These APIs are not available via @arv@ CLI tool.
+Note: the term "instance" here refers to a virtual machine provided by a cloud computing service. The alternate terms "cloud VM", "compute node", and "worker node" are sometimes used as well in config files, documentation, and log messages.
+
h3. List containers
@GET /arvados/v1/dispatch/containers@
Return a list of containers that are either ready to dispatch, or being started/monitored by the dispatcher.
-The response provides @uuid@, @priority@, and @state@ fields for each container. Other fields of the container records are not loaded by the dispatcher, and will have empty/zero values here (e.g., @{...,"created_at":"0001-01-01T00:00:00Z","command":[],...}@).
+Each entry in the returned list of @items@ includes:
+* an @instance_type@ entry with the name and attributes of the instance type that will be used to schedule the container (chosen from the @InstanceTypes@ section of your cluster config file); and
+* a @container@ entry with selected attributes of the container itself, including @uuid@, @priority@, @runtime_constraints@, and @state@. Other fields of the container records are not loaded by the dispatcher, and will have empty/zero values here (e.g., @{...,"created_at":"0001-01-01T00:00:00Z","command":[],...}@).
Example response:
@POST /arvados/v1/dispatch/containers/kill?container_uuid={uuid}&reason={string}@
-Make a single attempt to terminate the indicated container on the relevant cloud VM. (The caller can implement a delay-and-retry loop if needed.)
+Make a single attempt to terminate the indicated container on the relevant instance. (The caller can implement a delay-and-retry loop if needed.)
A container terminated this way will end with state @Cancelled@ if its docker container had already started, or @Queued@ if it was terminated while setting up the runtime environment.
The provided @reason@ string will appear in the dispatcher's log, but not in the user-visible container log.
-If the provided @container_uuid@ is not scheduled/running on a worker node, the response status will be 404.
+If the provided @container_uuid@ is not scheduled/running on an instance, the response status will be 404.
h3. List instances