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Set your BorealHost API key for this session. Call this if you already have an API key (from checkout completion, the BorealHost panel, or a container claim). All subsequent tool calls will use this key for authentication. Args: api_key: Your BorealHost API key (format: bh_<48 hex chars>) Returns: {"success": true, "message": "API key set for this session", "key_prefix": "bh_..."}

Check the current API key's account info, scopes, and site count. Requires: BOREALHOST_API_KEY env var (read scope). Returns: {"user": {"id": "uuid", "email": "...", "date_joined": "iso8601"}, "api_key": {"id": "uuid", "name": "...", "prefix": "bh_...", "scopes": ["read", "write"], "created_at": "iso8601"}, "account": {"sites": 2, "active_subscriptions": 1}} Error

Request an API key for a site YOU ARE RUNNING ON (challenge-response). ⚠ ONLY USE THIS IF YOU ARE EXECUTING INSIDE THAT SITE'S OWN CONTAINER. If you bought or ordered the site from somewhere else, this is the wrong tool: it returns "pending" and the pending never resolves, because the proof it asks for is a file you cannot reach. Use `get_checkout_status(checkout_id)` on the checkout that paid

Claim an API key using a claim token from the container. After calling request_api_key(), read the claim token from the path that call returned in `claim_path`, on that site's container, and pass it here. The token is single-use — once claimed, it cannot be used again. The API key is automatically activated for this MCP session. Args: claim_token: The claim token string read from the cont

List available hosting plans with pricing and resources. No authentication needed. Args: track: Filter by plan track. Valid values: "single_site", "agency". ⚠ The track is not the site count — most plans on BOTH tracks include several sites (site_starter 5, site_plus 8, site_pro 12). Read `max_sites` on the plan, and use add_site() to fill a slot. Leave

Start a new checkout session to purchase a hosting plan. No authentication needed. After creating, call update_checkout to set buyer info, then complete_checkout to pay. The response carries a `checkout_secret`, returned ONCE, that every later step of this checkout requires. It is held in memory for this MCP session and sent automatically — but it is gone if the server restarts. If a session k

Set buyer email and desired site slug on a checkout session. The checkout must be in "not_ready" status. Setting requested_slug transitions status to "ready" (required before completing). Args: checkout_id: Checkout session ID from create_checkout buyer_email: Optional email — if omitted, a synthetic agent identity (agent-{uuid}@api.borealhost.ai) is created at complet

Complete checkout with payment and start site provisioning. The checkout must be in "ready" status. Two payment methods: - "stripe_checkout" (default): Returns a short, chat-safe payment URL. **Present `payment_url` to the human — NOT `stripe_checkout_url`.** The raw Stripe URL has a required `#fragment` that chat UIs routinely strip when rendering markdown links, which causes Stripe to

Poll a checkout session for status updates. Call this after complete_checkout to track payment and provisioning. Polling strategy: - First 60 seconds: every 5 seconds - After 60 seconds: every 15 seconds - Stop after 10 minutes if not completed Checkout statuses (in order): - "not_ready": Missing required fields (slug) - "ready": All fields set, awaiting payment - "awaiting_payment": Stripe che

List checkouts belonging to the authenticated account. Requires: API key. Only checkouts with a recorded owner appear — every checkout created while authenticated, plus every checkout that reached payment. An anonymous checkout whose one-shot secret was lost cannot be listed; create checkouts authenticated to keep them addressable. Args: status: Optional filter — "not_ready", "ready", "a

Abandon an unpaid checkout and expire its Stripe payment link. Use this to clean up abandoned attempts rather than leaving them to sit. A completed checkout is never cancelled here — that would be a refund, and it is refused. Args: checkout_id: Checkout session ID Returns: The checkout, with status "canceled". Errors: VALIDATION_ERROR: Checkout was already paid — cancel the sub

Provision a site into a slot a plan you ALREADY PAY FOR includes. Two different things can be meant by "create a site". Buying one is the checkout flow (create_checkout → update → complete). This is the other: most plans include several sites, and this uses one of them at no extra cost. site_starter includes 5, site_plus 8, site_pro 12, and the agency plans more. `whoami` and `list_sites` sho

Change what a site's docroot IS, without deleting anything. Types: wordpress WordPress, PHP and a database (the default) php PHP and a database, no WordPress php-nodb PHP, no database static-site HTML/CSS/JS only, no PHP and no database ⚠ NON-DESTRUCTIVE. Existing files stay on disk and existing databases are not dropped. They remain the customer's data and keep counti

The account's prepaid balance, and what THIS key may spend from it. Two ceilings, and both apply: the balance bounds the ACCOUNT, the allowance bounds this KEY within it. Plan against `spendable_cents`, which is the lower of the two — a $50 balance behind a $5 allowance means $5, and planning against the balance is planning a purchase that gets refused. `can_spend: false` with a non-zero balan

Get detailed status of a hosted site including resources, domains, and modules. Requires: API key with read scope. Args: slug: Site identifier (the slug chosen during checkout) Returns: {"slug": "my-site", "plan": "site_starter", "status": "active", "domains": ["my-site.borealhost.ai"], "modules": {...}, "resources": {"memory_mb": 512, "cpu_cores": 1, "disk_gb": 10}, "cre

Create or delete DNS records for a site. Requires: API key with write scope. Args: slug: Site identifier action: "create" or "delete" record_type: "A", "AAAA", "CNAME", "MX", "TXT", or "SRV" subdomain: Subdomain part (e.g. "www", "mail"). Leave empty for the apex/root domain. value: Record value. Required for "create". Examples: A: "1.2.3.4", CNAME:

Install an app template on a VPS/Cloud site. Starts a background installation. Poll get_app_status() for progress. Requires: API key with write scope. VPS or Cloud plan only. Args: slug: Site identifier template: App template slug. Available: django, laravel, nextjs, nodejs, nuxtjs, rails, static, wordpress app_name: Short name for the app (2-50 chars, lowercase alphan

