Any type field for adding Application Profile for ESG Load Balancer?? (REST API)

[Dean3]

Hello,

Currently I'm working on adding an application profile to a load balancer on an ESG (Edge Service Gateway). I am using the REST API to add the app profile, below is the REST API operation I am trying to use.

POST https://NSX-Manager-IP-Address/api/4.0/edges/edgeId/loadbalancer/config/applicationprofiles

It is working okay but I can not add a type to the post body. From the documentation there seems to be no field to add the "type" or protocol for the application profile as you can see below,

<applicationProfile>

<name>http_application_profile_2</name>

<insertXForwardedFor>true</insertXForwardedFor>

<sslPassthrough>true</sslPassthrough>

<persistence>

<method>cookie</method>

<cookieName>JSESSIONID</cookieName>

<cookieMode>insert</cookieMode>

</persistence>

</applicationProfile>

Is there any way I can add a type or protocol to the app profile (ie, HTTP, HTTPS, TCP or UDP)?? Is there a field I am missing??

Cheers,

Dean

[ddesmidt · Accepted solution]

What is called "type" in the WebUI, is actually called "template" in the API.

Here is an API example for the type TCP below

    <applicationProfile>

        <applicationProfileId>applicationProfile-3</applicationProfileId>

        <name>testAPI</name>

        <insertXForwardedFor>false</insertXForwardedFor>

        <sslPassthrough>false</sslPassthrough>

        <template>TCP</template>

        <serverSslEnabled>false</serverSslEnabled>

    </applicationProfile>

The simplest way to figure out the API call:

. Create it on the WebUI

. Check out the xml doing a GET "https://{{nsxmanager}}/api/4.0/edges/edge-xx/loadbalancer/config/applicationprofiles"

Dimitri

[Dean3]

Hi Dimitri.

Worked perfectly! You are a lifesaver!...I had a feeling it was called something else. I'll do GET operations in future to get proper fields! Thanks for the advice!

Cheers,

Dean