object configuration using a namespace ID.
namespace\_id: string
The namespace ID of the durable object namespace to use for this application.
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CcDurableObjectsConfigurationScriptAndClass object {class\_name, script\_name }
Durable object configuration using script and class names.
class\_name: string
The class name of the durable object.
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script\_name: string
The script name where the durable object class is defined.
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name: string
The name for this application.
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scheduling\_policy: "durable\_object"
Selects a Durable Object-managed application. Each Durable Object creates and manages the lifecycle of its container instance. Configure application-wide observability settings here. Deployment configuration, scaling, placement constraints, versions, and rollouts do not apply.
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configuration: optional object {authorized\_keys, wrangler\_ssh }
Configuration for a Durable Object-managed application.
authorized\_keys: optional array of object {public\_key, name }
public\_key: string
An SSH public key.
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name: optional string
Optional human readable name for this key.
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wrangler\_ssh: optional object {enabled, port }
Configuration properties for connecting with SSH to a container using Wrangler.
enabled: optional boolean
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port: optional number
maximum65535
minimum1
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observability: optional object {logs }
Application-wide logging settings for a Durable Object-managed application. The application publishes these settings to its runtime metadata. Updating them does not create a deployment or rollout.
logs: optional object {enabled }
Application-wide logging settings.
enabled: optional boolean
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errors: array of object {code, message, documentation\_url, source }
code: number
minimum1000
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message: string
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documentation\_url: optional string
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source: optional object {pointer }
pointer: optional string
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messages: array of object {code, message, documentation\_url, source }
code: number
minimum1000
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message: string
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documentation\_url: optional string
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source: optional object {pointer }
pointer: optional string
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result: object {id, account\_id, configuration, 13 more } or object {id, account\_id, created\_at, 7 more }
The public Containers API returns an application.
One of the following:
CcScheduledApplication object {id, account\_id, configuration, 13 more }
Describes an application and the parameters that govern how it places its instances.
id: string
An Application ID represents an identifier of an application.
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account\_id: string
A unique identifier for the user’s account.
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configuration: object {image, authorized\_keys, command, 4 more }
User-specified container configuration.
image: string
Image url.
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authorized\_keys: optional array of object {public\_key, name }
public\_key: string
An SSH public key.
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name: optional string
Optional human readable name for this key.
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command: optional array of string
The command that runs when the container starts, passed to the entrypoint. You can override this at run-time. If you override only the command, it gets passed to the default entrypoint specified in the image.
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entrypoint: optional array of string
The entry point for the container, specifying the executable to run when the container starts. You can override this at run-time. If you do, the default command from the image is ignored. Specify both entrypoint and command at run-time to completely replace the image defaults.
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environment\_variables: optional array of object {name, value }
Container environment variables.
name: string
An environment variable name.
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value: string
An environment variable value.
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instance\_type: optional "lite"or "basic"or "standard-1"or 3 more
The instance type configures vCPU, memory, and disk.
- “lite”: 1/16 vCPU, 256 MiB memory, 2 GB disk
- “basic”: 1/4 vCPU, 1 GiB memory, 4 GB disk
- “standard-1”: 1/2 vCPU, 4 GiB memory, 8 GB disk
- “standard-2”: 1 vCPU, 6 GiB memory, 12 GB disk
- “standard-3”: 2 vCPU, 8 GiB memory, 16 GB disk
- “standard-4”: 4 vCPU, 12 GiB memory, 20 GB disk
One of the following:
"lite"
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"basic"
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"standard-1"
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"standard-2"
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"standard-3"
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"standard-4"
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observability: optional object {logs }
Settings for deployment observability such as logging.
logs: optional object {enabled }
Observability logging settings.
enabled: optional boolean
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created\_at: string
UTC timestamp string in ISO 8601 format.
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instances: number
Number of deployments to create.
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name: string
The application name.
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scheduling\_policy: "default"or "durable\_object"
The scheduling policy to use for an application.
One of the following:
"default"
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"durable\_object"
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updated\_at: string
UTC timestamp string in ISO 8601 format.
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version: number
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active\_rollout\_id: optional string
An identifier for a specific rollout within an application.
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constraints: optional object {jurisdiction, regions }
jurisdiction: optional string
Restricts placement to datacenters in the selected jurisdiction. Choose “eu”, “fedramp”, or “us”. When combined with regions, EU supports EEUR and WEUR while FedRAMP and US support ENAM and WNAM.
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regions: optional array of string
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durable\_objects: optional object {namespace\_id }
Durable object configuration stored on and returned from a Cloudchamber application.
namespace\_id: string
The namespace ID of the durable object namespace to use for this application.
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health: optional object {errors, instances, summary }
errors: array of object {event, instance\_id }
event: object {id, details, message, 4 more }
An event within a Placement or a Job.
id: string
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details: map\[unknown]
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message: string
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name: "SchedulerPlaced"or "NetworkingIPAssigned"or "VMStarted"or 14 more
Name of the event that describes the kind event that happened.
