> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://gcore.com/docs/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Create container > Create a new container with the specified configuration. ## OpenAPI ````yaml /api-reference/services_documented/cloud_api.yaml post /cloud/v1/caas/{project_id}/{region_id}/containers openapi: 3.1.0 info: title: Gcore OpenAPI – Cloud API description: >- This OpenAPI is an aggregated OpenAPI specification that unifies all Gcore products into a single file. It covers Cloud, CDN, DNS, WAAP, DDoS Protection, Object Storage, Streaming, and FastEdge services. version: '2026-05-14T07:00:22.640261+00:00' servers: - url: https://api.gcore.com security: - APIKey: [] tags: - name: Bare Metal x-displayName: Bare Metal - name: Container as a Service x-displayName: Container as a Service - name: Cost Reports x-displayName: Cost Reports - name: DDoS Protection x-displayName: DDoS Protection - name: Everywhere Inference x-displayName: Everywhere Inference - name: Everywhere Inference Apps x-displayName: Everywhere Inference Apps - name: File Shares x-displayName: File Shares - name: Floating IPs x-displayName: Floating IPs - name: Function as a Service x-displayName: Function as a Service - name: GPU Bare Metal x-displayName: GPU Bare Metal - name: GPU Virtual x-displayName: GPU Virtual - name: IP Ranges x-displayName: IP Ranges - name: Images x-displayName: Images - name: Instances x-displayName: Instances - name: Load Balancers x-displayName: Load Balancers - name: Logging x-displayName: Logging - name: Managed Kubernetes x-displayName: Managed Kubernetes - name: Managed PostgreSQL x-displayName: Managed PostgreSQL - name: Networks x-displayName: Networks - name: Placement Groups x-displayName: Placement Groups - name: Projects x-displayName: Projects - name: Quotas x-displayName: Quotas - name: Regions x-displayName: Regions - name: Registry x-displayName: Registry - name: Reservations x-displayName: Reservations - name: Reserved IPs x-displayName: Reserved IPs - name: Routers x-displayName: Routers - name: SSH Keys x-displayName: SSH Keys - name: Secrets x-displayName: Secrets - name: Security Groups x-displayName: Security Groups - name: Snapshot Schedules x-displayName: Snapshot Schedules - name: Snapshots x-displayName: Snapshots - name: Tasks x-displayName: Tasks - name: User Actions x-displayName: User Actions - name: User Role Assignments x-displayName: User Role Assignments - name: Volumes x-displayName: Volumes paths: /cloud/v1/caas/{project_id}/{region_id}/containers: post: tags: - Container as a Service summary: Create container description: Create a new container with the specified configuration. operationId: ContainersHandler.post parameters: - in: path name: project_id required: true description: Project id schema: description: Project id example: 1 examples: - 1 title: Project Id type: integer - in: path name: region_id required: true description: Region id schema: description: Region id example: 1 examples: - 1 title: Region Id type: integer requestBody: content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/ContainerCreateSerializer' responses: '200': description: OK content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/TaskIDsSerializer' components: schemas: ContainerCreateSerializer: properties: commands: anyOf: - type: string - type: 'null' default: null description: Container's commands examples: - python3 app.py -m test title: Commands description: default: '' description: Container description example: My first container examples: - My first container maxLength: 255 title: Description type: string envs: description: Container environment variables example: ENVIRONMENT_VARIABLE: value 2 ENV_VAR: value 1 examples: - ENVIRONMENT_VARIABLE: value 2 ENV_VAR: value 1 patternProperties: ^[a-zA-Z_][a-zA-Z0-9_]*$: maxLength: 255 type: string propertyNames: maxLength: 255 title: Envs type: object flavor: description: Container flavor example: 250mCPU-512MiB examples: - 250mCPU-512MiB pattern: ^[0-9]{0,12}mCPU-[0-9]{0,12}M[i]?B$ title: Flavor type: string image: description: Container image example: nginx:latest examples: - nginx:latest maxLength: 230 title: Image type: string is_api_key_auth: default: false description: >- Enable/Disable api key authentication. Enable api key is temporarily disabled. As a result, using CaaS with authorization is currently not supported. example: false examples: - false title: Is Api Key Auth type: boolean is_disabled: default: false description: Set to true if container is disabled example: false examples: - false title: Is Disabled type: boolean listening_port: description: Container listening port example: 80 examples: - 80 maximum: 65535 minimum: 1 title: Listening Port type: integer logging: anyOf: - $ref: '#/components/schemas/LoggingSerializer' - type: 'null' default: null description: Logging configuration examples: - destination_region_id: 1 enabled: true retention_policy: period: 45 topic_name: my-log-name - enabled: false name: description: Container name example: nginx examples: - nginx maxLength: 43 pattern: ^[a-zA-Z0-9][a-zA-Z0-9.