servers/edit

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Last Modified 2021-02-04 11:38 EST

Namespace	Name	Admin Only	Log Summary	Generates Event	Version Added
servers	edit	yes	yes	yes	1

Description

Modify an existing server settings

NOTE: Administrator access only - non-administrators will receive a 403/Forbidden error

Input Arguments

Required Arguments: “id” (string)
Optional Arguments (at least one):
- “ip” (string)
- “login_user” (string)
- “login_password” (string)
- “nickname” (string)
- “groups” (JsonArray of strings)
- “tags” (JsonArray) : Search tags, Format - [“tag_1”, “tag_2”],
- “connection_paused” (boolean) : Pause the connection. Will connect to the system and allow minimal access, but no stats or probes will run on the NAS.
- “ignore_alerts” (string or JsonArray of strings) : Types of passthrough alerts to ignore from the NAS
  - Valid types: “information”, “warning”, “critical”, or “all”. Submit a null value to reset back to system defaults.

Request Example Arguments

ARGUMENTS ONLY: See the basics of API requests for additional formatting information.

{
  "id" : "server_id_1",
  "nickname" : "new_nickname",
  "groups" : ["group3", "group4"]
}

Reply Example

{
  "server_id_1" : {
    "id" : "server_id_1",
    "nickname" : "new_nickname",
    "groups" :  ["group3", "group4"],
    "ip" : "192.168.0.1",
    "login_user" : "root",
    "mac_address" : "system_mac_address",
    "connection_secure" : true,
    "connection_paused" : false,
    "connection_error" : "Connected"
  }
}

Events

Events from this change will be sent to all administrators and any user with read access to this server.

Example:

{
"namespace" : "event",
"name" : "servers/edit",
"id" : "",
"args" : {
  "tvid" : "server_id_1"
  }
}

Log Summary

This API call does not generate a detailed log summary item

"summary" : {
  "action" : "servers/edit",
  "changed_by_username" : "admin_user",
  "changed_by_uuid" : "admin_user_uuid",
  "new_ip" : "192.168.0.1",
  "new_login_user" : "root",
  "new_login_password" : "------",
  "new_nickname" : "new_nickname",
  "new_groups" : ["group3","group4"]
}