Get app installation status and log. Poll this after install_app() to track progress. Requires: API key with read scope. Args: slug: Site identifier app_id: App ID from install_app() response Returns: {"id": "uuid", "app_name": "myapp", "status": "running"|"installing"|"failed", "install_log": "..."} Statuses: "installing", "running", "stopped", "failed", "uninstalled"

List installed apps on a site. Requires: API key with read scope. Args: slug: Site identifier Returns: {"apps": [{"id": "uuid", "app_name": "myapp", "template_slug": "django", "status": "running", "domain": "myapp.mysite.borealhost.ai"}]}

List all snapshots and scheduled snapshots for a site. Requires: API key with read scope. Args: slug: Site identifier Returns: {"snapshots": [{"id": "uuid", "name": "snap-...", "status": "completed", "storage_type": "local"|"b2", "size_bytes": 1234, "size_display": "1.2 Mo", "created_at": "iso8601"}], "scheduled": [...]}

Create a local container snapshot (async). Runs in background — returns immediately with status "creating". Poll list_snapshots() to check when status becomes "completed" or "failed". Available for VPS, dedicated, and cloud plans (any plan with max_snapshots > 0). Local snapshots are stored on the host disk and count against disk quota. Requires: API key with write scope. Args: slug: Sit

Create a B2 cloud-backed snapshot (zero local disk, async). Streams container data directly to Backblaze B2 via restic. No local disk impact — billed separately at cost+5%. Runs in background — returns immediately with status "creating". Poll list_snapshots() to check when status becomes "completed". Only available for VPS plans. Requires: API key with write scope. Args: slug: Site iden

Delete a snapshot (local or B2). Requires: API key with write scope. Args: slug: Site identifier snapshot_id: UUID of the snapshot to delete Returns: {"success": true, "message": "Snapshot deleted"} Errors: NOT_FOUND: Snapshot not found

Rollback a site to a previous snapshot. WARNING: This is destructive. The current state of the container will be replaced with the snapshot contents. Requires: API key with admin scope. Args: slug: Site identifier snapshot_id: UUID of the snapshot to rollback to Returns: {"success": true, "message": "Rolled back to snapshot ..."} Errors: NOT_FOUND: Snapshot not found or not in

Get snapshot disk usage and quota info for a site. Requires: API key with read scope. Args: slug: Site identifier Returns: {"disk_quota_gb": 200, "max_snapshots": 5, "snapshot_count": 2, "local_snapshot_bytes": 1234, "b2_snapshot_bytes": 5678, "can_create": true}

Schedule a snapshot for future execution. Requires: API key with write scope. Max 3 pending schedules per site. Args: slug: Site identifier scheduled_at: ISO 8601 datetime (must be in the future) description: Optional description (max 200 chars) Returns: {"id": "uuid", "scheduled_at": "iso8601", "status": "scheduled"} Errors: VALIDATION_ERROR: Invalid datetime, not in futur

Cancel a scheduled snapshot. Requires: API key with write scope. Args: slug: Site identifier schedule_id: UUID of the scheduled snapshot to cancel Returns: {"success": true, "message": "Scheduled snapshot cancelled"} Errors: NOT_FOUND: Schedule not found or already executed

List all backups for a site (automatic and manual). Requires: API key with read scope. Args: slug: Site identifier Returns: [{"id": "uuid", "backup_type": "auto"|"manual", "status": "completed", "size_bytes": 1234, "size_display": "1.2 Mo", "timestamp": "iso8601", "notes": "..."}]

Create a manual backup (runs asynchronously). The backup starts in the background. Poll list_backups() to check status. Requires: API key with write scope. Args: slug: Site identifier Returns: {"id": "uuid", "status": "pending", "message": "Backup started. Poll list_backups() to check status."}

List one bounded page of immediate children in a backup directory. This returns names and metadata only, never file contents. Use ``next_cursor`` from the response as ``cursor`` to request the next page. Requires: API key with read scope. Args: slug: Site identifier backup_id: UUID of a completed backup path: Absolute directory path as it existed in the backup cursor: Resume aft

Start a selected-file recovery and return its durable ID immediately. Existing destination paths are never replaced. The operation is asynchronous; poll ``get_file_recovery`` with the returned ID. Requires: API key with write scope. Args: slug: Site identifier backup_id: UUID of a completed backup paths: One or more absolute paths from that backup Returns: {"id": "uuid", "backu

Poll one selected-file recovery without waiting for it to finish. Requires: API key with read scope. Args: slug: Site identifier backup_id: UUID of the source backup recovery_id: UUID returned by ``recover_backup_files`` Returns: {"id": "uuid", "backup_id": "uuid", "status": "running"|"completed"|"failed", "paths": [...], "error": "", ...}

Recover exactly one absent database from a completed backup. The operation refuses an existing database and can never select ``all``. It returns immediately; poll ``get_database_recovery`` with its durable ID. Requires: API key with write scope. Args: slug: Site identifier backup_id: UUID of a completed backup database: One database name, never ``all``

Poll one database recovery without waiting for completion. Requires: API key with read scope. Args: slug: Site identifier backup_id: UUID of the source backup recovery_id: UUID returned by ``recover_backup_database``

Restore a site from a backup. WARNING: This is destructive. The current state of the site will be replaced. Runs asynchronously — may take several minutes. Requires: API key with admin scope. Args: slug: Site identifier backup_id: UUID of the backup to restore from Returns: {"success": true, "message": "Restore started..."} Errors: VALIDATION_ERROR: Backup not found or not i

Get traffic and performance metrics for a site. Requires: API key with read scope. Args: slug: Site identifier days: Number of days of history (1–90, default: 7) Returns: {"requests": [...], "bandwidth": [...], "errors": [...], "period": {"start": "iso8601", "end": "iso8601"}} Errors: NOT_FOUND: Unknown slug VALIDATION_ERROR: days out of range

