NSX-T Data Center REST API

Return compute manager Information

Returns information about a specific compute manager

Request:

Method:

GET

URI Path(s):

/api/v1/fabric/compute-managers/{compute-manager-id}

Request Headers:

n/a

Query Parameters:

n/a

Request Body:

n/a

Example Request:

GET https://<nsx-mgr>/api/v1/fabric/compute-managers/564dab50-63a0-8b4f-a1f8-20e4d36efc3b

Successful Response:

Response Code:

200 OK

Response Headers:

Content-type: application/json

Response Body:

ComputeManager+

ComputeManager (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
access_level_for_oidc	Specifies access level to NSX from the compute manager Specifies the maximum access level allowed for calls from compute manager to NSX using the OIDC provider.	string	Enum: FULL, LIMITED Default: "FULL"
create_service_account	Specifies whether service account is created or not on compute manager Enable this flag to create service account user on compute manager. This is required by features such as vSphere Lifecycle Manager for authentication with vAPIs from nsx.	boolean	Default: "False"
credential	Login credentials for the compute manager Supported credential types are 'UsernamePasswordLoginCredential', 'SamlTokenLoginCredential', 'SessionLoginCredential'. VerifiableAsymmetricLoginCredential is used for internal purpose only.	LoginCredential (Abstract type: pass one of the following concrete types) LoginCredential SamlTokenLoginCredential SessionLoginCredential UsernamePasswordLoginCredential VerifiableAsymmetricLoginCredential
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
extension_certificate	Specifies certificate for compute manager extension Specifies certificate for compute manager extension registered on vCenter.	CertificateData
id	Unique identifier of this resource	string	Sortable
multi_nsx	Specifies whether multi nsx feature is enabled for compute manager Enable this flag to manage same compute manager by multiple nsx.	boolean	Default: "False"
origin_properties	Key-Value map of additional specific properties of compute manager	array of KeyValuePair	Readonly
origin_type	Compute manager type like vCenter	string	Required
resource_type	Must be set to the value ComputeManager	string
reverse_proxy_https_port	Proxy https port of compute manager Specifies https port of the reverse proxy to connect to compute manager. For e.g. In case of VC, this port can be retrieved from this config file /etc/vmware-rhttpproxy/config.xml.	integer	Minimum: 1 Maximum: 65535 Default: "443"
server	IP address or hostname of compute manager	string	Required Format: hostname-or-ip
set_as_oidc_provider	Specifies whether compute manager has been set as OIDC provider If the compute manager is VC and need to set set as OIDC provider for NSX then this flag should be set as true. This is specific to wcp feature, should be enabled when this feature is being used.	boolean	Default: "False"
tags	Opaque identifiers meaningful to the API user	array of Tag	Maximum items: 30

Example Response:

{ "id": "cf1f01db-e5b3-4688-9c1e-5f47d335fb01", "server": "192.168.210.54", "origin_type": "vCenter", "credential" : { "credential_type" : "UsernamePasswordLoginCredential", "thumbprint": "3A:21:22:A6:72:28:DA:EC:9D:05:AF:0B:B5:C6:44:CC:52:8D:54:AC" } "origin_properties": [] }

Required Permissions:

read

Feature:

compute_managers_compute_managers

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