3.9. Example: Add Bricks to Volume


This example adds a brick to volume.

Example 3.9. Add Bricks to Volume

POST /api/clusters/99408929-82cf-4dc7-a532-9d998063fa95/glustervolumes/83101900-2f12-4855-838e-36b8a9e04554/bricks HTTP/1.1
Accept: application/xml
Content-type: application/xml

<bricks>
  <brick>
<server_id>fcb46b88-f32e-11e1-918a-0050568c4349</server_id>
    <brick_dir>/export/data/brick3</brick_dir>
  </brick>
</bricks>
cURL command:
curl -X POST -H "Accept: application/xml" -H "Content-Type: application/xml" -u [USER:PASS] https://[RHSC HOST]/api/clusters/99408929-82cf-4dc7-a532-9d998063fa95/glustervolumes/83101900-2f12-4855-838e-36b8a9e04554/bricks -d "<bricks><brick><server_id>fcb46b88-f32e-11e1-918a-0050568c4349</server_id><brick_dir>/export/data/brick3</brick_dir></brick></bricks>"
The API returns the following representation:
HTTP/1.1 201 Created
Content-Type: application/xml

<bricks>
    <brick href="/api/clusters/02b2bd03-5e54-45f9-9302-33a4ba96eb32/glustervolumes/0635fb7e-0da8-48ca-ae9c-72be85c36afa/bricks/5241646b-f7aa-4484-9c4a-be33ebf4f51d" id="5241646b-f7aa-4484-9c4a-be33ebf4f51d">
        <actions>
            <link href="/api/clusters/02b2bd03-5e54-45f9-9302-33a4ba96eb32/glustervolumes/0635fb7e-0da8-48ca-ae9c-72be85c36afa/bricks/5241646b-f7aa-4484-9c4a-be33ebf4f51d/replace" rel="replace"/>
        </actions>
        <name>vm12.lab.eng.blr.redhat.com:/home/3</name>
        <link href="/api/clusters/02b2bd03-5e54-45f9-9302-33a4ba96eb32/glustervolumes/0635fb7e-0da8-48ca-ae9c-72be85c36afa/bricks/5241646b-f7aa-4484-9c4a-be33ebf4f51d/statistics" rel="statistics"/>
        <port>49154</port>
        <pid>26691</pid>
        <device>/dev/mapper/vg_vm12-lv_root</device>
        <mnt_options>rw</mnt_options>
        <fs_name>ext4</fs_name>
        <gluster_clients>
            <gluster_client>
                <host_name>10.70.36.84</host_name>
                <client_port>1019</client_port>
                <bytes_read>1260</bytes_read>
                <bytes_written>900</bytes_written>
            </gluster_client>
        </gluster_clients>
        <memory_pools>
            <memory_pool>
                <name>test-server:fd_t</name>
                <hot_count>0</hot_count>
                <cold_count>1024</cold_count>
                <padded_size>108</padded_size>
                <alloc_count>0</alloc_count>
                <max_alloc>0</max_alloc>
                <pool_misses>0</pool_misses>
                <max_stdalloc>0</max_stdalloc>
            </memory_pool>
            ...
        </memory_pools>
        <gluster_volume href="/api/clusters/02b2bd03-5e54-45f9-9302-33a4ba96eb32/glustervolumes/0635fb7e-0da8-48ca-ae9c-72be85c36afa" id="0635fb7e-0da8-48ca-ae9c-72be85c36afa"/>
        <server_id>411fd862-1469-4dff-ad5a-a7be364d83a6</server_id>
        <brick_dir>/home/3</brick_dir>
        <status>
            <state>up</state>
        </status>
    </brick>
</bricks>
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