Change a site's hosting plan (upgrade or downgrade). Requires: API key with admin scope. Best practice: create a snapshot before downgrading. Args: slug: Site identifier new_plan: Target plan slug (e.g. "site_pro", "site_managed"). Call list_plans() to see available plans. Returns: {"success": true, "old_plan": "site_starter", "new_plan": "site_pro", "message": "P

Delete a site and schedule resource cleanup (7-day grace period). WARNING: This is destructive. The site will be inaccessible immediately. After the grace period, its active service data is deleted. A final backup remains recoverable for 30 days; immutable copies may remain until their retention locks expire. Best practice: create a snapshot before decommissioning. Requires: API key with admin

Update account profile fields (email, language, name). Requires: API key with write scope. Only provided (non-empty) fields are updated. Args: email: New email address language: Language preference — "fr" (French) or "en" (English) first_name: First name last_name: Last name Returns: {"success": true, "account": {"email": "...", "language": "fr", "first_name": "...",

Permanently anonymize the account. Cancels subscriptions, deactivates keys. WARNING: This is irreversible. The account will be soft-deleted and all personal data anonymized. All sites will be decommissioned. Requires: API key with admin scope. Returns: {"success": true, "message": "Account anonymized"}

List all subscriptions with plan details, pricing, status, and site slug. Requires: API key with read scope. Returns: [{"id": "uuid", "plan_slug": "site_starter", "plan_name": "Starter", "status": "active", "billing_period": "monthly", "price": {"amount": 500, "currency": "cad"}, "site_slug": "my-site", "created_at": "iso8601"}]

Get a Stripe billing portal URL for managing payment methods and invoices. Returns a URL (not a redirect) that the human can open in a browser. Requires: API key with read scope. Args: flow: Optional. Set to "payment_method_update" to go directly to the payment method update page. Returns: {"url": "https://billing.stripe.com/p/session/..."}

Rotate an API key, optionally keeping the old key valid for up to 1,440 minutes. Creates a new key with the same name, scopes, and rate limits. The new key is returned once — store it immediately. Requires: API key with write scope. Args: key_id: UUID of the API key to rotate (get from whoami()) Returns: {"api_key": "bh_...", "key_id": "uuid", "prefix": "bh_...", "scopes": ["rea

Create a new API key with specified scopes. Cannot create keys with higher scopes than the current key. Site-scoped keys restrict access to a single site. email_domains restricts the key to email tools on the named domains; use email:read, email:write and optionally email:signon scopes. expires_at is an ISO timestamp; ip_allowlist accepts IP addresses and CIDR networks. Requires: API key with wr

List all API keys for the account. Shows key metadata (name, prefix, scopes, last used) but never the full key value. Requires: API key with read scope. Returns: [{"id": "uuid", "name": "My Key", "prefix": "bh_a2...", "scopes": ["read", "write"], "is_active": true, "created_at": "iso8601", "last_used_at": "iso8601"|null, "site_slug": null|"my-site"}]

Revoke (deactivate) an API key. The key stops working immediately. Requires: API key with write scope. Args: key_id: UUID of the key to revoke (from list_api_keys or whoami) Returns: {"success": true, "message": "API key revoked"} Errors: NOT_FOUND: Key not found or already revoked

Get SSH connection info for a VPS/dedicated site. Only available for VPS/dedicated plans (not shared hosting). Requires: API key with read scope. Args: slug: Site identifier Returns: {"host": "184.107.x.x", "port": 22, "username": "admin", "ssh_command": "ssh admin@184.107.x.x"} Errors: NOT_FOUND: Unknown slug FORBIDDEN: Plan does not support SSH (shared plans)

Inject your SSH public key into a site's container for direct SSH access. The key is appended to /home/admin/.ssh/authorized_keys. Only available for VPS/dedicated plans. Requires: API key with write scope. Args: slug: Site identifier public_key: SSH public key string. Supported types: ssh-ed25519, ssh-rsa, ecdsa-sha2-nistp256/384/521 Returns: {"success": true, "mes

List files and directories in a site's container. Path scoping depends on the plan: - Shared plans: rooted at wp-content/ (WordPress content directory) - VPS/dedicated plans: full filesystem access Requires: API key with read scope. Args: slug: Site identifier path: Relative path to list (empty for root of accessible area) Returns: {"path": "/", "entries": [{"name": "index.php", "t

Read the contents of a file from a site's container. Max file size: 512KB. Binary files are rejected — use the site's file manager or SSH for binary files. Requires: API key with read scope. Args: slug: Site identifier path: Relative path to the file Returns: {"path": "wp-config.php", "content": "<?php ...", "size": 1234, "encoding": "utf-8"} Errors: NOT_FOUND: File doe

Write or overwrite a text file in a site's container. Creates parent directories if they don't exist. Requires: API key with write scope. Args: slug: Site identifier path: Relative path to the file content: File content as a UTF-8 string Returns: {"success": true, "path": "...", "size": 1234} Errors: NOT_FOUND: Unknown slug FORBIDDEN: Protected system path

Upload a base64-encoded file to a site's container. Use this for binary files (images, archives, fonts, etc.). For text files, prefer write_file(). Requires: API key with write scope. Args: slug: Site identifier path: Relative path including filename (e.g. "images/logo.png") content_b64: Base64-encoded file content Returns: {"success": true, "path": "images/logo.png", "size": 4

Delete a file or directory from a site's container. Directories are deleted recursively. Protected system paths (e.g. /etc, /usr) cannot be deleted. Requires: API key with write scope. Args: slug: Site identifier path: Relative path to delete Returns: {"success": true, "path": "...", "message": "Deleted"} Errors: NOT_FOUND: Path doesn't exist FORBIDDEN: Protected system pa

Create a directory in a site's container. Creates parent directories if they don't exist. Requires: API key with write scope. Args: slug: Site identifier path: Relative path of the directory to create Returns: {"success": true, "path": "uploads/2024", "message": "Directory created"} Errors: NOT_FOUND: Unknown slug FORBIDDEN: Protected system path

List installed WordPress plugins with status. Requires: API key with read scope. WordPress sites only. Args: slug: Site identifier Returns: {"plugins": [{"name": "akismet", "status": "active", "version": "5.3", "update_available": false}, ...]}

