Workspaces API reference
This topic provides reference information about the workspaces AP. Workspaces represent running infrastructure managed by Terraform.
Overview
The scope of the API includes the following endpoints:
Method | Path | Action |
---|---|---|
POST | /organizations/:organization_name/workspaces | Call this endpoint to create a workspace. You can apply tags stored as key-value pairs when creating the workspace. |
POST | /organizations/:organization_name/workspaces/:name/actions/safe-delete | Call this endpoint to safely delete a workspace by querying the organization and workspace names. |
POST | /workspaces/:workspace_id/actions/safe-delete | Call this endpoint safely delete a workspace by querying the workspace ID. |
POST | /workspaces/:workspace_id/actions/lock | Call this endpoint to lock a workspace. |
POST | /workspaces/:workspace_id/actions/unlock | Call this endpoint to unlock a workspace. |
POST | /workspaces/:workspace_id/actions/force-unlock | Call this endpoint to force a workspace to unlock. |
POST | /workspaces/:workspace_id/relationships/remote-state-consumers | Call this endpoint to add remote state consumers. |
POST | /workspaces/:workspace_id/relationships/tags | Call this endpoint to bind flat string tags to an existing workspace. |
POST | /workspaces/:workspace_id/relationships/data-retention-policy | Call this endpoint to show the workspace data retention policy. |
GET | /organizations/:organization_name/workspaces | Call this endpoint to list existing workspaces. Each project in the response contains a link to effective-tag-bindings and tag-bindings collections. You can filter the response by tag keys and values using a query string parameter. |
GET | /organizations/:organization_name/workspaces/:name | Call this endpoint to show workspace details by querying the organization and workspace names. |
GET | /workspaces/:workspace_id | Call this endpoint to show workspace details. |
GET | /workspaces/:workspace_id/relationships/remote-state-consumers | Call this endpoint to list remote state consumers. |
GET | /workspaces/:workspace_id/relationships/tags | Call this endpoint to list flat string workspace tags. |
GET | /workspaces/:workspace_id/tag-bindings | Call this endpoint to list workspace key-value tags bound directly to this workspace. |
GET | /workspaces/:workspace_id/effective-tag-bindings | Call this endpoint to list all workspace key-value tags, including both those bound directly to the workspace as well as those inherited from the parent project. |
GET | /workspaces/:workspace_id/relationships/data-retention-policy | Call this endpoint to show the workspace data retention policy. |
PATCH | /workspaces/:workspace_id/relationships/ssh-key | Call this endpoint to manage SSH key assignments for workspaces. Refer to Assign an SSH key to a workspace and Unassign an SSH key from a workspace for instructions. |
PATCH | /workspaces/:workspace_id | Call this endpoint to update a workspace. You can apply tags stored as key-value pairs when updating the workspace. |
PATCH | /organizations/:organization_name/workspaces/:name | Call this endpoint to update a workspace by querying the organization and workspace names. |
PATCH | /workspaces/:workspace_id/relationships/remote-state-consumers | Call this endpoint to replace remote state consumers. |
DELETE | /workspaces/:workspace_id/relationships/remote-state-consumers | Call this endpoint to delete remote state consumers. |
DELETE | /workspaces/:workspace_id/relationships/tags | Call this endpoint to delete flat string workspace tags from the workspace. |
DELETE | /workspaces/:workspace_id/relationships/data-retention-policy | Call this endpoint to remove a workspace data retention policy. |
DELETE | /workspaces/:workspace_id | Call this endpoint to force delete a workspace, which deletes the workspace without first checking for managed resources. |
DELETE | /organizations/:organization_name/workspaces/:name | Call this endpoint to force delete a workspace, which deletes the workspace without first checking for managed resources, by querying the organization and workspace names. |
Requirements
- You must be a member of a team with the Read permission enabled for Terraform runs to view workspaces.
- You must be a member of a team with the Admin permissions enabled on the workspace to change settings and force-unlock it.
- You must be a member of a team with the Lock/unlock permission enabled to lock and unlock the workspace.
- You must meet one of the following requirements to create a workspace:
- Be the team owner
- Be on a team with the Manage all workspaces permission enabled
- Present an organization API token when calling the API.
Refer to Workspace Permissions for additional information.
Create a Workspace
Use the following endpoint to create a new workspace:
POST /organizations/:organization_name/workspaces
Parameter | Description |
---|---|
:organization_name | The name of the organization to create the workspace in. The organization must already exist in the system, and the user must have permissions to create new workspaces. |
Request Body
This POST endpoint requires a JSON object with the following properties as a request payload.
Properties without a default value are required.
By supplying the necessary attributes under a vcs-repository
object, you can create a workspace that is configured against a VCS Repository.
