Status and settings REST API
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REST API for managing settings, checking hub status.
Get server status
URI:https://hub.cfengine.com/api
Method: GET
Example response:
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{ "meta": { "page": 1, "count": 1, "total": 1, "timestamp": 1437396760 }, "data": [ { "apiName": "CFEngine Enterprise API", "apiVersion": "v1", "enterpriseVersion": "3.6.4", "uiVersion": "ed2766c", "coreVersion": "3.6.5", "authenticated": "internal", "userId": "admin", "license": { "expires": "2222-12-25 00:00:00+00", "owner": "FREE ENTERPRISE - http://cfengine.com/terms for terms", "licenseType": "Enterprise Free", "granted": 25 } } ]}Output:
- apiNameHuman-friendly API name.
- apiVersionAPI version string.
- enterpriseVersionVersion of the CFEngine Enterprise build.
- uiVersionThe internal build number of the Enterprise UI.
- coreVersionThe version of CFEngine Core (Community) the Enterprise version was built against.
- authenticated("internal", "external")Whether the request was authenticated using the internal users table or an external source.
- license.expiresTime when the license expires.
- license.ownerThe name of the license owner.
- license.grantedHost number capacity granted by the license.
- license.licenseTypeLicense description.
Example usage:Checking status
Get settings
URI:https://hub.cfengine.com/api/settings
Method: GET
Check all settings of Mission Portal and REST API.API call allowed only for administrator.
Example response:
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{ "meta": { "page": 1, "count": 1, "total": 1, "timestamp": 1350992335 }, "data": [ { "hostIdentifier": "default.sys.fqhost", "rbacEnabled": true, "logLevel": "error", "ldapEnabled": true, "blueHostHorizon": 900, "sameHostsNumberOfRuns": 3 } ]}Output:
- rbacEnabled(boolean)Whether RBAC is applied to requests.
- hostIdentifier(string)The identfying string for hosts, such as name or IP.
- ldapEnabled(boolean)Whether external authentication is activated.
- logLevel("emergency", "alert", "critical", "error", "warning", "notice", "info", "debug")Syslog filter specifying the severity level at which messages produced by the API should be emitted to syslog and apache.log. (default: error).
- sameHostsNumberOfRuns(integer)Number of samples used to identify a duplicate identity. Default value is 3.
Example usage:Example: Viewing settings
Update settings
URI:https://hub.cfengine.com/api/settings
Method: POST
Update settings for Mission Portal and API's. API call allowed only foradministrator.
Fields:
- rbacEnabled(boolean)Whether RBAC is applied to requests.
- hostIdentifier(string)The identfying string for hosts, such as name or IP.
- ldapEnabled(boolean)Whether external authentication is activated.
- logLevel("emergency", "alert", "critical", "error", "warning", "notice", "info", "debug")Syslog filter specifying the severity level at which messages produced by the API should be emitted to syslog and apache.log. (default: error).
- blueHostHorizon(900)Threshold in minutes that hosts are unreachable before they are considered a health issue.
- sameHostsNumberOfRuns(integer)Number of samples used to identify a duplicate identity. Default value is 3.
Example Request Body:
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{ "hostIdentifier": "default.sys.fqhost", "rbacEnabled": false, "logLevel": "error", "ldapEnabled": true, "blueHostHorizon": 900, "sameHostsNumberOfRuns": 5}Example usage:Example: Configuring LDAP,Example: Changing the log level
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