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Name-services cache unix-user settings endpoint overview

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Overview

This API is used to retrieve and manage unix-user settings.

Examples

Retrieving unix-user cache settings

The following example shows how to use the cache unix-user settings GET endpoint to retrieve unix-user cache settings.

# The API:
GET /api/name-services/cache/unix-user/settings

# The call:
curl -X GET "https://<mgmt-ip>/api/name-services/cache/unix-user/settings?fields=*" -H "accept: application/hal+json"

# The response:
{
"records": [
  {
    "svm": {
      "uuid": "8a1a8730-2036-11ec-8457-005056bbcfdb",
      "name": "vs43"
    },
    "enabled": true,
    "negative_cache_enabled": true,
    "ttl": "P1D",
    "negative_ttl": "PT1M",
    "propagation_enabled": true
  },
  {
    "svm": {
      "uuid": "dc458b2f-2035-11ec-bfe2-005056bb6bef",
      "name": "vs34"
    },
    "enabled": true,
    "negative_cache_enabled": true,
    "ttl": "P1D",
    "negative_ttl": "PT1M",
    "propagation_enabled": true
  }
],
"num_records": 2
}

Retrieving a unix-user cache setting for a given SVM

The following example shows how to use the cache unix-user settings GET endpoint to retrieve unix-user cache settings for a given SVM.

# The API:
GET /api/name-services/cache/unix-user/settings/{svm.uuid}

# The call:
curl -X GET "https://<mgmt-ip>/api/name-services/cache/unix-user/settings/dc458b2f-2035-11ec-bfe2-005056bb6bef" -H "accept: application/hal+json"

# The response:
{
"svm": {
  "uuid": "dc458b2f-2035-11ec-bfe2-005056bb6bef",
  "name": "vs34"
},
"enabled": true,
"negative_cache_enabled": true,
"ttl": "P1D",
"negative_ttl": "PT1M",
"propagation_enabled": true
}

Updating a unix-user setting

The following example shows how to use the cache unix-user settings PATCH endpoint to update unix-user cache settings.

# The API:
PATCH /api/name-services/cache/unix-user/settings/{svm.uuid}

# The call:
curl -X PATCH "https://<mgmt-ip>/api/name-services/cache/unix-user/settings/02c9e252-41be-11e9-81d5-00a0986138f9" -H "accept: application/json" -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d "{ \"ttl\": \"PT2H\", \"negative_ttl\": \"PT2M\" }"