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EndPoint API

EndPoint API

Endpoints can be accessed and modified through this API using four services: GET, POST, PUT, and PATCH. These four services allow for the retrieval, creation, complete update, and partial update of endpoints.

Authentication - Use Basic Authentication for this API.

GET

There are three implementations of GET. One will find an Endpoint with the given Id and return the JSON representation of the Endpoint. The next one will find a list of Endpoints matching the parameters supplied to it. The last one will test the connection to an endpoint.

GET by ID

This GET service will find an Endpoint with the given Id and return the JSON representation of the object.

API URL

http://host:port/flexdeploy/rest/v1/topology/endpoint

Request

Parameter
Required
Type
Description
IdYesURLThis is a URL parameter for the Id which is used to find and return an Endpoint

Response


Attributes

Type

Description

endpointIdLongThis is an identification number of an existing Endpoint.
endpointNameStringThis is the unique name of the corresponding Endpoint.
descriptionStringThis is a description of the Endpoint.
isActiveBooleanThis is a Boolean that tracks whether or not the Endpoint is active. 
connectionTypeStringThis specifies the connection Type.
osTypeStringThis is a character sequence which corresponds to the operating system type used in the corresponding remote connection.
endpointAddressStringThis is a String associated with the address of the endpoint.
endpointPortStringThis is a port associated with an SSH connection.
baseDirectoryStringThis is a character sequence which corresponds to the base directory of the corresponding Endpoint.
isBaseDirectoryExpressionString"Y" if the base directory is a Groovy Expression "N" if it isn't. This cannot be set manually through the API, it will automatically be set to "N".
javaPathStringThis is a character sequence that specifies the java path of the corresponding Endpoint.
isJavaPathExpressionString"Y" if the Java path is a Groovy Expression "N" if it isn't. This cannot be set manually through the API, it will automatically be set to "N".
passwordStringKept for backward compatibility. It will be either ***** or null depending on whether passwordCredentialId is set or not.
passwordCredentialIdLongThis is the credential id associated with the endpoint password.
privateKeyStringFully-qualified path of the SSH private key file.
passphraseStringKept for backward compatibility. It will be either ***** or null depending on whether passphraseCredentialId is set or not.
passphraseCredentialIdLongThis is the credential id associated with the endpoint passphrase.
runAsUserNameStringAn optional user to run as (using sudo) after establishing connection to the endpoint.
dockerHostBooleanThis indicates if endpoint is docker engine.
k8sClusterBooleanThis indicates if endpoint is kubernetes engine.
k8sContextStringName of the configured K8s context.
endpointGroupStringThis is a character sequence associated with this Endpoint's corresponding group.
endpointSubgroupStringThis is a character sequence associated with this Endpoint's corresponding sub-group.

Response Codes

HTTP CodeDescription
200Endpoint was found and returned
400Bad request
401Authentication failure
403Authorization failure (no access to resource)
404Endpoint not found
500Unexpected internal server error

Example

If we had an endpoint in our database with an Id of 13901 and had the following attributes

Endpoint 13910
{
    "endpointId": 13910,
    "endpointName": "GOODPOST1",
    "description": "description",
    "isActive": true,
    "connectionType": "SSH",
    "osType": "UNIX",
    "endpointAddress": "NotNeeded00",
    "endpointPort": "1",
    "baseDirectory": "ServerInstallRoot + '/localhost'",
    "isBaseDirectoryExpression": "N",
    "javaPath": "ServerJavaHome",
    "isJavaPathExpression": "N",
    "userName": "userName",
    "passwordCredentialId": 12345,
    "privateKey": "privateKey",
    "runAsUserName": "TestInput",
    "endpointGroup": "endpointGroup",
    "endpointSubgroup": "subGroupTester"

