HCP System Management Help
Here’s a sample PUT request that creates an active/active link named MA-CA between the local HCP system, hcp-ma.example.com, and a remote HCP system named hcp-ca.example.com. The link definition is in an XML file named MA-CA.xml. The request is made using a system-level user account that includes the administrator role.
Request body in XML
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
<link>
<name>MA-CA</name>
<description>Active/active link between systems in MA and CA</description>
<type>ACTIVE_ACTIVE</type>
<connection>
<remoteHost>replication.admin.hcp-ca.example.com</remoteHost>
</connection>
<compression>false</compression>
<encryption>false</encryption>
<priority>OLDEST_FIRST</priority>
<failoverSettings>
<local>
<autoFailover>true</autoFailover>
<autoFailoverMinutes>60</autoFailoverMinutes>
</local>
<remote>
<autoFailover>true</autoFailover>
<autoFailoverMinutes>60</autoFailoverMinutes>
</remote>
</failoverSettings>
</link>
Request with cURL command line
curl -k -iT MA-CA.xml -H "Content-Type: application/xml"
-H "Authorization: HCP YWxscm9sZXM=:04EC9F614D89FF5C7126D32ACB448382" "https://admin.hcp-ma.example.com:9090/mapi/services/replication/links"
Request in Python using PycURL
import pycurl
import os
filehandle = open("MA-CA.xml", 'rb')
curl = pycurl.Curl()
curl.setopt(pycurl.HTTPHEADER, ["Content-Type: application/xml",
"Authorization: HCP \
YWxscm9sZXM=:04EC9F614D89FF5C7126D32ACB448382"])
curl.setopt(pycurl.URL,
"https://admin.hcp-ma.example.com:9090/mapi/services/" +
"replication/links")
curl.setopt(pycurl.SSL_VERIFYPEER, 0)
curl.setopt(pycurl.SSL_VERIFYHOST, 0)
curl.setopt(pycurl.UPLOAD, 1)
curl.setopt(pycurl.INFILESIZE, os.path.getsize("MA-CA.xml"))
curl.setopt(pycurl.READFUNCTION, filehandle.read)
curl.perform()
print curl.getinfo(pycurl.RESPONSE_CODE)
curl.close()
filehandle.close()
Request headers
PUT /mapi/services/replication/links HTTP/1.1
Host: admin.hcp-ma.example.com:9090
Authorization: HCP YWxscm9sZXM=:04EC9F614D89FF5C7126D32ACB448382
Content-Type: application/xml
Content-Length: 648
Response headers
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
X-HCP-SoftwareVersion: 7.0.0.16
Content-Length: 0
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