NSX-T Data Center REST API

Test a directory domain event log server connectivity

This API tests a event log server connectivity before the actual domain or event log server is configured. If the connectivity is good, the response will be HTTP status 200. Otherwise the response will be HTTP status 200 and a corresponding error message will be returned.

Request:

Method:

POST

URI Path(s):

/policy/api/v1/infra/firewall-identity-store-event-log-servers/status

Request Headers:

n/a

Query Parameters:

n/a

Request Body:

DirectoryEventLogServer+

DirectoryEventLogServer (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
display_name	Identifier to use when displaying entity in logs or GUI Defaults to ID if not set	string	Maximum length: 255 Sortable
domain_name	Directory domain name Directory domain name which best describes the domain. It could be unique fqdn name or it could also be descriptive. There is no unique contraint for domain name among different domains.	string
host	Event log server host name Directory Event Log server DNS host name or ip address which is reachable by NSX manager to be connected and do event fetching.	string	Required Format: hostname-or-ip
id	Unique identifier of this resource	string	Sortable
password	Event log server password Directory event log server connection password.	string
resource_type	Must be set to the value DirectoryEventLogServer	string
status	Event log server connection status Event log server connection status object	DirectoryEventLogServerStatus
tags	Opaque identifiers meaningful to the API user	array of Tag	Maximum items: 30
username	Event log server username Directory event log server connection user name.	string

Example Request:

POST https://<nsx-mgr>/policy/api/v1/infra/firewall-identity-store-event-log-servers/status { "domain_name": "nimbustest.com", "host": "10.161.34.143", "username": "dummy", "password": "dummy" }

Successful Response:

Response Code:

200 OK

Response Headers:

Content-type: application/json

Response Body:

DirectoryEventLogServerStatus+

Name	Description	Type	Notes
error_message	Additional optional detail error message	string	Readonly
last_event_record_id	Last event record ID Last event record ID is an opaque integer value that shows the last successfully received event from event log server.	integer	Readonly
last_event_time_created	Time when last event record ID was received Time of last successfully received and record event from event log server.	EpochMsTimestamp	Readonly
last_polling_time	Last polling time	EpochMsTimestamp	Readonly
status	Current connection status of event log server Connection status: OK: All OK ERROR: Generic error	string	Required Readonly Enum: OK, ERROR

Example Response:

{ "status": "OK" }

Required Permissions:

crud

Feature:

policy_identity