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Open Service Broker API (v2.14)

Table of Contents

API Overview

The Open Service Broker API defines an HTTP(S) interface between Platforms and Service Brokers.

The Service Broker is the component of the service that implements the Service Broker API, for which a Platform is a client. Service Brokers are responsible for advertising a catalog of Service Offerings and Service Plans to the Platform, and acting on requests from the Platform for provisioning, binding, unbinding, and deprovisioning.

In general, provisioning reserves a resource on a service; we call this reserved resource a Service Instance. What a Service Instance represents can vary by service. Examples include a single database on a multi-tenant server, a dedicated cluster, or an account on a web application.

What a binding represents MAY also vary by service. In general creation of a binding either generates credentials necessary for accessing the resource or provides the Service Instance with information for a configuration change.

A Platform MAY expose services from one or many Service Brokers, and an individual Service Broker MAY support one or many Platforms using different URL prefixes and credentials.

Notations and Terminology

Notational Conventions

The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT", "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and "OPTIONAL" in this document are to be interpreted as described in RFC 2119.

Terminology

This specification defines the following terms:

  • Application: Often the entity using a Service Instance will be a piece of software, however, this does not need to be the case. For the purposes of this specification, the term "Application" will be used to represent all entities that might make use of, and be bound to, a Service Instance.

  • Platform: The software that will manage the cloud environment into which Applications are provisioned and Service Brokers are registered. Users will not directly provision Services from Service Brokers, rather they will ask the Platform to manage Services and interact with the Service Brokers for them.

  • Service: A managed software offering that can be used by an Application. Typically, Services will expose some API that can be invoked to perform some action. However, there can also be non-interactive Services that can perform the desired actions without direct prompting from the Application.

  • Service Broker: Service Brokers manage the lifecycle of Services. Platforms interact with Service Brokers to provision, and manage, Service Instances and Service Bindings.

  • Service Offering: The advertisement of a Service that a Service Broker supports.

  • Service Plan: The representation of the costs and benefits for a given variant of the Service, potentially as a tier.

  • Service Instance: An instantiation of a Service Offering and Service Plan.

  • Service Binding: Represents the request to use a Service Instance. As part of this request there might be a reference to the entity, also known as the Application, that will use the Service Instance. Service Bindings will often contain the credentials that can then be used to communicate with the Service Instance.

Changes

Change Policy for Minor Versions

  • Existing endpoints and fields MUST NOT be removed or renamed.
  • New OPTIONAL endpoints, or new HTTP methods for existing endpoints, MAY be added to enable support for new features.
  • New fields MAY be added to existing request/response messages. These fields MUST be OPTIONAL and SHOULD be ignored by clients and servers that do not understand them.

Changes Since v2.13

  • Added GET endpoints for fetching a Service Instance and Service Binding
  • Added support for asynchronous Service Bindings (PR) and a new last operation endpoint for Service Bindings endpoint
  • Added clarity around concurrent updates (PR)
  • Added clarity on how Platform's can clean up after a failed provision or bind (PR)
  • Added Opaque Bearer Tokens to the Platform to Service Broker Authentication section (PR)
  • Provided guidance for CLI-friendly names (PR)
  • Allow for uppercase characters in Service and Service Plan names (PR)
  • Clarify that extra fields in requests and responses are allowed (PR)
  • Allow an updated dashboard_url to be provided when updating a Service Instance (PR)
  • Added an OpenAPI 2.0 implementation
  • Allow for periods in name fields (PR)
  • Removed the need for Platforms to perform orphan mitigation when receiving an HTTP 408 response code (PR)
  • Moved the dashboard_client field to Cloud Foundry Catalog Extensions
  • Added a compatibility matrix describing which OPTIONAL features in the specification are supported by different Platforms
  • Added clarity for returning Service Binding information via the GET endpoints (PR)
  • Added guidance for supported string lengths (PR)
  • Clarified that the plan_updateable field affects modifying the Service Plan, not parameters (PR)
  • Clarified which Service Plan ID to use for polling the last operation endpoint after an update (PR)
  • Clarified Platform behaviour when a dashboard URL is not returned (PR)
  • Fixed an incompatible change introduced in v2.12 (PR)
  • Added clarity around the state of resources after a failure (PR)
  • Added Content Type guidelines

For changes in older versions, see the release notes.

API Version Header

Requests from the Platform to the Service Broker MUST contain a header that declares the version number of the Open Service Broker API that the Platform is using:

X-Broker-API-Version: 2.14

The version numbers are in the format MAJOR.MINOR using semantic versioning.

This header allows Service Brokers to reject requests from Platforms for versions they do not support. While minor API revisions will always be additive, it is possible that Service Brokers depend on a feature from a newer version of the API that is supported by the Platform. In this scenario the Service Broker MAY reject the request with 412 Precondition Failed and provide a message that informs the operator of the API version that is to be used instead.

Vendor Extension Fields

Senders of messages defined by this specification MAY include additional fields within the JSON objects. When adding new fields, unique prefixes SHOULD be used for the field names to reduce the chances of conflicts with with future specification defined fields or other extensions.

Receivers of messages defined by this specification that contain unknown extension fields MUST ignore those fields and MUST NOT halt processing of those messages due to the presence of those fields. Receivers are under no obligation to understand or process unknown extension fields.

Platform to Service Broker Authentication

While the communication between a Platform and Service Broker MAY be unsecure, it is RECOMMENDED that all communications between a Platform and a Service Broker are secured via TLS and authenticated.

Unless there is some out of band communication and agreement between a Platform and a Service Broker, the Platform MUST authenticate with the Service Broker using HTTP basic authentication (the Authorization: header) on every request. This specification does not specify how Platform and Service Brokers agree on other methods of authentication.

Platforms and Service Brokers MAY agree on an authentication mechanism other than basic authentication, but the specific agreements are not covered by this specification. Please see the Platform Features authentication mechanisms wiki document for details on these mechanisms.

If authentication is used, the Service Broker MUST authenticate the request using the predetermined authentication mechanism, and MUST return a 401 Unauthorized response if the authentication fails.

Additionally, the Service Broker MUST secure communications with TLS. The Platform and Service Broker SHOULD agree whether the Service Broker will use a root-signed certificate or a self-signed certificate.

Note: Using an authentication mechanism that is agreed to via out of band communications could lead to interoperability issues with other Platforms.

URL Properties

This specification defines the following properties that might appear within URLs:

  • service_id
  • plan_id
  • instance_id
  • binding_id
  • operation

While this specification places no restriction on the set of characters used within these strings, it is RECOMMENDED that these properties only contain characters from the "Unreserved Characters" as defined by RFC3986. In other words: uppercase and lowercase letters, decimal digits, hyphen, period, underscore and tilde.

If a character outside of the "Unreserved Characters" set is used, then it SHOULD be percent-encoded prior to being used as part of the HTTP request, per RFC3986.

Originating Identity

Often a Service Broker will need to know the identity of the user that initiated the request from the Platform. For example, this might be needed for auditing or authorization purposes. In order to facilitate this, the Platform will need to provide this identification information to the Service Broker on each request. Platforms MAY support this feature, and if they do, they MUST adhere to the following:

  • For any OSBAPI request that is the result of an action taken by a Platform's user, there MUST be an associated X-Broker-API-Originating-Identity header on that HTTP request.
  • Any OSBAPI request that is not associated with an action from a Platform's user, such as the Platform refetching the catalog, MAY exclude the header from that HTTP request.
  • If present on a request, the X-Broker-API-Originating-Identity header MUST contain the identify information for the Platform's user that took the action to cause the request to be sent.

