NSX-T Data Center REST API

DSSection (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
applied_tos AppliedTo List

List of objects where the rules in this section will be enforced. This will take precedence over rule level appliedTo.
array of ResourceReference Maximum items: 128
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
id Unique identifier of this resource string Sortable
is_default Default section flag

It is a boolean flag which reflects whether a distributed service section is default section or not. Each Layer 3 and Layer 2 section will have at least and at most one default section.
boolean Readonly
resource_type Must be set to the value DSSection string
rule_count Rule count

Number of rules in this section.
integer Readonly
section_type Section Type

Type of the rules which a section can contain. Only homogeneous sections are supported.
string Required
Enum: LAYER2, LAYER3, L3REDIRECT, IDS
stateful Stateful nature of the distributed service rules in the section.

Stateful or Stateless nature of distributed service section is enforced on all rules inside the section. Layer3 sections can be stateful or stateless. Layer2 sections can only be stateless.
boolean Required
tags Opaque identifiers meaningful to the API user array of Tag Maximum items: 30