List installed WordPress themes with status. Requires: API key with read scope. WordPress sites only. Args: slug: Site identifier Returns: {"themes": [{"name": "twentytwentyfour", "status": "active", "version": "1.0", "update_available": false}, ...]}

Install, activate, deactivate, or delete a WordPress plugin. Requires: API key with write scope. Args: slug: Site identifier action: "install", "activate", "deactivate", or "delete" plugin: Plugin slug (e.g. "akismet", "jetpack", "woocommerce") Returns: {"action": "install", "plugin": "jetpack", "result": {...}}

Install, activate, or delete a WordPress theme. Requires: API key with write scope. Args: slug: Site identifier action: "install", "activate", or "delete" theme: Theme slug (e.g. "twentytwentyfour", "astra") Returns: {"action": "install", "theme": "astra", "result": {...}}

Check for available WordPress core, plugin, and theme updates. Requires: API key with read scope. Args: slug: Site identifier Returns: {"core": {"current": "6.5", "update": "6.6"}, "plugins": [{"name": "...", "current": "1.0", "new": "1.1"}], "themes": [...]}

Update WordPress core, all plugins, and all themes. Runs all updates in sequence. May take up to 2 minutes. Requires: API key with write scope. Args: slug: Site identifier Returns: {"core": {...}, "plugins": [...], "themes": [...]}

List cron jobs on a site. Requires: API key with read scope. Args: slug: Site identifier Returns: {"jobs": [{"line": 1, "schedule": "*/5 * * * *", "command": "/usr/bin/php /var/www/html/wp-cron.php"}, ...]}

Add a cron job to a site. Requires: API key with write scope. Args: slug: Site identifier schedule: Cron schedule (e.g. "*/5 * * * *", "0 2 * * *") command: Command to execute Returns: {"added": true, "result": {...}}

Delete a cron job by line number. Get line numbers from list_cron(). Requires: API key with write scope. Args: slug: Site identifier line_number: Line number of the cron entry to delete Returns: {"deleted": true}

Get SSL certificate information for a site. Returns certificate details, expiry date, and issuer. Requires: API key with read scope. Args: slug: Site identifier Returns: {"issuer": "Let's Encrypt", "domain": "example.com", "expires_at": "iso8601", "days_remaining": 60, "force_https": true}

Force SSL certificate renewal via certbot. Requires: API key with write scope. Args: slug: Site identifier Returns: {"renewed": true, "expires_at": "iso8601"}

List available PHP versions and the currently active one. Requires: API key with read scope. Args: slug: Site identifier Returns: {"versions": [{"version": "8.1", "active": false}, {"version": "8.2", "active": false}, {"version": "8.3", "active": true}]}

Switch the active PHP version for a site. Requires: API key with write scope. Args: slug: Site identifier version: Target PHP version (e.g. "8.3", "8.2", "8.1") Returns: {"version": "8.3", "result": {...}}

Get cache status (Redis, WP object cache, hit rates). Requires: API key with read scope. Args: slug: Site identifier Returns: {"redis_running": true, "object_cache_enabled": true, "hit_rate": 0.95, "memory_used_mb": 12}

Flush all caches (Redis + WP object cache). Requires: API key with write scope. Args: slug: Site identifier Returns: {"flushed": true}

Enable or disable the WordPress object cache. Requires: API key with write scope. Args: slug: Site identifier enable: true to enable, false to disable Returns: {"enabled": true}

Get WordPress database information (size, tables, row counts). Requires: API key with read scope. WordPress sites only. Args: slug: Site identifier Returns: {"database": "wp_mysite", "size_mb": 45.2, "tables": 12, "total_rows": 15432}

Optimize WordPress database tables (reduces bloat). Requires: API key with write scope. Args: slug: Site identifier Returns: {"optimized": true, "tables_optimized": 12}

Search and replace in WordPress database (e.g. URL migration). Handles serialized data safely. Use dry_run=true first to preview changes. Requires: API key with write scope. Args: slug: Site identifier old: String to search for (e.g. "http://old-domain.com") new: Replacement string (e.g. "https://new-domain.com") dry_run: Preview only without making changes (default: true) Retu

List all databases on a site's container. Requires: API key with read scope. Args: slug: Site identifier Returns: {"databases": ["wordpress", "app_db", ...]}

List tables in a database. Requires: API key with read scope. Args: slug: Site identifier database: Database name Returns: {"tables": [{"name": "wp_posts", "rows": 1234, "size_mb": 5.2}, ...]}

Run ONE bounded read against a site's database. One statement, beginning with SELECT, SHOW, DESCRIBE or EXPLAIN, with no second statement and no data-modifying clause anywhere in it. The container proves the statement is a read before running it and caps the result: 200 rows by default, 1000 maximum, 2 MB of cell data. `truncated` in the response says whether a cap was reached. ⚠ THIS TOOL CAN

Get detailed system stack information (OS, PHP, DB, web server versions). Requires: API key with read scope. Args: slug: Site identifier Returns: {"os": "Debian 12", "kernel": "6.1.0", "php": "8.3.4", "mysql": "10.11.6-MariaDB", "nginx": "1.24.0", "wordpress": "6.5"}

Get current resource usage (CPU, memory, disk, load average). Requires: API key with read scope. Args: slug: Site identifier Returns: {"cpu_percent": 12.5, "memory_mb": 384, "memory_total_mb": 512, "disk_used_gb": 3.2, "disk_total_gb": 10, "load_1m": 0.5, "load_5m": 0.3, "load_15m": 0.2}

Get Cloudflare proxy (CDN) status for a site. Shows whether traffic is routed through Cloudflare's CDN (orange cloud) or goes direct to origin (grey cloud / DNS-only). Requires: API key with read scope. Args: slug: Site identifier Returns: {"domain": "my-site.borealhost.ai", "has_record": true, "proxied": true, "ip": "1.2.3.4"}

