Join Grid Function: How does it work?

[#1]

I'd like to take advantage of the Grid Join function listed in the RestAPI guide:

curl -k -u admin:infoblox -H 'content-type: application/json' -X POST "https://member-master/wapi/v2.11/grid?_function=join&_return_as_object=1" -d '{"grid_name":"Infoblox", "master":"grid-master", "shared_secret":"test"}'

However, what's unclear is how can I send the Grid Member information with this function?  The input fields are limited with only grid_name, master, and shared_secret.  Can someone provide an example?  When ran in Postman, I get the following message:

Grid Master VIP cannot be the same as this member node's IP address

[#2 · Accepted solution]

Hi,

The grid join function needs to be fired against the grid member that you are trying to add to the grid.

Say you have a grid master with the IP 172.26.1.2 and you have created a member at 172.26.1.3, in order to join this member to the grid, you would need to do the following:

• Send an API to the grid master to create the offline member like below:

curl -k -u admin:infoblox -H 'content-type: application/json' -X POST "https://grid-master/wapi/v2.11/member?_return_as_object=1" -d '{"config_addr_type":  "IPV4","platform":  "VNIOS","host_name":"member1.localdomain","vip_setting": {"subnet_mask": "255.255.255.0","address": "172.26.1.3","gateway":"172.26.1.1"}}'

• Send an API to the new member to join the grid:

curl -k -u admin:infoblox -H 'content-type: application/json' -X POST "https://172.26.1.3/wapi/v2.11/grid?_function=join&_return_as_object=1" -d '{"grid_name":"Infoblox", "master":"172.26.1.2", "shared_secret":"test"}'

Hope this helps,

Krishna Vasudevan

[#3]

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@kvasudevan wrote:

• Send an API to the new member to join the grid:

curl -k -u admin:infoblox -H 'content-type: application/json' -X POST "https://172.26.1.3/wapi/v2.11/grid?_function=join&_return_as_object=1" -d '{"grid_name":"Infoblox", "master":"172.26.1.2", "shared_secret":"test"}'

The crucial piece that I was missing!  I was trying to initiate from the Grid Master...  Also explains why I got the error I got.  Thanks!