Rest API not seeing template variables

[mrzepa2]

I'm trying to use the REST API to get/set variables on the template stack.

According to the restapi-doc for PANOS 10.1, under the "devices" object, there is an "entry" object which has an Array of objects that contain 2 more objects, the first being "@name" which is the serial number and the second being "variable" which is an object that contains an "entry" and an Array of objects repressing the variable (name, type and value).

When I do my get call, all the info is returned except the "variable" object.

[{'@name': 'sample_Stack',
'description': 'sample description',
'devices': {'entry': [{'@name': '0128001123456'}]},
'templates': {'member': ['sample1',
'sample2',
'sample3']}}]

Anyone else try this and gotten it to work?

From the restapi-doc:

Array 

@name required	string <object-name> <= 63 characters Alphanumeric string [ 0-9a-zA-Z._-]
description	string <= 255 characters Description of template stack
devices	object Device serial numbers
entry Array of objects Array  @name required string <= 64 characters Device serial number variable object entry Array of objects Array  @name required string <= 63 characters Variables need to begin with '$' type required

[JimmyHolland]

Hi @mrzepa2,

I get the same behaviour, I will investigate further.

Meantime, you can use the XML API, for example:

https://{{host}}/api/?key={{key}}&type=config&action=show&xpath=/config/devices/entry[@name='localhost.localdomain']/template-stack/entry[@name='{{template-stack-name}}']/devices/entry[@name='{{lab-vm1-serial}}']/variable

<response status="success">
    <result>
        <variable>
            <entry name="$mgmt-ip">
                <type>
                    <ip-netmask>192.168.1.6</ip-netmask>
                </type>
            </entry>
            <entry name="$ha-priority">
                <type>
                    <device-priority>90</device-priority>
                </type>
            </entry>
            <entry name="$ha1-peer">
                <type>
                    <ip-netmask>192.168.1.7</ip-netmask>
                </type>
            </entry>
        </variable>
    </result>
</response>

[mrzepa2]

Thanks for the feedback. I look forward to knowing what happened to the REST API access to the variables.

[JimmyHolland · Accepted solution]

FYI: This was fixed in 11.0.2, I just tested successfully on 11.0.2 Panorama. The fix for 10.2 is currently due to be released in 10.2.8 but check release notes in future 10.2.x releases for full confirmation.