Key path | Type | Default | Description |
---|---|---|---|
data.type | string | none | Must be "workspaces" . |
data.attributes.name | string | none | The name of the workspace. Workspace names can only include letters, numbers, - , and _ . The name a unique identifier n the organization. |
data.attributes.agent-pool-id | string | none | Required when execution-mode is set to agent . The ID of the agent pool belonging to the workspace's organization. This value must not be specified if execution-mode is set to remote or local or if operations is set to true . |
data.attributes.allow-destroy-plan | boolean | true | Whether destroy plans can be queued on the workspace. |
data.attributes.assessments-enabled | boolean | false | (previously drift-detection ) Whether or not HCP Terraform performs health assessments for the workspace. May be overridden by the organization setting assessments-enforced . Only available for Plus tier organizations, in workspaces running Terraform version 0.15.4+ and operating in Remote execution mode. |
data.attributes.auto-apply | boolean | false | Whether to automatically apply changes when a Terraform plan is successful in runs initiated by VCS, UI or CLI, with some exceptions. |
data.attributes.auto-apply-run-trigger | boolean | false | Whether to automatically apply changes when a Terraform plan is successful in runs initiated by run triggers. |
data.attributes.auto-destroy-at | string | (nothing) | Timestamp when the next scheduled destroy run will occur, refer to Scheduled Destroy. |
data.attributes.auto-destroy-activity-duration | string | (nothing) | Value and units for automatically scheduled destroy runs based on workspace activity. Valid values are greater than 0 and four digits or less. Valid units are d and h . For example, to queue destroy runs after fourteen days of inactivity set auto-destroy-activity-duration: "14d" . |
data.attributes.description | string | (nothing) | A description for the workspace. |
data.attributes.execution-mode | string | (nothing) | Which execution mode to use. Valid values are remote , local , and agent . When set to local , the workspace will be used for state storage only. This value must not be specified if operations is specified, and must be specified if setting-overwrites.execution-mode is set to true . |
data.attributes.file-triggers-enabled | boolean | true | Whether to filter runs based on the changed files in a VCS push. If enabled, it uses either trigger-prefixes in conjunction with working_directory or trigger-patterns to describe the set of changed files that will start a run. If disabled, any push triggers a run. |
data.attributes.global-remote-state | boolean | false | Whether the workspace should allow all workspaces in the organization to access its state data during runs. If false , then only specifically approved workspaces can access its state. Manage allowed workspaces using the Remote State Consumers endpoints, documented later on this page. Terraform Enterprise admins can choose the default value for new workspaces if this attribute is omitted. |
data.attributes.operations | boolean | true | DEPRECATED Use execution-mode instead. Whether to use remote execution mode. When set to false , the workspace will be used for state storage only. This value must not be specified if execution-mode is specified. |
data.attributes.queue-all-runs | boolean | false | Whether runs should be queued immediately after workspace creation. When set to false, runs triggered by a VCS change will not be queued until at least one run is manually queued. |
data.attributes.source-name | string | none | A friendly name for the application or client creating this workspace. If set, this will be displayed on the workspace as "Created via <SOURCE NAME> ". |
data.attributes.source-url | string | none | A URL for the application or client creating this workspace. This can be the URL of a related resource in another app, or a link to documentation or other info about the client. |
data.attributes.speculative-enabled | boolean | true | Whether this workspace allows automatic speculative plans. Setting this to false prevents HCP Terraform from running plans on pull requests, which can improve security if the VCS repository is public or includes untrusted contributors. It doesn't prevent manual speculative plans via the CLI or the runs API. |
data.attributes.terraform-version | string | latest release | Specifies the version of Terraform to use for this workspace. You can specify an exact version or a version constraint such as ~> 1.0.0 . If you specify a constraint, the workspace always uses the newest release that meets that constraint. If omitted when creating a workspace, this defaults to the latest released version. |
data.attributes.trigger-patterns | array | [] | List of glob patterns that describe the files HCP Terraform monitors for changes. Trigger patterns are always appended to the root directory of the repository. |
data.attributes.trigger-prefixes | array | [] | List of trigger prefixes that describe the paths HCP Terraform monitors for changes, in addition to the working directory. Trigger prefixes are always appended to the root directory of the repository. HCP Terraform starts a run when files are changed in any directory path matching the provided set of prefixes. |
data.attributes.vcs-repo.branch | string | repository's default branch | The repository branch that Terraform executes from. If omitted or submitted as an empty string, this defaults to the repository's default branch. |
data.attributes.vcs-repo.identifier | string | none | A reference to your VCS repository in the format :org/:repo where :org and :repo refer to the organization and repository in your VCS provider. The format for Azure DevOps is :org/:project/_git/:repo . |
data.attributes.vcs-repo.ingress-submodules | boolean | false | Whether submodules should be fetched when cloning the VCS repository. |
data.attributes.vcs-repo.oauth-token-id | string | none | Specifies the VCS OAuth connection and token. Call the oauth-tokens endpoint to retrieve the OAuth ID. |
data.attributes.vcs-repo.tags-regex | string | none | A regular expression used to match Git tags. HCP Terraform triggers a run when this value is present and a VCS event occurs that contains a matching Git tag for the regular expression. |
data.attributes.vcs-repo | object | none | Settings for the workspace's VCS repository. If omitted, the workspace is created without a VCS repo. If included, you must specify at least the oauth-token-id and identifier keys. |
data.attributes.working-directory | string | (nothing) | A relative path that Terraform will execute within. This defaults to the root of your repository and is typically set to a subdirectory matching the environment when multiple environments exist within the same repository. |
data.attributes.setting-overwrites | object | none | The keys in this object are attributes that have organization-level defaults. Each attribute key stores a boolean value which is true by default. To overwrite the default inherited value, set an attribute's value to false . For example, to set execution-mode as the organization default, set setting-overwrites.execution-mode to false . |
data.relationships | object | none | Specifies a group of workspace associations. |
data.relationships.project.data.id | string | default project | The ID of the project to create the workspace in. If left blank, Terraform creates the workspace in the organization's default project. You must have permission to create workspaces in the project, either by organization-level permissions or team admin access to a specific project. |
data.relationships.tag-bindings.data | list of objects | none | Specifies a list of tags to attach to the workspace. |
data.relationships.tag-bindings.data.type | string | none | Must be tag-bindings for each object in the list. |
data.relationships.tag-bindings.data.attributes.key | string | none | Specifies the tag key for each object in the list. |
data.relationships.tag-bindings.data.attributes.value | string | none | Specifies the tag value for each object in the list. |
Sample Payload
Without a VCS repository
With Key/Value Tags
With a VCS repository
Using Git Tags
HCP Terraform triggers a run when you push a Git tag that matches the regular expression (SemVer): 1.2.3
, 22.33.44
, etc.
