NSX-T Data Center REST API

Create a Bridge Endpoint Profile

Creates a Bridge Endpoint Profile. Profile contains edge cluster id,
indexes of the member nodes, fialover mode and high availability mode
for a Bridge EndPoint

Request:

Method:

POST

URI Path(s):

/api/v1/bridge-endpoint-profiles

Request Headers:

n/a

Query Parameters:

n/a

Request Body:

BridgeEndpointProfile+

BridgeEndpointProfile (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
edge_cluster_id	UUID of the edge cluster for this bridge endpoint	string	Required Maximum length: 36
edge_cluster_member_indexes	Indexes of the member hosts of the edge bridge cluster First index will be used as the preferred member	array of int
failover_mode	Failover mode for the edge bridge cluster Faileover mode can be preemmptive or non-preemptive	string	Enum: PREEMPTIVE, NON_PREEMPTIVE Default: "PREEMPTIVE"
high_availability_mode	High availability mode for the edge bridge cluster High avaialability mode can be active-active or active-standby	string	Enum: ACTIVE_STANDBY Default: "ACTIVE_STANDBY"
id	Unique identifier of this resource	string	Sortable
resource_type	Must be set to the value BridgeEndpointProfile	string
tags	Opaque identifiers meaningful to the API user	array of Tag	Maximum items: 30

Example Request:

POST https://<nsx-mgr>/api/v1/bridge-endpoint-profiles { "display_name":"bep1", "description":"Bridge Endpoint Profile 1", "edge_cluster_id" : "07419c2e-3d0e-48af-b1d1-380ffb6f5943", "edge_cluster_member_indexes" : [0, 1], "failover_mode" : "PREEMPTIVE" }

Successful Response:

Response Code:

201 Created

Response Headers:

Content-type: application/json

Response Body:

BridgeEndpointProfile+

BridgeEndpointProfile (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
edge_cluster_id	UUID of the edge cluster for this bridge endpoint	string	Required Maximum length: 36
edge_cluster_member_indexes	Indexes of the member hosts of the edge bridge cluster First index will be used as the preferred member	array of int
failover_mode	Failover mode for the edge bridge cluster Faileover mode can be preemmptive or non-preemptive	string	Enum: PREEMPTIVE, NON_PREEMPTIVE Default: "PREEMPTIVE"
high_availability_mode	High availability mode for the edge bridge cluster High avaialability mode can be active-active or active-standby	string	Enum: ACTIVE_STANDBY Default: "ACTIVE_STANDBY"
id	Unique identifier of this resource	string	Sortable
resource_type	Must be set to the value BridgeEndpointProfile	string
tags	Opaque identifiers meaningful to the API user	array of Tag	Maximum items: 30

Example Response:

{ "id" : "3502cf40-630b-4ff6-864e-2af8acde2efd", "display_name" : "bep1", "description" : "Bridge Endpoint Profile 1", "resource_type" : "BridgeEndpointProfile", "edge_cluster_id" : "07419c2e-3d0e-48af-b1d1-380ffb6f5943", "edge_cluster_member_indexes" : [0, 1], "failover_mode" : "PREEMPTIVE", "_last_modified_time" : 1442859704276, "_create_time" : 1442859704276, "_system_owned" : false, "_create_user" : "admin", "_last_modified_user" : "admin", "_revision" : 0 }

Required Permissions:

crud

Feature:

nodes_bridges

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