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The Archil Control Plane API provides programmatic access to manage disks, mounts, and API keys in the Archil distributed filesystem platform.
API keys vs. disk tokens. API keys authenticate requests to this Control Plane API and are scoped to your account. Disk tokens are a separate kind of credential, scoped to a single disk, used by clients when mounting. The two are not interchangeable.

Base URL

Each region has its own control plane endpoint:
RegionRegion IDEndpoint
AWS US East (N. Virginia)aws-us-east-1control.green.us-east-1.aws.prod.archil.com
AWS EU West (Ireland)aws-eu-west-1control.green.eu-west-1.aws.prod.archil.com
AWS US West (Oregon)aws-us-west-2control.green.us-west-2.aws.prod.archil.com
GCP US Central (Iowa)gcp-us-central1control.blue.us-central1.gcp.prod.archil.com

Authentication

All endpoints require an API key:
Authorization: key-{API_KEY}
Create API keys in the Archil Console or via the API.

Response Format

All responses use a consistent envelope:
{
  "success": true,
  "data": { ... }
}

HTTP Status Codes

CodeDescription
200Success
400Bad request (validation error)
403Forbidden (auth failure or access denied)
404Not found
500Internal server error

Disk ID Format

Disks are identified by a unique ID in the format:
dsk-{16 hex characters}
For example: dsk-0123456789abcdef

Getting Started

Signing up for Archil is free with no credit card required. Create your free account to get an API key and start building.
  1. Create an API key in the console or via API
  2. Use the key in the Authorization header for all requests
  3. Create your first disk