Create Traceflow | NSX-T Data Center REST API

Create Traceflow

Initiate a Traceflow Operation on the Specified Port

Request

URI

POST

https://nsxmanager.your.domain/api/v1/traceflows

COPY

Request Body

TraceflowRequest of type(s) application/json

Required

{
    "packet": {
        "routed": false,
        "transport_type": "string",
        "resource_type": "string",
        "frame_size": 0
    },
    "timeout": 0,
    "lport_id": "string"
}

PacketData

packet

Required

packet

integer As int64 As int64

timeout

Optional

Maximum time (in ms) the management plane will wait for observation result list to be sent by controller plane.

string

lport_id

Required

id of the source logical port to inject the traceflow packet into

Authentication

This operation uses the following authentication methods.

BasicAuth

Responses

201

Resource created successfully

Returns Traceflow of type(s) application/json

This response body class contains all of the following: Resource , InlineTraceflow1

{
    "_self": {
        "rel": "string"
    },
    "_links": [
        {
            "action": "string",
            "href": "string",
            "rel": "string"
        }
    ],
    "_schema": "string",
    "operation_state": "string",
    "logical_counters": {
        "forwarded_count": 0,
        "dropped_count": 0,
        "delivered_count": 0,
        "received_count": 0
    },
    "timeout": 0,
    "lport_id": "string",
    "counters": {
        "forwarded_count": 0,
        "dropped_count": 0,
        "delivered_count": 0,
        "received_count": 0
    },
    "result_overflowed": false,
    "analysis": [
        "string"
    ],
    "id": "string"
}

400

Returns BadRequest of type(s) application/json

Operation doesn't return any data structure

403

Returns Forbidden of type(s) application/json

Operation doesn't return any data structure

404

Returns NotFound of type(s) application/json

Operation doesn't return any data structure

412

Returns PreconditionFailed of type(s) application/json

Operation doesn't return any data structure