NSX-T Data Center REST API

Update NSService

Updates the specified NSService. Modifiable parameters include the description,
display_name and the NSService element. The system defined NSServices can't be
modified

Request:

Method:

PUT

URI Path(s):

/api/v1/ns-services/<ns-service-id>

Request Headers:

n/a

Query Parameters:

n/a

Request Body:

NSService+

NSService (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
default_service	NSServices created in the system by default The default NSServices are created in the system by default. These NSServices can't be modified/deleted	boolean	Readonly
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
id	Unique identifier of this resource	string	Sortable
nsservice_element	An NSService Element that describes traffic corresponding to this NSService	NSServiceElement (Abstract type: pass one of the following concrete types) ALGTypeNSService EtherTypeNSService ICMPTypeNSService IGMPTypeNSService IPProtocolNSService L4PortSetNSService	Required
resource_type	Must be set to the value NSService	string
tags	Opaque identifiers meaningful to the API user	array of Tag	Maximum items: 30

Example Request:

PUT https://<nsx-mgr>/api/v1/ns-services/12dd0d9d-fac3-457e-ba91-8121aa67e3dd { "resource_type": "NSService", "display_name": "test", "nsservice_element": { "resource_type": "EtherTypeNSService", "ether_type": 33011 }, "_revision": 0 }

Successful Response:

Response Code:

200 OK

Response Headers:

Content-type: application/json

Response Body:

NSService+

NSService (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
default_service	NSServices created in the system by default The default NSServices are created in the system by default. These NSServices can't be modified/deleted	boolean	Readonly
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
id	Unique identifier of this resource	string	Sortable
nsservice_element	An NSService Element that describes traffic corresponding to this NSService	NSServiceElement (Abstract type: pass one of the following concrete types) ALGTypeNSService EtherTypeNSService ICMPTypeNSService IGMPTypeNSService IPProtocolNSService L4PortSetNSService	Required
resource_type	Must be set to the value NSService	string
tags	Opaque identifiers meaningful to the API user	array of Tag	Maximum items: 30

Example Response:

{ "resource_type": "NSService", "id": "1353063b-f5e1-42fa-88c3-16fe89d55361", "display_name": "test", "default_service": false, "nsservice_element": { "resource_type": "EtherTypeNSService", "ether_type": 33011 }, "_create_user": "admin", "_create_time": 1520406838970, "_last_modified_user": "admin", "_last_modified_time": 1520406866064, "_system_owned": false, "_protection": "NOT_PROTECTED", "_revision": 1 }

Required Permissions:

crud

Feature:

services_services

Additional Errors:

• 404 Not Found
• 301 Moved Permanently
• 307 Temporary Redirect
• 400 Bad Request
• 403 Forbidden
• 409 Conflict
• 412 Precondition Failed
• 500 Internal Server Error
• 503 Service Unavailable