Enable or disable Cloudflare CDN proxy for a site. When enabled (orange cloud): traffic goes through Cloudflare's CDN, gets caching, DDoS protection, and SSL termination at the edge. When disabled (grey cloud): traffic goes directly to origin server. Requires: API key with write scope. Args: slug: Site identifier proxied: true to enable CDN proxy, false to disable Returns: {"domain

Purge Cloudflare CDN cache for a site. Without urls: purges all cached content for the site's subdomain. With urls: purges only the specified URLs (max 30 per call). Requires: API key with write scope. Args: slug: Site identifier urls: Optional list of specific URLs to purge (e.g. ["https://my-site.borealhost.ai/style.css"]) Returns: {"purged": true, "scope": "host", "dom

List SFTP accounts on a site. Also returns the host and port to connect to. Do not use the site's domain for SFTP: it is Cloudflare-proxied and only carries HTTP(S). Requires: API key with read scope. Args: slug: Site identifier Returns: {"accounts": [{"username": "sftpuser", "home": "/wordpress", "uid": 1001}], "configured": true, "connection": {"host": "1.2.3.4", "port": 93

Create an SFTP account on a site. The account is chrooted to /var/www and lands in home_dir. Password must be at least 8 characters. Username must be lowercase alphanumeric. Requires: API key with write scope. Args: slug: Site identifier username: SFTP username (lowercase, max 32 chars) password: Password (min 8 chars) home_dir: Landing directory inside /var/www. Leave empty to

Remove an SFTP account from a site. Requires: API key with write scope. Args: slug: Site identifier username: SFTP username to remove Returns: {"removed": true, "username": "sftpuser"}

List user-configurable alert rules for a site. Requires: API key with read scope. Args: slug: Site identifier Returns: [{"id": "uuid", "metric": "disk", "operator": "gt", "threshold": 90, "severity": "warning", "enabled": true, "cooldown_minutes": 30, "notify_email": true}]

Create an alert rule to monitor CPU, memory, or disk usage. When the metric crosses the threshold, a notification is sent via email and/or webhook. Max 10 rules per site. Requires: API key with write scope. Args: slug: Site identifier metric: "cpu", "memory", or "disk" (percentage-based) threshold: Threshold value 0-100 (e.g. 90 for 90%) operator: "gt" (greater than) or "lt" (le

Delete an alert rule. Requires: API key with write scope. Args: slug: Site identifier rule_id: UUID of the alert rule to delete Returns: {"deleted": true, "id": "uuid"}

Run a ClamAV malware scan on a site's container. Scans the web root (or specified path) for malware, viruses, and trojans. ClamAV is installed automatically if not present. Excludes node_modules, vendor, .git, and cache directories. May take up to 5 minutes for large sites. Requires: API key with write scope. Args: slug: Site identifier path: Directory to scan (default: /var/www/html)

List IP allow/deny firewall rules for a site. Rules are implemented as Nginx allow/deny directives per container. Requires: API key with read scope. Args: slug: Site identifier Returns: {"rules": [{"ip": "1.2.3.4", "action": "deny"}, {"ip": "10.0.0.0/8", "action": "allow"}]}

Add an IP firewall rule (allow or deny) and reload Nginx. Supports IPv4, IPv6, and CIDR notation. Max 100 rules per site. If a rule already exists for the IP, the action is updated. Requires: API key with write scope. Args: slug: Site identifier ip: IP address or CIDR (e.g. "1.2.3.4", "10.0.0.0/8", "2001:db8::/32") action: "deny" (block) or "allow" (whitelist). Default: "deny" Retu

Remove an IP firewall rule and reload Nginx. Requires: API key with write scope. Args: slug: Site identifier ip: IP address or CIDR to remove (must match exactly) Returns: {"removed": true, "ip": "1.2.3.4"}

List ports published from this site's container to the public internet. These are iptables DNAT rules on the node, NOT the IP allow/deny rules that add_firewall_rule manages — those two tools do unrelated things and neither substitutes for the other. Requires: API key with read scope. Args: slug: Site identifier Returns: {"port_forwards": [{"id": "...", "external_port": 3478, "

Publish a container port on the node's public IP (TCP or UDP). This is how inbound UDP reaches a container. There is no other way: the container's own address is private, and the IP allow/deny rules of add_firewall_rule cannot route anything. PORT PRESERVATION MATTERS. Leave external_port at 0 and a port is allocated from 10000-19999 — your service becomes reachable, but on a DIFFERENT number.

Stop publishing a port, by the rule id from list_port_forwards. Requires: API key with write scope. Args: slug: Site identifier forward_id: Rule id (uuid) from list_port_forwards Returns: {"removed": true, "forward_id": "..."}

Retrieve container logs (error, access, or PHP). Requires: API key with read scope. Args: slug: Site identifier log_type: "error" (Nginx/Apache errors), "access" (HTTP request log), or "php" (PHP-FPM errors, WordPress sites only) lines: Number of lines to retrieve (1–500, default: 100) search: Optional keyword filter — only lines containing this string Returns:

List all domains owned by the authenticated user. Requires: API key with read scope. Returns: [{"domain": "example.com", "status": "active", "expires_at": "iso8601", "auto_renew": true, "linked_site": "my-site"}]

Check domain availability and get pricing. Requires: API key with read scope. Args: domain: Full domain name (e.g. "example.com", "mybiz.ca") Returns: {"domain": "example.com", "available": true, "registration_estimate_cad": "15.99", "currency": "CAD", "price_cad_includes_privacy": false, "total_cad": null, "quote_required": true} Note: .ca domains require ca_legal_type

Register a new domain with WHOIS contact info and Stripe billing. First request a quote (quote_only=True), present registration_cad, privacy_cad, total_cad, term and privacy choice, and obtain customer consent. Then repeat the same input with quote_only=False and the quote_token. Never automatically accept a replacement token after a price change. Included annual registration covers registration

