Example: Failing over a replication link
Here’s a sample POST request that fails over the link named MA-CA to the local system, hcp-ca.example.com. The request is made using a system-level user account that includes the administrator role.
Request with cURL command line
curl -k -iX POST -H "Authorization: HCP YWxscm9sZXM=:04EC9F614D89FF5C7126D32ACB448382" "https://admin.hcp-ca.example.com:9090/mapi/services/replication/links/ MA-CA?failOver"
Request in Python using PycURL
import pycurl curl = pycurl.Curl() curl.setopt(pycurl.HTTPHEADER, ["Authorization: HCP \ YWxscm9sZXM=:04EC9F614D89FF5C7126D32ACB448382"]) curl.setopt(pycurl.URL, "https://admin.hcp-ca.example.com:9090/mapi/services/" + "replication/links/MA-CA?failOver") curl.setopt(pycurl.SSL_VERIFYPEER, 0) curl.setopt(pycurl.SSL_VERIFYHOST, 0) curl.setopt(pycurl.CUSTOMREQUEST, "POST") curl.perform() print curl.getinfo(pycurl.RESPONSE_CODE) curl.close()
Request headers
POST /mapi/services/replication/links/MA-CA?failOver HTTP/1.1 Host: admin.hcp-ca.example.com:9090 Authorization: HCP YWxscm9sZXM=:04EC9F614D89FF5C7126D32ACB448382
Response headers
HTTP/1.1 200 OK X-HCP-SoftwareVersion: 9.0.0.2 Content-Length: 0