- SchedulerPlaced: It’s the first event that creates a container placement. It happens when the Containers runtime was able to retrieve deployment resources and start verifying everything is correct.
- NetworkingIPAssigned: It’s sent when the Containers runtime maps the IP to the container.
- VMStarted: It’s sent when the Containers runtime starts the VM. The container might remain unhealthy at this point.
- ImagePulled: It’s sent when the Containers runtime pulls the image successfully.
- ImagePullError: It’s sent when the Containers runtime is having issues pulling the image. The message and details have more information on what happened for debugging.
- VMFailedToStart: It’s sent when the Containers runtime was unable to boot the VM.
- VMStopping: It’s sent when the scheduler is stopping the VM.
- VMStopped: It’s sent when the VM finally exits.
- VMFailed: It’s sent when the scheduling of the VM failed in the current location.
- RuntimeStartFailed: It’s sent when the runtime hits an internal error.
- SSHStarted: It’s sent when the container gains network connectivity and opens the SSH port. Containers only send this event when SSH keys exist.
- CheckUpdate: Sent when the status of a health or readiness check changes. This may also affect the health status of the placement.
- DurableObjectConnected: Sent when a durable object instance connects and gains control of the deployment. This event is only sent for durable object deployments. It is sent after VMStarted.
- ContainerStarted: It’s sent when the container starts running.
One of the following:
"SchedulerPlaced"
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"NetworkingIPAssigned"
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"VMStarted"
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"ImagePulled"
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"ImagePullError"
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"VMFailedToStart"
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"NetworkingIPAssignmentFailed"
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"VMRunning"
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"VMStopping"
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"VMStopped"
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"VMFailed"
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"RuntimeStartFailed"
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"SSHStarted"
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"ServiceHealthUpdates"
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"CheckUpdate"
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"DurableObjectConnected"
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"ContainerStarted"
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statusChange: map\[unknown]
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time: string
UTC timestamp string in ISO 8601 format.
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type: "Info"or "Error"or "Warn"or 2 more
One of the following:
"Info"
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"Error"
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"Warn"
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"UserError"
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"SystemError"
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instance\_id: string
An instance ID represents an identifier of an instance configuration that maintains an underlying placement.
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instances: object {active, assigned }
Shows a count of application instance states.
active: number
Number of instances whose runtime reports the container as running (container\_status = “running”). This is a subset of the placements that remain up: an instance that is already bound to a Durable Object and serving traffic is counted under “assigned” until its container\_status catches up to “running”, so container\_status can briefly lag Durable Object attachment under churn. To estimate running, Durable-Object-bound instances, sum “active” + “assigned” rather than reading “active” alone.
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assigned: number
Number of instances bound to a Durable Object with a running placement whose container\_status remains behind “running”. These count as live, serving instances; “active” + “assigned” approximates the running, Durable-Object-bound count.
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summary: optional "healthy"or "degraded"or "unhealthy"or "pending"
High-level health assessment. Only populated for “new\_instances” strategy. Based on a sample of target-version instances rather than a full count.
- “pending”: Zero target-version instances exist yet.
- “healthy”: Every sampled target-version instance reports running or active.
- “degraded”: Some sampled instances remain starting or scheduling.
- “unhealthy”: One or more sampled instances have failed.
One of the following:
"healthy"
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"unhealthy"
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"pending"
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max\_instances: optional number
Maximum number of instances the application allows. This is relevant for applications that auto-scale.
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observability: optional object {logs }
Top-level observability settings for the application. This field is mutually exclusive with configuration.observability.
logs: optional object {enabled }
Observability logging settings.
enabled: optional boolean
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rollout\_active\_grace\_period: optional number
Grace period for active instances to stay alive before becoming eligible for shutdown signal due to a rollout, in seconds. Defaults to 0.
maximum604800
minimum0
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CcDurableObjectApplication object {id, account\_id, created\_at, 7 more }
Each Durable Object creates and manages the lifecycle of its container instance.
id: string
An Application ID represents an identifier of an application.
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account\_id: string
A unique identifier for the user’s account.
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created\_at: string
UTC timestamp string in ISO 8601 format.
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durable\_objects: object {namespace\_id }
Durable object configuration using a namespace ID.
namespace\_id: string
The namespace ID of the durable object namespace to use for this application.
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name: string
The application name.
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scheduling\_policy: "durable\_object"
Selects a Durable Object-managed application. Each Durable Object creates and manages the lifecycle of its container instance. Configure application-wide observability settings here. Deployment configuration, scaling, placement constraints, versions, and rollouts do not apply.
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updated\_at: string
UTC timestamp string in ISO 8601 format.
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configuration: optional object {authorized\_keys, wrangler\_ssh }
Application-wide settings for a Durable Object-managed application.
authorized\_keys: optional array of object {public\_key, name }
public\_key: string
An SSH public key.
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name: optional string
Optional human readable name for this key.