For a monorepo using trigger prefixes
A run will be triggered in this workspace when changes are detected in any of the specified directories: /networking
, /modules
, or /vendor
.
For a monorepo using trigger patterns
A run will be triggered in this workspace when HCP Terraform detects any of the following changes:
- A file with the extension
tf
in any directory structure in which the last folder is namednetworking
(e.g.,root/networking
androot/module/networking
) - Any file changed in the folder
/base
, no subfolders are included - Any file changed in the folder
/submodule
and all of its subfolders
Using HCP Terraform agents
HCP Terraform agents allow HCP Terraform to communicate with isolated, private, or on-premises infrastructure.
Using an organization default execution mode
With a project
With key-value tags
Sample Request
Sample Response
Without a VCS repository
Note: The assessments-enabled
property is only accepted by or returned from HCP Terraform.
With a VCS repository
With a project
Update a Workspace
Use one of the following endpoint to update a workspace:
Parameter | Description |
---|---|
:workspace_id | The ID of the workspace to update |
:organization_name | The name of the organization the workspace belongs to. |
:name | The name of the workspace to update. Workspace names are unique identifiers in the organization and can only include letters, numbers, - , and _ . |
Request Body
These PATCH endpoints require a JSON object with the following properties as a request payload.
Properties without a default value are required.
Key path | Type | Default | Description |
---|---|---|---|
data.type | string | Must be "workspaces" . | |
data.attributes.name | string | (previous value) | A new name for the workspace, which can only include letters, numbers, - , and _ . This will be used as an identifier and must be unique in the organization. Warning: Changing a workspace's name changes its URL in the API and UI. |
data.attributes.agent-pool-id | string | (previous value) | Required when execution-mode is set to agent . The ID of the agent pool belonging to the workspace's organization. This value must not be specified if execution-mode is set to remote or local or if operations is set to true . |
data.attributes.allow-destroy-plan | boolean | (previous value) | Whether destroy plans can be queued on the workspace. |
data.attributes.assessments-enabled | boolean | false | (previously drift-detection ) Whether or not HCP Terraform performs health assessments for the workspace. May be overridden by the organization setting assessments-enforced . Only available for Plus tier organizations, in workspaces running Terraform version 0.15.4+ and operating in Remote execution mode. |
data.attributes.auto-apply | boolean | (previous value) | Whether to automatically apply changes when a Terraform plan is successful in runs initiated by VCS, UI or CLI, with some exceptions. |
data.attributes.auto-apply-run-trigger | boolean | (previous value) | Whether to automatically apply changes when a Terraform plan is successful in runs initiated by run triggers. |
data.attributes.auto-destroy-at | string | (previous value) | Timestamp when the next scheduled destroy run will occur, refer to Scheduled Destroy. |
data.attributes.auto-destroy-activity-duration | string | (previous value) | Value and units for automatically scheduled destroy runs based on workspace activity. Valid values are greater than 0 and four digits or less. Valid units are d and h . For example, to queue destroy runs after fourteen days of inactivity set auto-destroy-activity-duration: "14d" . |
data.attributes.description | string | (previous value) | A description for the workspace. |
data.attributes.execution-mode | string | (previous value) | Which execution mode to use. Valid values are remote , local , and agent . When set to local , the workspace will be used for state storage only. This value must not be specified if operations is specified, and must be specified if setting-overwrites.execution-mode is set to true . |
data.attributes.file-triggers-enabled | boolean | (previous value) | Whether to filter runs based on the changed files in a VCS push. If enabled, it uses either trigger-prefixes in conjunction with working_directory or trigger-patterns to describe the set of changed files that will start a run. If disabled, any push will trigger a run. |
data.attributes.global-remote-state | boolean | (previous value) | Whether the workspace should allow all workspaces in the organization to access its state data during runs. If false , then only specifically approved workspaces can access its state. Manage allowed workspaces using the Remote State Consumers endpoints, documented later on this page. |
data.attributes.operations | boolean | (previous value) | DEPRECATED Use execution-mode instead. Whether to use remote execution mode. When set to false , the workspace will be used for state storage only. This value must not be specified if execution-mode is specified. |
data.attributes.queue-all-runs | boolean | (previous value) | Whether runs should be queued immediately after workspace creation. When set to false, runs triggered by a VCS change will not be queued until at least one run is manually queued. |
