Update IPFIX L2 Profile
Create a new IPFIX L2 profile if the IPFIX L2 profile with given id does not already exist. If the IPFIX L2 profile with the given id already exists, patch with the existing IPFIX L2 profile.
Request
URLURL
https://nsxmanager.your.domain/policy/api/v1/infra/ipfix-l2-profiles/{ipfix-l2-profile-id}
Parameters
Parameters
string
ipfix-l2-profile-id
Required
IPFIX L2 profile id
Request Body
Request Body
IPFIXL2Profile (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,
"active_timeout": 0,
"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",
"export_overlay_flow": false,
"id": "string",
"idle_timeout": 0,
"ipfix_collector_profile_path": "string",
"marked_for_delete": false,
"max_flows": 0,
"observation_domain_id": 0,
"packet_sample_probability": 0,
"parent_path": "string",
"path": "string",
"priority": 0,
"relative_path": "string",
"resource_type": "string",
"tags": [
{
"scope": "string",
"tag": "string"
}
]
}
integer
_create_time
Optional
Timestamp of resource creation
string
_create_user
Optional
ID of the user who created this resource
integer
_last_modified_time
Optional
Timestamp of last modification
string
_last_modified_user
Optional
ID of the user who last modified this resource
array of
ResourceLink
_links
Optional
The server will populate this field when returing the resource. Ignored on PUT and POST.
string
_protection
Optional
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.
integer
_revision
Optional
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.
string
_schema
Optional
Schema for this resource
boolean
_system_owned
Optional
Indicates system owned resource
integer
active_timeout
Optional
The time in seconds after a flow is expired even if more packets matching this flow are received by the cache.
array of
ChildPolicyConfigResource
children
Optional
subtree for this type within policy tree containing nested elements.
string
description
Optional
Description of this resource
string
display_name
Optional
Defaults to ID if not set
boolean
export_overlay_flow
Optional
This property controls whether overlay flow info is included in the sample result.
string
id
Optional
Unique identifier of this resource
integer
idle_timeout
Optional
The time in seconds after a flow is expired if no more packets matching this flow are received by the cache.
string
ipfix_collector_profile_path
Optional
Policy path for IPFIX collector profile. User can specify only one IPFIX collector.
boolean
marked_for_delete
Optional
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.
integer
max_flows
Optional
The maximum number of flow entries in each exporter flow cache.
integer
observation_domain_id
Optional
An identifier that is unique to the exporting process and used to meter the flows.
number
packet_sample_probability
Optional
The probability in percentage that a packet is sampled, in range 0-100. The probability is equal for every packet.
string
parent_path
Optional
Path of its parent
string
path
Optional
Absolute path of this object
integer
priority
Optional
This priority field is used to resolve conflicts in Segment Ports which are covered by more than one IPFIX profiles. The IPFIX exporter will send records to Collectors in highest priority profile (lowest number) only.
string
relative_path
Optional
Path relative from its parent
string
resource_type
Optional
The type of this resource.
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,"active_timeout":0,"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","export_overlay_flow":false,"id":"string","idle_timeout":0,"ipfix_collector_profile_path":"string","marked_for_delete":false,"max_flows":0,"observation_domain_id":0,"packet_sample_probability":0,"parent_path":"string","path":"string","priority":0,"relative_path":"string","resource_type":"string","tags":[{"scope":"string","tag":"string"}]}' https://nsxmanager.your.domain/policy/api/v1/infra/ipfix-l2-profiles/{ipfix-l2-profile-id}
Errors
500
The server encountered an unexpected condition which prevented it from fulfilling the request.
503
The server is currently unavailable (because it is overloaded or down for maintenance).