Get full domain details including DNS and infrastructure status. Requires: API key with read scope. Args: domain_name: Full domain name (e.g. "example.com") Returns: {"domain": "example.com", "status": "active", "expires_at": "iso8601", "auto_renew": true, "nameservers": ["ns1.borealhost.ai", "ns2.borealhost.ai"], "dns_records": [...], "linked_site": "my-site"} Errors:

List subdomain DNS records for a domain you own. Requires: API key with read scope. Args: domain_name: Registrable domain (e.g. "example.com") Returns: [{"fqdn": "blog.example.com", "subdomain": "blog", "record_type": "A", "value": "1.2.3.4", "is_auto": true}, ...] Errors: NOT_FOUND: Domain not found

Create and route a subdomain of a site-linked domain. Creates the DNS A record (if absent) pointing at the site's server, then configures the nginx vhost and SSL certificate on that server. The domain must already be linked to a site (see link_domain). Idempotent: if the DNS record already exists and points at the site's server, the nginx/SSL steps are (re)applied — safe to re-call, e.g. to re

Remove a subdomain: its DNS record, nginx vhost and certificate. The inverse of add_subdomain. Removes the DNS record AND the server-side vhost and cert, so the name stops resolving and stops being served. Nothing else on the domain is touched. Requires: API key with write scope. Args: domain_name: Registrable domain linked to a site (e.g. "example.com") subdomain: Subdomain label only,

Link a domain to a hosted site. Attaches the domain to the specified site and triggers automatic DNS configuration and SSL provisioning. WARNING: Regenerates this site's nginx vhost on the host from scratch. Any config applied to that vhost by hand is lost, silently — the site keeps serving and only the hand-added behaviour disappears. Config set via the nginx-snippet endpoint is NOT affected:

Read the custom nginx config for a domain on the BorealHost host proxy. Your site sits behind a BorealHost reverse proxy that terminates TLS and forwards to your container. This returns the custom nginx block applied to that proxy for this domain (empty if you have not set one). Requires: API key with read scope. Args: domain_name: Full domain name (e.g. "example.com") Returns: {"domai

Set custom nginx config on the BorealHost host proxy — WebSocket, timeouts, headers. Use this when configuring your container's own nginx is not enough because something in front of it is interfering. The host proxy sits between the internet and your container, and by default its catch-all `location /` does not do anything special per-site. WEBSOCKETS: if your WebSocket endpoint returns 400 th

Set what a registered domain points at — a site, someone else's nameservers, our DNS with no site, or a redirect to another URL. Use this to park a domain, hand it to an external host, or forward it. Switching modes tears down the previous one (a forwarded domain that becomes a site domain loses its redirect, and vice versa). Requires: API key with write scope. Args: domain_name: Full dom

Update domain settings (auto-renew, WHOIS privacy, registrar lock). Only provided (non-None) fields are updated. Requires: API key with write scope. Args: domain_name: Full domain name (e.g. "example.com") auto_renew: Optional bool enabling/disabling automatic renewal whois_privacy: Optional bool. False disables saved proxy service. Paid activation via True is refused; request an ac

Request OpenSRS verification email to its existing owner contact. Requires a write-scope API key and an owned registered/transferred domain. Call only when the customer requests a resend. No recipient override. Returns domain, send_acknowledged, inbox_delivery_confirmed (always false), registrant_verified, and the refreshed registrant_verification snapshot. A send acknowledgement confirms neither

List all DNS records for a domain. Returns DNS records at the domain level (independent of site-level manage_dns). Use this for domains that may not be linked to a site. Requires: API key with read scope. Args: domain_name: Full domain name (e.g. "example.com") Returns: [{"id": "record-id", "type": "A", "subdomain": "www", "value": "1.2.3.4"}] The DNS provider manages the effect

Add a DNS record to a domain. Requires: API key with write scope. Args: domain_name: Full domain name (e.g. "example.com") record_type: "A", "AAAA", "CNAME", "MX", "TXT", or "SRV" value: Record value (e.g. "1.2.3.4" for A, "mail.example.com" for MX) subdomain: Subdomain part (e.g. "www", "mail"). Empty for apex domain. priority: MX priority (required for MX records) The

Delete a DNS record from a domain. Requires: API key with write scope. Args: domain_name: Full domain name (e.g. "example.com") record_id: ID of the DNS record to delete (from list_domain_dns) Returns: {"success": true, "message": "DNS record deleted"} Errors: NOT_FOUND: Domain or record not found

List AI modules and their enabled/disabled state for a site. Also returns the list of modules available for the site's plan. Requires: API key with read scope. Args: slug: Site identifier Returns: {"modules": {"chatbot": true, "seo": false, "translation": false, "content": false}, "available": ["chatbot", "seo", "translation", "content"]} Errors: NOT_FOUND: Unknown slug

Enable or disable an AI module on a site. The module must be in the plan's available module list. Requires: API key with write scope. Args: slug: Site identifier module_name: Module to toggle. Available modules: "chatbot" (AI chat widget), "seo" (SEO optimization), "translation" (content translation), "content" (AI content generation) Returns: {"mo

List on-demand compute instance types with hourly CAD prices. On-demand instances are real cloud VMs in Canada (Montreal region), billed per minute (1-hour minimum) post-paid onto your existing BorealHost subscription. Use them for short-lived extra compute (builds, batch jobs, experiments). Requires: API key with read scope. Returns: {"region": "ca-central-1", "currency": "CAD", "bill

List OS images available for on-demand compute instances. Requires: API key with read scope. Returns: {"images": [{"id": "UBUNTU_24_04_64BIT", "name": "Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (x86_64)", "family": "linux", "flavour": "ubuntu"}, ...]}

Launch an on-demand hourly compute instance (Canada, CAD). Billing starts at launch (per minute, 1-hour minimum) and runs until terminate_compute_instance — stopping does NOT stop the charge. Every instance has a hard TTL (max_lifetime_hours, default 72h) after which it is auto-terminated. Usage is metered onto your existing BorealHost subscription; an active subscription is required. Requires

List your on-demand compute instances with month-to-date spend. Requires: API key with read scope. Returns: {"instances": [...], "month_to_date_spend_cad": 12.34, "monthly_spend_cap_cad": 500.0}

Get live details for a compute instance (state, public IP, accrued cost). State is synced from the cloud provider on each call. SSH as root once state is "running" and public_ip is set. Requires: API key with read scope. Args: instance_id: Instance UUID from launch_compute_instance / list Returns: {"id", "state", "public_ip", "hourly_price_cad", "accrued_cad", "terminate_after", .

