NSX-T Data Center REST API

Create a VPN session in cloud service manager.

Request:

Method:

POST

URI Path(s):

/api/v1/csm/vpn/sessions

Request Headers:

n/a

Query Parameters:

n/a

Request Body:

CsmVpnSession+

CsmVpnSession (schema)

Name	Description	Type	Notes
_create_time	Timestamp of resource creation	EpochMsTimestamp	Readonly Sortable
_create_user	ID of the user who created this resource	string	Readonly
_last_modified_time	Timestamp of last modification	EpochMsTimestamp	Readonly Sortable
_last_modified_user	ID of the user who last modified this resource	string	Readonly
_links	References related to this resource The server will populate this field when returing the resource. Ignored on PUT and POST.	array of ResourceLink	Readonly
_protection	Indicates protection status of this resource Protection status is one of the following: PROTECTED - the client who retrieved the entity is not allowed to modify it. NOT_PROTECTED - the client who retrieved the entity is allowed to modify it REQUIRE_OVERRIDE - the client who retrieved the entity is a super user and can modify it, but only when providing the request header X-Allow-Overwrite=true. UNKNOWN - the _protection field could not be determined for this entity.	string	Readonly
_revision	Generation of this resource config The _revision property describes the current revision of the resource. To prevent clients from overwriting each other's changes, PUT operations must include the current _revision of the resource, which clients should obtain by issuing a GET operation. If the _revision provided in a PUT request is missing or stale, the operation will be rejected.	int
_schema	Schema for this resource	string	Readonly
_self	Link to this resource	SelfResourceLink	Readonly
_system_owned	Indicates system owned resource	boolean	Readonly
description	Description of this resource	string	Maximum length: 1024 Sortable
destination_endpoint	Destination endpoint of the CSM VPN session Destination endpoint of the CSM VPN session can be a cloud endpoint like AWS VPC, Azure VNET managed by NSX.	CsmVpnEndpoint	Required
display_name	Identifier to use when displaying entity in logs or GUI Defaults to ID if not set	string	Maximum length: 255 Sortable
id	Unique identifier of this resource	string	Sortable
resource_type	Must be set to the value CsmVpnSession	string
source_endpoint	Source endpoint of the CSM VPN session Source endpoint of the CSM VPN session can be a cloud endpoint like AWS VPC, Azure VNET managed by NSX.	CsmVpnEndpoint	Required
tags	Opaque identifiers meaningful to the API user	array of Tag	Maximum items: 30

Example Request:

POST https://<nsx-csm>/api/v1/csm/vpn/sessions { "display_name": "aws azure session 01", "source_endpoint": { "id": "vpc-12345678", "display_name": "vpc test", "endpoint_type": "AWS" }, "destination_endpoint": { "id": "d02af61a-e212-486e-b6c8-10462ccfbad6", "display_name": "vnet-01", "endpoint_type": "AZURE" } }

Successful Response:

Response Code:

200 OK

Response Headers:

Content-type: application/json

Response Body:

CsmVpnSession+

CsmVpnSession (schema)

Name	Description	Type	Notes
_create_time	Timestamp of resource creation	EpochMsTimestamp	Readonly Sortable
_create_user	ID of the user who created this resource	string	Readonly
_last_modified_time	Timestamp of last modification	EpochMsTimestamp	Readonly Sortable
_last_modified_user	ID of the user who last modified this resource	string	Readonly
_links	References related to this resource The server will populate this field when returing the resource. Ignored on PUT and POST.	array of ResourceLink	Readonly
_protection	Indicates protection status of this resource Protection status is one of the following: PROTECTED - the client who retrieved the entity is not allowed to modify it. NOT_PROTECTED - the client who retrieved the entity is allowed to modify it REQUIRE_OVERRIDE - the client who retrieved the entity is a super user and can modify it, but only when providing the request header X-Allow-Overwrite=true. UNKNOWN - the _protection field could not be determined for this entity.	string	Readonly
_revision	Generation of this resource config The _revision property describes the current revision of the resource. To prevent clients from overwriting each other's changes, PUT operations must include the current _revision of the resource, which clients should obtain by issuing a GET operation. If the _revision provided in a PUT request is missing or stale, the operation will be rejected.	int
_schema	Schema for this resource	string	Readonly
_self	Link to this resource	SelfResourceLink	Readonly
_system_owned	Indicates system owned resource	boolean	Readonly
description	Description of this resource	string	Maximum length: 1024 Sortable
destination_endpoint	Destination endpoint of the CSM VPN session Destination endpoint of the CSM VPN session can be a cloud endpoint like AWS VPC, Azure VNET managed by NSX.	CsmVpnEndpoint	Required
display_name	Identifier to use when displaying entity in logs or GUI Defaults to ID if not set	string	Maximum length: 255 Sortable
id	Unique identifier of this resource	string	Sortable
resource_type	Must be set to the value CsmVpnSession	string
source_endpoint	Source endpoint of the CSM VPN session Source endpoint of the CSM VPN session can be a cloud endpoint like AWS VPC, Azure VNET managed by NSX.	CsmVpnEndpoint	Required
tags	Opaque identifiers meaningful to the API user	array of Tag	Maximum items: 30

Example Response:

{ "id": "9174ffd1-41b1-42d6-a28d-05c61a0698e2", "display_name": "aws azure session 01", "source_endpoint": { "id": "vpc-12345678", "display_name": "vpc test", "endpoint_type": "AWS" }, "destination_endpoint": { "id": "d02af61a-e212-486e-b6c8-10462ccfbad6", "display_name": "vnet-01", "endpoint_type": "AZURE" } }

Required Permissions:

crud

Feature:

csm_vpn

Additional Errors:

• 301 Moved Permanently
• 307 Temporary Redirect
• 400 Bad Request
• 403 Forbidden
• 409 Conflict
• 412 Precondition Failed
• 500 Internal Server Error
• 503 Service Unavailable