data.attributes.speculative-enabled | boolean | (previous value) | Whether this workspace allows automatic speculative plans. Setting this to false prevents HCP Terraform from running plans on pull requests, which can improve security if the VCS repository is public or includes untrusted contributors. It doesn't prevent manual speculative plans via the CLI or the runs API. |
data.attributes.terraform-version | string | (previous value) | The version of Terraform to use for this workspace. This can be either an exact version or a version constraint (like ~> 1.0.0 ); if you specify a constraint, the workspace will always use the newest release that meets that constraint. |
data.attributes.trigger-patterns | array | (previous value) | List of glob patterns that describe the files HCP Terraform monitors for changes. Trigger patterns are always appended to the root directory of the repository. |
data.attributes.trigger-prefixes | array | (previous value) | List of trigger prefixes that describe the paths HCP Terraform monitors for changes, in addition to the working directory. Trigger prefixes are always appended to the root directory of the repository. HCP Terraform will start a run when files are changed in any directory path matching the provided set of prefixes. |
data.attributes.vcs-repo.branch | string | (previous value) | The repository branch that Terraform will execute from. |
data.attributes.vcs-repo.identifier | string | (previous value) | A reference to your VCS repository in the format :org/:repo where :org and :repo refer to the organization and repository in your VCS provider. The format for Azure DevOps is :org/:project/_git/:repo . |
data.attributes.vcs-repo.ingress-submodules | boolean | (previous value) | Whether submodules should be fetched when cloning the VCS repository. |
data.attributes.vcs-repo.oauth-token-id | string | The VCS Connection (OAuth Connection + Token) to use as identified. Get this ID from the oauth-tokens endpoint. You can not specify this value if github-app-installation-id is specified. | |
data.attributes.vcs-repo.github-app-installation-id | string | The VCS Connection GitHub App Installation to use. Find this ID on the account settings page. Requires previously authorizing the GitHub App and generating a user-to-server token. Manage the token from Account Settings within HCP Terraform. You can not specify this value if oauth-token-id is specified. | |
data.attributes.vcs-repo.tags-regex | string | (previous value) | A regular expression used to match Git tags. HCP Terraform triggers a run when this value is present and a VCS event occurs that contains a matching Git tag for the regular expression. |
data.attributes.vcs-repo | object or null | (previous value) | To delete a workspace's existing VCS repo, specify null instead of an object. To modify a workspace's existing VCS repo, include whichever of the keys below you wish to modify. To add a new VCS repo to a workspace that didn't previously have one, include at least the oauth-token-id and identifier keys. |
data.attributes.working-directory | string | (previous value) | A relative path that Terraform will execute within. This defaults to the root of your repository and is typically set to a subdirectory matching the environment when multiple environments exist within the same repository. |
data.attributes.setting-overwrites | object | The keys in this object are attributes that have organization-level defaults. Each attribute key stores a boolean value which is true by default. To overwrite the default inherited value, set an attribute's value to false . For example, to set execution-mode as the organization default, you set setting-overwrites.execution-mode = false . | |
data.relationships | object | none | Specifies a group of workspace relationships. |
data.relationships.project.data.id | string | existing value | The ID of the project to move the workspace to. If left blank or unchanged, the workspace will not be moved. You must have admin permissions on both the source project and destination project in order to move a workspace between projects. |
data.relationships.tag-bindings.data | list of objects | none | Specifies a list of tags to attach to the workspace. |
data.relationships.tag-bindings.data.type | string | none | Must be tag-bindings for each object in the list. |
data.relationships.tag-bindings.data.attributes.key | string | none | Specifies the tag key for each object in the list. |
data.relationships.tag-bindings.data.attributes.value | string | none | Specifies the tag value for each object in the list. |
Sample Payload
Sample Request
Sample Response
List workspaces
This endpoint lists workspaces in the organization.
GET /organizations/:organization_name/workspaces
Parameter | Description |
---|---|
:organization_name | The name of the organization to list the workspaces of. |
Query Parameters
This endpoint supports pagination with standard URL query parameters. Remember to percent-encode [
as %5B
and ]
as %5D
if your tooling doesn't automatically encode URLs.
