Update Policy Draft
Create a new manual draft if the specified draft id does not correspond to an existing draft. Update the manual draft otherwise. Auto draft can not be updated.
Request
URLURL
https://nsxmanager.your.domain/policy/api/v1/infra/drafts/{draft-id}
Path Parameters
Path Parameters
| Required | Parameter Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| required |
|
string | Not available |
Request Body
Request Body
Contains PolicyDraft
(required)
{
"_create_time": 0,
"_create_user": "string",
"_last_modified_time": 0,
"_last_modified_user": "string",
"_links": [
{
"action": "string",
"href": "string",
"rel": "string"
}
],
"_protection": "string",
"_revision": 0,
"_schema": "string",
"_self": {
"action": "string",
"href": "string",
"rel": "string"
},
"_system_owned": false,
"children": [
{
"_create_time": 0,
"_create_user": "string",
"_last_modified_time": 0,
"_last_modified_user": "string",
"_links": [
{
"action": "string",
"href": "string",
"rel": "string"
}
],
"_protection": "string",
"_revision": 0,
"_schema": "string",
"_self": {
"action": "string",
"href": "string",
"rel": "string"
},
"_system_owned": false,
"description": "string",
"display_name": "string",
"id": "string",
"marked_for_delete": false,
"resource_type": "string",
"tags": [
{
"scope": "string",
"tag": "string"
}
]
}
],
"description": "string",
"display_name": "string",
"id": "string",
"is_auto_draft": false,
"lock_comments": "string",
"lock_modified_by": "string",
"lock_modified_time": 0,
"locked": false,
"marked_for_delete": false,
"parent_path": "string",
"path": "string",
"ref_draft_path": "string",
"relative_path": "string",
"resource_type": "string",
"system_area": {
"_create_time": 0,
"_create_user": "string",
"_last_modified_time": 0,
"_last_modified_user": "string",
"_links": [
{
"action": "string",
"href": "string",
"rel": "string"
}
],
"_protection": "string",
"_revision": 0,
"_schema": "string",
"_self": {
"action": "string",
"href": "string",
"rel": "string"
},
"_system_owned": false,
"children": [
{
"_create_time": 0,
"_create_user": "string",
"_last_modified_time": 0,
"_last_modified_user": "string",
"_links": [
{
"action": "string",
"href": "string",
"rel": "string"
}
],
"_protection": "string",
"_revision": 0,
"_schema": "string",
"_self": {
"action": "string",
"href": "string",
"rel": "string"
},
"_system_owned": false,
"description": "string",
"display_name": "string",
"id": "string",
"marked_for_delete": false,
"resource_type": "string",
"tags": [
{
"scope": "string",
"tag": "string"
}
]
}
],
"connectivity_strategy": "string",
"description": "string",
"display_name": "string",
"domains": [
{
"_create_time": 0,
"_create_user": "string",
"_last_modified_time": 0,
"_last_modified_user": "string",
"_links": [
{
"action": "string",
"href": "string",
"rel": "string"
}
],
"_protection": "string",
"_revision": 0,
"_schema": "string",
"_self": {
"action": "string",
"href": "string",
"rel": "string"
},
"_system_owned": false,
"children": [
{
"_create_time": 0,
"_create_user": "string",
"_last_modified_time": 0,
"_last_modified_user": "string",
"_links": [
{
"action": "string",
"href": "string",
"rel": "string"
}
],
"_protection": "string",
"_revision": 0,
"_schema": "string",
"_self": {
"action": "string",
"href": "string",
"rel": "string"
},
"_system_owned": false,
"description": "string",
"display_name": "string",
"id": "string",
"marked_for_delete": false,
"resource_type": "string",
"tags": [
{
"scope": "string",
"tag": "string"
}
]
}
],
"description": "string",
"display_name": "string",
"id": "string",
"marked_for_delete": false,
"parent_path": "string",
"path": "string",
"relative_path": "string",
"resource_type": "string",
"tags": [
{
"scope": "string",
"tag": "string"
}
]
}
],
"id": "string",
"marked_for_delete": false,
"parent_path": "string",
"path": "string",
"relative_path": "string",
"resource_type": "string",
"tags": [
{
"scope": "string",
"tag": "string"
}
]
},
"tags": [
{
"scope": "string",
"tag": "string"
}
],
"user_area": {
"_create_time": 0,
"_create_user": "string",
"_last_modified_time": 0,
"_last_modified_user": "string",
"_links": [
{
"action": "string",
"href": "string",
"rel": "string"
}
],
"_protection": "string",
"_revision": 0,
"_schema": "string",
"_self": {
"action": "string",
"href": "string",
"rel": "string"
},
"_system_owned": false,
"children": [
{
"_create_time": 0,
"_create_user": "string",
"_last_modified_time": 0,
"_last_modified_user": "string",
"_links": [
{
"action": "string",
"href": "string",
"rel": "string"
}
],
"_protection": "string",
"_revision": 0,
"_schema": "string",
"_self": {
"action": "string",
"href": "string",
"rel": "string"
},
"_system_owned": false,
"description": "string",
"display_name": "string",
"id": "string",
"marked_for_delete": false,
"resource_type": "string",
"tags": [
{
"scope": "string",
"tag": "string"
}
]
}
],
"connectivity_strategy": "string",
"description": "string",
"display_name": "string",
"domains": [
{
"_create_time": 0,
"_create_user": "string",
"_last_modified_time": 0,
"_last_modified_user": "string",
"_links": [
{
"action": "string",
"href": "string",
"rel": "string"
}
],
"_protection": "string",
"_revision": 0,
"_schema": "string",
"_self": {