}

When we run a GET request at the following URL

http://host:port/flexdeploy/rest/v1/topology/endpoint/13901

The GET request would return the following JSON endpoint object

Endpoint GET Return JSON
{
    "endpointId": 13910,
    "endpointName": "GOODPOST1",
    "description": "description",
    "isActive": true,
    "connectionType": "SSH",
    "osType": "UNIX",
    "endpointAddress": "NotNeeded00",
    "endpointPort": "1",
    "baseDirectory": "ServerInstallRoot + '/localhost'",
    "isBaseDirectoryExpression": "N",
    "javaPath": "ServerJavaHome",
    "isJavaPathExpression": "N",
    "userName": "userName",
    "password": "*****",
    "passwordCredentialId": 12345,
    "privateKey": "privateKey",
    "passphrase": "*****",
    "passphraseCredentialId": 54321,
    "runAsUserName": "TestInput",
    "endpointGroup": "endpointGroup",
    "endpointSubgroup": "subGroupTester"
}

GET (Using Query Parameters)

This GET service will return a list of Endpoints in the form of JSON objects based on the query parameters name, address, group and subgroup. Endpoints are only returned if they match ALL of the specified query parameters. If no query parameters are given this request will return the entire list of Endpoints.

API URL

http://host:port/flexdeploy/rest/v1/topology/endpoint?

Append the following character sequences to the above URL to specify Query parameters.
Use '&' between successive query parameters: 

endpointName={name}

endpointAddress={address}

endpointGroup={group}

endpointSubgroup={subgroup}

isActive={boolean}

Examples:
To Specify the name parameter only:

http://host:port/flexdeploy/rest/v1/topology/endpoint?endpointName={name}

To Specify isActive parameter Only:

http://host:port/flexdeploy/rest/v1/topology/endpoint?isActive=true

To Specify the name and group parameters:

http://host:port/flexdeploy/rest/v1/topology/endpoint?endpointName={name}&endpointGroup={group}

To Specify the name, address and group parameters:

http://host:port/flexdeploy/rest/v1/topology/endpoint?endpointName={name}&endpointAddress={address}&endpointGroup={group}

The query parameters are not case sensitive. Searching by name=NAME is the same as searching by name=name.

Request

Parameter
Required
Type
Description
endpointNameNoQuery - StringContains ignore case search
endpointAddressNoQuery - StringEquals ignore case search
endpointGroupNoQuery - StringEquals ignore case search
endpointSubgroupNoQuery - StringEquals ignore case search
isActiveNoQuery - BooleanReturns endpoints where isActive field matches parameter.

Response


Attributes

Type

Description

endpointIdLongThis is an identification number of an existing Endpoint.
endpointNameStringThis is the unique name of the corresponding Endpoint.
descriptionStringThis is a description of the Endpoint.
isActiveBooleanThis is a Boolean that tracks whether or not the Endpoint is active. 
connectionTypeStringThis specifies the connection Type.
osTypeStringThis is a character sequence which corresponds to the operating system type used in the corresponding remote connection.
endpointAddressStringThis is a String associated with the address of the endpoint.
endpointPortStringThis is a port associated with an SSH connection.
baseDirectoryStringThis is a character sequence which corresponds to the base directory of the corresponding Endpoint.
isBaseDirectoryExpressionString"Y" if the base directory is a Groovy Expression "N" if it isn't. This cannot be set manually through the API, it will automatically be set to "N".
javaPathStringThis is a character sequence that specifies the java path of the corresponding Endpoint.
isJavaPathExpressionString"Y" if the Java path is a Groovy Expression "N" if it isn't. This cannot be set manually through the API, it will automatically be set to "N".
passwordStringKept for backward compatibility. It will be either ***** or null depending on whether passwordCredentialId is set or not.
passwordCredentialIdLongThis is the credential id associated with the endpoint password.
privateKeyStringFully-qualified path of the SSH private key file.
passphraseStringKept for backward compatibility. It will be either ***** or null depending on whether passphraseCredentialId is set or not.
passphraseCredentialIdLongThis is the credential id associated with the endpoint passphrase.
runAsUserNameStringAn optional user to run as (using sudo) after establishing connection to the endpoint.
dockerHostBooleanThis indicates if endpoint is docker engine.
k8sClusterBooleanThis indicates if endpoint is kubernetes engine.
k8sContextStringName of the configured K8s context.
endpointGroupStringThis is a character sequence associated with this Endpoint's corresponding group.
endpointSubgroupStringThis is a character sequence associated with this Endpoint's corresponding sub-group.