Parameter | Description |
---|---|
page[number] | Optional. If omitted, the endpoint will return the first page. |
page[size] | Optional. If omitted, the endpoint will return 20 workspaces per page. |
search[name] | Optional. If specified, restricts results to workspaces with a name that matches the search string using a fuzzy search. |
search[tags] | Optional. If specified, restricts results to workspaces with that tag. If multiple comma separated values are specified, results matching all of the tags are returned. |
search[exclude-tags] | Optional. If specified, results exclude workspaces with that tag. If multiple comma separated values are specified, workspaces with tags matching any of the tags are excluded. |
search[wildcard-name] | Optional. If specified, restricts results to workspaces with partial matching, using * on prefix, suffix, or both. For example, search[wildcard-name]=*-prod returns all workspaces ending in -prod , search[wildcard-name]=prod-* returns all workspaces beginning with prod- , and search[wildcard-name]=*-prod-* returns all workspaces with substring -prod- regardless of prefix and/or suffix. |
sort | Optional. Allows sorting the organization's workspaces by a provided value. You can sort by "name" , "current-run.created-at" (the time of the current run), and "latest-change-at" (the creation time of the latest state version or the workspace itself if no state version exists). Prepending a hyphen to the sort parameter reverses the order. For example, "-name" sorts by name in reverse alphabetical order. If omitted, the default sort order is arbitrary but stable. |
filter[project][id] | Optional. If specified, restricts results to workspaces in the specific project. |
filter[current-run][status] | Optional. If specified, restricts results to workspaces that match the status of a current run. |
filter[tagged][i][key] | Optional. If specified, restricts results to workspaces that are tagged with the provided key. Use a value of "0" for i if you are only using a single filter. For multiple tag filters, use an incrementing integer value for each filter. Multiple tag filters will be combined together with a logical AND when filtering results. |
filter[tagged][i][value] | Optional. If specified, restricts results to workspaces that are tagged with the provided value. This is useful when combined with a key filter for more specificity. Use a value of "0" for i if you are only using a single filter. For multiple tag filters, use an incrementing integer value for each filter. Multiple tag filters will be combined together with a logical AND when filtering results. |
Sample Request
With multiple tag filters
Sample Response
Show workspace
Details on a workspace can be retrieved from two endpoints, which behave identically.
One refers to a workspace by its ID:
GET /workspaces/:workspace_id
Parameter | Description |
---|---|
:workspace_id | The workspace ID |
The other refers to a workspace by its name and organization:
GET /organizations/:organization_name/workspaces/:name
Parameter | Description |
---|---|
:organization_name | The name of the organization the workspace belongs to. |
:name | The name of the workspace to show details for, which can only include letters, numbers, - , and _ . |
Workspace performance attributes
The following attributes are helpful in determining the overall health and performance of your workspace configuration. These metrics refer to the past 30 runs that have either resulted in an error or successfully applied.
Parameter | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
data.attributes.apply-duration-average | number | This is the average time runs spend in the apply phase, represented in milliseconds |
data.attributes.plan-duration-average | number | This is the average time runs spend in the plan phase, represented in milliseconds |
data.attributes.policy-check-failures | number | Reports the number of run failures resulting from a policy check failure |
data.attributes.run-failures | number | Reports the number of failed runs |
data.attributes.workspace-kpis-run-count | number | Total number of runs taken into account by these metrics |
Sample Request
Sample Response
Safe Delete a workspace
When you delete an HCP Terraform workspace with resources, Terraform can no longer track or manage that infrastructure. During a safe delete, HCP Terraform only deletes the workspace if it is not managing resources.
You can safe delete a workspace using two endpoints that behave identically. The first endpoint identifies a workspace with the workspace ID, and the other identifies the workspace by its name and organization.
POST /workspaces/:workspace_id/actions/safe-delete
Parameter | Description |
---|---|
:workspace_id | The ID of the workspace to delete. |
POST /organizations/:organization_name/workspaces/:name/actions/safe-delete
Parameter | Description |
---|---|
:organization_name | The name of the workspace's organization. |
:name | The name of the workspace to delete, which can only include letters, numbers, - , and _ . |
Status | Response | Reason(s) |
---|---|---|
204 | No Content | Successfully deleted the workspace |
404 | JSON API error object | Workspace not found, or user unauthorized to perform workspace delete |
409 | JSON API error object | Workspace is not safe to delete because it is managing resources |
Force Delete a workspace
During a force delete, HCP Terraform removes the specified workspace without checking whether it is managing resources. We recommend using the safe delete endpoint instead, when possible.
Warning: Terraform cannot track or manage the workspace's infrastructure after deletion. We recommend destroying the workspace's infrastructure before you delete it.
By default, only organization owners can force delete workspaces. Organization owners can also update [organization's settings](/terraform/cloud-docs/users-teams organizations/organizations#general) to let workspace admins force delete their own workspaces.
You can use two endpoints to force delete a workspace, which behave identically. One endpoint identifies the workspace with its workspace ID and the other endpoint identifies the workspace with its name and organization.
DELETE /workspaces/:workspace_id
Parameter | Description |
---|---|
:workspace_id | The ID of the workspace to delete |
DELETE /organizations/:organization_name/workspaces/:name
Parameter | Description |
---|---|
:organization_name | The name of the organization the workspace belongs to. |
:name | The name of the workspace to delete, which can only include letters, numbers, - , and _ . |
Status | Response | Reason(s) |
---|---|---|
204 | No Content | Successfully deleted the workspace |
403 | JSON API error object | Not authorized to perform a force delete on the workspace |
404 | JSON API error object | Workspace not found, or user unauthorized to perform workspace delete |
Sample Request
Lock a workspace
This endpoint locks a workspace.
POST /workspaces/:workspace_id/actions/lock
Parameter | Description |
---|---|
:workspace_id | The workspace ID to lock. Obtain this from the workspace settings or the Show Workspace endpoint. |
Status | Response | Reason(s) |
---|---|---|
200 | JSON API document (type: "workspaces" ) | Successfully locked the workspace |
404 | JSON API error object | Workspace not found, or user unauthorized to perform action |
409 | JSON API error object | Workspace already locked |
Request Body
This POST endpoint requires a JSON object with the following properties as a request payload.
Properties without a default value are required.