"action": "string",
"href": "string",
"rel": "string"
},
"_system_owned": false,
"children": [
{
"_create_time": 0,
"_create_user": "string",
"_last_modified_time": 0,
"_last_modified_user": "string",
"_links": [
{
"action": "string",
"href": "string",
"rel": "string"
}
],
"_protection": "string",
"_revision": 0,
"_schema": "string",
"_self": {
"action": "string",
"href": "string",
"rel": "string"
},
"_system_owned": false,
"description": "string",
"display_name": "string",
"id": "string",
"marked_for_delete": false,
"resource_type": "string",
"tags": [
{
"scope": "string",
"tag": "string"
}
]
}
],
"description": "string",
"display_name": "string",
"id": "string",
"marked_for_delete": false,
"parent_path": "string",
"path": "string",
"relative_path": "string",
"resource_type": "string",
"tags": [
{
"scope": "string",
"tag": "string"
}
]
}
],
"id": "string",
"marked_for_delete": false,
"parent_path": "string",
"path": "string",
"relative_path": "string",
"resource_type": "string",
"tags": [
{
"scope": "string",
"tag": "string"
}
]
}
}| Required | Property Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| optional | _create_time | integer |
Timestamp of resource creation |
| optional | _create_user | string |
ID of the user who created this resource |
| optional | _last_modified_time | integer |
Timestamp of last modification |
| optional | _last_modified_user | string |
ID of the user who last modified this resource |
| optional | _links | array of ResourceLink |
The server will populate this field when returing the resource. Ignored on PUT and POST. |
| optional | _protection | string |
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. |
| optional | _revision | integer |
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. |
| optional | _schema | string |
Schema for this resource |
| optional | _self | SelfResourceLink |
Link to this resource |
| optional | _system_owned | boolean |
Indicates system owned resource |
| optional | children | array of ChildPolicyConfigResource |
subtree for this type within policy tree containing nested elements. |
| optional | description | string |
Description of this resource |
| optional | display_name | string |
Defaults to ID if not set |
| optional | id | string |
Unique identifier of this resource |
| optional | is_auto_draft | boolean |
Flag to indicate whether draft is auto created. True indicates that the draft is an auto draft. False indicates that the draft is a manual draft. |
| optional | lock_comments | string |
Comments for a policy draft lock/unlock. |
| optional | lock_modified_by | string |
ID of the user who last modified the lock for a policy draft. |
| optional | lock_modified_time | integer |
Policy draft locked/unlocked time in epoch milliseconds. |
| optional | locked | boolean |
Indicates whether a draft should be locked. If the draft is locked by an user, then no other user would be able to modify or publish this draft. Once the user releases the lock, other users can then modify or publish this draft. |
| optional | marked_for_delete | boolean |
Intent objects are not directly deleted from the system when a delete is invoked on them. They are marked for deletion and only when all the realized entities for that intent object gets deleted, the intent object is deleted. Objects that are marked for deletion are not returned in GET call. One can use the search API to get these objects. |
| optional | parent_path | string |
Path of its parent |
| optional | path | string |
Absolute path of this object |
| optional | ref_draft_path | string |
When specified, a manual draft will be created w.r.t. the specified draft. If not specified, manual draft will be created w.r.t. the current published configuration. For an auto draft, this will always be null. |
| optional | relative_path | string |
Path relative from its parent |
| optional | resource_type | string |
The type of this resource. |
| optional | system_area | Infra |
Configuration changes against the current configuration, tracked by the system. The value is stored in a hierarchical body format. |
| optional | tags | array of Tag |
Opaque identifiers meaningful to the API user |
| optional | user_area | Infra |
These are user defined configuration changes, which are applicable only in case of manual drafts. During the publish of a draft, system_area changes gets applied first, and then these changes. The value must be in a hierarchical body format. |
cURL Command