The format of the header MUST be:

X-Broker-API-Originating-Identity: Platform value

Platform MUST be a non-empty string indicating the Platform from which the request is being sent. The specific value SHOULD match the values defined in the profile document for the context.platform property. When context is sent as part of a message, this value MUST be the same as the context.platform value.

value MUST be a Base64 encoded string. The string MUST be a serialized JSON object. The specific properties will be Platform specific - see the profile document for more information.

For example:

X-Broker-API-Originating-Identity: cloudfoundry eyANCiAgInVzZXJfaWQiOiAiNjgzZWE3NDgtMzA5Mi00ZmY0LWI2NTYtMzljYWNjNGQ1MzYwIiwNCiAgInVzZXJfbmFtZSI6ICJqb2VAZXhhbXBsZS5jb20iDQp9

Where the value, when decoded, is:

{
  "user_id": "683ea748-3092-4ff4-b656-39cacc4d5360"
}

Note that not all messages sent to a Service Broker are initiated by an end-user of the Platform. For example, during orphan mitigation or during the querying of the Service Broker's catalog, the Platform might not have an end-user with which to associate the request, therefore in those cases the originating identity header would not be included in those messages.

Service Broker Errors

When a request to a Service Broker fails, the Service Broker MUST return an appropriate HTTP response code. Where the specification defines the expected response code, that response code MUST be used.

For error responses, the following fields are defined:

Response Field Type Description
error string A single word in camel case that uniquely identifies the error condition. If present, MUST be a non-empty string.
description string A user-facing error message explaining why the request failed. If present, MUST be a non-empty string.

Error Codes

There are failure scenarios described throughout this specification for which the error field MUST contain a specific string. Service Broker authors MUST use these error codes for the specified failure scenarios.

Error Reason Expected Action
AsyncRequired This request requires client support for asynchronous service operations. The query parameter accepts_incomplete=true MUST be included the request.
ConcurrencyError The Service Broker does not support concurrent requests that mutate the same resource. Clients MUST wait until pending requests have completed for the specified resources.
RequiresApp The request body is missing the app_guid field. The app_guid MUST be included in the request body.

Unless otherwise specified, an HTTP status code in the 4xx range MUST result in the Service Broker's resources being semantically unchanged as a result of the incoming request message. Additionally, an HTTP status code in the 5xx range SHOULD result in the Service Broker's resources being semantically unchanged as a result of the incoming request message. Note, the 5xx error case is a "SHOULD" instead of a "MUST" because it might not be possible for a Service Broker to guarantee that it can revert all possible effects of a failed attempt at the requested operation.

Content Type

All requests and responses defined in this specification with accompanying bodies SHOULD contain a Content-Type header set to application/json. If the Content-Type is not set, Service Brokers and Platforms MAY still attempt to process the body. If a Service Broker rejects a request due to a mismatched Content-Type or the body is unprocessable it SHOULD respond with 400 Bad Request.

Catalog Management

The first endpoint that a Platform will interact with on the Service Broker is the service catalog (/v2/catalog). This endpoint returns a list of all services available on the Service Broker. Platforms query this endpoint from all Service Brokers in order to present an aggregated user-facing catalog.

Periodically, a Platform MAY re-query the service catalog endpoint for a Service Broker to see if there are any changes to the list of services. Service Brokers MAY add, remove or modify (metadata, plans, etc.) the list of services from previous queries.

When determining what, if anything, has changed on a Service Broker, the Platform MUST use the id of the resources (services or plans) as the only immutable property and MUST use that to locate the same resource as was returned from a previous query. Likewise, a Service Broker MUST NOT change the id of a resource across queries, otherwise a Platform will treat it as a different resource.

When a Platform receives different id values for the same type of resource, even if all of the other metadata in those resources are the exact same, it MUST treat them as separate instances of that resource.

Service Broker authors are expected to be cautious when removing services and plans from their catalogs, as Platforms might have provisioned Service Instances of these plans. For example, Platforms might restrict the actions that users can perform on existing Service Instances if the associated service or plan is deleted. Consider your deprecation strategy.

Platforms MAY have limits on the length of strings that they can handle or display to end users, such as the description of a Service or Service Plan. It is RECOMMENDED that strings do not exceed 255 characters to increase the likelihood of having compatibility with any Platform.

The following sections describe catalog requests and responses in the Service Broker API.

Request

Route

GET /v2/catalog

Headers

The following HTTP Headers are defined for this operation:

Header Type Description
X-Broker-API-Version* string See API Version Header.

* Headers with an asterisk are REQUIRED.

cURL

$ curl http://username:password@service-broker-url/v2/catalog -H "X-Broker-API-Version: 2.14"

Response

Status Code Description
200 OK MUST be returned upon successful processing of this request. The expected response body is below.

Body

CLI clients will typically have restrictions on how names, such as service and plan names, will be provided by users. Therefore, this specification defines a "CLI-friendly" string as a short string that MUST only use alphanumeric characters, periods, and hyphens, with no spaces. This will make it easier for users when they have to type it as an argument on the command line. For comparison purposes, service and plan names MUST be treated as case-sensitive strings.

Note: In previous versions of the specification service and plan names were not allowed to use uppercase characters. However, this requirement was not enforced and therefore to ensure backwards compatibility with existing Service Brokers that might use uppercase characters the specification has been changed.

For backwards compatibility reasons, this specification does not preclude the use of CLI-unfriendly strings that might cause problems for command line parsers (or that are not very meaningful to users), such as -. It is therefore RECOMMENDED that implementations avoid such strings.

Response Field Type Description
services* array of Service objects Schema of service objects defined below. MAY be empty.

* Fields with an asterisk are REQUIRED.

Service Object
Response Field Type Description
name* string A CLI-friendly name of the service. MUST only contain alphanumeric characters, periods, and hyphens (no spaces). MUST be unique across all service objects returned in this response. MUST be a non-empty string.
id* string An identifier used to correlate this service in future requests to the Service Broker. This MUST be globally unique such that Platforms (and their users) MUST be able to assume that seeing the same value (no matter what Service Broker uses it) will always refer to this service. MUST be a non-empty string. Using a GUID is RECOMMENDED.
description* string A short description of the service. MUST be a non-empty string.
tags array of strings Tags provide a flexible mechanism to expose a classification, attribute, or base technology of a service, enabling equivalent services to be swapped out without changes to dependent logic in applications, buildpacks, or other services. E.g. mysql, relational, redis, key-value, caching, messaging, amqp.
requires array of strings A list of permissions that the user would have to give the service, if they provision it. The only permissions currently supported are syslog_drain, route_forwarding and volume_mount.
bindable* boolean Specifies whether Service Instances of the service can be bound to applications. This specifies the default for all plans of this service. Plans can override this field (see Plan Object).
instances_retrievable boolean Specifies whether the Fetching a Service Instance endpoint is supported for all plans.
bindings_retrievable boolean Specifies whether the Fetching a Service Binding endpoint is supported for all plans.
metadata object An opaque object of metadata for a Service Offering. It is expected that Platforms will treat this as a blob. Note that there are conventions in existing Service Brokers and Platforms for fields that aid in the display of catalog data.
dashboard_client DashboardClient A Cloud Foundry extension described in Catalog Extensions. Contains the data necessary to activate the Dashboard SSO feature for this service.
plan_updateable boolean Whether the service supports upgrade/downgrade for some plans. Please note that the misspelling of the attribute plan_updatable as plan_updateable was done by mistake. We have opted to keep that misspelling instead of fixing it and thus breaking backward compatibility. Defaults to false.
plans* array of Plan objects A list of plans for this service, schema is defined below. MUST contain at least one plan.

* Fields with an asterisk are REQUIRED.

Note: Platforms will typically use the service name as an input parameter from their users to indicate which service they want to instantiate. Therefore, it is important that these values be unique for all services that have been registered with a Platform. To achieve this goal service providers often will prefix their service names with some unique value (such as the name of their company). Additionally, some Platforms might modify the service names before presenting them to their users. This specification places no requirements on how Platforms might expose these values to their users.