Key path | Type | Default | Description |
---|---|---|---|
reason | string | "" | The reason for locking the workspace. |
Sample Payload
Sample Request
Sample Response
Unlock a workspace
This endpoint unlocks a workspace. Unlocking a workspace sets the current state version to the latest finalized intermediate state version. If intermediate state versions are available, but HCP Terraform has not yet finalized the latest intermediate state version, the unlock will fail with a 503 response. For this particular error, it's recommended to retry the unlock operation for a short period of time until the platform finalizes the state version. If you must force-unlock a workspace under these conditions, ensure that state was saved successfully by inspecting the latest state version using the State Version List API
POST /workspaces/:workspace_id/actions/unlock
Parameter | Description |
---|---|
:workspace_id | The workspace ID to unlock. Obtain this from the workspace settings or the Show Workspace endpoint. |
Status | Response | Reason(s) |
---|---|---|
200 | JSON API document (type: "workspaces" ) | Successfully unlocked the workspace |
404 | JSON API error object | Workspace not found, or user unauthorized to perform action |
409 | JSON API error object | Workspace already unlocked, or locked by a different user |
Sample Request
Sample Response
Force Unlock a workspace
This endpoint force unlocks a workspace. Only users with admin access are authorized to force unlock a workspace.
POST /workspaces/:workspace_id/actions/force-unlock
Parameter | Description |
---|---|
:workspace_id | The workspace ID to force unlock. Obtain this from the workspace settings or the Show Workspace endpoint. |
Status | Response | Reason(s) |
---|---|---|
200 | JSON API document (type: "workspaces" ) | Successfully force unlocked the workspace |
404 | JSON API error object | Workspace not found, or user unauthorized to perform action |
409 | JSON API error object | Workspace already unlocked |
Sample Request
Sample Response
Assign an SSH key to a workspace
This endpoint assigns an SSH key to a workspace.
PATCH /workspaces/:workspace_id/relationships/ssh-key
Parameter | Description |
---|---|
:workspace_id | The workspace ID to assign the SSH key to. Obtain this from the workspace settings or the Show Workspace endpoint. |
Request Body
This POST endpoint requires a JSON object with the following properties as a request payload.
Properties without a default value are required.
Key path | Type | Default | Description |
---|---|---|---|
data.type | string | Must be "workspaces" . | |
data.attributes.id | string | The SSH key ID to assign. Obtain this from the ssh-keys endpoint. |
Sample Payload
Sample Request
Sample Response
Unassign an SSH key from a workspace
This endpoint unassigns the currently assigned SSH key from a workspace.
PATCH /workspaces/:workspace_id/relationships/ssh-key
Parameter | Description |
---|---|
:workspace_id | The workspace ID to assign the SSH key to. Obtain this from the workspace settings or the Show Workspace endpoint. |
Request Body
This POST endpoint requires a JSON object with the following properties as a request payload.
Properties without a default value are required.
Key path | Type | Default | Description |
---|---|---|---|
data.type | string | Must be "workspaces" . | |
data.attributes.id | string | Must be null . |
Sample Payload
Sample Request
Sample Response
Get Remote State Consumers
GET /workspaces/:workspace_id/relationships/remote-state-consumers
Parameter | Description |
---|---|
:workspace_id | The workspace ID to get remote state consumers for. Obtain this from the workspace settings or the Show Workspace endpoint. |
This endpoint retrieves the list of other workspaces that are allowed to access the given workspace's state during runs.
- If
global-remote-state
is set to false for the workspace, this will return the list of other workspaces that are specifically authorized to access the workspace's state. - If
global-remote-state
is set to true, this will return a list of every workspace in the organization except for the subject workspace.
The list returned by this endpoint is subject to the caller's normal workspace permissions; it will not include workspaces that the provided API token is unable to read.
Query Parameters
This endpoint supports pagination with standard URL query parameters. Remember to percent-encode [
as %5B
and ]
as %5D
if your tooling doesn't automatically encode URLs.
Parameter | Description |
---|---|
page[number] | Optional. If omitted, the endpoint will return the first page. |
page[size] | Optional. If omitted, the endpoint will return 20 workspaces per page. |
Sample Request
Sample Response
Replace Remote State Consumers
PATCH /workspaces/:workspace_id/relationships/remote-state-consumers
Parameter | Description |
---|---|
:workspace_id | The workspace ID to replace remote state consumers for. Obtain this from the workspace settings or the Show Workspace endpoint. |
This endpoint updates the workspace's remote state consumers to be exactly the list of workspaces specified in the payload. It can only be used for workspaces where global-remote-state
is false.
This endpoint can only be used by teams with permission to manage workspaces for the entire organization — only those who can view the entire list of consumers can replace the entire list. (More about permissions.) Teams with admin permissions on specific workspaces can still modify remote state consumers for those workspaces, but must use the add (POST) and remove (DELETE) endpoints listed below instead of this PATCH endpoint.
Status | Response | Reason(s) |
---|---|---|
204 | No Content | Successfully updated remote state consumers |
404 | JSON API error object | Workspace not found, or user unauthorized to perform action |
422 | JSON API error object | Problem with payload or request; details provided in the error object |
Request Body
This PATCH endpoint requires a JSON object with the following properties as a request payload.
Properties without a default value are required.
