API Reference · NoKycVPS

00 · Conventions

Conventions

The same set of rules applies to every endpoint in this document. Read this once, then jump to the resource you need.

Authentication

Every request must include a bearer token in the Authorization header:

Authorization: Bearer nkv_live_a1b2c3d4e5f6g7h8i9j0k1l2m3n4o5p6q7r8s9t0u1v2

Three scopes are available, each strictly broader than the previous:

read — read-only access to all resources except billing.
write — read + create/update/destroy. Cannot generate top-up addresses.
billing — everything write can do, plus the billing endpoints.

Tokens are minted at Account → API tokens. The plaintext is shown once at creation — we store only its SHA-256 digest. Clock skew tolerance for any time-based check is 30 seconds.

JSON & types

Request bodies must be application/json. We do not accept multipart/form-data except on POST /images.
Keys are snake_case. Unknown keys in requests are rejected with 400; unknown keys in responses can be safely ignored by your client.
Timestamps are RFC 3339 in UTC, e.g. 2026-05-12T08:47:12Z.
Money is rendered as a JSON number in USD with two decimal places. Coin amounts are rendered as a decimal string to preserve precision.
Resource IDs are short, prefix-typed, opaque strings. Don\'t parse them.

Idempotency

Every POST endpoint accepts an optional Idempotency-Key header. A UUIDv4 is the standard choice. The first response for a given key is cached for 24 hours; subsequent requests with the same key replay the cached response. A different request body with the same key returns 409 conflict_state.

curl -X POST .../v1/servers \
  -H "Idempotency-Key: $(uuidgen)" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $NOKYC_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{...}'

Pagination

List endpoints return up to 25 items by default, 100 max. Cursor-based; no offset. A response that has more items returns has_more: true and a next_cursor. Pass it as ?cursor=... to fetch the next page.

jsonlist response shape

{
  "object":      "list",
  "data":        [ /* up to page_size items */ ],
  "has_more":    true,
  "next_cursor": "c_8a1f2c34"
}

Use page_size to override the default. filter[field]=value for equality filters where supported. sort=-created_at for descending sort.

Errors

Errors always return JSON in the same envelope:

jsonerror envelope

{
  "error": {
    "code":       "invalid_request",
    "message":    "ssh_keys must contain at least one valid key id.",
    "errors": [
      { "field": "ssh_keys", "issue": "min_items", "min": 1 }
    ],
    "request_id": "req_2f8b1c4e9d"
  }
}

Always log request_id in your client — it is the only thing we can use to find your call in our logs if you ask us to look at one. (We will only look at lines you give us a request_id for; we do not browse customer logs.)

HTTP status codes and their semantic codes:

HTTP	Code	Meaning
400	invalid_request	Body or query parameters did not validate. See `errors[]`.
401	unauthenticated	Missing, malformed, or expired bearer token.
403	forbidden_scope	Token does not have the required scope.
404	not_found	Resource does not exist or is not visible to your account.
409	conflict_state	Resource is in a state that does not allow this op (e.g. attaching an already-attached volume).
422	unprocessable	Body parsed but semantic validation failed (e.g. unavailable region for a plan).
429	rate_limited	Token bucket exhausted. `Retry-After` header in seconds.
451	jurisdictional_block	Endpoint refused for legal reasons. Canary will reflect.
500	internal	Server-side error. Retry only idempotent ops.
503	maintenance	Endpoint temporarily down during a published maintenance window.

Rate limits

60 requests/minute per token with a 10-request burst. Bucket replenishes at 1 req/s. Provisioning endpoints (POST /servers, POST /images) use a separate 200 req/minute bucket because they are inherently bursty.

X-RateLimit-Limit:     60
X-RateLimit-Remaining: 57
X-RateLimit-Reset:     1747049892
Retry-After:           23           # only on 429

Versioning

The API is versioned in the path: /v1/.... We commit to:

No backwards-incompatible change within a major version.
Additive changes (new fields, new endpoints) on the existing version, announced in the changelog.
A 12-month deprecation window before any endpoint or field is removed in the next major.
Beta endpoints are gated behind X-Nokyc-Beta: true and may break without notice.

