Trying to set a static IP

[#1]

I'm just starting to use the Infoblox WAPI. I'm trying to set it up so I can call the WAPI from my ASP.NET application to set a static IP given an IP and a MAC address. I tried to run the following two commands through the Chrome REST console, but both came back with "Error": "AdmConProtoError: Unknown object type" (Assume the infoblox server name is "infoblox") https://infoblox/wapi/v1.0/record:host -d '{"ipv4addrs":[{"configure_for_dhcp": false, "ipv4addr": "10.222.0.15"}], "configure_for_dns": false}' https://infoblox/wapi/v1.0/record: host_ipv4addr -d '{"ipv4addr":"10.222.0.15","configure_for_dhcp":false,"mac":"01:23:45:01:23:45"} What am I doing wrong? Which command should I be using?

[#2]

Reading the WAPI 1.2.1 Docs for NIOS 6.8.5 under Support-->Download it indicates that a "name" is required on create.  See page 415-416 for CURL examples (make sure the zone and network exists first):

curl -k3 -u admin:testpw -H "Content-Type: application/json" \

-X POST https://192.168.1.2/wapi/v1.2.1/record:host -d \

’{"ipv4addrs":[{"ipv4addr":"10.222.0.12"}],"name":"host.zone.com"}’

[#3]

Ah,

  I also see that you are using WAPI 1.0.  There are lots of new features in 1.2.1 if you can get your NIOS up to 6.8.4.

Hope this helps,

Brad

[#4]

I tried adding a name, and still got the error: "Error": "AdmConProtoError: Unknown object type (record:host {\"ipv4addrs\":[{\"ipv4addr\": \"10.222.0.15\"}], \"name\": \"Test\"})", "code": "Client.Ibap.Proto", "text": "Unknown object type (record:host {\"ipv4addrs\":[{\"ipv4addr\": \"10.222.0.15\"}], \"name\": \"Test\"})"

[#5]

Are you able to set the content-type in your ASP.net call, it should be set to JSON format: "Content-Type: application/json". Also, make sure you are doing a POST vs. GET.  Were you able to run it against V1.2.1 - https://infoblox/wapi/v1.2.1/record:host?

Can you try it from CURL on the command line to verify it works and then we can dig into how to make it work in ASP.net?

[#6]

I tried running it from curl, and it gave me: { "Error": "AdmConProtoError: JSON Decoding: No JSON object could be decoded", "code": "Client.Ibap.Proto.JSONDecoding", "text": "JSON Decoding: No JSON object could be decoded" } curl: (3) [globbing] unmatched close brace/bracket in column 13 curl: (6) Could not resolve host: name curl: (3) [globbing] unmatched close brace/bracket in column 15

[#7]

We got it figured out.  First, we upgraded to WAPI V1.4.  Then, we used the following code:

Dim objHTTP = CreateObject("MSXML2.serverXMLHTTP")

        Dim strEnvelope = "ipv4addr=" & TextBox2.Text & "&mac=" & TextBox1.Text & "&comment=" & TextBox3.Text & "&name=" & TextBox4.Text

        objHTTP.SetOption(2, 13056)
        objHTTP.Open("POST", ("https://infoblox/wapi/v1.4/fixedaddress"), False, strUsername, strPassword)

        objHTTP.setRequestHeader("Content-Type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded; charset=utf-8")

        objHTTP.send(strEnvelope)

        Label3.Text = objHTTP.responseText

[#8]

if you want to create a static ip, don't create a 'record:host', just create a 'fixedaddress' object.

you can do this with the v1.2 api, you don't need to use v1.4

if you set the mac address to '00:00:00:00:00:00', it will create a reservation.

[#9]

Thanks, this works great! Do you know how I can set the Unlimited Lease Time field on the reservation? When I retreive the object and try to update the 'never_ends' field I get the following error...

AdmConProtoError: Operation update not allowed for lease