Key path | Type | Default | Description |
---|---|---|---|
data[].type | string | Must be "workspaces" . | |
data[].id | string | The ID of a workspace to be set as a remote state consumer. |
Sample Payload
Sample Request
Response
No response body.
Status code 204
.
Add Remote State Consumers
POST /workspaces/:workspace_id/relationships/remote-state-consumers
Parameter | Description |
---|---|
:workspace_id | The workspace ID to add remote state consumers for. Obtain this from the workspace settings or the Show Workspace endpoint. |
This endpoint adds one or more remote state consumers to the workspace. It can only be used for workspaces where global-remote-state
is false.
- The workspaces specified as consumers must be readable to the API token that makes the request.
- A workspace cannot be added as a consumer of itself. (A workspace can always read its own state, regardless of access settings.)
- You can safely add a consumer workspace that is already present; it will be ignored, and the rest of the consumers in the request will be processed normally.
Status | Response | Reason(s) |
---|---|---|
204 | No Content | Successfully updated remote state consumers |
404 | JSON API error object | Workspace not found, or user unauthorized to perform action |
422 | JSON API error object | Problem with payload or request; details provided in the error object |
Request Body
This POST endpoint requires a JSON object with the following properties as a request payload.
Properties without a default value are required.
Key path | Type | Default | Description |
---|---|---|---|
data[].type | string | Must be "workspaces" . | |
data[].id | string | The ID of a workspace to be set as a remote state consumer. |
Sample Payload
Sample Request
Response
No response body.
Status code 204
.
Delete Remote State Consumers
DELETE /workspaces/:workspace_id/relationships/remote-state-consumers
Parameter | Description |
---|---|
:workspace_id | The workspace ID to remove remote state consumers for. Obtain this from the workspace settings or the Show Workspace endpoint. |
This endpoint removes one or more remote state consumers from a workspace, according to the contents of the payload. It can only be used for workspaces where global-remote-state
is false.
- The workspaces specified as consumers must be readable to the API token that makes the request.
- You can safely remove a consumer workspace that is already absent; it will be ignored, and the rest of the consumers in the request will be processed normally.
Status | Response | Reason(s) |
---|---|---|
204 | No Content | Successfully updated remote state consumers |
404 | JSON API error object | Workspace not found, or user unauthorized to perform action |
422 | JSON API error object | Problem with payload or request; details provided in the error object |
Request Body
This POST endpoint requires a JSON object with the following properties as a request payload.
Properties without a default value are required.
Key path | Type | Default | Description |
---|---|---|---|
data[].type | string | Must be "workspaces" . | |
data[].id | string | The ID of a workspace to remove from the remote state consumers. |
Sample Payload
Sample Request
Response
No response body.
Status code 204
.
List workspace tags
Workspace tags are organization tags added to a workspace. They are a flat list of keys that can only be applied to workspaces when using the tags
attribute in the Terraform CLI cloud block < 1.10. The more contemporary form of key/value tags can be listed using List workspace tag bindings - See below.
GET /workspaces/:workspace_id/relationships/tags
: Paginated list of flat string tags attached to the workspace.
Path parameters
Parameter | Description |
---|---|
:workspace_id | The workspace ID to fetch tags for. Obtain this from the workspace settings or the Show Workspace endpoint. |
Query Parameters
Only the flat string tags endpoint supports pagination with standard URL query parameters. Remember to percent-encode [
as %5B
and ]
as %5D
if your tooling doesn't automatically encode URLs. Conversely, all tags are returned when using fetching tag-bindings or effective-tag-bindings endpoints.
Parameter | Description |
---|---|
page[number] | Optional. If omitted, the endpoint will return the first page. |
page[size] | Optional. If omitted, the endpoint will return 20 workspaces per page. |
Sample Requests
Sample Responses
List workspace tag bindings
Call the following endpoints to list the tags attached to a workspace:
GET /workspaces/:workspace_id/tag-bindings
: Lists key-value tags directly bound to the workspace.GET /workspaces/:workspace_id/effective-tag-bindings
: Lists all key-value tags bound to the workspace, including those inherited from the parent project.
Path parameters
Parameter | Description |
---|---|
:workspace_id | The workspace ID to fetch tags for. Obtain this from the workspace settings or the Show Workspace endpoint. |
Sample Requests
Sample Responses
Add flat string tags to a workspace
POST /workspaces/:workspace_id/relationships/tags
To add key-value tags to an existing workspace, call the PATCH /workspaces/:workspace_id
and provide workspace tag bindings in the JSON payload. Refer to Update a workspace for additional information.
You can also bind key-value tags when creating a workspace. Refer to Create a workspace for additional information.
Refer to Define project tags for information about supported tag values.
Parameter | Description |
---|---|
:workspace_id | The workspace ID to add tags to. Obtain this from the workspace settings or the Show Workspace endpoint. |
Status | Response | Reason(s) |
---|---|---|
204 | No Content | Successfully added tags to workspace |
404 | JSON API error object | Workspace not found, or user unauthorized to perform action |
Request Body
This POST endpoint requires a JSON object with the following properties as a request payload.
It is important to note that type
, as well as one of id
or attributes.name
is required.
Key path | Type | Default | Description |
---|---|---|---|
data[].type | string | Must be "tags" . | |
data[].id | string | The ID of the tag to add. | |
data[].attributes.name | string | The name of the tag to add. |
Sample Payload
Sample Request
Sample Response
No response body.
