Sync Configuration

This API triggers configuration sync for a device available in Device Inventory.

Before you begin

Before attempting to initiate configuration sync with this API, users must ensure any one of the ACF permission is available:
  • ADC > Inventory > Fetch config
This can be checked under Accounts > Role > Authorized Functions.

Request Structure

Endpoint: /adc-device-config-sync
Type: PUT
Sample URL: https://<IP/HostName/TenantName>:<GWPORT>/avxapi/adc-device-config-sync?gwsource=external

To understand the elements of the sample URL, click here.

Headers:
Content-Type: application/json
Table 1. Input Parameter
Name Description
sessionId

Header

(Mandatory) Specifies the session ID of the user session received after login.

Type: String

Constraints: The session ID is used when username and password are not provided.

username

Header

(Mandatory) Specifies the login username used to access the AppViewX.

Type: String

Constraints: The username, along with the password, is used when the session ID is not provided.

password

Header

(Mandatory) Specifies the login password used to access the AppViewX.

Type: String

Constraints: The password, along with the username, is used when the session ID is not provided.

Content-Type

Header

(Mandatory) Specifies the format of the data in the payload.

Type: String

Constraints: The value of this param must be ‘application/json’.

gwsource

Query

(Mandatory) Specifies the source from which the request is triggered. The options are:
  • web
  • external
Type: String
payload

Body

(Mandatory) Contains all the params to be sent in the request body for the post request. See Payload section for more details.

Payload

Name Description
deviceName

String

(Mandatory) Name of the device.

Constraints: It can contain only alphanumeric characters, ‘-’ , ’_’ , ‘.’ , ‘*’ , ‘|’, ‘!’.

Response Structure

  • Status Code: 202 OK
  • Message: Successful
  • Headers:
    • Content-Type: application/json
Name Description
response

String

Success message with device name or failure description in case of error.
message

String

Success message or failure description in case of error.
appStatusCode

String

Application specific status code for the response. Will be non-null for failure response.
tags

String

More info in case of failure response.

Status Codes

HTTP Status Code appStatusCode Message Possible remediation
202 Accepted - Config sync triggered succesfully. -
400 Bad Request ADC_INV_1559 Invalid Device Name. Device name cannot be null or empty.
  • Check and ensure if non-null/non-empty value is given in field - ‘payload’.

  • Check and ensure if non-null/non-empty value is given under payload field - ‘deviceName’.

400 Bad Request AVX-VLDTN-001 Invalid payload data. Requested value in the deviceName field does not match the accepted pattern.
404 Not Found ADC_INV_0010 Device not found. Check if the requested device is added in the inventory.
403 Forbidden ADC_INV_0005 Config fetch not allowed for Unmanaged/Queued devices and Device(s) on which other operations are already in progress. -
403 Forbidden ADC_INV_1558 Cannot access resource, permission not available. Check if Read/Read Write permission is available for the requested device.

Sample Request/Response

Use Case

Trigger configuration sync for the device - testDevice.

Request URL

https://<IP/HostName/TenantName>:<GWPORT>/avxapi/adc-device-config-sync

Sample Request
{
  "payload": {
    "deviceName": "192.168.42.150"
  }
}
Sample Response
{
  "response": "Config sync triggered for given device - 192.168.42.150",
  "message": "Config sync triggered successfully.",
  "appStatusCode": null,
  "tags": null,
  "headers": null
}

Reference

Understanding the sample URL:
  • IP/HostName/TenantName: Replace with the actual IP address, hostname, or tenant name based on the specific configuration in AppViewX.
    • IP: A unique identifier assigned to each device connected to a computer network that uses the Internet Protocol for communication

      The IP address will be included in the endpoint URL for an on-prem deployment.

    • HostName: A human-readable label assigned to a device (host) on a network

      The hostname will be included in the endpoint URL for an on-prem deployment.

    • TenantName: An identifier label for a tenant given to indicate which tenant's data the API request will access/modify

      The tenant name will be included in the endpoint URL for a SaaS deployment.

  • GWPORT: AppViewX gateway port

    A gateway port refers to a network port through which data is sent and received to communicate with a gateway in an on-prem deployment.

    Example: 31443

  • avxapi: Path parameter value (static) that is part of the endpoint's URL
  • Endpoint: Endpoint of the API, for example: execute-hook
  • gwsource: Source or origin of a gateway, for example: external.

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