Resources

Each resource below is documented as a triplet: the object schema, the endpoints that act on it, and one or more example requests with their actual response bodies.

01 · core

Servers

A server is one virtual machine on our hypervisor pool, or one physical node in the dedicated tier. Every other resource on this page either describes a server, attaches to one, or generates events from one.

Object

Field	Type	Description
id ro	string	Unique identifier. Prefix `srv_`.
object ro	string	Always `"server"`.
name	string · 1–63	Customer-provided name. `[a-z0-9-]`, must start with a letter.
status ro	enum	`provisioning`, `installing`, `running`, `stopped`, `suspended`, `destroying`.
plan	string	Plan id (see Plans). Immutable after deploy.
region	string	Region code (see Regions). Immutable.
image	string	Image id at install time. Updated when the server is rebuilt.
ipv4 ro	object · nullable	`{address, gateway, rdns}`. Null until `running`.
ipv6 ro	object · nullable	`{address, prefix, rdns}`. Always a routed /64.
ssh_keys	array<string>	SSH key ids injected at install time.
user_data_b64	string · write-only	Base64-encoded cloud-init user-data. Up to 64 KiB.
tags	array<string>	Free-form tags. Useful for filtering.
labels	object<string,string>	Up to 32 key/value pairs. Keys must match `[a-z0-9_-]{1,63}`.
created_at ro	string · RFC 3339	UTC timestamp.
updated_at ro	string · RFC 3339	UTC timestamp. Bumped on any mutation.

Endpoints

GET /servers List your servers.
POST /servers Create a new server.
GET /servers/{id} Retrieve a single server.
PATCH /servers/{id} Update name, tags, or labels.
DELETE /servers/{id} Destroy a server. Irreversible.
POST /servers/{id}/reboot Reboot. Add ?hard=true to skip ACPI.
POST /servers/{id}/rebuild Reinstall the OS image. Destroys disk data.
POST /servers/{id}/rescue Boot into the rescue ISO.
POST /servers/{id}/stop Graceful stop (ACPI poweroff).
POST /servers/{id}/start Start a stopped server.
GET /servers/{id}/console One-time signed noVNC URL (5 min validity).
GET /servers/{id}/metrics 30-day CPU / RAM / disk / bandwidth rollup.
POST /servers/{id}/rdns Set reverse DNS for IPv4 and/or IPv6.

02 · resources

Images

An image is the disk template a server boots from. Official images are maintained by us; custom images are ISOs you uploaded.

Object

Field	Type	Description
id ro	string	Prefix `img_` (official) or `custom_` (custom upload).
object ro	string	Always `"image"`.
type ro	enum	`official` or `custom`.
family ro	string	`debian`, `ubuntu`, `alpine`, etc. `custom` for uploads.
version ro	string	Upstream version (e.g. `13`, `24.04`, `rolling`).
variant ro	string · nullable	Image variant: `minimal`, `cloud`, etc.
arch ro	array<string>	Supported architectures: `amd64`, `arm64`.
size_gb ro	number	On-disk size, GiB. Useful for predicting deploy time.
cloud_init ro	boolean	Whether the image ships cloud-init.
released_at ro	string · ISO 8601	Date this version was published.
deprecated_at ro	string · ISO 8601 · nullable	If set, image is read-only and will be removed 90 days after this date.

Endpoints

GET /images List images (filter by family, arch, type).
GET /images/{id} Retrieve a single image.
POST /images Upload a custom ISO. multipart/form-data, 4 GiB max.
DELETE /images/{id} Delete a custom image (no-op on official images).

02 · resources

Plans

A plan describes one purchasable hardware tier. Prices are USD-reference; the actual amount charged in coin is derived at the spot rate when the daily charge runs.

