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Nexfs Management API Documentation

Method Index

UpdateConfig

Updating Nexfs Configuration Information

Action: UpdateConfig

Update the value of a Nexfs Configuration setting

Permissions

To replace the installed nexfs license key (NEXFSLICENSEKEY) the requesting session must have the nexfs/UpdateLicense role enabled.


To administration pause or unpause Nexfs (NEXFSPAUSED) the requesting session must have the nexfs/PauseServer role enabled.


To set the value of NFSENABLED or NFSSTARTSTOP the requesting session must have the nexfs/ManageNFSSubSystem role enabled.

To set the value of iSCSIENABLED the requesting session must have the nexfs/ManageIScsiSubSystem role enabled.


To set any other configuration value the requesting session must have the nexfs/UpateNexfsConfiguration role enabled.


Request Parameters

A request must be made against the nexfs management console api with the UpdateConfig action.

The request must be signed with a valid AWS V4 style Signature using an active temporary session security token.

Action

UpdateConfig


Mode

Mode must be set to 1, 2 or 3

If the request mode is set to 1 then only the configuration value is update (a reboot is required for the new value to become active)


If the request mode is set to 2 then only the live (active) value is updated, on reboot the live value will revert to the configuration value


If the request mode is set to 3 then both the configuration and also the live (active) values are updated


ConfigurationVarName

Which Nexfs configuration setting to update


ConfigurationNewValue

The new value to set

Request Body

The request does not have a request body.

Response Syntax


HTTP1/1 200

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<RequestCompleted>

<Code>string</Code>

<Message>string</Message>

<Resource>string</Resource>

<RequestId>integer</RequestId>

</RequestCompleted>


Response Elements

If the action is successful, the service sends back an HTTP 200 response.


The following data is returned in XML format by the service.


RequestCompleted

Root Level tag for the successful Revoke Session response

Code

OK


Message

Request Completed

Resource

/nexfsconsoleapi

RequestId

A requestid number that identifies the request made against the management api

Errors

Also See Rest Error Responses


400 BadRequest The request was Malformed

A BadRequest is generally returned if either RequestVar or Mode is missing from the request


400 BadRequest The Request Action is unknown


400 InvalidArgument The Request Update Configuration Tag is Unknown

There is no configuration that matches the ConfigurationVarName


400 InvalidArgument The Request new value does not validate against required constraints

401 Unauthorized The request cannot be authenticated


403 Forbidden Session does not have the rights to perform the requested action

405 MethodNotAllowed The Requested Configuration cannot be live updated

The requested tried to live update a configuration than cannot only be changed on nexfs restart


500 InternalServerError An Internal Error was encountered

Example Request


GET http://nexfs.example.com:9200/nexfsconsoleapi?Action=UpdateConfig&ConfigurationNewValue=0&ConfigurationVarName=NEXFSLICENSEKEY&UpdateMode=3

Authorization: AWS4-HMAC-SHA256 Credential=2ad3303c3cd94923b7724f8c9f61706c/20220829/nexfs/nexfsconsoleapi/aws4_request, SignedHeaders=host;x-amz-content-sha256;x-amz-date, Signature=1a9cea56f140f792b56a5b9a973ca1f4ef620b107f423c1cada348e6f97bf550

host: nexfs.example.com

x-amz-date: 20220829T101209Z

Example Response


<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<RequestCompleted>

<Code>Ok</Code>

<Message>Request Completed</Message>

<Resource>/nexfsconsoleapi</Resource>

<RequestId>26</RequestId>

</RequestCompleted>




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