Start a stopped compute instance. Requires: API key with write scope.

Stop a compute instance. WARNING: hourly billing continues while stopped. Use terminate_compute_instance to stop the charges permanently. Requires: API key with write scope.

Reboot a running compute instance. Requires: API key with write scope.

Permanently terminate a compute instance — this stops hourly billing. The instance and its disk are destroyed and cannot be recovered. Copy any results off the instance before terminating. Requires: API key with write scope. Returns: Final instance dict with state "terminated" and total accrued_cad.

List your compute volumes — machines that survive instance termination. A volume is a whole machine (packages, drivers, services, users, data) stored in Canada. Detaching destroys the instance but keeps the machine; attaching restores it onto a fresh instance, optionally of a DIFFERENT type. That is how you move a workload from a small CPU box to a big GPU box without rebuilding it. Requires:

Get a volume's live state, its instance, and its monthly storage cost. Requires: API key with read scope. Returns: Volume dict plus "monthly_storage_cad". After attach, poll this until instance.state is "running" — then allow a few more minutes for the restore to finish and the machine to reboot into itself.

Create a persistent machine and boot its first instance. Start here, then set the machine up however you like (install packages, drivers, models). Everything you do becomes part of the volume the first time you detach or snapshot it. While attached you pay hourly compute; while detached you pay only for stored bytes (CA$0.03/GB/month). Stopping an instance does NOT save money on this provider â€

Turn an instance you are ALREADY running into a persistent volume. Use this when you launched something, set it up, and then decided you want to keep it. Nothing reboots and no data moves — the machine you have becomes the volume, and you can detach it afterwards to stop paying for compute while keeping the machine. Beats creating a volume and rebuilding. Only instances launched with an ssh_pu

Queue: snapshot the machine, verify it, then destroy the instance. This is how you stop paying for compute while keeping your work. ASYNCHRONOUS. Returns immediately with state "detaching" — it does NOT mean the detach finished. The capture takes minutes (roughly 1 min per 10 GB plus verification), so it runs in a background worker. Poll get_compute_volume until state is "detached" (done) or "

Restore a detached volume onto a fresh instance — optionally a new type. Pass a different instance_type to move the same machine to different hardware: this is the closest thing to changing instance type that the provider allows, since it has no resize API at all. The restore runs at first boot and the machine reboots into itself, so the instance answers SSH BEFORE it is ready. Poll get_comput

Queue a checkpoint snapshot without detaching — before a risky change. ASYNCHRONOUS. Returns immediately with state "snapshotting"; poll get_compute_volume until it is back to "attached" (done) or "error". Named systemd units are stopped for the capture so the snapshot is application-consistent (a live database directory copied mid-write is not reliably restorable). The worker restarts nothing

Permanently delete a volume and everything stored in it. Irreversible: the instance is released AND the stored data is purged from object storage, so billing genuinely stops. Refuses while an instance is live unless force=True, so a running machine's only copy cannot be destroyed by reflex. Requires: API key with admin scope. Returns: {"id", "state": "deleted"}

Start, stop, or restart a site's container. Only for plans with a dedicated container (VPS / split-VPS / dedicated). Shared-hosting sites share a container and cannot restart it. The response reports the observed container state after the action. Requires: API key with write scope. Args: slug: Site identifier action: "start", "stop", or "restart" Returns: {"site", "action", "status

List the account's support tickets. Requires: API key with read scope. Args: status: Optional filter (e.g. "open", "closed") Returns: [{"id", "subject", "status", "category", "created_at", ...}, ...]

Get a support ticket with its full message thread. Requires: API key with read scope. Args: ticket_id: Ticket UUID from list_support_tickets Returns: {"id", "subject", "status", "messages": [...]}

Open a support ticket with the BorealHost team. Use this to escalate platform-side problems you cannot fix with the available tools (billing issues, infrastructure faults, API bugs). A human answers every ticket — poll get_support_ticket for updates. Requires: API key with write scope. Args: subject: Short summary (max 200 chars) message: Full description (max 20000 chars) categor

Add a message to an existing support ticket. Requires: API key with write scope. Args: ticket_id: Ticket UUID message: Reply text Returns: {"id", "status", ...}

Get the backup retention policy for a VPS site. Requires: API key with read scope. Returns: {"site", "retention": {"keep_daily", "keep_weekly", "keep_monthly"}}

Set the backup retention policy for a VPS site. Storage is billed on real stored bytes, so deeper history costs the customer, not the platform. Values are clamped to platform bounds; the response reports what was actually stored. Pass -1 to leave a knob unchanged, or reset=true to restore defaults. Requires: API key with write scope. Returns: {"site", "retention": {...}}

Permanently delete a single backup (metadata + stored snapshot). Irreversible. Requires: API key with admin scope. Returns: {"site", "backup_id", "deleted": true}

List HTTP redirect rules for a site. Requires: API key with read scope. Returns: [{"id", "source_path", "target_url", "redirect_type"}, ...]