Object

Field	Type	Description
id ro	string	Plan code. Stable across pricing changes.
object ro	string	Always `"plan"`.
category ro	enum	`vps` or `dedicated`.
cpu ro	integer	vCPU count (VPS) or physical core count (dedicated).
cpu_model ro	string	Marketing-free silicon string, e.g. `"AMD EPYC 7763 (Milan)"`.
ram_mb ro	integer	RAM in MiB.
disk_gb ro	integer	NVMe disk in GiB.
transfer_tb ro	number	Monthly outbound transfer in TiB. Inbound is unmetered.
price_usd_month ro	number	Reference monthly price in USD.
price_usd_hour ro	number	Hourly cost (used by the daily-charge prorater).
available_in ro	array<string>	Region codes where this plan is currently provisionable.

Endpoints

GET /plans List plans.
GET /plans/{id} Retrieve a plan.

02 · resources

Regions

A region is one of our four PoPs. Each is operated by a separate legal entity and routed independently.

Object

Field	Type	Description
id ro	string	Three-letter code: `par`, `rkv`, `zrh`, `buh`.
object ro	string	Always `"region"`.
name ro	string	Human name (Paris, Reykjavík, Zürich, Bucharest).
country ro	string	ISO 3166-1 alpha-2.
pop_id ro	string	Internal PoP designation (e.g. `nky-par-01`).
available ro	boolean	`true` if at least one plan can currently be provisioned.
ipv4_pool_remaining ro	integer	IPv4 addresses left in the regional pool. Sub-50 means provisioning may stall.
tor_onion ro	string · nullable	Per-region onion endpoint, if available.

Endpoints

GET /regions List regions.
GET /regions/{id} Retrieve a region.

02 · resources

SSH keys

Public keys injected into server authorized_keys at install time. The private half never leaves your machine and is never seen by us.

Object

Field	Type	Description
id ro	string	Prefix `k_`.
object ro	string	Always `"ssh_key"`.
name	string · 1–63	Display name for your benefit.
type ro	enum	`ssh-ed25519` · `ssh-rsa` · `ecdsa-sha2-nistp{256,384,521}`.
fingerprint ro	string	SHA-256, base64-encoded. Format `SHA256:<digest>`.
public_key	string	OpenSSH-format public key (omitted from list responses for size).
created_at ro	string · RFC 3339

Endpoints

GET /ssh-keys List SSH keys.
POST /ssh-keys Add a new SSH key.
GET /ssh-keys/{id} Retrieve a key.
DELETE /ssh-keys/{id} Remove a key. Does not affect already-deployed servers.

02 · resources

API tokens

Long-lived secrets used to authenticate against this API. The plaintext token is returned once at creation; only its SHA-256 digest is stored server-side.

Object

Field	Type	Description
id ro	string	Prefix `tok_`.
object ro	string	Always `"api_token"`.
name	string	For your own bookkeeping.
scope	enum	`read`, `write`, or `billing`.
token	string · write-only	Plaintext token. Returned once, in the POST response. Format `nkv_live_<52 chars>`.
last_used_at ro	string · RFC 3339 · nullable	Updated at most once per minute to bound write amplification.
expires_at	string · RFC 3339 · nullable	Optional. If set, the token stops working at this timestamp.
created_at ro	string · RFC 3339

Endpoints

GET /account/tokens List tokens.
POST /account/tokens Create a token (returns plaintext once).
DELETE /account/tokens/{id} Revoke a token immediately.

03 · billing

Billing

Read-mostly endpoints describing your current balance, your transaction history, and the top-up flow.

The `balance` object

Field	Type	Description
object ro	string	Always `"balance"`.
usd ro	number	USD-reference balance, two decimals.
as_of ro	string · RFC 3339	Snapshot time.
runway_until ro	string · date · nullable	Calendar date the balance will hit zero at current burn. `null` if no running servers.
active_servers ro	integer	Servers currently incurring daily charges.
daily_cost_usd ro	number	Sum of daily prorated cost for all running servers.
low_balance_at ro	string · RFC 3339 · nullable	When we will email a low-balance warning (currently 7d before runway).