Plan Object
Response Field Type Description
id* string An identifier used to correlate this plan in future requests to the Service Broker. This MUST be globally unique such that Platforms (and their users) MUST be able to assume that seeing the same value (no matter what Service Broker uses it) will always refer to this plan and for the same service. MUST be a non-empty string. Using a GUID is RECOMMENDED.
name* string The CLI-friendly name of the plan. MUST only contain alphanumeric characters, periods, and hyphens (no spaces). MUST be unique within the service. MUST be a non-empty string.
description* string A short description of the plan. MUST be a non-empty string.
metadata object An opaque object of metadata for a Service Plan. It is expected that Platforms will treat this as a blob. Note that there are conventions in existing Service Brokers and Platforms for fields that aid in the display of catalog data.
free boolean When false, Service Instances of this plan have a cost. The default is true.
bindable boolean Specifies whether Service Instances of the Service Plan can be bound to applications. This field is OPTIONAL. If specified, this takes precedence over the bindable attribute of the service. If not specified, the default is derived from the service.
schemas Schemas Schema definitions for Service Instances and bindings for the plan.

* Fields with an asterisk are REQUIRED.

Schemas Object
Response Field Type Description
service_instance ServiceInstanceSchema The schema definitions for creating and updating a Service Instance.
service_binding ServiceBindingSchema The schema definition for creating a Service Binding. Used only if the Service Plan is bindable.
Service Instance Schema Object
Response Field Type Description
create InputParametersSchema The schema definition for creating a Service Instance.
update InputParametersSchema The schema definition for updating a Service Instance.
Service Binding Schema Object
Response Field Type Description
create InputParametersSchema The schema definition for creating a Service Binding.
Input Parameters Schema Object
Response Field Type Description
parameters JSON schema object The schema definition for the input parameters. Each input parameter is expressed as a property within a JSON object.

The following rules apply if parameters is included anywhere in the catalog:

  • Platforms MUST support at least JSON Schema draft v4.
  • Platforms SHOULD be prepared to support later versions of JSON schema.
  • The $schema key MUST be present in the schema declaring the version of JSON schema being used.
  • Schemas MUST NOT contain any external references.
  • Schemas MUST NOT be larger than 64kB.
{
  "services": [{
    "name": "fake-service",
    "id": "acb56d7c-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-feb140a59a66",
    "description": "A fake service.",
    "tags": ["no-sql", "relational"],
    "requires": ["route_forwarding"],
    "bindable": true,
    "instances_retrievable": true,
    "bindings_retrievable" true,
    "metadata": {
      "provider": {
        "name": "The name"
      },
      "listing": {
        "imageUrl": "http://example.com/cat.gif",
        "blurb": "Add a blurb here",
        "longDescription": "A long time ago, in a galaxy far far away..."
      },
      "displayName": "The Fake Service Broker"
    },
    "plan_updateable": true,
    "plans": [{
      "name": "fake-plan-1",
      "id": "d3031751-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-a42377d3320e",
      "description": "Shared fake Server, 5tb persistent disk, 40 max concurrent connections.",
      "free": false,
      "metadata": {
        "max_storage_tb": 5,
        "costs":[
            {
               "amount":{
                  "usd":99.0
               },
               "unit":"MONTHLY"
            },
            {
               "amount":{
                  "usd":0.99
               },
               "unit":"1GB of messages over 20GB"
            }
         ],
        "bullets": [
          "Shared fake server",
          "5 TB storage",
          "40 concurrent connections"
        ]
      },
      "schemas": {
        "service_instance": {
          "create": {
            "parameters": {
              "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-04/schema#",
              "type": "object",
              "properties": {
                "billing-account": {
                  "description": "Billing account number used to charge use of shared fake server.",
                  "type": "string"
                }
              }
            }
          },
          "update": {
            "parameters": {
              "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-04/schema#",
              "type": "object",
              "properties": {
                "billing-account": {
                  "description": "Billing account number used to charge use of shared fake server.",
                  "type": "string"
                }
              }
            }
          }
        },
        "service_binding": {
          "create": {
            "parameters": {
              "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-04/schema#",
              "type": "object",
              "properties": {
                "billing-account": {
                  "description": "Billing account number used to charge use of shared fake server.",
                  "type": "string"
                }
              }
            }
          }
        }
      }
    }, {
      "name": "fake-plan-2",
      "id": "0f4008b5-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-dace631cd648",
      "description": "Shared fake Server, 5tb persistent disk, 40 max concurrent connections. 100 async.",
      "free": false,
      "metadata": {
        "max_storage_tb": 5,
        "costs":[
            {
               "amount":{
                  "usd":199.0
               },
               "unit":"MONTHLY"
            },
            {
               "amount":{
                  "usd":0.99
               },
               "unit":"1GB of messages over 20GB"
            }
         ],
        "bullets": [
          "40 concurrent connections"
        ]
      }
    }]
  }]
}

Adding a Service Broker to the Platform

After implementing the first endpoint GET /v2/catalog documented above, the Service Broker will need to be registered with your Platform to make your services and plans available to end users.

Synchronous and Asynchronous Operations

Platforms expect prompt responses to all API requests in order to provide users with fast feedback. Service Broker authors SHOULD implement their Service Brokers to respond promptly to all requests but will need to decide whether to implement synchronous or asynchronous responses. Service Brokers that can guarantee completion of the requested operation with the response SHOULD return the synchronous response. Service Brokers that cannot guarantee completion of the operation with the response SHOULD implement the asynchronous response.

Providing a synchronous response for a provision, update, or bind operation before actual completion causes confusion for users as their service might not be usable and they have no way to find out when it will be. Asynchronous responses set expectations for users that an operation is in progress and can also provide updates on the status of the operation.

Support for synchronous or asynchronous responses MAY vary by Service Offering, even by Service Plan.

Synchronous Operations

To execute a request synchronously, the Service Broker need only return the usual status codes: 201 Created for provision and bind, and 200 OK for update, unbind, and deprovision.

Service Brokers that support synchronous responses for provision, update, and delete can ignore the accepts_incomplete=true query parameter if it is provided by the client.

Asynchronous Operations

For a Service Broker to return an asynchronous response, the query parameter accepts_incomplete=true MUST be included the request. If the parameter is not included or is set to false, and the Service Broker cannot fulfil the request synchronously (guaranteeing that the operation is complete on response), then the Service Broker MUST reject the request with the status code 422 Unprocessable Entity and a response body containing error code "AsyncRequired" (see Service Broker Errors). The error response MAY include a helpful error message in the description field such as "This Service Plan requires client support for asynchronous service operations.".

If the query parameter described above is present, and the Service Broker executes the request asynchronously, the Service Broker MUST return the asynchronous response 202 Accepted.

An asynchronous response triggers the Platform to poll the Service Instance or Service Binding's last_operation endpoint until the Service Broker indicates that the requested operation has succeeded or failed. Service Brokers MAY include a status message with each response for the last_operation endpoint that provides visibility to end users as to the progress of the operation.

Blocking Operations

Service Brokers do not have to support concurrent requests that mutate the same resource. If a Service Broker receives a request that it is not able to process due to other activity being done on that resource then the Service Broker MUST reject the request with a HTTP 422 Unprocessable Entity and a response body containing error code "ConcurrencyError" (see Service Broker Errors). The error response MAY include a helpful error message in the description field such as "Another operation for this Service Instance is in progress.".

Note that per the Orphans section, this error response does not cause orphan mitigation to be initiated. Therefore, Platforms receiving this error response SHOULD resend the request at a later time.

