NSX-T Data Center REST API

Create or patch an IPSec VPN session (Deprecated)

Create or patch an IPSec VPN session for a given locale
service under Tier-1.
Deprecated: This API is deprecated. Please use PATCH /infra/tier-1s/<tier-1-id>/ipsec-vpn-services/<service-id>/sessions/<session-id> instead. Note: Please note that request is validated and any error messages returned from validation may include the new VPN path instead of the deprecated path. Both new path and old path refer to same resource. Also VPN path returned in the Alarm, GPRR payload may include the new VPN path

Request:

Method:

PATCH

URI Path(s):

/policy/api/v1/infra/tier-1s/{tier-1-id}/locale-services/{locale-service-id}/ipsec-vpn-services/{service-id}/sessions/{session-id}

Request Headers:

n/a

Query Parameters:

n/a

Request Body:

PolicyBasedIPSecVpnSession+

PolicyBasedIPSecVpnSession (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
authentication_mode	Authentication Mode Peer authentication mode. PSK - In this mode a secret key shared between local and peer sites is to be used for authentication. The secret key can be a string with a maximum length of 128 characters. CERTIFICATE - In this mode a certificate defined at the global level is to be used for authentication.	string	Enum: PSK, CERTIFICATE Default: "PSK"
children	Subtree for this type within policy tree Subtree for this type within policy tree containing nested elements. Note that this type is applicable to be used in Hierarchical API only.	array of ChildPolicyConfigResource Children are not allowed for this type
compliance_suite	Compliance suite Compliance suite.	string	Enum: CNSA, SUITE_B_GCM_128, SUITE_B_GCM_256, PRIME, FOUNDATION, FIPS, NONE
connection_initiation_mode	Connection initiation mode Connection initiation mode used by local endpoint to establish ike connection with peer site. INITIATOR - In this mode local endpoint initiates tunnel setup and will also respond to incoming tunnel setup requests from peer gateway. RESPOND_ONLY - In this mode, local endpoint shall only respond to incoming tunnel setup requests. It shall not initiate the tunnel setup. ON_DEMAND - In this mode local endpoint will initiate tunnel creation once first packet matching the policy rule is received and will also respond to incoming initiation request.	string	Enum: INITIATOR, RESPOND_ONLY, ON_DEMAND Default: "INITIATOR"
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
dpd_profile_path	Dead peer detection (DPD) profile path Policy path referencing Dead Peer Detection (DPD) profile. Default is set to system default profile.	string
enabled	Enable/Disable IPSec VPN session Enable/Disable IPSec VPN session.	boolean	Default: "True"
id	Unique identifier of this resource	string	Sortable
ike_profile_path	Internet key exchange (IKE) profile path Policy path referencing IKE profile to be used. Default is set according to system default profile.	string
local_endpoint_path	Local endpoint path Policy path referencing Local endpoint. This property is mandatory on LM. It is required on GM only in case of site_overrides property not provided.	string
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"
origin_site_id	A unique identifier assigned by the system for knowing which site owns an object This is a UUID generated by the system for knowing which site owns an object. This is used in NSX+.	string	Readonly
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"
owner_id	A unique identifier assigned by the system for the ownership of an object This is a UUID generated by the system for knowing who owns this object. This is used in NSX+.	string	Readonly
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
peer_address	IPV4 or IPV6 address of peer endpoint on remote site Public IPV4 or IPV6 address of the remote device terminating the VPN connection. This property is mandatory on LM. It is required on GM only in case of site_overrides property not provided. Please note that configuring peer_address as IPv6 address is not supported in the deprecated IPSecVpnSession Patch/PUT APIs.	IPAddress
peer_id	Peer id Peer ID to uniquely identify the peer site. The peer ID is the public IP address of the remote device terminating the VPN tunnel. When NAT is configured for the peer, enter the private IP address of the peer. This property is mandatory on LM. It is required on GM only in case of site_overrides property not provided.	string
psk	Pre-shared key IPSec Pre-shared key. Maximum length of this field is 128 characters.	secure_string
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 their 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
remote_path	Path of the object on the remote end. This is the path of the object on the local managers when queried on the NSX+ service, and path of the object on NSX+ service when queried from the local managers.	string	Readonly
resource_type	Must be set to the value PolicyBasedIPSecVpnSession	IPSecVpnSessionResourceType	Required
rules	Rules	array of IPSecVpnRule	Required Minimum items: 1
site_overrides	SiteOverride list A collection of site specific attributes specificed only on GM	array of SiteOverride	Maximum items: 128
tags	Opaque identifiers meaningful to the API user	array of Tag	Maximum items: 30
tcp_mss_clamping	TCP MSS Clamping TCP Maximum Segment Size Clamping Direction and Value.	TcpMaximumSegmentSizeClamping
tunnel_profile_path	IPSec tunnel profile path Policy path referencing Tunnel profile to be used. Default is set to system default profile.	string
unique_id	A unique identifier assigned by the system This is a UUID generated by the GM/LM to uniquely identify entities 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

