NSX-T Data Center REST API
NSGroup (schema)
Networking and Security Group
NSGroups are recursive groupings of different NSX elements (logical and physical), typically used in policy definitions.
| 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 |
| id | Unique identifier of this resource | string | Sortable |
| member_count | Count of the members added to this NSGroup | integer | Readonly |
| members | Members of NSGroup Reference to the direct/static members of the NSGroup. Can be ID based expressions only. VirtualMachine cannot be added as a static member. |
array of NSGroupSimpleExpression | Maximum items: 500 |
| membership_criteria | The criteria for membership of this NSGroup List of tag or name based expressions which define the dynamic membership criteria for this NSGroup. An object must satisfy atleast one of these expressions to qualify as a member of this group. It is not recommended to use ID based expressions in this section. ID based expression should be used in "members" section |
array of NSGroupExpression (Abstract type: pass one of the following concrete types) NSGroupComplexExpression NSGroupExpression NSGroupSimpleExpression NSGroupTagExpression |
Maximum items: 5 |
| resource_type | Must be set to the value NSGroup | string | |
| tags | Opaque identifiers meaningful to the API user | array of Tag | Maximum items: 30 |