Examples

POST /api/locations/255093256/organizations/447626438/hosts
{
  "name": "contenthost.example.com",
  "root_pass": "$5$pCUV1467lDAwH0J6$mhPXD8OHjOSn.DyQ1g0aL7vKWolTzMJgPFScL7kK9X4",
  "operatingsystem_id": 1073012846,
  "build": false,
  "owner_id": 135138680,
  "owner_type": "User",
  "enabled": true,
  "managed": false,
  "type": "Host::Managed",
  "global_status": 0,
  "creator_id": 135138680,
  "content_facet_attributes": {
    "content_view_id": 30237652,
    "lifecycle_environment_id": 562075838
  },
  "subscription_facet_attributes": {
    "purpose_addons": [
      "Addon"
    ]
  },
  "host": {
    "content_facet_attributes": {
      "content_view_id": 30237652,
      "lifecycle_environment_id": 562075838
    },
    "subscription_facet_attributes": {
      "purpose_addons": [
        "Addon"
      ]
    },
    "build": false,
    "global_status": 0,
    "owner_id": 135138680,
    "owner_type": "User",
    "enabled": true,
    "managed": false,
    "name": "contenthost.example.com",
    "root_pass": "$5$pCUV1467lDAwH0J6$mhPXD8OHjOSn.DyQ1g0aL7vKWolTzMJgPFScL7kK9X4",
    "type": "Host::Managed",
    "operatingsystem_id": 1073012846
  }
}
201
{
  "ip": null,
  "ip6": null,
  "last_report": null,
  "mac": null,
  "realm_id": null,
  "realm_name": null,
  "sp_mac": null,
  "sp_ip": null,
  "sp_name": null,
  "domain_id": null,
  "domain_name": null,
  "architecture_id": null,
  "architecture_name": null,
  "operatingsystem_id": 1073012846,
  "operatingsystem_name": "operatingsystem11 11",
  "subnet_id": null,
  "subnet_name": null,
  "subnet6_id": null,
  "subnet6_name": null,
  "sp_subnet_id": null,
  "ptable_id": null,
  "ptable_name": null,
  "medium_id": null,
  "medium_name": null,
  "pxe_loader": null,
  "build": false,
  "comment": null,
  "disk": null,
  "initiated_at": null,
  "installed_at": null,
  "model_id": null,
  "hostgroup_id": null,
  "owner_id": 135138680,
  "owner_name": "Admin User",
  "owner_type": "User",
  "creator_id": 135138680,
  "creator": "Admin User",
  "enabled": true,
  "managed": false,
  "use_image": null,
  "image_file": "",
  "uuid": null,
  "compute_resource_id": null,
  "compute_resource_name": null,
  "compute_profile_id": null,
  "compute_profile_name": null,
  "capabilities": [
    "build"
  ],
  "provision_method": "build",
  "certname": "contenthost.example.com",
  "image_id": null,
  "image_name": null,
  "created_at": "2024-02-22 18:18:32 UTC",
  "updated_at": "2024-02-22 18:18:32 UTC",
  "last_compile": null,
  "global_status": 0,
  "global_status_label": "OK",
  "bmc_available": false,
  "organization_id": 447626438,
  "organization_name": "Organization 1",
  "location_id": 255093256,
  "location_name": "Location 1",
  "puppet_status": 0,
  "model_name": null,
  "build_status": 0,
  "build_status_label": "Installed",
  "name": "contenthost.example.com",
  "id": 980191036,
  "display_name": "contenthost.example.com",
  "puppet_proxy_id": null,
  "puppet_proxy_name": null,
  "puppet_ca_proxy_id": null,
  "puppet_ca_proxy_name": null,
  "puppet_proxy": null,
  "puppet_ca_proxy": null,
  "cockpit_url": null,
  "compute_resource_provider": null,
  "hostgroup_name": null,
  "hostgroup_title": null,
  "parameters": [],
  "all_parameters": [
    {
      "priority": null,
      "created_at": "2024-02-22 18:15:42 UTC",
      "updated_at": "2024-02-22 18:15:42 UTC",
      "id": 513706444,
      "name": "loc_param",
      "parameter_type": "string",
      "associated_type": "location",
      "hidden_value?": false,
      "value": "abc"
    },
    {
      "priority": null,
      "created_at": "2024-02-22 18:15:42 UTC",
      "updated_at": "2024-02-22 18:15:42 UTC",
      "id": 32400255,
      "name": "org_param",
      "parameter_type": "string",
      "associated_type": "organization",
      "hidden_value?": false,
      "value": "xyz"
    },
    {
      "priority": null,
