---
title: "Refresh the OpenSVC service definition of an app"
method: POST
path: "/api/clusters/{clusterName}/apps/{appName}/actions/update-opensvc-template"
tags: ["Apps"]
---

# Refresh the OpenSVC service definition of an app

`POST /api/clusters/{clusterName}/apps/{appName}/actions/update-opensvc-template`

## Request

- The document declares no server URL.
- Auth: none declared. Required headers: `Authorization`

Re-renders the app's service definition from its template and settings (timeouts, priority, volumes, routes) and pushes it to the live OpenSVC object without restarting it; the next start uses it. The database counterpart is servers/{serverName}/actions/update-opensvc-template.

## Path parameters

- `clusterName` string, required
- `appName` string, required

## Headers

- `Authorization` string, required

## Response `200`

App service definition updated

- string

## Other responses

- `403`: No valid ACL
- `404`: App Not Found
- `500`: Cluster Not Found

## Changes

- **2026-10-12** `d4e4c5013f0c`: 1 info
  - endpoint added

[Operation history](https://skmtc.dev/signal18/apis/signal-18-dashboard-api/changes/api/clusters/:clusterName/apps/:appName/actions/update-opensvc-template/post.md)

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