Brokers MAY choose to treat the creation of a binding as a mutation of the corresponding Service Instance - it is an implementation choice. Doing so would cause Platforms to serialize multiple binding creation requests when they are directed at the same Service Instance if concurrent updates are not supported.

Polling Last Operation for Service Instances

When a Service Broker returns status code 202 Accepted for Provision, Update, or Deprovision, the Platform will begin polling the /v2/service_instances/:instance_id/last_operation endpoint to obtain the state of the last requested operation.

Returning "state": "succeeded" or "state": "failed" will cause the Platform to cease polling.

Request

Route

GET /v2/service_instances/:instance_id/last_operation

:instance_id MUST be the ID of a previously provisioned Service Instance.

Parameters

Query-String Field Type Description
service_id string If present, it MUST be the ID of the service being used.
plan_id string If present, it MUST be the ID of the plan for the Service Instance. If this endpoint is being polled as a result of changing the plan through a Service Instance Update, the ID of the plan prior to the update MUST be used.
operation string A Service Broker-provided identifier for the operation. When a value for operation is included with asynchronous responses for Provision, Update, and Deprovision requests, the Platform MUST provide the same value using this query parameter as a percent-encoded string. If present, MUST be a non-empty string.

Note: Although the request query parameters service_id and plan_id are not mandatory, the Platform SHOULD include them on all last_operation requests it makes to Service Brokers.

Headers

The following HTTP Headers are defined for this operation:

Header Type Description
X-Broker-API-Version* string See API Version Header.

* Headers with an asterisk are REQUIRED.

cURL

$ curl http://username:password@service-broker-url/v2/service_instances/:instance_id/last_operation -H "X-Broker-API-Version: 2.14"

Response

Status Code Description
200 OK MUST be returned upon successful processing of this request. The expected response body is below.
400 Bad Request MUST be returned if the request is malformed or missing mandatory data.
410 Gone Appropriate only for asynchronous delete operations. The Platform MUST consider this response a success and forget about the resource. Returning this while the Platform is polling for create or update operations SHOULD be interpreted as an invalid response and the Platform SHOULD continue polling.

Responses with any other status code SHOULD be interpreted as an error or invalid response. The Platform SHOULD continue polling until the Service Broker returns a valid response or the maximum polling duration is reached.

Body

For success responses, the following fields are defined:

Response Field Type Description
state* string Valid values are in progress, succeeded, and failed. While "state": "in progress", the Platform SHOULD continue polling. A response with "state": "succeeded" or "state": "failed" MUST cause the Platform to cease polling.
description string A user-facing message that can be used to tell the user details about the status of the operation. If present, MUST be a non-empty string.

* Fields with an asterisk are REQUIRED.

{
  "state": "in progress",
  "description": "Creating service (10% complete)."
}

If the response contains "state": "failed" then the Platform MUST send a deprovision request to the Service Broker to prevent an orphan being created on the Service Broker. However, while the Platform will attempt to send a deprovision request, Service Brokers MAY automatically delete any resources associated with the failed bind request on their own.

Polling Last Operation for Service Bindings

When a broker returns status code 202 Accepted for Binding or Unbinding, the Platform will begin polling the /v2/service_instances/:instance_id/service_bindings/:binding_id/last_operation endpoint to obtain the state of the last requested operation.

Returning "state": "succeeded" or "state": "failed" will cause the Platform to cease polling and, in the case of a Binding request, information regarding the Service Binding can then immediately be fetched using the Fetching a Service Binding endpoint.

Request

Route

GET /v2/service_instances/:instance_id/service_bindings/:binding_id/last_operation

:instance_id MUST be the ID of a previously provisioned Service Instance.

:binding_id MUST be the ID of a previously provisioned binding for that instance.

Parameters

The request provides these query string parameters as useful hints for brokers.

Query-String Field Type Description
service_id string ID of the service from the catalog. If present, MUST be a non-empty string.
plan_id string ID of the plan from the catalog. If present, MUST be a non-empty string.
operation string A broker-provided identifier for the operation. When a value for operation is included with asynchronous responses for Binding and Unbinding requests, the Platform MUST provide the same value using this query parameter as a URL-encoded string. If brokers do not return this operation field, only one asynchronous operation MAY be supported at a time. If present, MUST be a non-empty string.

Note: Although the request query parameters service_id and plan_id are not mandatory, the Platform SHOULD include them on all last_operation requests it makes to Service Brokers.

cURL

$ curl http://username:password@broker-url/v2/service_instances/:instance_id/service_bindings/:binding_id/last_operation

Response

Status Code Description
200 OK MUST be returned upon successful processing of this request. The expected response body is below.
400 Bad Request MUST be returned if the request is malformed or missing mandatory data.
410 Gone Appropriate only for asynchronous delete operations. The Platform MUST consider this response a success and remove the resource from its database. Returning this while the Platform is polling for create operations SHOULD be interpreted as an invalid response and the Platform SHOULD continue polling.

Responses with any other status code SHOULD be interpreted as an error or invalid response. The Platform SHOULD continue polling until the broker returns a valid response or the maximum polling duration is reached.

Body

For success responses, the following fields are defined:

Response field Type Description
state* string Valid values are in progress, succeeded, and failed. While "state": "in progress", the Platform SHOULD continue polling. A response with "state": "succeeded" or "state": "failed" MUST cause the Platform to cease polling.
description string A user-facing message that can be used to tell the user details about the status of the operation. If present, MUST be a non-empty string.

* Fields with an asterisk are REQUIRED.

{
  "state": "in progress",
  "description": "Creating binding (10% complete)."
}

If the response contains "state": "failed" then the Platform MUST send an unbind request to the Service Broker to prevent an orphan being created on the Service Broker.

Polling Interval and Duration

The frequency and maximum duration of polling MAY vary by Platform client. If a Platform has a max polling duration and this limit is reached, the Platform MUST cease polling and the operation state MUST be considered failed.

Provisioning

When the Service Broker receives a provision request from the Platform, it MUST take whatever action is necessary to create a new resource. What provisioning represents varies by service and plan, although there are several common use cases. For a MySQL service, provisioning could result in an empty dedicated database server running on its own VM or an empty schema on a shared database server. For non-data services, provisioning could just mean an account on an multi-tenant SaaS application.

Request

Route

PUT /v2/service_instances/:instance_id

:instance_id MUST be a globally unique non-empty string. This ID will be used for future requests (bind and deprovision), so the Service Broker will use it to correlate the resource it creates.

Parameters

Parameter Name Type Description
accepts_incomplete boolean A value of true indicates that the Platform and its clients support asynchronous Service Broker operations. If this parameter is not included in the request, and the Service Broker can only provision a Service Instance of the requested plan asynchronously, the Service Broker MUST reject the request with a 422 Unprocessable Entity as described below.

Headers

The following HTTP Headers are defined for this operation:

Header Type Description
X-Broker-API-Version* string See API Version Header.
X-Broker-API-Originating-Identity string See Originating Identity.

* Headers with an asterisk are REQUIRED.

Body

Request Field Type Description
service_id* string MUST be the ID of a service from the catalog for this Service Broker.
plan_id* string MUST be the ID of a plan from the service that has been requested.
context object Platform specific contextual information under which the Service Instance is to be provisioned. Although most Service Brokers will not use this field, it could be helpful in determining data placement or applying custom business rules. context will replace organization_guid and space_guid in future versions of the specification - in the interim both SHOULD be used to ensure interoperability with old and new implementations.
organization_guid* string Deprecated in favor of context. The Platform GUID for the organization under which the Service Instance is to be provisioned. Although most Service Brokers will not use this field, it might be helpful for executing operations on a user's behalf. MUST be a non-empty string.
space_guid* string Deprecated in favor of context. The identifier for the project space within the Platform organization. Although most Service Brokers will not use this field, it might be helpful for executing operations on a user's behalf. MUST be a non-empty string.
parameters object Configuration parameters for the Service Instance. Service Brokers SHOULD ensure that the client has provided valid configuration parameters and values for the operation.