      "created_at": "2024-02-22 18:15:42 UTC",
      "updated_at": "2024-02-22 18:15:42 UTC",
      "id": 636252244,
      "name": "test",
      "parameter_type": "string",
      "associated_type": "global",
      "hidden_value?": false,
      "value": "myvalue"
    }
  ],
  "content_facet_attributes": {
    "id": 906413804,
    "uuid": null,
    "content_source_id": null,
    "content_source_name": null,
    "kickstart_repository_id": null,
    "kickstart_repository_name": null,
    "errata_counts": {
      "security": 0,
      "bugfix": 0,
      "enhancement": 0,
      "total": 0,
      "applicable": {
        "bugfix": 0,
        "security": 0,
        "enhancement": 0,
        "total": 0
      }
    },
    "applicable_deb_count": 0,
    "upgradable_deb_count": 0,
    "applicable_package_count": 0,
    "upgradable_package_count": 0,
    "applicable_module_stream_count": 0,
    "upgradable_module_stream_count": 0,
    "content_view_environments": [
      {
        "content_view": {
          "id": 30237652,
          "name": "ACME Default ContentView",
          "composite": false
        },
        "lifecycle_environment": {
          "id": 562075838,
          "name": "Library"
        }
      }
    ],
    "content_source": null,
    "kickstart_repository": null,
    "content_view": {
      "id": 30237652,
      "name": "ACME Default ContentView",
      "composite": false
    },
    "lifecycle_environment": {
      "id": 562075838,
      "name": "Library"
    },
    "permissions": {
      "view_lifecycle_environments": true,
      "view_content_views": true,
      "promote_or_remove_content_views_to_environments": true,
      "view_host_collections": true,
      "create_job_invocations": true,
      "view_activation_keys": true,
      "view_products": true,
      "create_bookmarks": true
    },
    "content_view_version": "1.0",
    "content_view_version_id": 840492357,
    "content_view_version_latest": true,
    "content_view_default?": true,
    "lifecycle_environment_library?": true,
    "katello_tracer_installed": false,
    "katello_tracer_rpm_available": false
  },
  "subscription_facet_attributes": {
    "host_type": null,
    "dmi_uuid": null,
    "id": 980191015,
    "uuid": null,
    "last_checkin": null,
    "service_level": null,
    "release_version": null,
    "autoheal": false,
    "registered_at": "2024-02-20 14:14:40 UTC",
    "registered_through": null,
    "purpose_role": null,
    "purpose_usage": null,
    "hypervisor": false,
    "user": null,
    "purpose_addons": [
      "Addon"
    ],
    "virtual_host": null,
    "virtual_guests": [],
    "installed_products": [],
    "activation_keys": [],
    "compliance_reasons": []
  },
  "host_collections": [],
  "operatingsystem_family": null,
  "operatingsystem_major": "11",
  "content_view": {
    "id": 30237652,
    "name": "ACME Default ContentView",
    "composite": false
  },
  "lifecycle_environment": {
    "id": 562075838,
    "name": "Library"
  },
  "interfaces": [
    {
      "subnet_id": null,
      "subnet_name": null,
      "subnet6_id": null,
      "subnet6_name": null,
      "domain_id": null,
      "domain_name": null,
      "created_at": "2024-02-22 18:18:32 UTC",
      "updated_at": "2024-02-22 18:18:32 UTC",
      "managed": true,
      "identifier": null,
      "id": 372,
      "name": "contenthost.example.com",
      "ip": null,
      "ip6": null,
      "mac": null,
      "mtu": null,
      "fqdn": "contenthost.example.com",
      "primary": true,
      "provision": true,
      "type": "interface",
      "execution": true,
      "virtual": false
    }
  ],
  "facts": {},
  "permissions": {
    "view_hosts": true,
    "create_hosts": true,
    "edit_hosts": true,
    "destroy_hosts": true,
    "build_hosts": true,
    "power_hosts": true,
    "console_hosts": true,
    "ipmi_boot_hosts": true,
    "cockpit_hosts": true
  }
}

