---
title: "Update a service"
method: PUT
path: "/api/v1/services/{id}"
tags: ["Services"]
---

# Update a service

`PUT /api/v1/services/{id}`

Updates an existing service. All binding validation rules from service creation apply here as well.

## Binding Validation Rules

- **Cross-host validation**: All bindings must reference ports/interfaces that belong to the
  service's host. Bindings referencing entities from other hosts will be rejected.
- **Deduplication**: Duplicate bindings are automatically deduplicated.
- **All-interfaces precedence**: If a port binding with `ip_address_id: null` (all ip_addresses)
  is included, any specific-interface bindings for the same port are automatically removed.
- **Conflict detection**: Interface bindings conflict with port bindings on the same interface.

## Path parameters

- `id` string, uuid, required

## Request body

- Service
  - `bindings` Binding[], required
    - union
      - object — Association between a service and a port / interface that the service is listening on
        - `ip_address_id` string, uuid, required
        - `type` 'IPAddress', required
        - `network_id` string, uuid, required
        - `service_id` string, uuid, required
        - `created_at` string, date-time, required
        - `id` string, uuid, required
        - `updated_at` string, date-time, required
      - object — Association between a service and a port / interface that the service is listening on
        - `ip_address_id` string, uuid, nullable, required — The IP address this port binding applies to. If `null`, the binding applies to all IP addresses on the host (and supersedes specific-IP-address bindings for this port).
        - `port_id` string, uuid, required
        - `type` 'Port', required
        - `network_id` string, uuid, required
        - `service_id` string, uuid, required
        - `created_at` string, date-time, required
        - `id` string, uuid, required
        - `updated_at` string, date-time, required
  - `host_id` string, uuid, required
  - `name` string, required
  - `network_id` string, uuid, required
  - `position` integer, required — Position of this service in the host's service list (for ordering)
  - `service_definition` string, required
  - `source` union, required
    - object
      - `type` 'Manual', required
    - object
      - `type` 'System', required
    - object
      - `metadata` DiscoveryMetadata[], required
        - union
          - object
            - `host_id` string, uuid, required
            - `type` 'SelfReport', required
            - `daemon_id` string, uuid, required
            - `date` string, date-time, required
          - object
            - `host_naming_fallback` 'Ip' | 'BestService', required
            - `snmp_credentials` object — SNMP credentials for querying devices during discovery Server builds this mapping before initiating discovery
            - `subnet_ids` string[], nullable, required
            - `type` 'Network', required
            - `daemon_id` string, uuid, required
            - `date` string, date-time, required
          - object
            - `host_id` string, uuid, required
            - `host_naming_fallback` 'Ip' | 'BestService', required
            - `type` 'Docker', required
            - `daemon_id` string, uuid, required
            - `date` string, date-time, required
          - object
            - `host_id` string, uuid, required — ID of the host that the daemon is running on
            - `host_naming_fallback` 'Ip' | 'BestService', required
            - `scan_settings` ScanSettings — Scan performance settings. Lives on the discovery entity. Numeric fields are `Option<T>` — `None` means "use daemon default". The daemon unwraps with defaults at point of use.
              - …
            - `subnet_ids` string[], nullable, required — Subnets to scan. None = scan all interfaced subnets.
            - `type` 'Unified', required
            - `daemon_id` string, uuid, required
            - `date` string, date-time, required
      - `type` 'Discovery', required
    - object
      - `details` MatchDetails, required
        - `confidence` 'NotApplicable' | 'Low' | 'Medium' | 'High' | 'Certain', required
        - `reason` union, required — Match reason - either a simple reason string or a container with nested reasons
          - object
            - `data` string, required
            - `type` 'reason', required
          - object
            - `data` unknown[], required — Tuple of [name: string, children: MatchReason[]]
              - …
            - `type` 'container', required
      - `metadata` DiscoveryMetadata[], required
        - union
          - object
            - `host_id` string, uuid, required
            - `type` 'SelfReport', required
            - `daemon_id` string, uuid, required
            - `date` string, date-time, required
          - object
            - `host_naming_fallback` 'Ip' | 'BestService', required
            - `snmp_credentials` object — SNMP credentials for querying devices during discovery Server builds this mapping before initiating discovery
            - `subnet_ids` string[], nullable, required
            - `type` 'Network', required
            - `daemon_id` string, uuid, required
            - `date` string, date-time, required
          - object
            - `host_id` string, uuid, required
            - `host_naming_fallback` 'Ip' | 'BestService', required
            - `type` 'Docker', required
            - `daemon_id` string, uuid, required
            - `date` string, date-time, required
          - object
            - `host_id` string, uuid, required — ID of the host that the daemon is running on
            - `host_naming_fallback` 'Ip' | 'BestService', required
            - `scan_settings` ScanSettings — Scan performance settings. Lives on the discovery entity. Numeric fields are `Option<T>` — `None` means "use daemon default". The daemon unwraps with defaults at point of use.
              - …
            - `subnet_ids` string[], nullable, required — Subnets to scan. None = scan all interfaced subnets.
            - `type` 'Unified', required
            - `daemon_id` string, uuid, required
            - `date` string, date-time, required
      - `type` 'DiscoveryWithMatch', required
    - object
      - `type` 'Unknown', required
  - `tags` string[], required
  - `virtualization` ServiceVirtualization
    - `details` DockerVirtualization, required
      - `compose_project` string, nullable
      - `container_id` string, nullable
      - `container_name` string, nullable
      - `service_id` string, uuid, required
    - `type` 'Docker', required
  - `created_at` string, date-time, required
  - `id` string, uuid, required
  - `updated_at` string, date-time, required