Add an HTTP redirect rule to a site. Requires: API key with write scope. Args: slug: Site identifier source_path: Path to redirect, must start with "/" (e.g. "/old-page") target_url: Destination URL redirect_type: 301 (permanent, default) or 302 (temporary) Returns: {"id", "source_path", "target_url", "redirect_type"}

Delete a redirect rule by source path or id. Requires: API key with write scope. Returns: {"site", "deleted": true}

Enable or disable the HTTP→HTTPS redirect for a site. Requires: API key with write scope. Returns: {"site", "force_https": true|false, "message"}

List database users for a site. Requires: API key with read scope. Returns: {"engine", "users": [{"user", "host", ...}, ...]}

Manage a database user on a site. Actions: "create" (user+password), "drop" (user), "set_password" (user+password), "grants" (list a user's grants), "grant" / "revoke" (user+database, optional privileges e.g. "ALL" or "SELECT,INSERT"). Requires: API key with write scope. Returns: {"engine", "action", "result": {...}}

Prepare a domain to transfer to another registrar. Unlocks the domain and emails the EPP/auth code to the registrant contact on file (BorealHost never sees the code). The domain keeps working here until the transfer completes. Requires: API key with write scope. Returns: {"domain", "unlocked": true, "auth_code_emailed": true, "message"}

Route *.domain (every subdomain) to the domain's linked site. Creates a wildcard DNS record and issues a wildcard certificate via ACME DNS-01. SLOW — DNS propagation is part of the challenge, expect 2-5 minutes. Requires the domain to be linked to a site and its DNS hosted by BorealHost. Requires: API key with write scope. Returns: {"domain", "wildcard", "site", "ssl_active", "not_after"}

Install your own SSL certificate for a site's domain. The certificate must be a PEM fullchain (leaf + intermediates) and the key unencrypted PEM. Validated (parse, key match, domain coverage, expiry) before nginx is touched; nginx config is tested before reload. Requires: API key with write scope. Returns: {"site", "domain", "server_names", "installed": true, "ssl_active": true, "not_a

Rotate the current email-only key with overlap, preserving scope and expiry.

Enable an independent email domain; preserve all other email domains. Requires a verified owned domain and email:write scope. site_slug selects billing when ambiguous. Defaults request 2,000 users and 50,000 aliases.

List email domains visible to this key, with cluster connection settings.

Read effective OpenSRS limits, counts, connections and public DNS health.

Set mailbox_limit, alias_limit, quota_gb, smtp_sent_limit, services or language.

Configure OpenSRS DKIM and merge email DNS, preserving other senders and subdomains.

Disable an empty email domain; refuses active or recoverable accounts.

Page through a domain's mailboxes, optionally filtering by organisation label.

Inspect usage, services, aliases count, forwarding/Sieve, autoresponder and label.

Create a domain-addressed billable mailbox. Password returned once; retries omit it.

Set display_name, quota_gb, smtp_sent_limit, label, services or suspended. Suspension disables client access and outbound SMTP while preserving receipt.

Soft-delete a mailbox. confirm must equal email. Provider recovery window: 30 days.

Restore a uniquely identifiable soft-deleted mailbox under its original address.

Reset password and terminate IMAP/POP sessions. Requires email:signon.

Terminate established IMAP and POP sessions through OpenSRS logout_user.

Clear forwarding; when Sieve exists, requires explicit clear_all_filters=true.

Issue a temporary mail-services token with no OMA access. Requires email:signon. Use 60, 120, ... 1440 minutes. OpenSRS rejects fractional hours; no rounding up.

Issue a one-use BorealHost link expiring in 60 seconds. Redemption mints provider SSO. Requires email:signon.

Look up mailbox/alias/forward/free in an authorized email domain.

List a mailbox's aliases with pagination.

Add an alias on the same domain, preserving existing aliases.

Remove one alias, preserving the mailbox and other aliases.

Replace the complete alias list idempotently (maximum 2,000).

List email API mutation/credential issuance attempts, actor, reason and outcome.

Email addon status and mailboxes for a site. Requires: API key with read scope. Returns: {"configured": bool, "domain", "mailboxes", "mailbox_list": [...]}

Enable business email (hosted mailboxes + webmail) on a domain. Creates the hosted-email domain, sets up outbound authentication (DKIM/SPF), and auto-configures MX/SPF DNS when the zone is hosted by BorealHost. Mailboxes are billed per-mailbox on the site subscription. Requires: API key with write scope. Returns: {"configured": true, "domain", "dns_auto_configured", "message"}

Create a mailbox on the site's email domain. Password is generated when omitted and returned ONCE — store it. Each mailbox adds to the subscription's email billing. Requires: API key with write scope. Args: slug: Site identifier local_part: Part before the @ (e.g. "info") display_name: Optional display name password: Optional password (generated if empty) Returns: {"email

Delete a mailbox (its mail is destroyed). Requires: API key with write scope. Returns: {"email", "deleted": true}

Reset a mailbox password (generated when omitted, returned ONCE). Requires: API key with write scope. Returns: {"email", "password", "message"}

One-time webmail single-sign-on URL for a mailbox. Requires: API key with write scope. Returns: {"email", "url"}

List webhook endpoints registered on the account. Requires: API key with read scope. Returns: [{"id", "url", "events", "is_active", "last_status", "failure_count"}, ...]

Register a webhook endpoint for platform events. Events (backup failures, security notices, hosting incidents, billing) are POSTed as JSON, signed with X-BH-Signature (HMAC-SHA256 of the raw body). The signing secret is returned ONCE. Categories: billing, security, hosting, decommission, general — empty list means all. Endpoints auto-disable after 20 consecutive failures. Requires: API key wit

Remove a webhook endpoint. Requires: API key with write scope. Returns: {"id", "deleted": true}

Send a test event to a webhook endpoint (async). Poll list_webhooks afterwards for last_status. Requires: API key with write scope. Returns: {"id", "message"}

List SMTP relay credentials for a site, with domain-auth status. Requires: API key with read scope. Returns: {"relays": [{"relay_id", "domain", "status", "domain_authenticated"}, ...]}

Enable an SMTP relay for a site's outbound transactional mail. Provisions a mail-send-only credential on the platform relay and configures SPF/DKIM DNS when the domain zone is hosted here. The SMTP password is returned ONCE. Use TLS on port 587, username "apikey". Requires: API key with write scope. Returns: {"relay_id", "domain", "smtp_host", "smtp_ports", "smtp_username", "smtp_passw

Revoke an SMTP relay credential (immediate at the relay). Requires: API key with write scope. Returns: {"relay_id", "revoked": true}