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Retrieve an IP address of a hostname

PDFs

GET /name-services/host-record/{svm.uuid}/{host}

Introduced In: 9.10

Retrieves the IP address of the specified hostname.

  • vserver services name-service getxxbyyy getnameinfo

  • vserver services name-service getxxbyyy getaddrinfo

Parameters

Name Type In Required Description

host

string

path

True

Hostname or IP address

svm.uuid

string

path

True

UUID of the SVM to which this object belongs.

fields

array[string]

query

False

Specify the fields to return.

Response

Status: 200, Ok
Name Type Description

canonical_name

string

Canonical name of the host.

host

string

IP address or hostname.

hostname

string

Hostname.

ipv4_addresses

array[string]

List of IPv4 addresses

ipv6_addresses

array[string]

List of IPv6 addresses

svm

svm
Example response 
{
  "canonical_name": "localhost",
  "host": "localhost",
  "hostname": "localhost",
  "ipv4_addresses": [
    "127.0.0.1"
  ],
  "ipv6_addresses": [
    ":1"
  ],
  "svm": {
    "_links": {
      "self": {
        "href": "/api/resourcelink"
      }
    },
    "name": "svm1",
    "uuid": "02c9e252-41be-11e9-81d5-00a0986138f7"
  }
}

Error

Status: Default

ONTAP Error Response Codes

Error Code Description

8912900

Invalid IP address.
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

svm

Name Type Description

_links

_links

name

string

The name of the SVM.

uuid

string

The unique identifier of the SVM.

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.