Status code 204
.
Remove tags from workspace
This endpoint removes one or more tags from a workspace. The workspace must already exist, and tag
element that supplies an id
attribute must exist. If the name
attribute is used, and no matching
organization tag is found, no action will occur for that entry. Tags removed from all workspaces will be
removed from the organization-wide list.
To remove key-value tags to an existing workspace, call the PATCH /workspaces/:workspace_id
and provide workspace tag bindings in the JSON payload. Refer to Update a workspace for additional information.
DELETE /workspaces/:workspace_id/relationships/tags
Parameter | Description |
---|---|
:workspace_id | The workspace ID to remove tags from. Obtain this from the workspace settings or the Show Workspace endpoint. |
Status | Response | Reason(s) |
---|---|---|
204 | No Content | Successfully removed tags to workspace |
404 | JSON API error object | Workspace not found, or user unauthorized to perform action |
Request Body
This POST endpoint requires a JSON object with the following properties as a request payload.
It is important to note that type
, as well as one of id
or attributes.name
is required.
Key path | Type | Default | Description |
---|---|---|---|
data[].type | string | Must be "tags" . | |
data[].id | string | The ID of the tag to remove. | |
data[].attributes.name | string | The name of the tag to remove. |
Sample Payload
Sample Request
Sample Response
No response body.
Status code 204
.
Add/update tag-bindings on a workspace
This endpoint adds keys and values or updates values of tag-bindings on an existing resource by key. It does not remove any keys from the collection. This endpoint is useful when you want to ensure a modification is additive.
Tag Bindings have special constraints:
- Up to 10 tags can be applied to a workspace, but an additional 10 tags may be inherited from its project.
- Keys must be no more than 128 characters, allowing all alphanumeric characters plus the symbols
_
,.
,=
,+
,-
,@
,:
. - Values allow the same characters, but can be up to 256 characters.
- Certain key prefixes, including
hc:
andhcp:
are not allowed.
PATCH /workspaces/:workspace_id/tag-bindings
Parameter | Description |
---|---|
:workspace_id | The ID of the workspace to update |
Request Body
This PATCH endpoint requires a JSON object with the following properties as a request payload.
It is important to note that for each data item, type
, as well as attributes.key
is required.
Key path | Type | Default | Description |
---|---|---|---|
data[].type | string | Must be "tag-bindings" . | |
data[].attributes.key | string | The key of the tag to add/update. | |
data[].attributes.value | string | The name of the tag to add/update. |
Sample Payload
Sample Request
Sample Response
Status Code 200
Show data retention policy
This endpoint is exclusive to Terraform Enterprise and is not available in HCP Terraform.
GET /workspaces/:workspace_id/relationships/data-retention-policy
Parameter | Description |
---|---|
:workspace_id | The ID of the workspace to show the data retention policy for. Obtain this from the workspace settings or by sending a GET request to the /workspaces endpoint. |
This endpoint shows the data retention policy set explicitly on the workspace. When no data retention policy is set for the workspace, the endpoint returns the default policy configured for the organization. Refer to Data Retention Policies for instructions on configuring data retention policies for workspaces.
Refer to Data Retention Policy API in the Terraform Enterprise documentation for details.
Create or update data retention policy
This endpoint is exclusive to Terraform Enterprise and is not available in HCP Terraform.
POST /workspaces/:workspace_id/relationships/data-retention-policy
Parameter | Description |
---|---|
:workspace_id | The workspace ID to update the data retention policy for. Obtain this from the workspace settings or by sending a GET request to the /workspaces endpoint. |
This endpoint creates a data retention policy for a workspace or updates the existing policy. Refer to Data Retention Policies for additional information.
Refer to Data Retention Policy API in the Terraform Enterprise documentation for details.
Remove data retention policy
This endpoint is exclusive to Terraform Enterprise and is not available in HCP Terraform.
DELETE /workspaces/:workspace_id/relationships/data-retention-policy
Parameter | Description |
---|---|
:workspace_id | The workspace ID to remove the data retenetion policy for. Obtain this from the workspace settings or by sending a GET request to the /workspaces endpoint. |
This endpoint removes the data retention policy explicitly set on a workspace. When no data retention policy is set for the workspace, the endpoint returns the default policy configured for the organization. Refer to Data Retention Policies for instructions on configuring data retention policies for organizations.
Read more about workspace data retention policies.
Refer to Data Retention Policy API in the Terraform Enterprise documentation for details.
Available Related Resources
The GET endpoints above can optionally return related resources, if requested with the include
query parameter. The following resource types are available:
current_configuration_version
- The last configuration this workspace received, excluding plan-only configurations. Terraform uses this configuration for new runs, unless you provide a different one.current_configuration_version.ingress_attributes
- The commit information for the current configuration version.current_run
- Additional information about the current run.current_run.configuration_version
- The configuration used in the current run.current_run.configuration_version.ingress_attributes
- The commit information used in the current run.current_run.plan
- The plan used in the current run.locked_by
- The user, team, or run responsible for locking the workspace, if the workspace is currently locked.organization
- The full organization record.outputs
- The outputs for the most recently applied run.project
- The full project record.readme
- The most recent workspace README.md.