Endpoints

GET /billing/balance Current balance + runway.
GET /billing/ledger Paginated transaction history (charges, top-ups, credits).
POST /billing/topup Generate a one-time deposit address for a given coin.
GET /billing/topup/{id} Poll a top-up intent (pending / confirming / credited / expired).

04 · storage

Volumes

Persistent block storage that can be attached to a server in the same region. Volumes survive server destruction.

Object

Field	Type	Description
id ro	string	Prefix `vol_`.
object ro	string	Always `"volume"`.
name	string	Display name.
size_gb	integer · 10–4096	Size in GiB. Can be increased online (not decreased).
region	string	Region code. Must match attached server's region.
attached_to ro	string · nullable	Server id, or `null` if detached.
device ro	string · nullable	Linux block device path when attached (`/dev/vdb`, …).
encrypted	boolean	Volume-level LUKS, customer-held key passed via cloud-init.
filesystem	string · nullable	For your bookkeeping. We don't format volumes.
created_at ro	string · RFC 3339

Endpoints

GET /volumes List volumes.
POST /volumes Create a volume.
GET /volumes/{id} Retrieve.
PATCH /volumes/{id} Resize (only size_gb increase) or rename.
DELETE /volumes/{id} Destroy. Must be detached first.
POST /volumes/{id}/attach Attach to a server (body: {"server":"srv_…"}).
POST /volumes/{id}/detach Detach.

04 · storage

Snapshots

Point-in-time image of a server's root disk. Snapshots are deduplicated and stored encrypted at rest. Cannot be exported — they exist to let you rebuild from a known-good state.

Object

Field	Type	Description
id ro	string	Prefix `snap_`.
object ro	string	Always `"snapshot"`.
server ro	string	Server id this snapshot was taken from. Frozen at creation.
name	string	Display name.
size_gb ro	number	Deduped size; the actual storage you pay for.
status ro	enum	`creating` · `ready` · `error`.
expires_at	string · RFC 3339 · nullable	Optional auto-delete date.
created_at ro	string · RFC 3339

Endpoints

GET /snapshots List snapshots.
POST /servers/{id}/snapshots Take a snapshot of a server.
GET /snapshots/{id} Retrieve.
POST /servers/{id}/restore Restore a server from a snapshot (rebuild from snap_…).
DELETE /snapshots/{id} Delete a snapshot.

05 · networking

Firewall groups

Stateful, drop-by-default packet filter enforced at the hypervisor — outside the guest. A group is a named set of rules; each rule allows ingress or egress traffic matching a 5-tuple.

Object

Field	Type	Description
id ro	string	Prefix `fwg_`.
object ro	string	Always `"firewall_group"`.
name	string	Display name.
applied_to	array<string>	Server ids that inherit this group.
rules	array<rule>	See rule object below. Order matters: first match wins.
default_action	enum	`drop` (recommended) or `accept`.
created_at ro	string · RFC 3339

Rule object

Field	Type	Description
id ro	string	Prefix `fwr_`. Assigned server-side.
direction	enum	`in` or `out`.
proto	enum	`tcp` · `udp` · `icmp` · `any`.
port	string · nullable	Single port (`"22"`), comma list (`"80,443"`), or range (`"5000-5100"`). Null for non-port protocols.
source	string	CIDR. `0.0.0.0/0` and `::/0` are accepted.
action	enum	`accept`, `drop`, or `reject` (sends RST/ICMP-unreach).
note	string · nullable	Optional comment.

Endpoints

GET /firewall/groups List firewall groups.
POST /firewall/groups Create a group.
GET /firewall/groups/{id} Retrieve.
PATCH /firewall/groups/{id} Update name, default_action, applied_to.
DELETE /firewall/groups/{id} Delete the group (must not be applied).
POST /firewall/groups/{id}/rules Append a rule.
PUT /firewall/groups/{id}/rules Replace the rule list (atomic).
DELETE /firewall/groups/{id}/rules/{rule_id} Remove a single rule.