-]+[a-zA-Z0-9]$ title: Name type: string pull_secret: anyOf: - maxLength: 400 type: string - type: 'null' default: null description: Image pull secret examples: - my-secret title: Pull Secret scale: $ref: '#/components/schemas/ScaleSerializer' description: Container autoscaling examples: - max: 2 min: 1 timeout: anyOf: - maximum: 180 minimum: 0 type: integer - type: 'null' default: null description: Container timeout in seconds examples: - 5 title: Timeout required: - name - image - listening_port - flavor - scale title: ContainerCreateSerializer type: object TaskIDsSerializer: properties: tasks: description: >- List of task IDs representing asynchronous operations. Use these IDs to monitor operation progress: - `GET /v1/tasks/{task_id}` - Check individual task status and details Poll task status until completion (`FINISHED`/`ERROR`) before proceeding with dependent operations. example: - d478ae29-dedc-4869-82f0-96104425f565 examples: - - d478ae29-dedc-4869-82f0-96104425f565 items: type: string title: Tasks type: array required: - tasks title: TaskIDsSerializer type: object LoggingSerializer: properties: destination_region_id: anyOf: - type: integer - type: 'null' default: null description: Destination region id to which the logs will be written examples: - 1 title: Destination Region Id enabled: default: false description: Enable/disable forwarding logs to LaaS example: true examples: - true - false title: Enabled type: boolean retention_policy: anyOf: - $ref: '#/components/schemas/LaasIndexRetentionPolicyPydanticSerializer' - type: 'null' default: null description: The logs retention policy examples: - period: 45 topic_name: anyOf: - maxLength: 223 minLength: 1 pattern: >- ^[a-z0-9](?:[-a-z0-9]*[a-z0-9])?(?:\.[a-z0-9](?:[-a-z0-9]*[a-z0-9])*)*$ type: string - type: 'null' default: null description: The topic name to which the logs will be written examples: - my-log-name title: Topic Name title: LoggingSerializer type: object ScaleSerializer: properties: cooldown_period: anyOf: - maximum: 3600 minimum: 1 type: integer - type: 'null' default: 60 description: Cooldown period in seconds title: Cooldown Period max: description: Maximum number of instances maximum: 25 minimum: 1 title: Max type: integer min: description: Minimum number of instances maximum: 25 minimum: 0 title: Min type: integer triggers: anyOf: - $ref: '#/components/schemas/ScaleTriggersSerializer' - type: 'null' default: null description: Scale triggers configuration required: - min - max title: ScaleSerializer type: object LaasIndexRetentionPolicyPydanticSerializer: properties: period: anyOf: - exclusiveMinimum: 0 maximum: 1825 type: integer - type: 'null' description: Duration of days for which logs must be kept. examples: - 45 title: Period required: - period title: LaasIndexRetentionPolicyPydanticSerializer type: object ScaleTriggersSerializer: properties: cpu: anyOf: - $ref: '#/components/schemas/CpuTriggerSerializer' - type: 'null' default: null description: CPU trigger configuration http: anyOf: - $ref: '#/components/schemas/HttpTriggerSerializer' - type: 'null' default: null description: HTTP trigger configuration memory: anyOf: - $ref: '#/components/schemas/MemoryTriggerSerializer' - type: 'null' default: null description: Memory trigger configuration title: ScaleTriggersSerializer type: object CpuTriggerSerializer: properties: threshold: description: CPU usage percentage maximum: 99 minimum: 1 title: Threshold type: integer required: - threshold title: CpuTriggerSerializer type: object HttpTriggerSerializer: properties: rate: description: HTTP requests rate maximum: 1000 minimum: 1 title: Rate type: integer window: description: Time window in seconds maximum: 3600 minimum: 1 title: Window type: integer required: - rate - window title: HttpTriggerSerializer type: object MemoryTriggerSerializer: properties: threshold: description: Memory usage percentage maximum: 99 minimum: 1 title: Threshold type: integer required: - threshold title: MemoryTriggerSerializer type: object securitySchemes: APIKey: description: >- API key for authentication. Make sure to include the word `apikey`, followed by a single space and then your token. Example: `apikey 1234$abcdef` type: apiKey in: header name: Authorization ````