NSX-T Data Center REST API

Create or Replace IPFIX L2 profile

Create or replace IPFIX L2 Profile. Profile is reusable entity. Single
profile can attached multiple bindings e.g group, segment and port.
This API is available when using VMware Cloud (AWS, Dell-EMC, Outpost, Hyperscalers) or VMware NSX.

Request:

Method:

PUT

URI Path(s):

/policy/api/v1/infra/ipfix-l2-profiles/{ipfix-l2-profile-id}

Request Headers:

n/a

Query Parameters:

OverrideRequestParameters+

OverrideRequestParameters (schema)

Name	Description	Type	Notes
override	Locally override the global object If true, the global resource can be over written locally. This means that there will be a local only resource in place of the global resource that can reflect local specific settings and values. The global object will continue to exist but will not be used for any configuration until this local object is removed. When the object is overridden the Global resource continues to exist unmodified, while the overridden object is created with all of the user specified values. The Global resource may be updated in the background, however, the overridden object may only be updated by the user. Once the user removes the overridden copy, the Global resource will then resume being used in the configuration.	boolean	Default: "False"

Request Body:

IPFIXL2Profile+

IPFIXL2Profile (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
active_timeout	Active timeout The time in seconds after a flow is expired even if more packets matching this flow are received by the cache.	int	Minimum: 60 Maximum: 3600 Default: "300"
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
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
export_overlay_flow	Export overlay Flow This property controls whether overlay flow info is included in the sample result.	boolean	Default: "True"
id	Unique identifier of this resource	string	Sortable
idle_timeout	Idle timeout The time in seconds after a flow is expired if no more packets matching this flow are received by the cache.	int	Minimum: 60 Maximum: 3600 Default: "300"
ipfix_collector_profile_path	IPFIX collector Path Policy path for IPFIX collector profile. User can specify only one IPFIX collector.	string	Required
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"
max_flows	Max flows The maximum number of flow entries in each exporter flow cache.	integer	Minimum: 0 Maximum: 4294967295 Default: "16384"
observation_domain_id	Observation domain ID An identifier that is unique to the exporting process and used to meter the flows.	integer	Minimum: 0 Maximum: 4294967295 Default: "0"
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
packet_sample_probability	Packet sample probability The probability in percentage that a packet is sampled, in range 0-100. The probability is equal for every packet.	number	Required Minimum: 0 Maximum: 100 Default: "0.1"
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
priority	Config Priority This priority field is used to resolve conflicts in Segment Ports which are covered by more than one IPFIX profiles. The IPFIX exporter will send records to Collectors in highest priority profile (lowest number) only.	int	Minimum: 0 Maximum: 32000 Default: "0"
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 path is populated only in case of multi-site scenario. Currently it is supported only for LM objects. When LM is onboarded to multi-site platform like NAPP or GM, remote_path will be set to the globally unique path across multi-site topology . It is generated based on local site-name and uses /org tree namespace. Note: It is populated only for LM objects. Not supported on the GM.	string	Readonly
resource_type	Must be set to the value IPFIXL2Profile	string
tags	Opaque identifiers meaningful to the API user	array of Tag	Maximum items: 30
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:

{ "ipfix_collector_profile_path": "/infra/ipfix-l2-collector-profiles/profile1", "packet_sample_probability":0.1, "active_timeout":700, "idle_timeout":300, "max_flows": 1400, "_revision": 0 }

Successful Response:

Response Code:

200 OK

Response Headers:

Content-type: application/json

Response Body:

IPFIXL2Profile+

IPFIXL2Profile (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
active_timeout	Active timeout The time in seconds after a flow is expired even if more packets matching this flow are received by the cache.	int	Minimum: 60 Maximum: 3600 Default: "300"
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
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
export_overlay_flow	Export overlay Flow This property controls whether overlay flow info is included in the sample result.	boolean	Default: "True"
id	Unique identifier of this resource	string	Sortable
idle_timeout	Idle timeout The time in seconds after a flow is expired if no more packets matching this flow are received by the cache.	int	Minimum: 60 Maximum: 3600 Default: "300"
ipfix_collector_profile_path	IPFIX collector Path Policy path for IPFIX collector profile. User can specify only one IPFIX collector.	string	Required
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"
max_flows	Max flows The maximum number of flow entries in each exporter flow cache.	integer	Minimum: 0 Maximum: 4294967295 Default: "16384"
observation_domain_id	Observation domain ID An identifier that is unique to the exporting process and used to meter the flows.	integer	Minimum: 0 Maximum: 4294967295 Default: "0"
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
packet_sample_probability	Packet sample probability The probability in percentage that a packet is sampled, in range 0-100. The probability is equal for every packet.	number	Required Minimum: 0 Maximum: 100 Default: "0.1"
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
priority	Config Priority This priority field is used to resolve conflicts in Segment Ports which are covered by more than one IPFIX profiles. The IPFIX exporter will send records to Collectors in highest priority profile (lowest number) only.	int	Minimum: 0 Maximum: 32000 Default: "0"
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 path is populated only in case of multi-site scenario. Currently it is supported only for LM objects. When LM is onboarded to multi-site platform like NAPP or GM, remote_path will be set to the globally unique path across multi-site topology . It is generated based on local site-name and uses /org tree namespace. Note: It is populated only for LM objects. Not supported on the GM.	string	Readonly
resource_type	Must be set to the value IPFIXL2Profile	string
tags	Opaque identifiers meaningful to the API user	array of Tag	Maximum items: 30
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 Response:

{ "resource_type": "IPFIXL2Profile", "id": "ipfixsession_1", "display_name": "/infra/ipfix-l2-profiles/ipfixsession_1", "path": "/infra/ipfix-l2-profiles/ipfixsession_1", "parent_path": "/infra/networks/cgw", "relative_path": "ipfixsession_1", "packet_sample_probability": 0.1, "observation_domain_id": 0, "active_timeout": 700, "max_flows": 1400, "idle_timeout": 300, "ipfix_collector_profile_path": "/infra/ipfix-l2-collector-profiles/profile1", "_create_user": "admin", "_create_time": 1517354664477, "_last_modified_user": "admin", "_last_modified_time": 1517354664477, "_system_owned": false, "_protection": "NOT_PROTECTED", "_revision": 1 }

Required Permissions:

crud

Feature:

policy_ipfix_switch

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