06 · automation

Webhook subscriptions

Subscribe a URL to events from your account. We POST a JSON event to your endpoint each time something interesting happens, signed with an HMAC-SHA256 you can verify.

Object

Field	Type	Description
id ro	string	Prefix `whk_`.
object ro	string	Always `"webhook"`.
url	string · HTTPS only	Endpoint we POST to. HTTPS with a valid certificate required.
events	array<string>	Subscribed events. `["*"]` subscribes to all.
active	boolean	If `false`, deliveries are paused.
secret_hint ro	string	Last 4 chars of the signing secret (`whsec_…`) for your reference. Full secret returned once at creation.
created_at ro	string · RFC 3339

Endpoints

GET /webhooks List subscriptions.
POST /webhooks Create. Response includes secret (plaintext, once).
GET /webhooks/{id} Retrieve.
PATCH /webhooks/{id} Update url, events, active.
DELETE /webhooks/{id} Unsubscribe.
POST /webhooks/{id}/test Send a synthetic ping event.
GET /webhooks/{id}/deliveries Last 7 days of delivery attempts.

07 · observability

Audit log

Every authenticated, state-changing request made against your account, with the actor that made it. 90-day retention.

Object

Field	Type	Description
id ro	string	Prefix `audit_`.
object ro	string	Always `"audit_event"`.
action ro	string	Dotted operation name (e.g. `server.create`).
resource ro	string · nullable	Affected resource id.
actor_token ro	string · nullable	Token id used, if API.
actor_session ro	string · nullable	Session id used, if dashboard.
request_id ro	string	Correlation id (shared with the `X-Request-Id` header on the original response).
ip_country ro	string	ISO-3166 country code at probe time. No IP stored.
result ro	enum	`ok` · `error` · `denied`.
created_at ro	string · RFC 3339

Endpoints

GET /audit/events List audit events. Filterable by action, resource, from, to.
GET /audit/events/{id} Retrieve one event.

Example · create a server

End-to-end deploy in one shell session

The minimum viable flow from "I have an account" to "I have a running server":

Request

curlPOST /v1/servers

curl https://api.nokycvps.com/v1/servers \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $NOKYC_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Idempotency-Key: $(uuidgen)" \
  -d '{
    "name":     "edge-paris",
    "plan":     "vps-s2",
    "region":   "par",
    "image":    "debian-13-minimal",
    "ssh_keys": ["k_5f3a8c91"],
    "tags":     ["production","edge"],
    "labels":   { "owner":"ops" },
    "user_data_b64": null
  }'

Response — `201 Created`

jsonserver object

{
  "id":         "srv_8a1f2c34",
  "object":     "server",
  "name":       "edge-paris",
  "status":     "provisioning",
  "plan":       "vps-s2",
  "region":     "par",
  "image":      "debian-13-minimal",
  "ipv4":       null,
  "ipv6":       null,
  "ssh_keys":   ["k_5f3a8c91"],
  "tags":       ["production","edge"],
  "labels":     { "owner":"ops" },
  "created_at": "2026-05-12T08:47:12Z",
  "updated_at": "2026-05-12T08:47:12Z"
}

Two webhook events later (typically 60–120 s):

jsonserver.running webhook

{
  "id":         "evt_3c8a1f4b",
  "object":     "event",
  "type":       "server.running",
  "created_at": "2026-05-12T08:48:34Z",
  "data": {
    "server": {
      "id":     "srv_8a1f2c34",
      "status": "running",
      "ipv4":   { "address":"198.51.100.42", "gateway":"198.51.100.1", "rdns":null },
      "ipv6":   { "address":"2001:db8::1",   "prefix":"2001:db8::/64", "rdns":null }
    }
  }
}

You can ssh [email protected] now.

