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Retrieve an Active Directory account for an SVM

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GET /protocols/active-directory/{svm.uuid}

Introduced In: 9.12

Retrieves the Active Directory account for a given SVM.

  • vserver active-directory show

  • vserver active-directory preferred-dc show

  • vserver active-directory discovered-servers show

  • vserver active-directory discovered-servers reset-servers

Parameters

Name Type In Required Description

reset_discovered_servers

boolean

query

False

Force a rediscovery.

  • Default value:

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

discovered_servers

array[discovered_servers]

Specifies the discovered servers records.

force_account_overwrite

boolean

If set to true and a machine account exists with the same name as specified in "name" in Active Directory, it will be overwritten and reused.

fqdn

string

Fully qualified domain name.

name

string

Active Directory (AD) account NetBIOS name.

organizational_unit

string

Organizational unit under which the Active Directory account will be created.

password

string

Administrator password required for Active Directory account creation, modification and deletion.

preferred_dcs

array[preferred_dcs]

Specifies the preferred domain controller (DC) records.

svm

svm

username

string

Administrator username required for Active Directory account creation, modification and deletion.
Example response 
{
  "discovered_servers": {
    "domain": "server1.com",
    "node": {
      "_links": {
        "self": {
          "href": "/api/resourcelink"
        }
      },
      "name": "node1",
      "uuid": "1cd8a442-86d1-11e0-ae1c-123478563412"
    },
    "preference": "preferred",
    "server": {
      "ip": "7.4.3.1",
      "name": "scspk0659102001",
      "type": "kerberos"
    },
    "state": "ok"
  },
  "force_account_overwrite": "",
  "fqdn": "server1.com",
  "name": "account1",
  "organizational_unit": "CN=Test",
  "password": "testpwd",
  "preferred_dcs": {
    "fqdn": "test.com",
    "server_ip": "4.4.4.4"
  },
  "svm": {
    "_links": {
      "self": {
        "href": "/api/resourcelink"
      }
    },
    "name": "svm1",
    "uuid": "02c9e252-41be-11e9-81d5-00a0986138f7"
  },
  "username": "admin"
}

Error

Status: Default, Error
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

node

Name Type Description

_links

_links

name

string

uuid

string

active_directory_discovered_server_reference

Name Type Description

ip

string

The IP address of the server that was discovered.

name

string

Server Name

type

string

The type of the server that was discovered.

discovered_servers

Name Type Description

domain

string

The Active Directory domain that the discovered server is a member of.

node

node

preference

string

The preference level of the server that was discovered.

server

active_directory_discovered_server_reference

state

string

The status of the connection to the server that was discovered.

preferred_dcs

Name Type Description

fqdn

string

Fully Qualified Domain Name.

server_ip

string

IP address of the preferred DC. The address can be either an IPv4 or an IPv6 address.

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.