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Create an event destination

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POST /support/ems/destinations

Introduced In: 9.6

Creates an event destination.

Required properties

  • name - String that uniquely identifies the destination.

  • type - Type of destination that is to be created.

  • destination - String that identifies the destination. The contents of this property changes depending on type.

  • filters.name - List of filter names that should direct to this destination.

  • certificate - When specifying a rest api destination, a client certificate can be provided.

  • event notification destination create

  • event notification create

Parameters

Name Type In Required Description

return_records

boolean

query

False

The default is false. If set to true, the records are returned.

  • Default value:

Request Body

Name Type Description

_links

_links

certificate

certificate

Certificate information is valid for the "rest_api" type.

destination

string

Event destination

filters

array[filters]

name

string

Destination name. Valid in POST.

system_defined

boolean

Flag indicating system-defined destinations.

type

string

Type of destination. Valid in POST.
Example request 
{
  "_links": {
    "self": {
      "href": "/api/resourcelink"
    }
  },
  "certificate": {
    "ca": "VeriSign",
    "serial_number": "1234567890"
  },
  "destination": "administrator@mycompany.com",
  "filters": [
    {
      "_links": {
        "self": {
          "href": "/api/resourcelink"
        }
      },
      "name": "important-events"
    }
  ],
  "name": "Admin_Email",
  "system_defined": 1,
  "type": "email"
}

Response

Status: 201, Created
Name Type Description

_links

_links

num_records

integer

Number of records

records

array[records]
Example response 
{
  "_links": {
    "next": {
      "href": "/api/resourcelink"
    },
    "self": {
      "href": "/api/resourcelink"
    }
  },
  "num_records": 3,
  "records": [
    {
      "_links": {
        "self": {
          "href": "/api/resourcelink"
        }
      },
      "certificate": {
        "ca": "VeriSign",
        "serial_number": "1234567890"
      },
      "destination": "administrator@mycompany.com",
      "filters": [
        {
          "_links": {
            "self": {
              "href": "/api/resourcelink"
            }
          },
          "name": "important-events"
        }
      ],
      "name": "Admin_Email",
      "system_defined": 1,
      "type": "email"
    }
  ]
}

Error

Status: Default

ONTAP Error Response Codes

Error Code Description

983088

The destination name provided cannot be empty

983089

The destination name provided cannot contain spaces

983094

The destination name provided is invalid. The destination name must contain between 2 and 64 characters and start and end with an alphanumeric symbol or _(underscore). The allowed special characters are _(underscore) and -(hyphen)

983104

The syslog destination provided is invalid

983116

The number of notifications has reached maximum capacity

983117

The number of destinations has reached maximum capacity

983129

The rest-api destination provided must contain a valid scheme, such as http// or https//

983130

The rest-api destination provided contains an invalid URL

983131

The rest-api destination provided contains an invalid IPv6 URL

983144

The security certificate information provided is incomplete. Provide the certificate and serial number

983145

The rest-api destination provided has an 'http://' scheme. It is invalid to provide certificate information

983149

New SNMP destinations cannot be created

983151

A property provided cannot be configured on the requested destination type

983152

Default destinations cannot be modified or removed

983153

The security certificate provided does not exist

983154

The necessary private key is not installed on the system
Name Type Description

error

error
Example error 
{
  "error": {
    "arguments": [
      {
        "code": "string",
        "message": "string"
      }
    ],
    "code": "4",
    "message": "entry doesn't exist",
    "target": "uuid"
  }
}

Definitions

See Definitions

href

Name Type Description

href

string

_links

Name Type Description

self

href

certificate

Certificate information is valid for the "rest_api" type.

Name Type Description

ca

string

Client certificate issuing CA

serial_number

string

Client certificate serial number

filters

Name Type Description

_links

_links

name

string

ems_destination

Name Type Description

_links

_links

certificate

certificate

Certificate information is valid for the "rest_api" type.

destination

string

Event destination

filters

array[filters]

name

string

Destination name. Valid in POST.

system_defined

boolean

Flag indicating system-defined destinations.

type

string

Type of destination. Valid in POST.

_links

Name Type Description

next

href

self

href

records

Name Type Description

_links

_links

certificate

certificate

Certificate information is valid for the "rest_api" type.

destination

string

Event destination

filters

array[filters]

name

string

Destination name. Valid in POST.

system_defined

boolean

Flag indicating system-defined destinations.

type

string

Type of destination. Valid in POST.

error_arguments

Name Type Description

code

string

Argument code

message

string

Message argument

error

Name Type Description

arguments

array[error_arguments]

Message arguments

code

string

Error code

message

string

Error message

target

string

The target parameter that caused the error.