* Fields with an asterisk are REQUIRED.

{
  "service_id": "service-id-here",
  "plan_id": "plan-id-here",
  "context": {
    "platform": "cloudfoundry",
    "some_field": "some-contextual-data"
  },
  "organization_guid": "org-guid-here",
  "space_guid": "space-guid-here",
  "parameters": {
    "parameter1": 1,
    "parameter2": "foo"
  }
}

cURL

$ curl http://username:password@service-broker-url/v2/service_instances/:instance_id?accepts_incomplete=true -d '{
  "service_id": "service-id-here",
  "plan_id": "plan-id-here",
  "context": {
    "platform": "cloudfoundry",
    "some_field": "some-contextual-data"
  },
  "organization_guid": "org-guid-here",
  "space_guid": "space-guid-here",
  "parameters": {
    "parameter1": 1,
    "parameter2": "foo"
  }
}' -X PUT -H "X-Broker-API-Version: 2.14" -H "Content-Type: application/json"

Response

Status Code Description
200 OK SHOULD be returned if the Service Instance already exists, is fully provisioned, and the requested parameters are identical to the existing Service Instance. The expected response body is below.
201 Created MUST be returned if the Service Instance was provisioned as a result of this request. The expected response body is below.
202 Accepted MUST be returned if the Service Instance provisioning is in progress. The operation string MUST match that returned for the original request. This triggers the Platform to poll the Last Operation for Service Instances endpoint for operation status. Note that a re-sent PUT request MUST return a 202 Accepted, not a 200 OK, if the Service Instance is not yet fully provisioned.
400 Bad Request MUST be returned if the request is malformed or missing mandatory data.
409 Conflict MUST be returned if a Service Instance with the same id already exists but with different attributes.
422 Unprocessable Entity MUST be returned if the Service Broker only supports asynchronous provisioning for the requested plan and the request did not include ?accepts_incomplete=true. The response body MUST contain error code "AsyncRequired" (see Service Broker Errors). The error response MAY include a helpful error message in the description field such as "This Service Plan requires client support for asynchronous service operations.".

Responses with any other status code MUST be interpreted as a failure and a deprovision request MUST be sent to the Service Broker to prevent an orphan being created on the Service Broker. However, while the platform will attempt to send a deprovision request, Service Brokers MAY automatically delete any resources associated with the failed provisioning request on their own.

Body

For success responses, the following fields are defined:

Response Field Type Description
dashboard_url string The URL of a web-based management user interface for the Service Instance; we refer to this as a service dashboard. The URL MUST contain enough information for the dashboard to identify the resource being accessed (9189kdfsk0vfnku in the example below). Note: a Service Broker that wishes to return dashboard_url for a Service Instance MUST return it with the initial response to the provision request, even if the service is provisioned asynchronously. If present, MUST be a non-empty string.
operation string For asynchronous responses, Service Brokers MAY return an identifier representing the operation. The value of this field MUST be provided by the Platform with requests to the Polling Last Operation for Service Instances endpoint in a percent-encoded query parameter. If present, MUST be a non-empty string. 
{
  "dashboard_url": "http://example-dashboard.example.com/9189kdfsk0vfnku",
  "operation": "task_10"
}

Fetching a Service Instance

If "instances_retrievable" :true is declared for a service in the Catalog endpoint, Service Brokers MUST support this endpoint for all plans of the service and this endpoint MUST be available immediately after the Polling Last Operation for Service Instances endpoint returns "state": "succeeded" for a Provisioning operation. Otherwise, Platforms SHOULD NOT attempt to call this endpoint under any circumstances.

Request

Route

GET /v2/service_instances/:instance_id

:instance_id MUST be the ID of a previously provisioned Service Instance. instance.

cURL
$ curl 'http://username:password@broker-url/v2/service_instances/:instance_id' -X GET -H "X-Broker-API-Version: 2.14"

Response

Status Code Description
200 OK The expected response body is below.
404 Not Found MUST be returned if the Service Instance does not exist or if a provisioning operation is still in progress.
422 Unprocessable Entity MUST be returned if the Service Instance is being updated and therefore cannot be fetched at this time. The response body MUST contain error code "ConcurrencyError" (see Service Broker Errors).

Responses with any other status code MUST be interpreted as a failure and the Platform MUST continue to remember the Service Instance.

Body

For success responses, the following fields are defined:

Response field Type Description
service_id string The ID of the service from the catalog that is associated with the Service Instance.
plan_id string The ID of the plan from the catalog that is associated with the Service Instance.
dashboard_url string The URL of a web-based management user interface for the Service Instance; we refer to this as a service dashboard. The URL MUST contain enough information for the dashboard to identify the resource being accessed (9189kdfsk0vfnku in the example below). Note: a Service Broker that wishes to return dashboard_url for a Service Instance MUST return it with the initial response to the provision request, even if the service is provisioned asynchronously.
parameters object Configuration parameters for the Service Instance. 
{
  "dashboard_url": "http://example-dashboard.example.com/9189kdfsk0vfnku",
  "parameters": {
    "billing-account": "abcde12345"
  }
}

Updating a Service Instance

By implementing this endpoint, Service Broker authors can enable users to modify two attributes of an existing Service Instance: the Service Plan and parameters. By changing the Service Plan, users can upgrade or downgrade their Service Instance to other plans. By modifying parameters, users can change configuration options that are specific to a service or plan.

To enable support for the update of the plan, a Service Broker MUST declare support per service by including "plan_updateable": true in its catalog endpoint.

If "plan_updateable": true is declared for a plan in the Catalog endpoint, the Platform MAY request a plan change on a Service Instance using the given plan. Otherwise, Platforms MUST NOT make any plan change requests to the Service Broker for any Service Instance using the given plan, but MAY request an update to the Service Instance parameters.

Not all permutations of plan changes are expected to be supported. For example, a service might support upgrading from plan "shared small" to "shared large" but not to plan "dedicated". It is up to the Service Broker to validate whether a particular permutation of plan change is supported. If a particular plan change is not supported, the Service Broker SHOULD return a meaningful error message in response.

Request

Route

PATCH /v2/service_instances/:instance_id

:instance_id MUST be the ID of a previously provisioned Service Instance.

Parameters

Parameter Name Type Description
accepts_incomplete boolean A value of true indicates that the Platform and its clients support asynchronous Service Broker operations. If this parameter is not included in the request, and the Service Broker can only update a Service Instance of the requested plan asynchronously, the Service Broker MUST reject the request with a 422 Unprocessable Entity as described below.

Headers

The following HTTP Headers are defined for this operation:

Header Type Description
X-Broker-API-Version* string See API Version Header.
X-Broker-API-Originating-Identity string See Originating Identity.

* Headers with an asterisk are REQUIRED.

Body

Request Field Type Description
context object Contextual data under which the Service Instance is created.
service_id* string MUST be the ID of a service from the catalog for this Service Broker.
plan_id string If present, MUST be the ID of a plan from the service that has been requested. If this field is not present in the request message, then the Service Broker MUST NOT change the plan of the instance as a result of this request.
parameters object Configuration parameters for the Service Instance. Service Brokers SHOULD ensure that the client has provided valid configuration parameters and values for the operation. See "Note" below.
previous_values PreviousValues Information about the Service Instance prior to the update.

* Fields with an asterisk are REQUIRED.

