NSX-T Data Center REST API

Create or update a LBVirtualServer

If a LBService with the lb-service-id is not already
present, create a new LBService. If it already exists, update the
LBService. This is a full replace.
This API is deprecated for the NSX-T Load Balancer, but not for the NSX-T Distributed Load Balancer.
This API is available when using VMware Cloud (AWS, Dell-EMC, Outpost, Hyperscalers) or VMware NSX-T.

Request:

Method:

PATCH

URI Path(s):

/policy/api/v1/infra/lb-services/<lb-service-id>

Request Headers:

n/a

Query Parameters:

n/a

Request Body:

LBService+

LBService (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
access_log_enabled	Flag to enable access log	boolean	Deprecated
children	subtree for this type within policy tree subtree for this type within policy tree containing nested elements.	array of ChildPolicyConfigResource Children are not allowed for this type
connectivity_path	The connectivity target used to instantiate the LBService LBS could be instantiated (or created) on the Tier-1, etc. For now, only the Tier-1 object is supported.	string
description	Description of this resource	string	Maximum length: 1024 Sortable
display_name	Identifier to use when displaying entity in logs or GUI Defaults to ID if not set	string	Maximum length: 255 Sortable
enabled	Flag to enable the load balancer service Flag to enable the load balancer service.	boolean	Default: "True"
error_log_level	Error log level of load balancer service Load balancer engine writes information about encountered issues of different severity levels to the error log. This setting is used to define the severity level of the error log.	LbLogLevel	Default: "INFO"
id	Unique identifier of this resource	string	Sortable
marked_for_delete	Indicates whether the intent object is marked for deletion Intent objects are not directly deleted from the system when a delete is invoked on them. They are marked for deletion and only when all the realized entities for that intent object gets deleted, the intent object is deleted. Objects that are marked for deletion are not returned in GET call. One can use the search API to get these objects.	boolean	Readonly Default: "False"
overridden	Indicates whether this object is the overridden intent object Global intent objects cannot be modified by the user. However, certain global intent objects can be overridden locally by use of this property. In such cases, the overridden local values take precedence over the globally defined values for the properties.	boolean	Readonly Default: "False"
parent_path	Path of its parent Path of its parent	string	Readonly
path	Absolute path of this object Absolute path of this object	string	Readonly
realization_id	A unique identifier assigned by the system for realizing intent This is a UUID generated by the system for realizing the entity object. In most cases this should be same as 'unique_id' of the entity. However, in some cases this can be different because of entities have migrated thier unique identifier to NSX Policy intent objects later in the timeline and did not use unique_id for realization. Realization id is helpful for users to debug data path to correlate the configuration with corresponding intent.	string	Readonly
relative_path	Relative path of this object Path relative from its parent	string	Readonly
relax_scale_validation	Whether scale validation is relaxed If relax_scale_validation is true, the scale validations for virtual servers/pools/pool members/rules are relaxed for load balancer service. When load balancer service is deployed on edge nodes, the scale of virtual servers/pools/pool members for the load balancer service should not exceed the scale number of the largest load balancer size which could be configured on a certain edge form factor. For example, the largest load balancer size supported on a MEDIUM edge node is MEDIUM. So one SMALL load balancer deployed on MEDIUM edge nodes can support the scale number of MEDIUM load balancer. It is not recommended to enable active monitors if relax_scale_validation is true due to performance consideration. If relax_scale_validation is false, scale numbers should be validated for load balancer service. The property is deprecated as NSX-T Load Balancer is deprecated.	boolean	Deprecated Default: "False"
resource_type	Must be set to the value LBService	string
size	Load balancer service size Load balancer service size. The load balancer service sizes, SMALL, MEDIUM, LARGE and XLARGE are all deprecated. Customers who are using this set of features are advised to migrate to NSX Advanced Load Balancer (Avi) which provides a superset of the NSX-T load balancing functionality.	LbServiceSize	Default: "SMALL"
tags	Opaque identifiers meaningful to the API user	array of Tag	Maximum items: 30
unique_id	A unique identifier assigned by the system This is a UUID generated by the GM/LM to uniquely identify entites in a federated environment. For entities that are stretched across multiple sites, the same ID will be used on all the stretched sites.	string	Readonly

Example Request:

PATCH https://<policy-mgr>/policy/api/v1/infra/lb-services/cgwService { "resource_type": "LBService", "enabled": true, "size":"SMALL" }

Successful Response:

Response Code:

200 OK

Response Headers:

n/a

Response Body:

n/a

Example Response:

200 OK

Required Permissions:

crud

Feature:

policy_lb

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