1. REST API for Session Delivery Manager Release 9.0
  2. Tasks
  3. device configuration

Update a Configuration Element

post

/{versionId}/configuration/deviceConfigs/{deviceId}/configElements/update

Use this (POST) method to update all top-level element and sub-element configuration instances on the SDM database. Changes are made only to your staging area. No changes are pushed to the device until you use the Perform a Device Action (POST) method.

Request

Path Parameters
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Response

200 Response

400 Response

The user input is invalid.

401 Response

The session ID is invalid.

404 Response

The object (resource URI, device, and so on) of your input request cannot be found.
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Examples

Example of Accessing the API with cURL

The following example shows how to update a configuration element by submitting a POST request on the REST resource using cURL. For more information about cURL, see Use cURL. 

curl -X POST \
    -b sessionid.txt \
    -d@request.xml \
    --header "Accept: application/xml" \
    --header "Content-Type: application/xml" \
    "https://example.com:8443/rest/v1.3/configuration/deviceConfigs/{deviceId}/configElements/update"

The following shows an example of the contents of the request.json file sent as the request body. 

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
<configElement>
  <elementTypePath>localPolicy</elementTypePath>
  <attributes>
    <attribute>
      <name>name</name>
      <value>*</value>
    </attribute>
    <attribute>
      <name>description</name>
      <value>some description</value>
    </attribute>
  </attributes>
  <childrenElements>
    <childrenElement>
      <attributes>
        <attribute>
          <name>addr</name>
          <value>from-address</value>
        </attribute>
      </attributes>
      <elementTypePath>localPolicy/from</elementTypePath>
    </childrenElement>
    <childrenElement>
      <attributes>
        <attribute>
          <name>addr</name>
          <value>to-address</value>
        </attribute>
      </attributes>
      <elementTypePath>localPolicy/to</elementTypePath>
    </childrenElement>
    <childrenElement>
      <attributes>
        <attribute>
          <name>name</name>
          <value>*</value>
        </attribute>
      </attributes>
      <elementTypePath>localPolicy/sourceRealm</elementTypePath>
    </childrenElement>
    <childrenElement>
      <attributes>
        <attribute>
          <name>action</name>
          <value>none</value>
        </attribute>
        <attribute>
          <name>appProtocol</name>
          <value/>
        </attribute>
        <attribute>
          <name>dow</name>
          <value>U-S</value>
        </attribute>
        <attribute>
          <name>nextHop</name>
          <value>10.0.0.19</value>
        </attribute>
        <attribute>
          <name>startTime</name>
          <value>0000</value>
        </attribute>
        <attribute>
          <name>lookup</name>
          <value>single</value>
        </attribute>
        <attribute>
          <name>cost</name>
          <value>0</value>
        </attribute>
        <attribute>
          <name>methods</name>
          <value/>
        </attribute>
        <attribute>
          <name>isTermRoute</name>
          <value>disabled</value>
        </attribute>
        <attribute>
          <name>destRealm</name>
          <value/>
        </attribute>
        <attribute>
          <name>eLocStrLkup</name>
          <value>disabled</value>
        </attribute>
        <attribute>
          <name>endTime</name>
          <value>2400</value>
        </attribute>
        <attribute>
          <name>state</name>
          <value>disabled</value>
        </attribute>
        <attribute>
          <name>nextKey</name>
          <value/>
        </attribute>
        <attribute>
          <name>eLocStrMatch</name>
          <value>none</value>
        </attribute>
      </attributes>
      <elementTypePath>localPolicy/policyAttribute</elementTypePath>
    </childrenElement>
  </childrenElements>
</configElement>

Example of Accessing the API with Python

The following example shows how to update a configuration element by submitting a POST request on the REST resource using Python. This example assumes the cookie variable contains a valid authentication cookie. For an example of authenticating with Python, see Authenticate. 

import requests
from lxml import etree
url = "https://example.com:8443/rest/v1.3/configuration/deviceConfigs/{deviceId}/configElements/update"
headers = { "Accept":"application/xml", "Content-Type":"application/xml", "Cookie":cookie }
data = etree.tostring(etree.parse("request.json"))
resp = requests.post(url, headers=headers, data=data)

Example of the Response Body

The following example shows the contents of the response body in XML format.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
<configElement>
  <attributes>
    <attribute>
      <name>lastModifiedDate</name>
      <value>2021-02-04 17:45:19</value>
    </attribute>
    <attribute>
      <name>dataVersion</name>
      <value/>
    </attribute>
    <attribute>
      <name>anonymousPriority</name>
      <value/>
    </attribute>
    <attribute>
      <name>lastModifiedBy</name>
      <value>NNC_admin_10.0.0.19</value>
    </attribute>
    <attribute>
      <name>activateTime</name>
      <value/>
    </attribute>
    <attribute>
      <name>description</name>
      <value>some description</value>
    </attribute>
    <attribute>
      <name>state</name>
      <value>enabled</value>
    </attribute>
    <attribute>
      <name>deactivateTime</name>
      <value/>
    </attribute>
  </attributes>
  <childrenElements>
    <childrenElement>
      <attributes>
        <attribute>
          <name>addr</name>
          <value>from-address</value>
        </attribute>
      </attributes>
      <elementTypePath>localPolicy/from</elementTypePath>
    </childrenElement>
    <childrenElement>
      <attributes>
        <attribute>
          <name>addr</name>
          <value>to-address</value>
        </attribute>
      </attributes>
      <elementTypePath>localPolicy/to</elementTypePath>
    </childrenElement>
    <childrenElement>
      <attributes>
        <attribute>
          <name>name</name>
          <value>*</value>
        </attribute>
      </attributes>
      <elementTypePath>localPolicy/sourceRealm</elementTypePath>
    </childrenElement>
    <childrenElement>
      <attributes>
        <attribute>
          <name>nextHop</name>
          <value>10.0.0.19</value>
        </attribute>
        <attribute>
          <name>lookup</name>
          <value>single</value>
        </attribute>
        <attribute>
          <name>cost</name>
          <value>0</value>
        </attribute>
        <attribute>
          <name>methods</name>
          <value/>
        </attribute>
        <attribute>
          <name>isTermRoute</name>
          <value>disabled</value>
        </attribute>
        <attribute>
          <name>appProtocol</name>
          <value/>
        </attribute>
        <attribute>
          <name>dow</name>
          <value>U-S</value>
        </attribute>
        <attribute>
          <name>destRealm</name>
          <value/>
        </attribute>
        <attribute>
          <name>action</name>
          <value>none</value>
        </attribute>
        <attribute>
          <name>startTime</name>
          <value>0000</value>
        </attribute>
        <attribute>
          <name>eLocStrLkup</name>
          <value>disabled</value>
        </attribute>
        <attribute>
          <name>endTime</name>
          <value>2400</value>
        </attribute>
        <attribute>
          <name>state</name>
          <value>disabled</value>
        </attribute>
        <attribute>
          <name>nextKey</name>
          <value/>
        </attribute>
        <attribute>
          <name>eLocStrMatch</name>
          <value>none</value>
        </attribute>
      </attributes>
      <elementTypePath>localPolicy/policyAttribute</elementTypePath>
    </childrenElement>
  </childrenElements>
  <elementTypePath>localPolicy</elementTypePath>
</configElement>
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