Previous Values Object
Request Field Type Description
service_id string Deprecated; determined to be unnecessary as the value is immutable. If present, it MUST be the ID of the service for the Service Instance.
plan_id string If present, it MUST be the ID of the plan prior to the update.
organization_id string Deprecated as it was redundant information. Organization for the Service Instance MUST be provided by Platforms in the top-level field context. If present, it MUST be the ID of the organization specified for the Service Instance.
space_id string Deprecated as it was redundant information. Space for the Service Instance MUST be provided by Platforms in the top-level field context. If present, it MUST be the ID of the space specified for the Service Instance.

Note: The parameters specified are expected to be the values specified by an end-user. Whether the user chooses to include the complete set of configuration options or just a subset (or even none) is their choice. How a Service Broker interprets these parameters (including the absence of any particular parameter) is out of scope of this specification - with the exception that if this field is not present in the request then the Service Broker MUST NOT change the parameters of the instance as a result of this request.

Since some Service Instances will provide a dashboard_url, it is possible that a user has modified some of these parameters via the dashboard and therefore the Platform might not be aware of these changes. For this reason, Platforms SHOULD NOT include any parameters on the request that the user did not explicitly specify in their request for the update.

* Fields with an asterisk are REQUIRED.

{
  "context": {
    "platform": "cloudfoundry",
    "some_field": "some-contextual-data"
  },
  "service_id": "service-id-here",
  "plan_id": "plan-id-here",
  "parameters": {
    "parameter1": 1,
    "parameter2": "foo"
  },
  "previous_values": {
    "plan_id": "old-plan-id-here",
    "service_id": "service-id-here",
    "organization_id": "org-guid-here",
    "space_id": "space-guid-here"
  }
}

cURL

$ curl http://username:password@service-broker-url/v2/service_instances/:instance_id?accepts_incomplete=true -d '{
  "context": {
    "platform": "cloudfoundry",
    "some_field": "some-contextual-data"
  },
  "service_id": "service-id-here",
  "plan_id": "plan-id-here",
  "parameters": {
    "parameter1": 1,
    "parameter2": "foo"
  },
  "previous_values": {
    "plan_id": "old-plan-id-here",
    "service_id": "service-id-here",
    "organization_id": "org-guid-here",
    "space_id": "space-guid-here"
  }
}' -X PATCH -H "X-Broker-API-Version: 2.14" -H "Content-Type: application/json"

Response

Status Code Description
200 OK MUST be returned if the request's changes have been applied. The expected response body is {}.
202 Accepted MUST be returned if the Service Instance update is in progress. The operation string MUST match that returned for the original request. This triggers the Platform to poll the Polling Last Operation for Service Instances endpoint for operation status. Note that a re-sent PATCH request MUST return a 202 Accepted, not a 200 OK, if the requested update has not yet completed.
400 Bad Request MUST be returned if the request is malformed or missing mandatory data.
422 Unprocessable entity MUST be returned if the requested change is not supported or if the request cannot currently be fulfilled due to the state of the Service Instance (e.g. Service Instance utilization is over the quota of the requested plan). Additionally, a 422 Unprocessable Entity MUST be returned if the Service Broker only supports asynchronous update for the requested plan and the request did not include ?accepts_incomplete=true; in this case the response body MUST contain a error code "AsyncRequired" (see Service Broker Errors). The error response MAY include a helpful error message in the description field such as "This Service Plan requires client support for asynchronous service operations.".

Responses with any other status code MUST be interpreted as a failure. When the response includes a 4xx status code, the Service Broker MUST NOT apply any of the requested changes to the Service Instance.

Body

For success responses, the following fields are defined:

Response Field Type Description
dashboard_url string The updated URL of a web-based management user interface for the Service Instance; we refer to this as a service dashboard. The URL MUST contain enough information for the dashboard to identify the resource being accessed (0129d920a083838 in the example below). Note: a Service Broker that wishes to return dashboard_url for a Service Instance MUST return it with the initial response to the update request, even if the Service Instance is being updated asynchronously. If present, MUST be a non-empty string. If not present, the Platform MUST retain the previous value of the dashboard_url.
operation string For asynchronous responses, Service Brokers MAY return an identifier representing the operation. The value of this field MUST be provided by the Platform with requests to the Polling Last Operation for Service Instances endpoint in a percent-encoded query parameter. If present, MUST be a non-empty string. 
{
  "dashboard_url": "http://example-dashboard.example.com/0129d920a083838",
  "operation": "task_10"
}

Binding

If "bindable": true is declared for a service or plan in the Catalog endpoint, the Platform MAY request generation of a Service Binding. Otherwise, Platforms MUST NOT make a binding request to the Service Broker for any Service Instance using the given service or plan.

Note: Not all services need to be bindable --- some deliver value just from being provisioned. Service Brokers that offer services that are bindable MUST declare them as such using "bindable": true in the Catalog. Service Brokers that do not offer any bindable services do not need to implement the endpoint for bind requests.

Service Brokers MAY choose to only return the information that represents a Service Binding once, either when the Service Binding is being created synchronously, or when the Service Binding is first fetched via the Fetching a Service Binding endpoint. However, in order for the Platform to successfully use the Service Binding, the information MUST be returned at least once.

Types of Binding

Credentials

Credentials are a set of information used by an Application or a user to utilize the Service Instance. Credentials SHOULD be unique whenever possible, so access can be revoked for each binding without affecting consumers of other bindings for the Service Instance.

Log Drain

There are a class of Service Offerings that provide aggregation, indexing, and analysis of log data. To utilize these services an application that generates logs needs information for the location to which it will stream logs. A create binding response from a Service Broker that provides one of these services MUST include a syslog_drain_url. The Platform MUST use the syslog_drain_url value when sending logs to the service.

Route Services

Route services are a class of Service Offerings that intermediate requests to applications, performing functions such as rate limiting or authorization. To indicate support for route services, the catalog entry for the Service MUST include the "requires":["route_forwarding"] property.

When creating a route service type of Service Binding, a Platform MUST send a routable address, or endpoint, for the application along with the request to create a Service Binding using "bind_resource":{"route":"some-address.com"}. Service Brokers MAY support configuration specific to an address using parameters; exposing this feature to users would require a Platform to support binding multiple routable addresses to the same Service Instance.

If a service is deployed in a configuration to support this behavior, the Service Broker MUST return a route_service_url in the response for a request to create a binding, so that the Platform knows where to proxy the application request. If the service is deployed such that the network configuration to proxy application requests through instances of the service is managed out-of-band, the Service Broker MUST NOT return route_service_url in the response.

Volume Services

There are a class of services that provide network storage to applications via volume mounts in the application container. A create binding response from one of these services MUST include volume_mounts.

Request

Route

PUT /v2/service_instances/:instance_id/service_bindings/:binding_id

:instance_id MUST be the ID of a previously provisioned Service Instance.

:binding_id MUST be a globally unique non-empty string. This ID will be used for future unbind requests, so the Service Broker will use it to correlate the resource it creates.

Headers

The following HTTP Headers are defined for this operation:

Header Type Description
X-Broker-API-Version* string See API Version Header.
X-Broker-API-Originating-Identity string See Originating Identity.

* Headers with an asterisk are REQUIRED.

Parameters

Parameter name Type Description
accepts_incomplete boolean A value of true indicates that the Platform and its clients support asynchronous broker operations. If this parameter is not included in the request, and the broker can only perform a binding operation asynchronously, the broker MUST reject the request with a 422 Unprocessable Entity as described below.

Body

Request Field Type Description
context object Contextual data under which the Service Binding is created.
service_id* string MUST be the ID of the service that is being used.
plan_id* string MUST be the ID of the plan from the service that is being used.
app_guid string Deprecated in favor of bind_resource.app_guid. GUID of an application associated with the binding to be created. If present, MUST be a non-empty string.
bind_resource BindResource A JSON object that contains data for Platform resources associated with the binding to be created. See Bind Resource Object for more information.
parameters object Configuration parameters for the Service Binding. Service Brokers SHOULD ensure that the client has provided valid configuration parameters and values for the operation.

