---
title: "Create a jail snapshot"
method: POST
path: "/jail/{ctid}/snapshots"
tags: ["Jail"]
---

# Create a jail snapshot

`POST /jail/{ctid}/snapshots`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://sylve.lan:8181/api`
- URL: `https://sylve.lan:8181/api/jail/{ctid}/snapshots`
- Auth: API key in header `Authorization`

Create a crash-consistent recursive ZFS snapshot for a jail without quiescing it

## Path parameters

- `ctid` integer, required

## Request body

- InternalHandlersJailCreateJailSnapshotRequest
  - `description` string
  - `name` string, required

## Response `201`

Created

- GithubComAlchemillahqSylveInternalAPIResponseGithubComAlchemillahqSylveInternalDbModelsJailJailSnapshot
  - `data` GithubComAlchemillahqSylveInternalDbModelsJailJailSnapshot
    - `createdAt` string
    - `ctId` integer
    - `description` string
    - `id` integer
    - `jid` integer
    - `name` string
    - `parentSnapshotId` integer
    - `rootDataset` string
    - `snapshotName` string
    - `updatedAt` string
  - `error` string
  - `message` string
  - `status` string

## Other responses

- `400`: Bad Request
- `401`: Unauthorized
- `403`: Forbidden
- `404`: Not Found
- `409`: Conflict
- `413`: Request Entity Too Large
- `500`: Internal Server Error
- `503`: Service Unavailable

## Changes

- **2026-08-12** `9a5026bf9057`: 1 info
  - endpoint added

[Operation history](https://skmtc.dev/alchemillahq/apis/sylve-api/changes/jail/:ctid/snapshots/post.md)

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