08 · Webhook events

Event catalogue

Every event is one of the types below. The data envelope contains the full object as it existed at event time — you should not re-fetch unless you need a guaranteed-fresh view.

Event	When it fires
server.created	A new server has begun provisioning.
server.running	Server has finished installing and is reachable.
server.stopped	Server gracefully shut down.
server.rebooted	Server completed a reboot cycle.
server.rebuilt	Server finished a rebuild from an image.
server.suspended	Balance went negative; server stopped.
server.destroyed	Server's disk has been wiped and IPs released.
snapshot.ready	Snapshot moved from `creating` to `ready`.
volume.attached	Volume successfully attached.
volume.detached	Volume detached.
topup.pending	Deposit detected on chain; waiting for confirmations.
topup.confirmed	Deposit confirmed; balance credited.
topup.expired	Rate lock expired before confirmation.
billing.charged	Daily charge applied. Includes amount and resulting balance.
billing.low_balance	Balance projects to zero within 7 days at current burn.
token.created	A new API token was created.
token.revoked	An API token was revoked.
firewall.applied	A firewall group was attached to a server.

09 · Webhook signing

Verifying webhook authenticity

Every delivery includes an X-Nokyc-Signature header. You compare it against an HMAC-SHA256 of the request body, keyed by the secret returned to you at subscription time.

Header format

X-Nokyc-Signature:   t=1747049892,v1=4f8c1a...e9d
X-Nokyc-Delivery-Id: del_7c3a1f9b
Content-Type:        application/json

t — Unix epoch the signature was generated.
v1 — lowercase hex HMAC-SHA256 of "{t}.{raw_body}".
Reject any delivery where t drifts more than 5 minutes from your clock.

Verification — Python

pythonverify_signature.py

import hmac, hashlib, time

def verify(raw_body: bytes, header: str, secret: str, tolerance: int = 300) -> bool:
    parts = dict(p.split("=", 1) for p in header.split(","))
    t  = int(parts["t"])
    v1 = parts["v1"]
    if abs(time.time() - t) > tolerance:
        return False
    payload = f"{t}.".encode() + raw_body
    expected = hmac.new(secret.encode(), payload, hashlib.sha256).hexdigest()
    return hmac.compare_digest(v1, expected)

Retry policy

Each delivery is attempted up to 6 times at the following back-off intervals:

attempt 1:  immediate
attempt 2:  + 1   minute
attempt 3:  + 5   minutes
attempt 4:  + 30  minutes
attempt 5:  + 5   hours
attempt 6:  + 24  hours
              => give up

A delivery succeeds when your endpoint returns HTTP 2xx within 10 seconds. 410 Gone short-circuits all future attempts and pauses the subscription. Failed deliveries are visible via GET /webhooks/{id}/deliveries.

10 · Changelog

Changelog

Additive changes within v1. The next major version (v2) is not currently scheduled.

v1.4 2026-04-22
- Added /servers/{id}/metrics endpoint (30-day rollup).
- Added runway_until and low_balance_at to the balance object.
- Webhooks now include X-Nokyc-Delivery-Id for replay-safety.
v1.3 2026-01-10
- Added Volumes resource (block storage with attach/detach).
- Firewall groups gained default_action and note on rules.
- Server labels capped at 32 pairs (was 16).
v1.2 2025-09-15
- Added Snapshots resource and /servers/{id}/restore.
- Added ipv4_pool_remaining on regions.
v1.1 2025-06-04
- Switched list endpoints to cursor pagination. offset/limit deprecated; will be removed in v2.
- Added Idempotency-Key support on every POST.
- Added Audit log resource.
v1.0 2024-09-12
- Initial stable release.
- Servers, Images, Plans, Regions, SSH Keys, API Tokens, Billing, Webhooks.

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JSON & types

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Pagination

Errors

Rate limits

Versioning

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The balance object

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Rule object

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Request

Response — 201 Created

Header format

Verification — Python

Retry policy

The `balance` object

Response — `201 Created`