Response Codes

HTTP CodeDescription
200Search successful and results returned
400Bad request
401Authentication failure
403Authorization failure (no access to resource)
500Unexpected internal server error

Example

If we had an endpoints in our database with a Ids of 14517, and 14518 and the following attributes

Endpoint - 14517
{
    "endpointId": 14517,
    "endpointName": "Motel6",
    "description": null,
    "isActive": true,
    "connectionType": "LOCALHOST",
    "osType": null,
    "endpointAddress": "localhost",
    "endpointPort": null,
    "baseDirectory": "ServerInstallRoot + '/localhost'",
    "isBaseDirectoryExpression": "N",
    "javaPath": "ServerJavaHome",
    "isJavaPathExpression": "N",
    "userName": null,
    "passwordCredentialId": null,
    "privateKey": null,
    "passphrase": null,
    "passphraseCredentialId": null,
    "runAsUserName": null,
    "endpointGroup": "Germany",
    "endpointSubgroup": "Munich"
}
Endpoint 14518
{
    "endpointId": 14518,
    "endpointName": "Raddison Hotel",
    "description": null,
    "isActive": true,
    "connectionType": "LOCALHOST",
    "osType": null,
    "endpointAddress": "localhost",
    "endpointPort": null,
    "baseDirectory": "ServerInstallRoot + '/localhost'",
    "isBaseDirectoryExpression": "N",
    "javaPath": "ServerJavaHome",
    "isJavaPathExpression": "N",
    "userName": null,
    "passphraseCredentialId": null,
    "passwordCredentialId": null,
    "privateKey": null,
    "password": null,
    "passphrase": null,
    "runAsUserName": null,
    "endpointGroup": "Germany",
    "endpointSubgroup": "Berlin"
}

When we run a GET request at the following URL

http://host:port/flexdeploy/rest/v1/topology/endpoint?endpointGroup=Germany

The GET request would return the  following JSON endpoint object

Endpoint GET Return JSON
[
    {
        "description": null,
        "password": null,
        "passwordCredentialId": null,
        "userName": null,
        "isActive": true,
        "privateKey": null,
        "baseDirectory": "ServerInstallRoot + '/localhost'",
        "osType": null,
        "javaPath": "ServerJavaHome",
        "endpointName": "Motel6",
		"isBaseDirectoryExpression": "N",
        "endpointAddress": "localhost",
        "endpointId": 14517,
        "passphrase": null,
        "passphraseCredentialId": null,
        "connectionType": "LOCALHOST",
		"isJavaPathExpression": "N",
        "endpointPort": null,
        "endpointGroup": "Germany",
        "endpointSubgroup": "Munich",
        "runAsUserName": null
    },
    {
        "description": null,
        "password": null,
        "passwordCredentialId": null,
        "userName": null,
        "isActive": true,
        "privateKey": null,
        "baseDirectory": "ServerInstallRoot + '/localhost'",
        "osType": null,
        "javaPath": "ServerJavaHome",
        "endpointName": "Raddison Hotel",
		"isBaseDirectoryExpression": "N",
        "endpointAddress": "localhost",
        "endpointId": 14518,
        "passphrase": null,
        "passphraseCredentialId": null,
        "connectionType": "LOCALHOST",
		"isJavaPathExpression": "N",
        "endpointPort": null,
        "endpointGroup": "Germany",
        "endpointSubgroup": "Berlin",
        "runAsUserName": null
    }
]

Test Connection (using GET)

API URL

http://host:port/flexdeploy/rest/v1/topology/endpoint/{Id}/test

This GET service will test the connection to an Endpoint with the given Id and return the JSON representation of a test result.

Request

Parameter
Required
Type
Description
IdYesURLThis is a URL parameter for the Id which is used to find and return an Endpoint

Response

AttributesTypeDescription
messageString

If the test failed, the message will provide more information on why it failed. Otherwise, the message will be ‘Connection to Endpoint [name] was successful'

successfulBooleanWhether or not the test was successful

Response Codes