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hostinterface.create

Description

object hostinterface.create(object/array hostInterfaces)

This method allows to create new host interfaces.

This method is only available to Admin and Super admin user types. Permissions to call the method can be revoked in user role settings. See User roles for more information.

Parameters

(object/array) Host interfaces to create. The method accepts host interfaces with the standard host interface properties.

Return values

(object) Returns an object containing the IDs of the created host interfaces under the interfaceids property. The order of the returned IDs matches the order of the passed host interfaces.

Examples

Create a new interface

Create a secondary IP agent interface on host "30052."

Request:

{
           "jsonrpc": "2.0",
           "method": "hostinterface.create",
           "params": {
               "hostid": "30052",
               "main": "0",
               "type": "1",
               "useip": "1"
               "ip": "127.0.0.1",
               "dns": "",
               "port": "10050",
           },
           "auth": "038e1d7b1735c6a5436ee9eae095879e",
           "id": 1
       }

Response:

{
           "jsonrpc": "2.0",
           "result": {
               "interfaceids": [
                   "30062"
               ]
           },
           "id": 1
       }

Create an interface with SNMP details

Request:

{
           "jsonrpc": "2.0",
           "method": "hostinterface.create",
           "params": {
               "hostid": "10456",
               "main": "0",
               "type": "2",
               "useip": "1",
               "ip": "127.0.0.1",
               "dns": "",
               "port": "1601",
               "details": {
                   "version": "2",
                   "bulk": "1",
                   "community": "{$SNMP_COMMUNITY}"
               }
           },
           "auth": "038e1d7b1735c6a5436ee9eae095879e",
           "id": 1
       }

Response:

{
           "jsonrpc": "2.0",
           "result": {
               "interfaceids": [
                   "30063"
               ]
           },
           "id": 1
       }

See also

Source

CHostInterface::create() in ui/include/classes/api/services/CHostInterface.php.