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This URL creates the failover pair.

Resource URL

POST /domain/<domain_id>/failoverpair?SSLOverwrite=<true or false>

Request Parameters

URL Parameters:

Field Name Description Data Type Mandatory
domainId Sensor id Number Yes
SSLOverwrite True or false, to ignore the SSL key difference with primary & secondary Sensor Boolean No

Payload Parameters:

Field Name Description Data Type Mandatory
failoverPairId Unique failover pair id, not required for POST Number No
model Sensor model String Yes
name Failover pair name String Yes
templateDeviceId Template/Primary device id Number Yes
peerDeviceId Peer/Secondary device id Number Yes
templateDeviceName Template/ Primary device name String No
peerDeviceName Peer/ Secondary device name String No
isFailOpen Is failopen Boolean Yes

Response Parameters

Following fields are returned if the request parameters are correct, otherwise error details are returned.

Field Name Description Data Type
createdResourceId Unique id of the created failover pair Number

Example

Request

PUT https://<NSM_IP>/domain/0/failoverpair

Payload

{
  "name": "NS9100_failover",
  "templateDeviceId": 1004,
  "peerDeviceId": 1003,
  "templateDeviceName": "NS9100_NSM_API_FO_2",
  "peerDeviceName": "NS9100_NSM_API_FO_1",
  "isFailOpen": false
} 

Response

{
" createdResourceId ": 119
} 
 

Error Information

Following error codes are returned by this URL:

No HTTP Error Code SDK API errorId SDK API errorMessage
1 500 1001 Internal error
2 404 1105 Invalid domain
3 400 5901 Cluster/Sensor with the same name was defined
4 400 5902 The Sensors have different IPv6 processing options configured
5 400 5903 OOB NAC deployment mode is set on secondary Sensor interfaces
6 400 5904 The Sensors have different FIPS configurations
7 400 5905 The Sensors have different sensor configuration as per license configured
8 400 5906 Either delete the primary's NTBA configuration or set the secondary's NTBA configuration to match the primary's
9 400 5907 Either delete the secondary's NTBA configuration or set the primary's NTBA configuration to match the secondary's
10 400 5908 Both primary and secondary Sensors need to be configured for the same NTBA
11 400 5909 Both primary and secondary Sensor id are same
12 400 5910 Both primary and secondary Sensor model is different
13 400 5911 Both primary and secondary Sensor version is different
14 400 5913 Cluster name is required
15 400 5914 Cluster name should not be greater than 65 chars
16 400 5915 Name must contain only letters, numerals, hyphens or underscores
17 400 5916 Primary and secondary Sensors have different SSL private/public keys