* Fields with an asterisk are REQUIRED.

Bind Resource Object

The bind_resource object contains Platform specific information related to the context in which the service will be used. In some cases the Platform might not be able to provide this information at the time of the binding request, therefore the bind_resource and its fields are OPTIONAL.

Below are some common fields that MAY be used. Platforms MAY choose to add additional ones as needed (see Bind Resource Object conventions).

Request Field Type Description
app_guid string GUID of an application associated with the binding. For credentials bindings. MUST be unique within the scope of the Platform.
route string URL of the application to be intermediated. For route services bindings.

app_guid represents the scope to which the binding will apply within the Platform. For example, in Cloud Foundry it might map to an "application" while in Kubernetes it might map to a "namespace". The scope of what a Platform maps the app_guid to is Platform specific and MAY vary across binding requests.

{
  "context": {
    "platform": "cloudfoundry",
    "some_field": "some-contextual-data"
  },
  "service_id": "service-id-here",
  "plan_id": "plan-id-here",
  "bind_resource": {
    "app_guid": "app-guid-here"
  },
  "parameters": {
    "parameter1-name-here": 1,
    "parameter2-name-here": "parameter2-value-here"
  }
}

cURL

$ curl http://username:password@service-broker-url/v2/service_instances/:instance_id/service_bindings/:binding_id?accepts_incomplete=true -d '{
  "context": {
    "platform": "cloudfoundry",
    "some_field": "some-contextual-data"
  },
  "service_id": "service-id-here",
  "plan_id": "plan-id-here",
  "bind_resource": {
    "app_guid": "app-guid-here"
  },
  "parameters": {
    "parameter1-name-here": 1,
    "parameter2-name-here": "parameter2-value-here"
  }
}' -X PUT -H "X-Broker-API-Version: 2.14" -H "Content-Type: application/json"

Response

Status Code Description
200 OK SHOULD be returned if the binding already exists and the requested parameters are identical to the existing binding. The expected response body is below.
201 Created MUST be returned if the binding was created as a result of this request. The expected response body is below.
202 Accepted MUST be returned if the binding is in progress. The operation string MUST match that returned for the original request. This triggers the Platform to poll the Polling Last Operation for Service Bindings endpoint for operation status. Information regarding the Service Binding (i.e. credentials) MUST NOT be returned in this response. Note that a re-sent PUT request MUST return a 202 Accepted, not a 200 OK, if the binding is not yet fully created.
400 Bad Request MUST be returned if the request is malformed or missing mandatory data.
409 Conflict MUST be returned if a Service Binding with the same id, for the same Service Instance, already exists but with different parameters.
422 Unprocessable Entity MUST be returned if the Service Broker requires that app_guid be included in the request body. The response body MUST contain error code "RequiresApp" (see Service Broker Errors). The error response MAY include a helpful error message in the description field such as "This Service supports generation of credentials through binding an application only.". Additionally, if the Service Broker rejects the request due to a concurrent request to create a binding for the same Service Instance, then this error MUST be returned (see Blocking Operations). This MUST also be returned if the Service Broker only supports asynchronous bindings for the Service Instance and the request did not include ?accepts_incomplete=true. In this case, the response body MUST contain error code "AsyncRequired" (see Service Broker Errors). The error response MAY include a helpful error message in the description field such as "This Service Instance requires client support for asynchronous binding operations.".

Responses with any other status code MUST be interpreted as a failure and an unbind request MUST be sent to the Service Broker to prevent an orphan being created on the Service Broker. However, while the platform will attempt to send an unbind request, Service Brokers MAY automatically delete any resources associated with the failed bind request on their own.

Body

For a 202 Accepted response code, the following fields are defined:

Response Field Type Description
operation string For asynchronous responses, Service Brokers MAY return an identifier representing the operation. The value of this field MUST be provided by the Platform with requests to the Polling Last Operation for Service Bindings endpoint in a URL encoded query parameter. If present, MUST be a non-empty string.

For 200 OK and 201 Created response codes, the following fields are defined:

Response Field Type Description
credentials object A free-form hash of credentials that can be used by applications or users to access the service. MUST be returned if the Service Broker supports generation of credentials.
syslog_drain_url string A URL to which logs MUST be streamed. "requires":["syslog_drain"] MUST be declared in the Catalog endpoint or the Platform can consider the response invalid.
route_service_url string A URL to which the Platform MUST proxy requests for the address sent with bind_resource.route in the request body. "requires":["route_forwarding"] MUST be declared in the Catalog endpoint or the Platform can consider the response invalid.
volume_mounts array of VolumeMount objects An array of configuration for remote storage devices to be mounted into an application container filesystem. "requires":["volume_mount"] MUST be declared in the Catalog endpoint or the Platform can consider the response invalid.
Volume Mount Object
Response Field Type Description
driver* string Name of the volume driver plugin which manages the device.
container_dir* string The path in the application container onto which the volume will be mounted. This specification does not mandate what action the Platform is to take if the path specified already exists in the container.
mode* string "r" to mount the volume read-only or "rw" to mount it read-write.
device_type* string A string specifying the type of device to mount. Currently the only supported value is "shared".
device* Device Device object containing device_type specific details. Currently only shared devices are supported.

* Fields with an asterisk are REQUIRED.

Device Object

Currently only shared devices are supported; a distributed file system which can be mounted on all app instances simultaneously.

Field Type Description
volume_id* string ID of the shared volume to mount on every app instance.
mount_config object Configuration object to be passed to the driver when the volume is mounted.

* Fields with an asterisk are REQUIRED.

{
  "credentials": {
    "uri": "mysql://mysqluser:pass@mysqlhost:3306/dbname",
    "username": "mysqluser",
    "password": "pass",
    "host": "mysqlhost",
    "port": 3306,
    "database": "dbname"
  }
}

{
  "volume_mounts": [{
    "driver": "cephdriver",
    "container_dir": "/data/images",
    "mode": "r",
    "device_type": "shared",
    "device": {
      "volume_id": "bc2c1eab-05b9-482d-b0cf-750ee07de311",
      "mount_config": {
        "key": "value"
      }
    }
  }]
}

Fetching a Service Binding

If "bindings_retrievable" :true is declared for a service in the Catalog endpoint, Service Brokers MUST support this endpoint for all services and plans that support bindings ("bindable": true) and this endpoint MUST be available immediately after the Polling Last Operation for Service Bindings endpoint returns "state": "succeeded" for a Binding operation.

Request

Route

GET /v2/service_instances/:instance_id/service_bindings/:binding_id

:instance_id MUST be the ID of a previously provisioned Service Instance.

:binding_id MUST be the ID of a previously provisioned binding for that instance.

cURL
$ curl 'http://username:password@broker-url/v2/service_instances/:instance_id/service_bindings/:binding_id' -X GET -H "X-Broker-API-Version: 2.14"

Response

Status Code Description
200 OK The expected response body is below.
404 Not Found MUST be returned if the Service Binding does not exist or if a binding operation is still in progress.

Responses with any other status code MUST be interpreted as a failure and the Platform MUST continue to remember the Service Binding.

