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Name-services local-hosts endpoint overview

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Overview

Displays and manages local mapping for hostnames.

Retrieving all hosts table entries

The local-hosts GET endpoint to retrieve all hosts table entries.

Examples

Retrieving all the fields of all hosts table entries.

# The API:
GET /api/name-services/local-hosts

# The call:
curl -X GET "https://<mgmt-ip>/api/name-services/local-hosts?return_records=true&return_timeout=15&fields=*" -H "accept: application/hal+json"

# The response:
{
 "records": [
{
  "owner": {
  "uuid": "6cdf045c-87ae-11eb-a56a-0050568e0287",
  "name": "svm1",
  "_links": {
     "self": {
     "href": "/api/svm/svms/6cdf045c-87ae-11eb-a56a-0050568e0287"
     }
   }
  },
  "address": "1.1.1.1",
  "hostname": "host.sales.foo.com",
  "aliases": [
          "host1.sales.foo.com",
          "host2.sakes.foo.com"
  ],
  "_links": {
   "self": {
   "href": "/api/name-services/local-hosts/6cdf045c-87ae-11eb-a56a-0050568e0287/1.1.1.1"
  }
  }
  },
{
  "owner": {
  "uuid": "9d080552-7bff-11eb-a56a-0050568e0287",
  "name": "svm2",
  "_links": {
   "self": {
   "href": "/api/svm/svms/9d080552-7bff-11eb-a56a-0050568e0287"
   }
  }
  },
  "address": "2.2.2.2",
  "hostname": "samplehost2",
  "_links": {
  "self": {
  "href": "/api/name-services/local-hosts/9d080552-7bff-11eb-a56a-0050568e0287/2.2.2.2"
  }
  }
  }
  ],
  "num_records": 2,
  "_links": {
  "self": {
  "href": "/api/name-services/local-hosts?return_records=true&return_timeout=15&fields=*"
  }
  }
}

Retrieving the hosts table entry of a given svm and address(ipv4/ipv6).

# The API:
GET /api/name-services/local-hosts/{owner.uuid}/{address}

# The call:
curl -X GET "https://<mgmt-ip>/api/name-services/local-hosts/9d080552-7bff-11eb-a56a-0050568e0287/3.3.3.3" -H "accept: application/hal+json"

# The response:
{
 "owner": {
 "uuid": "9d080552-7bff-11eb-a56a-0050568e0287",
 "name": "svm1",
 "_links": {
"self": {
  "href": "/api/svm/svms/9d080552-7bff-11eb-a56a-0050568e0287"
 }
}
 },
 "address": "3.3.3.3",
 "hostname": "samplehost3",
 "aliases": [
 "host1.sales.foo.com",
 "host2.sakes.foo.com"
],
 "_links": {
 "self": {
 "href": "/api/name-services/local-hosts/9d080552-7bff-11eb-a56a-0050568e0287/3.3.3.3"
 }
 }
}

Creating a hosts table entry

The local-hosts POST endpoint creates a new hosts table entry.

Examples

Creating a hosts table entry with all fields.

# The API:
POST /api/name-services/local-hosts

# The call:
curl -X POST "https://<mgmt-ip>/api/name-services/local-hosts?return_records=false" -H "accept: application/json" -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d "{ \"address\": \"3.3.3.3\", \"aliases\": [ \"host1.sales.foo.com\", \"host2.sakes.foo.com\" ], \"hostname\":\"samplehost3\", \"owner\": { \"name\": \"svm2\", \"uuid\": \"9d080552-7bff-11eb-a56a-0050568e0287\" }}"

Creating a hosts table entry with only required fields.

# The API:
POST /api/name-services/local-hosts

# The call:
curl -X POST "https://<mgmt-ip>/api/name-services/local-hosts?return_records=false" -H "accept: application/json" -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d "{ \"address\": \"123.123.123.12\", \"hostname\": \"host.sales.foo.com\", \"owner\": { \"name\": \"svm2\", \"uuid\": \"9d080552-7bff-11eb-a56a-0050568e0287\" }}"

Updating a hosts table entry

The local-hosts PATCH endpoint updates an existing hosts table entry.

Example

Updating aliases and hostname of a given svm and address(ipv4/ipv6).

# The API:
PATCH /api/name-services/local-hosts/{owner.uuid}/{address}

# The call:
curl -X PATCH "https://<mgmt-ip>/api/name-services/local-hosts/9d080552-7bff-11eb-a56a-0050568e0287/123.123.123.123" -H "accept: application/json" -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d "{ \"aliases\": [ \"host1.sales.foo.com\", \"host2.sakes.foo.com\" ], \"hostname\": \"host.sales.foo.com\"}"

Deleting a hosts table entry

The local-hosts DELETE endpoint deletes an existing hosts table entry.

Example

Deleting the hosts table entry of a given svm and address(ipv4/ipv6).

# The API:
DELETE /api/name-services/local-hosts/{owner.uuid}/{address}

#The call:
curl -X DELETE "https://<mgmt-ip>/api/name-services/local-hosts/9d080552-7bff-11eb-a56a-0050568e0287/1.1.1.1" -H "accept: application/json"