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Message

{
    "list": [
        {
            "action": [
                "NODE",
                "GROUP",
                "NODE_CONSISTENCY"
            ],
            "created": "2017-10-17T10:24+0200",
            "extra": {
                "data": {
                    "failed_params": "",
                    "group_id": "59d623cabf085f6187eb9d5f",
                    "node_id": "5989c787436cde7136986b3e",
                    "node_name": "127.0.0.1:17085_c1",
                    "param_consistency": true,
                    "service_status": true,
                    "vcl_consistency": false,
                    "vcl_name": "demo_20171016_114409_59e47f6",
                    "vcl_rectify_failed": "Failed to push vcl to agent. 500 Message from VCC-compiler:\nExpected an action, 'if', '{' or '}'\n('<vcl.inline>' Line 18 Pos 5)\n    elseif (req.http.host ~ \"192.168.50.20\") { set req.backend_hint = two; }\n----######------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nRunning VCC-compiler failed, exited with 2\nVCL compilation failed"
                },
                "info": {
                    "desc": "",
                    "group_id": "59d623cabf085f6187eb9d5f",
                    "group_name": "alfredo",
                    "mainAction": "NODE_CONSISTENCY",
                    "node_id": "5989c787436cde7136986b3e",
                    "node_name": "127.0.0.1:17085_c1",
                    "type": "NODE"
                }
            },
            "id": "59e5be2377c8096ca5e77b99",
            "label": "agent",
            "severity": "NA",
            "timestamp": "2017-10-17T10:24+0200",
            "title": "Node 127.0.0.1:17085_c1 was inconsistent to group alfredo"
        }
    ]
}


GET
Description: Retrieve a single entity.
Expected: HTTP 200
 

{
    "action": [
        "NODE",
        "GROUP",
        "NODE_CONSISTENCY"
    ],
    "created": "2017-10-16T16:28+0200",
    "extra": {
        "data": {
            "failed_params": "",
            "group_id": "59d623cabf085f6187eb9d5f",
            "node_id": "5989c787436cde7136986b3e",
            "node_name": "127.0.0.1:17085_c1",
            "param_consistency": true,
            "service_status": true,
            "vcl_consistency": false,
            "vcl_name": "demo_20171016_114409_59e47f6",
            "vcl_rectify_failed": "Failed to push vcl to agent. 500 Message from VCC-compiler:\nExpected an action, 'if', '{' or '}'\n('<vcl.inline>' Line 18 Pos 5)\n    elseif (req.http.host ~ \"192.168.50.20\") { set req.backend_hint = two; }\n----######------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nRunning VCC-compiler failed, exited with 2\nVCL compilation failed"
        },
        "info": {
            "desc": "",
            "group_id": "59d623cabf085f6187eb9d5f",
            "group_name": "alfredo",
            "mainAction": "NODE_CONSISTENCY",
            "node_id": "5989c787436cde7136986b3e",
            "node_name": "127.0.0.1:17085_c1",
            "type": "NODE"
        }
    },
    "id": "59e4c1f377c8096ca5e778d4",
    "label": "agent",
    "severity": "NA",
    "timestamp": "2017-10-16T16:28+0200",
    "title": "Node 127.0.0.1:17085_c1 was inconsistent to group alfredo"
}


GET
Description: Retrieve a collection of entities; the select * routine.
Expected: HTTP 200

