Developer

Hello,

I'd like to set the boot partition on our controllers using the API (we have quite a lot of controllers so it's easiier than doing it by hand, and I'd prefer to use the API than script SSH CLI commands), but I'm not sure I can see a way of doing it. There's /object/config_boot_partition but the wording sounds a bit odd:

"Create a new instance or update existing instance or delete parts of the instance or full object of type config_boot_partition"

Will this do what I want? I tried it out and nothing happened but it's more than possible I'm doing something wrong (my Python scripting skills are pretty basic)?:

def set_ctlr_boot_partition(host,uid,part):

    hostname = host
    uidaruba = uid
    part_num = str("partition"+part)

    url = f"https://{hostname}:4343/v1/object/config_boot_partition"
    payload = {
           "verbose": True,
           "test_type": "fast",
           "partition_num": part_num
           }

    headers = {"Content-Type": "application/json",
               "Accept" : "application/json",
               "Cookie" : f"SESSION={uid}",
               }

    response = requests.request("POST", url, json=payload, headers=headers, verify=False)
    print(response.raise_for_status())
    return response

The API reference on the developer site doesn't seem to include this particular call so I can't verify my function is correct. response.raise_for_status() returns 'None'.

I'd also like to be able to reload controllers via the API, there's an /object/reload call but again the language is a bit ambiguous:

"Create a new instance or update existing instance or delete parts of the instance or full object of type reload"

Any advice appreciated.

Guy

Hi Guy,

if you display response and not raise_for_status ?

I write this small code using PowerShell (and PowerArubaMC) and work for me :

$body = @{
    "partition_num" = "partition0"
}

Invoke-ArubaMCRestMethod -method POST -uri v1/configuration/object/config_boot_partition -body $body

i get the following output 

config_boot_partition                               _global_result
---------------------                               --------------
@{partition_num=partition0; _result=}               @{status=0; status_str=Success; _pending=False}

and after launch reboot/reload without body

Invoke-ArubaMCRestMethod -method POST -uri v1/configuration/object/reload

there is no output... only need to wait 2/3 minutes and the controller is reload 

Hi,

Bah ok it was me being an idiot. missed out "configuration" in the URL, _and_ missed out the line that includes the config_path and ARUBAUID

querystring = {"config_path":"/mm","UIDARUBA":"<uidaruba obtained previously>"}

I had/have a session cookie in there already ("Cookie" : f"SESSION={uid}",) which I thought was the arubauid. I'm not really sure what that cookie actually does and whether I need it at all. But anyway it is working now. Thank you

$body = @{    "partition_num" = "partition0"}Invoke-ArubaMCRestMethod -method POST -uri v1/configuration/object/config_boot_partition -body $body

config_boot_partition                               _global_result---------------------                               --------------@{partition_num=partition0; _result=}               @{status=0; status_str=Success; _pending=False}

Invoke-ArubaMCRestMethod -method POST -uri v1/configuration/object/reload