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UpdateOutpost

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UpdateOutpost - AWS Outposts

Updates an Outpost.

Request Syntax

PATCH /outposts/OutpostId HTTP/1.1 Content-type: application/json { "Description": "string", "Name": "string", "SupportedHardwareType": "string" }

URI Request Parameters

The request uses the following URI parameters.

OutpostId

The ID or ARN of the Outpost.

Note

Despite the parameter name, you can make the request with an ARN. The parameter name is OutpostId for backward compatibility.

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 180.

Pattern: ^(arn:aws([a-z-]+)?:outposts:[a-z\d-]+:\d{12}:outpost/)?op-[a-f0-9]{17}$

Required: Yes

Request Body

The request accepts the following data in JSON format.

Description

The description of the Outpost.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 0. Maximum length of 1000.

Pattern: ^[\S ]*$

Required: No

Name

The name of the Outpost.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 255.

Pattern: ^[\S ]+$

Required: No

SupportedHardwareType

The type of hardware for this Outpost.

Type: String

Valid Values: RACK | SERVER

Required: No

Response Syntax

HTTP/1.1 200 Content-type: application/json { "Outpost": { "AvailabilityZone": "string", "AvailabilityZoneId": "string", "Description": "string", "LifeCycleStatus": "string", "Name": "string", "OutpostArn": "string", "OutpostId": "string", "OwnerId": "string", "SiteArn": "string", "SiteId": "string", "SupportedHardwareType": "string", "Tags": { "string" : "string" } } }

Response Elements

If the action is successful, the service sends back an HTTP 200 response.

The following data is returned in JSON format by the service.

Outpost

Information about an Outpost.

Type: Outpost object

Errors

For information about the errors that are common to all actions, see Common Errors.

AccessDeniedException

You do not have permission to perform this operation.

HTTP Status Code: 403

ConflictException

Updating or deleting this resource can cause an inconsistent state.

HTTP Status Code: 409

InternalServerException

An internal error has occurred.

HTTP Status Code: 500

NotFoundException

The specified request is not valid.

HTTP Status Code: 404

ValidationException

A parameter is not valid.

HTTP Status Code: 400

See Also

For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following:

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