Red Hat Summit9.3. Actions
The following sections describe the actions associated with
host resources.
The API contains a number of possible actions for hosts:
install, activate, fence, deactivate, approve, iscsilogin, iscsidiscover and commitnetconfig.
9.3.1. Install Action
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Install VDSM and related software on the host. The host type defines additional parameters for the action.
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux host - This host type requires a
root_passwordelement that refers to the password for the host'srootuser.
Example 9.11. Action to install VDSM to a Red Hat Enterprise Linux host
9.3.2. Activate Action
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Activate the host for use, such as creating bricks.
Example 9.12. Action to activate a host
POST /api/hosts/2ab5e1da-b726-4274-bbf7-0a42b16a0fc3/activate HTTP/1.1 Accept: application/xml Content-type: application/xml <action/>
POST /api/hosts/2ab5e1da-b726-4274-bbf7-0a42b16a0fc3/activate HTTP/1.1
Accept: application/xml
Content-type: application/xml
<action/>9.3.3. Fence Action
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An API user controls a host's power management device with the
fence action. The capabilities lists available fence_type options.
Example 9.13. Action to fence a host
9.3.4. Deactivate Action
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Deactivate the host to perform maintenance tasks.
Example 9.14. Action to deactivate a host
POST /api/hosts/2ab5e1da-b726-4274-bbf7-0a42b16a0fc3/deactivate HTTP/1.1 Accept: application/xml Content-type: application/xml <action/>
POST /api/hosts/2ab5e1da-b726-4274-bbf7-0a42b16a0fc3/deactivate HTTP/1.1
Accept: application/xml
Content-type: application/xml
<action/>9.3.5. Commit Network Configuration Action
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An API user commits the network configuration to persist a host network interface attachment or detachment, or persist the creation and deletion of a bonded interface.
Example 9.15. Action to commit network configuration
POST /api/hosts/2ab5e1da-b726-4274-bbf7-0a42b16a0fc3/commitnetconfig HTTP/1.1 Accept: application/xml Content-type: application/xml <action/>
POST /api/hosts/2ab5e1da-b726-4274-bbf7-0a42b16a0fc3/commitnetconfig HTTP/1.1
Accept: application/xml
Content-type: application/xml
<action/>Important
Networking configuration is only committed after the Red Hat Gluster Storage Console has established that host connectivity is not lost as a result of the configuration changes. If host connectivity is lost, the host requires a reboot and automatically reverts to the previous networking configuration.
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