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Adding Zones/Tags with XML API

L1 Bithead

So I have been REPLACING tags and zones with the xml API with great success. What I have yet to do is figure out how to ADD tags or zones without disturbing the existing objects...or even replace them with multiple tags/zones

 

Working replacement of a zone-

xpath=/config/devices/entry[@name='localhost.localdomain']/device-group/entry[@name='{{Location}}']/post-rulebase/security/rules/entry[@name='{{Name}}']/from/member&element=<member>gp_vpn_general</member>

This works to replace a single zone....fails if you run it against a rule with multiple zones.

 

I've tried putting multiple members in the element but it only sees and inserts the first one

 

xpath=/config/devices/entry[@name='localhost.localdomain']/device-group/entry[@name='{{Location}}']/post-rulebase/security/rules/entry[@name='{{Name}}']/from/member&element=<member>gp_vpn_general</member><member>pci</member>

That puts the vpn zone in and ignores the pci zone, if I switch them it will put the pci zone in and ignore the vpn zone. 

So the function seems a 1 for 1 REPLACE

 

Can anyone nudge me in the direction for making additions?

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So the fix was that I needed to expand the element to include not only the member but the "from"

 

after that. Poof!

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L4 Transporter

Hello @ScottHammond 

What happens if you add the zones one by one (instead of all at once)?

If I remember it right, there are several ways to call the API. Are you using a "simple" POST or are you different various http methods?

Doing a POST

If I run it again it replaces whatever is there one for one.

 

THis is using the edit function. (set doesnt work because the rule already exists)

 

I see there is a method to add multiple members to address groups via the API, and you would think it would be the same for zones...but no joy

If I add zones from the cli with a debug running (clearing running a set command) the debug says

 

<request cmd="set" obj="/config/devices/entry[@name='localhost.localdomain']/device-group/entry[@name='Location']/post-rulebase/security/rules/entry[@name='Name']/from" cookie="8038565277332854"><member>gp_vpn_general</member></request>

 
So I changed my xpath to
xpath=/config/devices/entry[@name='localhost.localdomain']/device-group/entry[@name='Location']/post-rulebase/security/rules/entry[@name='Name']/from/<member>gp_vpn_general</member>
 
and Postman give me this error-
<response status="error" code="13">
    <msg>
        <line>Could not find schema node for xpath /config/devices/entry[@name='localhost.localdomain']/device-group/entry[@name='Location']/post-rulebase/security/rules/entry[@name='Name']/from
            <member>gp_vpn_general</member>
        </line>
    </msg>
</response>
Could not find schema node for xpath

Okay so that didnt look right and I changed it to 

 

/from/member&element=<member>gp_vpn_general</member>

 

resulting in

 

<response status="error" code="12">
    <msg>
        <line>
            <![CDATA[ needs to have non NULL value]]>
        </line>
    </msg>
</response>

So the fix was that I needed to expand the element to include not only the member but the "from"

 

after that. Poof!

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