NSX-T Data Center REST API

Create a load balancer service (Deprecated)

Create a load balancer service.
Deprecated:
Use the following Policy API -
PATCH /policy/api/v1/infra/lb-services/<lb-service-id>

Request:

Method:

POST

URI Path(s):

/api/v1/loadbalancer/services

Request Headers:

n/a

Query Parameters:

n/a

Request Body:

LbService+

LbService (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_log_enabled	Whether access log is enabled	boolean	Deprecated
attachment	The target which is used to instantiate Lb service. LBS could be instantiated (or created) on the Logical router, etc. Typically, it could be applied to Tier1 LogicalRouter. It can be attached to Tier0 LogicalRouter either in non-multi-tenant environments or to provide load balancing for infrastructure services offered by the provider. If size is set to DLB for distribution, the attachment is optional. The supported attachment is NSGroup consisting of VIFs of that load balancer's clients. If the attachment is not specified and size is DLB, the associated load balancer settings are applied to all supported transport nodes.	ResourceReference
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
enabled	Whether the load balancer service is enabled	boolean	Default: "True"
error_log_level	Error log level of load balancer service Load balancer engine writes information about encountered issues of different severity levels to the error log. This setting is used to define the severity level of the error log.	LbLogLevel	Default: "INFO"
id	Unique identifier of this resource	string	Sortable
relax_scale_validation	Whether scale validation is relaxed If relax_scale_validation is true, the scale validations for virtual servers/pools/pool members/rules are relaxed for load balancer service. When load balancer service is deployed on edge nodes, the scale of virtual servers/pools/pool members for the load balancer service should not exceed the scale number of the largest load balancer size which could be configured on a certain edge form factor. For example, the largest load balancer size supported on a MEDIUM edge node is MEDIUM. So one SMALL load balancer deployed on MEDIUM edge nodes can support the scale number of MEDIUM load balancer. It is not recommended to enable active monitors if relax_scale_validation is true due to performance consideration. If relax_scale_validation is false, scale numbers should be validated for load balancer service. The property is deprecated as NSX-T Load Balancer is deprecated.	boolean	Deprecated Default: "False"
resource_type	Must be set to the value LbService	string
size	The size of load balancer service	LbServiceSize	Default: "SMALL"
tags	Opaque identifiers meaningful to the API user	array of Tag	Maximum items: 30
virtual_server_ids	Virtual server identifier list virtual servers can be associated to LbService(which is similar to physical/virtual load balancer), Lb virtual servers, pools and other entities could be defined independently, the virtual server identifier list here would be used to maintain the relationship of LbService and other Lb entities.	array of string

Example Request:

{ "resource_type" : "LbService", "display_name" : "lbs1", "size" : "SMALL", "attachment" : { "target_id" : "6aa3b556-58ad-420a-9b0d-535d3aebf2f5" }, "virtual_server_ids" : [ "a332950f-472d-4ae3-be03-e7ccefe28fbd" ], "enabled" : true }

Successful Response:

Response Code:

201 Created

Response Headers:

Content-type: application/json

Response Body:

LbService+

LbService (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_log_enabled	Whether access log is enabled	boolean	Deprecated
attachment	The target which is used to instantiate Lb service. LBS could be instantiated (or created) on the Logical router, etc. Typically, it could be applied to Tier1 LogicalRouter. It can be attached to Tier0 LogicalRouter either in non-multi-tenant environments or to provide load balancing for infrastructure services offered by the provider. If size is set to DLB for distribution, the attachment is optional. The supported attachment is NSGroup consisting of VIFs of that load balancer's clients. If the attachment is not specified and size is DLB, the associated load balancer settings are applied to all supported transport nodes.	ResourceReference
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
enabled	Whether the load balancer service is enabled	boolean	Default: "True"
error_log_level	Error log level of load balancer service Load balancer engine writes information about encountered issues of different severity levels to the error log. This setting is used to define the severity level of the error log.	LbLogLevel	Default: "INFO"
id	Unique identifier of this resource	string	Sortable
relax_scale_validation	Whether scale validation is relaxed If relax_scale_validation is true, the scale validations for virtual servers/pools/pool members/rules are relaxed for load balancer service. When load balancer service is deployed on edge nodes, the scale of virtual servers/pools/pool members for the load balancer service should not exceed the scale number of the largest load balancer size which could be configured on a certain edge form factor. For example, the largest load balancer size supported on a MEDIUM edge node is MEDIUM. So one SMALL load balancer deployed on MEDIUM edge nodes can support the scale number of MEDIUM load balancer. It is not recommended to enable active monitors if relax_scale_validation is true due to performance consideration. If relax_scale_validation is false, scale numbers should be validated for load balancer service. The property is deprecated as NSX-T Load Balancer is deprecated.	boolean	Deprecated Default: "False"
resource_type	Must be set to the value LbService	string
size	The size of load balancer service	LbServiceSize	Default: "SMALL"
tags	Opaque identifiers meaningful to the API user	array of Tag	Maximum items: 30
virtual_server_ids	Virtual server identifier list virtual servers can be associated to LbService(which is similar to physical/virtual load balancer), Lb virtual servers, pools and other entities could be defined independently, the virtual server identifier list here would be used to maintain the relationship of LbService and other Lb entities.	array of string

Example Response:

{ "resource_type" : "LbService", "id" : "4177b474-f147-44f2-b055-73f887742ea1", "display_name" : "lbs1", "size" : "SMALL", "attachment" : { "target_display_name" : "lrouter-2", "is_valid" : true, "target_type" : "LogicalRouter", "target_id" : "6aa3b556-58ad-420a-9b0d-535d3aebf2f5" }, "error_log_level" : "INFO", "access_log_enabled" : false, "virtual_server_ids" : [ "a332950f-472d-4ae3-be03-e7ccefe28fbd" ], "enabled" : true, "_create_time" : 1515745891661, "_last_modified_user" : "admin", "_last_modified_time" : 1515745891661, "_system_owned" : false, "_create_user" : "admin", "_protection" : "NOT_PROTECTED", "_revision" : 0 }

Required Permissions:

crud

Feature:

lb_services

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