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wrangler\_ssh: optional object {enabled, port }
Configuration properties for connecting with SSH to a container using Wrangler.
enabled: optional boolean
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port: optional number
maximum65535
minimum1
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health: optional object {instances, summary }
Aggregate current activity for the latest observed placement of each instance. Runtime snapshots feed periodic background sweeps. Counts refresh after each complete sweep. Instance listings retain their separate three-month history for failure discovery.
instances: object {active, starting }
Counts of observed non-terminal instances.
active: number
Number of instances whose runtime reports running or stopping.
minimum0
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starting: number
Number of instances whose runtime reports starting.
minimum0
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summary: optional "pending"
Present as pending until the first activity sweep completes; omitted afterward.
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observability: optional object {logs }
Application-wide logging settings for a Durable Object-managed application. The application publishes these settings to its runtime metadata. Updating them does not create a deployment or rollout.
logs: optional object {enabled }
Application-wide logging settings.
enabled: optional boolean
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success: boolean
Whether the API call was successful.
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### Create a new application
HTTP
HTTPTypeScriptPythonGoTerraform
```
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/$ACCOUNT_ID/containers/applications \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN" \
-d '{
"configuration": {
"image": "image"
},
"instances": 0,
"max_instances": 0,
"name": "name",
"scheduling_policy": "default"
}'
```
200 example
```
{
"errors": [
{
"code": 1000,
"message": "message",
"documentation_url": "documentation_url",
"source": {
"pointer": "pointer"
}
}
],
"messages": [
{
"code": 1000,
"message": "message",
"documentation_url": "documentation_url",
"source": {
"pointer": "pointer"
}
}
],
"result": {
"id": "id",
"account_id": "account_id",
"configuration": {
"image": "image",
"authorized_keys": [
{
"public_key": "public_key",
"name": "name"
}
],
"command": [
"myapp",
"--default-option"
],
"entrypoint": [
"/bin/bash"
],
"environment_variables": [
{
"name": "name",
"value": "value"
}
],
"instance_type": "lite",
"observability": {
"logs": {
"enabled": true
}
}
},
"created_at": "2021-04-01T12:32:41.488Z",
"instances": 0,
"name": "name",
"scheduling_policy": "default",
"updated_at": "2021-04-01T12:32:41.488Z",
"version": 0,
"active_rollout_id": "active_rollout_id",
"constraints": {
"jurisdiction": "jurisdiction",
"regions": [
"WNAM"
]
},
"durable_objects": {
"namespace_id": "14758f1afd44c09b7992073ccf00b43d"
},
"health": {
"errors": [
{
"event": {
"id": "id",
"details": {
"foo": "bar"
},
"message": "message",
"name": "SchedulerPlaced",
"statusChange": {
"foo": "bar"
},
"time": "2021-04-01T12:32:41.488Z",
"type": "Info"
},
"instance_id": "instance_id"
}
],
"instances": {
"active": 0,
"assigned": 0
},
"summary": "healthy"
},
"max_instances": 0,
"observability": {
"logs": {
"enabled": true
}
},
"rollout_active_grace_period": 0
},
"success": true
}
```
##### Returns Examples
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```
{
"errors": [
{
"code": 1000,
"message": "message",
"documentation_url": "documentation_url",
"source": {
"pointer": "pointer"
}
}
],
"messages": [
{
"code": 1000,
"message": "message",
"documentation_url": "documentation_url",
"source": {
"pointer": "pointer"
}
}
],
"result": {
"id": "id",
"account_id": "account_id",
"configuration": {
"image": "image",
"authorized_keys": [
{
"public_key": "public_key",
"name": "name"
}
],
"command": [
"myapp",
"--default-option"
],
"entrypoint": [
"/bin/bash"
],
"environment_variables": [
{
"name": "name",
"value": "value"
}
],
"instance_type": "lite",
"observability": {
"logs": {
"enabled": true
}
}
},
"created_at": "2021-04-01T12:32:41.488Z",
"instances": 0,
"name": "name",
"scheduling_policy": "default",
"updated_at": "2021-04-01T12:32:41.488Z",
"version": 0,
"active_rollout_id": "active_rollout_id",
"constraints": {
"jurisdiction": "jurisdiction",
"regions": [
"WNAM"
]
},
"durable_objects": {
"namespace_id": "14758f1afd44c09b7992073ccf00b43d"
},
"health": {
"errors": [
{
"event": {
"id": "id",
"details": {
"foo": "bar"
},
"message": "message",
"name": "SchedulerPlaced",
"statusChange": {
"foo": "bar"
},
"time": "2021-04-01T12:32:41.488Z",
"type": "Info"
},
"instance_id": "instance_id"
}
],
"instances": {
"active": 0,
"assigned": 0
},
"summary": "healthy"
},
"max_instances": 0,
"observability": {
"logs": {
"enabled": true
}
},
"rollout_active_grace_period": 0
},
"success": true
}
```