## Response `200`

Service updated

- ApiResponseService
  - `data` object
    - `bindings` Binding[], required
      - union
        - object — Association between a service and a port / interface that the service is listening on
          - `ip_address_id` string, uuid, required
          - `type` 'IPAddress', required
          - `network_id` string, uuid, required
          - `service_id` string, uuid, required
          - `created_at` string, date-time, required
          - `id` string, uuid, required
          - `updated_at` string, date-time, required
        - object — Association between a service and a port / interface that the service is listening on
          - `ip_address_id` string, uuid, nullable, required — The IP address this port binding applies to. If `null`, the binding applies to all IP addresses on the host (and supersedes specific-IP-address bindings for this port).
          - `port_id` string, uuid, required
          - `type` 'Port', required
          - `network_id` string, uuid, required
          - `service_id` string, uuid, required
          - `created_at` string, date-time, required
          - `id` string, uuid, required
          - `updated_at` string, date-time, required
    - `host_id` string, uuid, required
    - `name` string, required
    - `network_id` string, uuid, required
    - `position` integer, required — Position of this service in the host's service list (for ordering)
    - `service_definition` string, required
    - `source` union, required
      - object
        - `type` 'Manual', required
      - object
        - `type` 'System', required
      - object
        - `metadata` DiscoveryMetadata[], required
          - union
            - object
              - …
            - object
              - …
            - object
              - …
            - object
              - …
        - `type` 'Discovery', required
      - object
        - `details` MatchDetails, required
          - `confidence` 'NotApplicable' | 'Low' | 'Medium' | 'High' | 'Certain', required
          - `reason` union, required — Match reason - either a simple reason string or a container with nested reasons
            - object
              - …
            - object
              - …
        - `metadata` DiscoveryMetadata[], required
          - union
            - object
              - …
            - object
              - …
            - object
              - …
            - object
              - …
        - `type` 'DiscoveryWithMatch', required
      - object
        - `type` 'Unknown', required
    - `tags` string[], required
    - `virtualization` ServiceVirtualization
      - `details` DockerVirtualization, required
        - `compose_project` string, nullable
        - `container_id` string, nullable
        - `container_name` string, nullable
        - `service_id` string, uuid, required
      - `type` 'Docker', required
    - `created_at` string, date-time, required
    - `id` string, uuid, required
    - `updated_at` string, date-time, required
  - `error` string, nullable
  - `meta` ApiMeta, required — API metadata included in all responses
    - `api_version` integer, required — API version (integer, increments on breaking changes)
    - `server_version` string, required — Server version (semver)
  - `success` boolean, required

## Other responses

- `400` — Validation error: host network mismatch, cross-host binding, or binding conflict
- `404` — Service not found

## Changes

- **2026-04-20** `f04499e2280f` — 3 breaking, 12 warning, 3 info
  - added the new required request property `allOf[#/components/schemas/ServiceBase]/source/oneOf[subschema #3: Discovery]/metadata`
  - added the new required request property `allOf[#/components/schemas/ServiceBase]/source/oneOf[subschema #4: DiscoveryWithMatch]/metadata`
  - removed `subschema #2: Podman` from the `allOf[#/components/schemas/ServiceBase]/virtualization/oneOf[subschema #2: ServiceVirtualization]/` request property `oneOf` list
  - removed the optional property `data/allOf[#/components/schemas/ServiceBase]/bindings/items/allOf[subschema #2]/first_discovery_id` from the response with the `200` status
  - …14 more

[Change history](https://skmtc.dev/scanopy/apis/scanopy-api/changes/api/v1/services/:id/put.md)

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