Params

Param name Description
location_id
optional

Set the current location context for the request

Validations:

  • Integer

organization_id
optional

Set the current organization context for the request

Validations:

  • Integer

host
required

Validations:

  • Hash

host[name]
required

Validations:

  • String

host[location_id]
required

Validations:

  • Must be a number.

host[organization_id]
required

Validations:

  • Must be a number.

host[ip]
optional , nil allowed

not required if using a subnet with DHCP proxy

Validations:

  • String

host[mac]
optional , nil allowed

required for managed host that is bare metal, not required if it's a virtual machine

Validations:

  • String

host[architecture_id]
optional , nil allowed

required if host is managed and value is not inherited from host group

Validations:

  • Must be a number.

host[domain_id]
optional , nil allowed

required if host is managed and value is not inherited from host group

Validations:

  • Must be a number.

host[realm_id]
optional , nil allowed

Validations:

  • Must be a number.

host[puppet_proxy_id]
optional , nil allowed

Puppet proxy ID

Validations:

  • Must be a number.

host[puppet_ca_proxy_id]
optional , nil allowed

Puppet CA proxy ID

Validations:

  • Must be a number.

host[operatingsystem_id]
optional , nil allowed

required if host is managed and value is not inherited from host group

Validations:

  • Must be a number.

host[medium_id]
optional , nil allowed

required if not imaged based provisioning and host is managed and value is not inherited from host group

Validations:

  • String

host[pxe_loader]
optional , nil allowed

DHCP filename option (Grub2/PXELinux by default)

Validations:

  • Must be one of: None, PXELinux BIOS, PXELinux UEFI, Grub UEFI, Grub2 BIOS, Grub2 ELF, Grub2 UEFI, Grub2 UEFI SecureBoot, Grub2 UEFI HTTP, Grub2 UEFI HTTPS, Grub2 UEFI HTTPS SecureBoot, iPXE Embedded, iPXE UEFI HTTP, iPXE Chain BIOS, iPXE Chain UEFI.

host[ptable_id]
optional , nil allowed

required if host is managed and custom partition has not been defined

Validations:

  • Must be a number.

host[subnet_id]
optional , nil allowed

required if host is managed and value is not inherited from host group

Validations:

  • Must be a number.

host[compute_resource_id]
optional , nil allowed

nil means host is bare metal

Validations:

  • Must be a number.

host[root_pass]
optional , nil allowed

required if host is managed and value is not inherited from host group or default password in settings

Validations:

  • String

host[model_id]
optional , nil allowed

Validations:

  • Must be a number.

host[hostgroup_id]
optional , nil allowed

Validations:

  • Must be a number.

host[owner_id]
optional , nil allowed

Validations:

  • Must be a number.

host[owner_type]
optional , nil allowed

Host's owner type

Validations:

  • Must be one of: User, Usergroup.

host[image_id]
optional , nil allowed

Validations:

  • Must be a number.

host[host_parameters_attributes]
optional , nil allowed

Host's parameters (array or indexed hash)

Validations:

  • Must be an Array of nested elements

host[host_parameters_attributes][name]
required

Name of the parameter

Validations:

  • String

host[host_parameters_attributes][value]
required

Parameter value

Validations:

  • String

host[host_parameters_attributes][parameter_type]
optional , nil allowed

Type of value

Validations:

  • Must be one of: string, boolean, integer, real, array, hash, yaml, json.

host[host_parameters_attributes][hidden_value]
optional , nil allowed

Validations:

  • Must be one of: true, false, 1, 0.

host[build]
optional , nil allowed

Validations:

  • Must be one of: true, false, 1, 0.

host[enabled]
optional , nil allowed

Include this host within Foreman reporting

Validations:

  • Must be one of: true, false, 1, 0.

host[provision_method]
optional , nil allowed

The method used to provision the host.

Validations:

  • Must be one of: build, image.

host[managed]
optional , nil allowed

True/False flag whether a host is managed or unmanaged. Note: this value also determines whether several parameters are required or not

Validations:

  • Must be one of: true, false, 1, 0.

host[progress_report_id]
optional , nil allowed

UUID to track orchestration tasks status, GET /api/orchestration/:UUID/tasks

Validations:

  • String

host[comment]
optional , nil allowed

Additional information about this host

Validations:

  • String

host[capabilities]
optional , nil allowed

Validations:

  • String

host[compute_profile_id]
optional , nil allowed

Validations:

  • Must be a number.

host[interfaces_attributes]
optional , nil allowed

Host's network interfaces.

Validations:

  • Must be an Array of nested elements

host[interfaces_attributes][id]
optional , nil allowed

ID of interface

Validations:

  • Must be a number.

host[interfaces_attributes][mac]
optional , nil allowed

MAC address of interface. Required for managed interfaces on bare metal.

Validations:

  • String

host[interfaces_attributes][ip]
optional , nil allowed

IPv4 address of interface

Validations:

  • String

host[interfaces_attributes][ip6]
optional , nil allowed

IPv6 address of interface

Validations:

  • String

host[interfaces_attributes][type]
optional , nil allowed

Interface type, e.g. bmc. Default is interface

Validations:

  • Must be one of: interface, bmc, bond, bridge.

host[interfaces_attributes][name]
optional , nil allowed

Interface's DNS name

Validations:

  • String

host[interfaces_attributes][subnet_id]
optional , nil allowed

Foreman subnet ID of IPv4 interface

Validations:

  • Must be a number.

host[interfaces_attributes][subnet6_id]
optional , nil allowed

Foreman subnet ID of IPv6 interface

Validations:

  • Must be a number.

host[interfaces_attributes][domain_id]
optional , nil allowed

Foreman domain ID of interface. Required for primary interfaces on managed hosts.