The response below is reduced for clarity

{
    "list": [
        {
            "action": [
                "NODE",
                "GROUP",
                "NODE_CONSISTENCY"
            ],
            "created": "2017-10-16T16:28+0200",
            "extra": {
                "data": {
                    "failed_params": "",
                    "group_id": "59d623cabf085f6187eb9d5f",
                    "node_id": "5989c787436cde7136986b3e",
                    "node_name": "127.0.0.1:17085_c1",
                    "param_consistency": true,
                    "service_status": true,
                    "vcl_consistency": false,
                    "vcl_name": "demo_20171016_114409_59e47f6",
                    "vcl_rectify_failed": "Failed to push vcl to agent. 500 Message from VCC-compiler:\nExpected an action, 'if', '{' or '}'\n('<vcl.inline>' Line 18 Pos 5)\n    elseif (req.http.host ~ \"192.168.50.20\") { set req.backend_hint = two; }\n----######------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nRunning VCC-compiler failed, exited with 2\nVCL compilation failed"
                },
                "info": {
                    "desc": "",
                    "group_id": "59d623cabf085f6187eb9d5f",
                    "group_name": "alfredo",
                    "mainAction": "NODE_CONSISTENCY",
                    "node_id": "5989c787436cde7136986b3e",
                    "node_name": "127.0.0.1:17085_c1",
                    "type": "NODE"
                }
            },
            "id": "59e4c1f377c8096ca5e778d4",
            "label": "agent",
            "severity": "NA",
            "timestamp": "2017-10-16T16:28+0200",
            "title": "Node 127.0.0.1:17085_c1 was inconsistent to group alfredo"
        },
        {
            "action": [
                "NODE",
                "GROUP",
                "NODE_CONSISTENCY"
            ],
            "created": "2017-10-16T16:28+0200",
            "extra": {
                "data": {
                    "failed_params": "",
                    "group_id": "59d623cabf085f6187eb9d5f",
                    "node_id": "5989c77e436cde7136986b3a",
                    "node_name": "192.168.50.103:36085_cache3",
                    "param_consistency": true,
                    "service_status": true,
                    "vcl_consistency": false,
                    "vcl_name": "demo_20171016_114409_59e47f6",
                    "vcl_rectify_failed": "Failed to push vcl to agent. 500 Message from VCC-compiler:\nExpected an action, 'if', '{' or '}'\n('<vcl.inline>' Line 18 Pos 5)\n    elseif (req.http.host ~ \"192.168.50.20\") { set req.backend_hint = two; }\n----######------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nRunning VCC-compiler failed, exited with 2\nVCL compilation failed"
                },
                "info": {
                    "desc": "",
                    "group_id": "59d623cabf085f6187eb9d5f",
                    "group_name": "alfredo",
                    "mainAction": "NODE_CONSISTENCY",
                    "node_id": "5989c77e436cde7136986b3a",
                    "node_name": "192.168.50.103:36085_cache3",
                    "type": "NODE"
                }
            },
            "id": "59e4c1f277c8096ca5e778d3",
            "label": "agent",
            "severity": "NA",
            "timestamp": "2017-10-16T16:28+0200",
            "title": "Node 192.168.50.103:36085_cache3 was inconsistent to group alfredo"
        }
    ]
}


GET
Description: Retrieve a collection of entities based on number of pages and items per page.
Expected: HTTP 200

{page_number} - the page within all the messages you want to display.

{items_per_page} - the number of items within a page The response below is reduced for clarity