RouteBasedIPSecVpnSession+

RouteBasedIPSecVpnSession (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
authentication_mode	Authentication Mode Peer authentication mode. PSK - In this mode a secret key shared between local and peer sites is to be used for authentication. The secret key can be a string with a maximum length of 128 characters. CERTIFICATE - In this mode a certificate defined at the global level is to be used for authentication.	string	Enum: PSK, CERTIFICATE Default: "PSK"
children	Subtree for this type within policy tree Subtree for this type within policy tree containing nested elements. Note that this type is applicable to be used in Hierarchical API only.	array of ChildPolicyConfigResource Children are not allowed for this type
compliance_suite	Compliance suite Compliance suite.	string	Enum: CNSA, SUITE_B_GCM_128, SUITE_B_GCM_256, PRIME, FOUNDATION, FIPS, NONE
connection_initiation_mode	Connection initiation mode Connection initiation mode used by local endpoint to establish ike connection with peer site. INITIATOR - In this mode local endpoint initiates tunnel setup and will also respond to incoming tunnel setup requests from peer gateway. RESPOND_ONLY - In this mode, local endpoint shall only respond to incoming tunnel setup requests. It shall not initiate the tunnel setup. ON_DEMAND - In this mode local endpoint will initiate tunnel creation once first packet matching the policy rule is received and will also respond to incoming initiation request.	string	Enum: INITIATOR, RESPOND_ONLY, ON_DEMAND Default: "INITIATOR"
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
dpd_profile_path	Dead peer detection (DPD) profile path Policy path referencing Dead Peer Detection (DPD) profile. Default is set to system default profile.	string
enabled	Enable/Disable IPSec VPN session Enable/Disable IPSec VPN session.	boolean	Default: "True"
force_whitelisting	Flag to add default whitelisting Gateway Policy rule for the VTI interface. If true the default firewall rule Action is set to DROP, otherwise set to ALLOW. This field is deprecated and recommended to change Rule action field. Note that this field is not synchornied with default rule field.	boolean	Deprecated Default: "False"
id	Unique identifier of this resource	string	Sortable
ike_profile_path	Internet key exchange (IKE) profile path Policy path referencing IKE profile to be used. Default is set according to system default profile.	string
local_endpoint_path	Local endpoint path Policy path referencing Local endpoint. This property is mandatory on LM. It is required on GM only in case of site_overrides property not provided.	string
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"
origin_site_id	A unique identifier assigned by the system for knowing which site owns an object This is a UUID generated by the system for knowing which site owns an object. This is used in NSX+.	string	Readonly
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"
owner_id	A unique identifier assigned by the system for the ownership of an object This is a UUID generated by the system for knowing who owns this object. This is used in NSX+.	string	Readonly
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
peer_address	IPV4 or IPV6 address of peer endpoint on remote site Public IPV4 or IPV6 address of the remote device terminating the VPN connection. This property is mandatory on LM. It is required on GM only in case of site_overrides property not provided. Please note that configuring peer_address as IPv6 address is not supported in the deprecated IPSecVpnSession Patch/PUT APIs.	IPAddress
peer_id	Peer id Peer ID to uniquely identify the peer site. The peer ID is the public IP address of the remote device terminating the VPN tunnel. When NAT is configured for the peer, enter the private IP address of the peer. This property is mandatory on LM. It is required on GM only in case of site_overrides property not provided.	string
psk	Pre-shared key IPSec Pre-shared key. Maximum length of this field is 128 characters.	secure_string
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 their 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
remote_path	Path of the object on the remote end. This is the path of the object on the local managers when queried on the NSX+ service, and path of the object on NSX+ service when queried from the local managers.	string	Readonly
resource_type	Must be set to the value RouteBasedIPSecVpnSession	IPSecVpnSessionResourceType	Required
site_overrides	SiteOverride list A collection of site specific attributes specificed only on GM	array of SiteOverride	Maximum items: 128
tags	Opaque identifiers meaningful to the API user	array of Tag	Maximum items: 30
tcp_mss_clamping	TCP MSS Clamping TCP Maximum Segment Size Clamping Direction and Value.	TcpMaximumSegmentSizeClamping
tunnel_interfaces	IP Tunnel interfaces IP Tunnel interfaces. This property is mandatory on LM. It is required on GM only in case of site_overrides property not provided.	array of IPSecVpnTunnelInterface	Minimum items: 1 Maximum items: 1
tunnel_profile_path	IPSec tunnel profile path Policy path referencing Tunnel profile to be used. Default is set to system default profile.	string
unique_id	A unique identifier assigned by the system This is a UUID generated by the GM/LM to uniquely identify entities 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/tier-1s/int_net/locale-services/default/ipsec-vpn-services/default/sessions/pbs-1 { "resource_type": "PolicyBasedIPSecVpnSession", "description": "Policy based vpn session 1", "display_name": "pbs-1", "enabled" : true, "connection_initiation_mode" : "INITIATOR", "authentication_mode" : "PSK", "tunnel_profile_path" : "/infra/ipsec-vpn-tunnel-profiles/custom-tunnel-profile", "dpd_profile_path" : "/infra/ipsec-vpn-dpd-profiles/custom-dpd-profile", "ike_profile_path" : "/infra/ipsec-vpn-ike-profiles/custom-ike-profile", "local_endpoint_path" : "/infra/tier-1s/int_net/locale-services/default/ipsec-vpn-services/default/local-endpoints/default-le", "psk" : "test", "peer_address" : "2.1.4.1", "peer_id" : "2.1.4.1", "rules" : [ { "resource_type": "IPSecVpnRule", "id": "custom-rule-1", "sources": [ { "subnet" : "10.0.2.0/24" }, { "subnet" : "10.0.1.0/24" } ], "destinations" : [ { "subnet" : "10.1.1.0/24" } ], "enabled" : true, "logged" : true, "action": "PROTECT" } ] }

Successful Response:

Response Code:

200 OK

Response Headers:

n/a

Response Body:

n/a

Required Permissions:

crud

Feature:

policy_vpn

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