Body

For success responses, the following fields are defined:

Response Field Type Description
credentials object A free-form hash of credentials that can be used by applications or users to access the service. MUST be returned if the Service Broker supports generation of credentials and the Service Binding was provisioned asynchronously.
syslog_drain_url string A URL to which logs MUST be streamed. "requires":["syslog_drain"] MUST be declared in the Catalog endpoint or the Platform can consider the response invalid.
route_service_url string A URL to which the Platform MUST proxy requests for the address sent with bind_resource.route in the request body. "requires":["route_forwarding"] MUST be declared in the Catalog endpoint or the Platform can consider the response invalid.
volume_mounts array of VolumeMount objects An array of configuration for mounting volumes. "requires":["volume_mount"] MUST be declared in the Catalog endpoint or the Platform can consider the response invalid.
parameters object Configuration parameters for the Service Binding. 
{
  "credentials": {
    "uri": "mysql://mysqluser:pass@mysqlhost:3306/dbname",
    "username": "mysqluser",
    "password": "pass",
    "host": "mysqlhost",
    "port": 3306,
    "database": "dbname"
  },
  "parameters": {
    "billing-account": "abcde12345"
  }

{
  "operation": "task_10"
}

Unbinding

Note: Service Brokers that do not provide any bindable services or plans do not need to implement this endpoint.

When a Service Broker receives an unbind request from a Platform, it MUST delete any resources associated with the binding. In the case where credentials were generated, this might result in requests to the Service Instance failing to authenticate.

Request

Route

DELETE /v2/service_instances/:instance_id/service_bindings/:binding_id

:instance_id MUST be the ID of a previously provisioned Service Instance.

:binding_id MUST be the the ID of a previously provisioned binding for that Service Instance.

Parameters

Query-String Field Type Description
service_id* string MUST be the ID of the service associated with the binding being deleted.
plan_id* string MUST be the ID of the plan associated with the binding being deleted.
accepts_incomplete boolean A value of true indicates that the Platform and its clients support asynchronous Service Broker operations. If this parameter is not included in the request, and the Service Broker can only perform an unbinding operation asynchronously, the Service Broker MUST reject the request with a 422 Unprocessable Entity as described below.

* Query parameters with an asterisk are REQUIRED.

Headers

The following HTTP Headers are defined for this operation:

Header Type Description
X-Broker-API-Version* string See API Version Header.
X-Broker-API-Originating-Identity string See Originating Identity.

* Headers with an asterisk are REQUIRED.

cURL

$ curl 'http://username:password@service-broker-url/v2/service_instances/:instance_id/
  service_bindings/:binding_id?service_id=service-id-here&plan_id=plan-id-here&accepts_incomplete=true' -X DELETE -H "X-Broker-API-Version: 2.14"

Response

Status Code Description
200 OK MUST be returned if the binding was deleted as a result of this request. The expected response body is {}.
202 Accepted MUST be returned if the unbinding is in progress. The operation string MUST match that returned for the original request. This triggers the Platform to poll the Polling Last Operation for Service Bindings endpoint for operation status. Note that a re-sent DELETE request MUST return a 202 Accepted, not a 200 OK, if the unbinding request has not completed yet.
400 Bad Request MUST be returned if the request is malformed or missing mandatory data.
410 Gone MUST be returned if the binding does not exist.
422 Unprocessable Entity MUST also be returned if the Service Broker only supports asynchronous unbinding for the Service Instance and the request did not include ?accepts_incomplete=true. The response body MUST contain error code "AsyncRequired" (see Service Broker Errors). The error response MAY include a helpful error message in the description field such as "This Service Instance requires client support for asynchronous binding operations.".

Responses with any other status code MUST be interpreted as a failure and the Platform MUST continue to remember the Service Binding.

Body

For success responses, the following fields are defined:

Response field Type Description
operation string For asynchronous responses, Service Brokers MAY return an identifier representing the operation. The value of this field MUST be provided by the Platform with requests to the Polling Last Operation for Service Bindings endpoint in a percent-encoded query parameter. If present, MUST be a non-empty string.

* Fields with an asterisk are REQUIRED.

{
  "operation": "task_10"
}

Deprovisioning

When a Service Broker receives a deprovision request from a Platform, it MUST delete any resources it created during the provision. Usually this means that all resources are immediately reclaimed for future provisions.

Platforms MUST delete all bindings for a service prior to attempting to deprovision the service. This specification does not specify what a Service Broker is to do if it receives a deprovision request while there are still bindings associated with it.

Request

Route

DELETE /v2/service_instances/:instance_id

:instance_id MUST be the ID of a previously provisioned Service Instance.

Parameters

The request provides these query string parameters as useful hints for Service Brokers.

Query-String Field Type Description
service_id* string MUST be the ID of the service associated with the Service Instance being deleted.
plan_id* string MUST be the ID of the plan associated with the Service Instance being deleted.
accepts_incomplete boolean A value of true indicates that both the Platform and the requesting client support asynchronous deprovisioning. If this parameter is not included in the request, and the Service Broker can only deprovision a Service Instance of the requested plan asynchronously, the Service Broker MUST reject the request with a 422 Unprocessable Entity as described below.

* Query parameters with an asterisk are REQUIRED.

Headers

The following HTTP Headers are defined for this operation:

Header Type Description
X-Broker-API-Version* string See API Version Header.
X-Broker-API-Originating-Identity string See Originating Identity.

* Headers with an asterisk are REQUIRED.

cURL

$ curl 'http://username:password@service-broker-url/v2/service_instances/:instance_id?accepts_incomplete=true
  &service_id=service-id-here&plan_id=plan-id-here' -X DELETE -H "X-Broker-API-Version: 2.14"

Response

Status Code Description
200 OK MUST be returned if the Service Instance was deleted as a result of this request. The expected response body is {}.
202 Accepted MUST be returned if the Service Instance deletion is in progress. The operation string MUST match that returned for the original request. This triggers the Platform to poll the Polling Last Operation for Service Instances endpoint for operation status. Note that a re-sent DELETE request MUST return a 202 Accepted, not a 200 OK, if the delete request has not completed yet.
400 Bad Request MUST be returned if the request is malformed or missing mandatory data.
410 Gone MUST be returned if the Service Instance does not exist.
422 Unprocessable Entity MUST be returned if the Service Broker only supports asynchronous deprovisioning for the requested plan and the request did not include ?accepts_incomplete=true. The response body MUST contain error code "AsyncRequired" (see Service Broker Errors). The error response MAY include a helpful error message in the description field such as "This Service Plan requires client support for asynchronous service operations.".

Responses with any other status code MUST be interpreted as a failure and the Platform MUST remember the Service Instance.

Body

For success responses, the following fields are defined:

Response Field Type Description
operation string For asynchronous responses, Service Brokers MAY return an identifier representing the operation. The value of this field MUST be provided by the Platform with requests to the Polling Last Operation for Service Instances endpoint in a percent-encoded query parameter. If present, MUST be a non-empty string. 
{
  "operation": "task_10"
}

Orphans

The Platform is the source of truth for Service Instances and Service Bindings. Service Brokers are expected to have successfully provisioned all of the Service Instances and Service Bindings that the Platform knows about, and none that it doesn't.

Orphans can result if the Service Broker does not return a response before a request from the Platform times out (typically 60 seconds). For example, if a Service Broker does not return a response to a provision request before the request times out, the Service Broker might eventually succeed in provisioning a Service Instance after the Platform considers the request a failure. This results in an orphan Service Instance on the Service Broker's side.

To mitigate orphan Service Instances and Service Bindings, the Platform SHOULD attempt to delete resources it cannot be sure were successfully created, and SHOULD keep trying to delete them until the Service Broker responds with a success.

Platforms SHOULD initiate orphan mitigation in the following scenarios:

Status Code Of Service Broker Response Platform Interpretation Of Response Platform Initiates Orphan Mitigation?
200 Success No
200 with malformed response Failure No
201 Success No
201 with malformed response Failure Yes
All other 2xx Failure Yes
408 Client timeout failure (request not received at the server) No
All other 4xx Request rejected No
5xx Service Broker error Yes
Timeout Failure Yes

If the Platform encounters an internal error provisioning a Service Instance or Service Binding (for example, saving to the database fails), then it MUST at least send a single delete or unbind request to the Service Broker to prevent the creation of an orphan.