{
    "list": [
        {
            "action": [
                "NODE",
                "GROUP",
                "NODE_CONSISTENCY"
            ],
            "created": "2017-10-17T10:04+0200",
            "extra": {
                "data": {
                    "failed_params": "",
                    "group_id": "59d623cabf085f6187eb9d5f",
                    "node_id": "5989c787436cde7136986b3e",
                    "node_name": "127.0.0.1:17085_c1",
                    "param_consistency": true,
                    "service_status": true,
                    "vcl_consistency": false,
                    "vcl_name": "demo_20171016_114409_59e47f6",
                    "vcl_rectify_failed": "Failed to push vcl to agent. 500 Message from VCC-compiler:\nExpected an action, 'if', '{' or '}'\n('<vcl.inline>' Line 18 Pos 5)\n    elseif (req.http.host ~ \"192.168.50.20\") { set req.backend_hint = two; }\n----######------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nRunning VCC-compiler failed, exited with 2\nVCL compilation failed"
                },
                "info": {
                    "desc": "",
                    "group_id": "59d623cabf085f6187eb9d5f",
                    "group_name": "alfredo",
                    "mainAction": "NODE_CONSISTENCY",
                    "node_id": "5989c787436cde7136986b3e",
                    "node_name": "127.0.0.1:17085_c1",
                    "type": "NODE"
                }
            },
            "id": "59e5b97377c8096ca5e77b7a",
            "label": "agent",
            "severity": "NA",
            "timestamp": "2017-10-17T10:04+0200",
            "title": "Node 127.0.0.1:17085_c1 was inconsistent to group alfredo"
        },
        {
            "action": [
                "NODE",
                "GROUP",
                "NODE_CONSISTENCY"
            ],
            "created": "2017-10-17T10:04+0200",
            "extra": {
                "data": {
                    "failed_params": "",
                    "group_id": "59d623cabf085f6187eb9d5f",
                    "node_id": "5989c77e436cde7136986b3a",
                    "node_name": "192.168.50.103:36085_cache3",
                    "param_consistency": true,
                    "service_status": true,
                    "vcl_consistency": false,
                    "vcl_name": "demo_20171016_114409_59e47f6",
                    "vcl_rectify_failed": "Failed to push vcl to agent. 500 Message from VCC-compiler:\nExpected an action, 'if', '{' or '}'\n('<vcl.inline>' Line 18 Pos 5)\n    elseif (req.http.host ~ \"192.168.50.20\") { set req.backend_hint = two; }\n----######------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nRunning VCC-compiler failed, exited with 2\nVCL compilation failed"
                },
                "info": {
                    "desc": "",
                    "group_id": "59d623cabf085f6187eb9d5f",
                    "group_name": "alfredo",
                    "mainAction": "NODE_CONSISTENCY",
                    "node_id": "5989c77e436cde7136986b3a",
                    "node_name": "192.168.50.103:36085_cache3",
                    "type": "NODE"
                }
            },
            "id": "59e5b97277c8096ca5e77b79",
            "label": "agent",
            "severity": "NA",
            "timestamp": "2017-10-17T10:04+0200",
            "title": "Node 192.168.50.103:36085_cache3 was inconsistent to group alfredo"
        }
    ]
}


PUT/PATCH
Description: Update a single entity. Note that PATCH is supported. This means that values are merged and unsupported fields are ignored.
Expected: HTTP 200
Content-Type: application/json

Note that foreign key relations are ignored. Explicit API calls are put in place to support these relationships.

Example of a Payload:

{
"message": {
    "timestamp": 1379252601884,
    "reqMethod": "POST",
    "respCode": 200,
    "reqURI": "/api/rest/login",
    "reqProtocol": "HTTP/1.1"
},
"title": "Test test",
"severity": "NA"
}


DELETE
Description: Remove a single entity.
Expected: HTTP 200
 

{
    "message": "Entity with id=59e5b97377c8096ca5e77b7a removed successfully."
}


Create message

POST
Description: Create a new entity.
Expected: HTTP 200
Content-Type: application/json
 

{
"message": {
    "timestamp": 1379252601884,
    "reqMethod": "POST",
    "respCode": 200,
    "reqURI": "/api/rest/login",
    "reqProtocol": "HTTP/1.1"
},
"title": "Test test",
"severity": "NA"
}


{
    "action": [],
    "created": "2017-10-17T10:23+0200",
    "extra": {
        "data": {},
        "info": {}
    },
    "id": "59e5bdf377c8096ca5e77b96",
    "label": "",
    "message": {
        "reqMethod": "POST",
        "reqProtocol": "HTTP/1.1",
        "reqURI": "/api/rest/login",
        "respCode": 200,
        "timestamp": 1379252601884
    },
    "severity": "NA",
    "timestamp": "2017-10-17T10:23+0200",
    "title": "Test test"
}


Note:

You can change the number of weeks you want to keep messages around in /var/opt/vac/defaults

# message clean up job
msg_to_keep_in_weeks=2
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