This section explains how to use the AddMonitor API to add monitors of the category type 'Converged Infrastructure'. The following converged infrastructures are supported:
https://[HOST]:[PORT]/AppManager/xml/AddMonitor?apikey=[APIKEY]&type=[TYPE]&displayname=[DISPLAYNAME]&host=[HOST]&port=[PORT]&UserName=[USERNAME]&Password=[PASSWORD]&addtoGroup=[ADDTOGROUP]&groupID=[GROUPID]&AddVMS=[MONITORVMS]
Supported HTTP methods: POST
Allowed roles: Administrator
The parameters involved in the API request are described below. Also, refer the list of common Request Parameters.
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
|
type
|
The type of the monitor you want to add. Value should be Nutanix. |
| host | The name of the host in which Nutanix is running. |
| port | The port number where Nutanix is running. |
| password | The password of the user who has permission to access the Nutanix deployment. |
| addtoGroup | The name of the monitor group you want to associate Nutanix monitor to. Not Mandatory. |
| groupID | The group ID of the monitor group you want to associate Nutanix monitor to. Not Mandatory. |
| AddVMS | You can specify whether you want to monitor the VMs present in the Nutanix instance or not. Possible values are:
|
Rest-API with Password:
https://apm-prod-server:8443/AppManager/xml/AddMonitor?apikey=aaaaaabbbbbbccccccddddddeeeeee&type=Nutanix&displayname=nutanixmon&host=apm-host&port=9440&UserName=admin&Password=appman&AddVMS=2
Rest-API with Credentials:
https://apm-prod-server:8443/AppManager/xml/AddMonitor?apikey=aaaaaabbbbbbccccccddddddeeeeee&type=Nutanix&displayname=nutanixmon&host=apm-host&port=9440&credentialID=1&AddVMS=2&DiscoverNode=yes
https://[HOST]:[PORT]/AppManager/xml/AddMonitor?apikey=[APIKEY]&type=[TYPE]&host=[HOSTNAME]&port=[PORT]&isSSLEnabled=[IS SSL ENABLED]&username=[USERNAME]&password=[PASSWORD]&timeout=[TIMEOUT]&displayname=[DISPLAYNAME]
The parameters involved in the API request are described below. Also, refer the list of common Request Parameters.
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
|
type
|
The type of the monitor you want to add. Value should be CiscoUCS. |
| host | The name of the host in which the CISCO UCS server is running. |
| port | The port number where the CISCO UCS server is running. |
| username | The username of the Cisco UCS server. |
| password | The password of the Cisco UCS server. |
| isSSLEnabled | Denotes if SSL is enabled or not. Possible values are either true or false. |
| timeout | The timeout value in seconds. |
https://apm-prod-server:8443/AppManager/xml/AddMonitor?apikey=aaaaaabbbbbbccccccddddddeeeeee&type=CiscoUCS&host=apm-host&port=80&username=admin&password=appman&timeout=40&displayname=RestAPI&isSSLEnabled=true