curl -X PATCH -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{"_create_time":0,"_create_user":"string","_last_modified_time":0,"_last_modified_user":"string","_links":[{"action":"string","href":"string","rel":"string"}],"_protection":"string","_revision":0,"_schema":"string","_self":{"action":"string","href":"string","rel":"string"},"_system_owned":false,"children":[{"_create_time":0,"_create_user":"string","_last_modified_time":0,"_last_modified_user":"string","_links":[{"action":"string","href":"string","rel":"string"}],"_protection":"string","_revision":0,"_schema":"string","_self":{"action":"string","href":"string","rel":"string"},"_system_owned":false,"description":"string","display_name":"string","id":"string","marked_for_delete":false,"resource_type":"string","tags":[{"scope":"string","tag":"string"}]}],"description":"string","display_name":"string","id":"string","is_auto_draft":false,"lock_comments":"string","lock_modified_by":"string","lock_modified_time":0,"locked":false,"marked_for_delete":false,"parent_path":"string","path":"string","ref_draft_path":"string","relative_path":"string","resource_type":"string","system_area":{"_create_time":0,"_create_user":"string","_last_modified_time":0,"_last_modified_user":"string","_links":[{"action":"string","href":"string","rel":"string"}],"_protection":"string","_revision":0,"_schema":"string","_self":{"action":"string","href":"string","rel":"string"},"_system_owned":false,"children":[{"_create_time":0,"_create_user":"string","_last_modified_time":0,"_last_modified_user":"string","_links":[{"action":"string","href":"string","rel":"string"}],"_protection":"string","_revision":0,"_schema":"string","_self":{"action":"string","href":"string","rel":"string"},"_system_owned":false,"description":"string","display_name":"string","id":"string","marked_for_delete":false,"resource_type":"string","tags":[{"scope":"string","tag":"string"}]}],"connectivity_strategy":"string","description":"string","display_name":"string","domains":[{"_create_time":0,"_create_user":"string","_last_modified_time":0,"_last_modified_user":"string","_links":[{"action":"string","href":"string","rel":"string"}],"_protection":"string","_revision":0,"_schema":"string","_self":{"action":"string","href":"string","rel":"string"},"_system_owned":false,"children":[{"_create_time":0,"_create_user":"string","_last_modified_time":0,"_last_modified_user":"string","_links":[{"action":"string","href":"string","rel":"string"}],"_protection":"string","_revision":0,"_schema":"string","_self":{"action":"string","href":"string","rel":"string"},"_system_owned":false,"description":"string","display_name":"string","id":"string","marked_for_delete":false,"resource_type":"string","tags":[{"scope":"string","tag":"string"}]}],"description":"string","display_name":"string","id":"string","marked_for_delete":false,"parent_path":"string","path":"string","relative_path":"string","resource_type":"string","tags":[{"scope":"string","tag":"string"}]}],"id":"string","marked_for_delete":false,"parent_path":"string","path":"string","relative_path":"string","resource_type":"string","tags":[{"scope":"string","tag":"string"}]},"tags":[{"scope":"string","tag":"string"}],"user_area":{"_create_time":0,"_create_user":"string","_last_modified_time":0,"_last_modified_user":"string","_links":[{"action":"string","href":"string","rel":"string"}],"_protection":"string","_revision":0,"_schema":"string","_self":{"action":"string","href":"string","rel":"string"},"_system_owned":false,"children":[{"_create_time":0,"_create_user":"string","_last_modified_time":0,"_last_modified_user":"string","_links":[{"action":"string","href":"string","rel":"string"}],"_protection":"string","_revision":0,"_schema":"string","_self":{"action":"string","href":"string","rel":"string"},"_system_owned":false,"description":"string","display_name":"string","id":"string","marked_for_delete":false,"resource_type":"string","tags":[{"scope":"string","tag":"string"}]}],"connectivity_strategy":"string","description":"string","display_name":"string","domains":[{"_create_time":0,"_create_user":"string","_last_modified_time":0,"_last_modified_user":"string","_links":[{"action":"string","href":"string","rel":"string"}],"_protection":"string","_revision":0,"_schema":"string","_self":{"action":"string","href":"string","rel":"string"},"_system_owned":false,"children":[{"_create_time":0,"_create_user":"string","_last_modified_time":0,"_last_modified_user":"string","_links":[{"action":"string","href":"string","rel":"string"}],"_protection":"string","_revision":0,"_schema":"string","_self":{"action":"string","href":"string","rel":"string"},"_system_owned":false,"description":"string","display_name":"string","id":"string","marked_for_delete":false,"resource_type":"string","tags":[{"scope":"string","tag":"string"}]}],"description":"string","display_name":"string","id":"string","marked_for_delete":false,"parent_path":"string","path":"string","relative_path":"string","resource_type":"string","tags":[{"scope":"string","tag":"string"}]}],"id":"string","marked_for_delete":false,"parent_path":"string","path":"string","relative_path":"string","resource_type":"string","tags":[{"scope":"string","tag":"string"}]}}' https://nsxmanager.your.domain/policy/api/v1/infra/drafts/{draft-id}
Errors
| Code | Returns | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 400 | BadRequest | The request cannot be fulfilled due to bad syntax. |
| 403 | Forbidden | The server understood the request, but is refusing to fulfill it. |
| 404 | NotFound | The requested resource could not be found but may be available again in the future. |
| 412 | PreconditionFailed | Not available |
| 500 | InternalServerError | The server encountered an unexpected condition which prevented it from fulfilling the request. |
| 503 | ServiceUnavailable | The server is currently unavailable (because it is overloaded or down for maintenance). |
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