Validations:

  • Must be a number.

host[interfaces_attributes][identifier]
optional , nil allowed

Device identifier, e.g. eth0 or eth1.1

Validations:

  • String

host[interfaces_attributes][managed]
optional , nil allowed

Should this interface be managed via DHCP and DNS smart proxy and should it be configured during provisioning?

Validations:

  • Must be one of: true, false, 1, 0.

host[interfaces_attributes][primary]
optional , nil allowed

Should this interface be used for constructing the FQDN of the host? Each managed hosts needs to have one primary interface.

Validations:

  • Must be one of: true, false, 1, 0.

host[interfaces_attributes][provision]
optional , nil allowed

Should this interface be used for TFTP of PXELinux (or SSH for image-based hosts)? Each managed hosts needs to have one provision interface.

Validations:

  • Must be one of: true, false, 1, 0.

host[interfaces_attributes][username]
optional , nil allowed

Only for BMC interfaces.

Validations:

  • String

host[interfaces_attributes][password]
optional , nil allowed

Only for BMC interfaces.

Validations:

  • String

host[interfaces_attributes][provider]
optional , nil allowed

Interface provider, e.g. IPMI. Only for BMC interfaces.

Validations:

  • Must be one of: IPMI, Redfish, SSH.

host[interfaces_attributes][virtual]
optional , nil allowed

Alias or VLAN device

Validations:

  • Must be one of: true, false, 1, 0.

host[interfaces_attributes][tag]
optional , nil allowed

VLAN tag, this attribute has precedence over the subnet VLAN ID. Only for virtual interfaces.

Validations:

  • String

host[interfaces_attributes][mtu]
optional , nil allowed

MTU, this attribute has precedence over the subnet MTU.

Validations:

  • Integer

host[interfaces_attributes][attached_to]
optional , nil allowed

Identifier of the interface to which this interface belongs, e.g. eth1. Only for virtual interfaces.

Validations:

  • String

host[interfaces_attributes][mode]
optional , nil allowed

Bond mode of the interface, e.g. balance-rr. Only for bond interfaces.

Validations:

  • Must be one of: balance-rr, active-backup, balance-xor, broadcast, 802.3ad, balance-tlb, balance-alb.

host[interfaces_attributes][attached_devices]
optional , nil allowed

Identifiers of attached interfaces, e.g. `['eth1', 'eth2']`. For bond interfaces those are the slaves. Only for bond and bridges interfaces.

Validations:

  • Must be an array of any type

host[interfaces_attributes][bond_options]
optional , nil allowed

Space separated options, e.g. miimon=100. Only for bond interfaces.

Validations:

  • String

host[interfaces_attributes][compute_attributes]
optional , nil allowed

Additional compute resource specific attributes for the interface.

Validations:

  • Hash

host[compute_attributes]
optional , nil allowed

Additional compute resource specific attributes.

Validations:

  • Hash

host[content_facet_attributes]
optional , nil allowed

Parameters for host's content_facet facet

Validations:

  • Hash

host[content_facet_attributes][content_view_id]
optional , nil allowed

Validations:

  • Integer

host[content_facet_attributes][lifecycle_environment_id]
optional , nil allowed

Validations:

  • Integer

host[content_facet_attributes][content_source_id]
optional , nil allowed

Validations:

  • Integer

host[content_facet_attributes][kickstart_repository_id]
optional , nil allowed

Repository Id associated with the kickstart repo used for provisioning

Validations:

  • Integer

host[subscription_facet_attributes]
optional , nil allowed

Parameters for host's subscription_facet facet

Validations:

  • Hash

host[subscription_facet_attributes][release_version]
optional , nil allowed

Release version for this Host to use (7Server, 7.1, etc)

Validations:

  • String

host[subscription_facet_attributes][autoheal]
optional , nil allowed

Sets whether the Host will autoheal subscriptions upon checkin

Validations:

  • Must be one of: true, false, 1, 0.

host[subscription_facet_attributes][purpose_usage]
optional , nil allowed

Sets the system purpose usage

Validations:

  • String

host[subscription_facet_attributes][purpose_role]
optional , nil allowed

Sets the system purpose usage

Validations:

  • String

host[subscription_facet_attributes][purpose_addons]
optional , nil allowed

Sets the system add-ons

Validations:

  • Must be an array of any type

host[subscription_facet_attributes][service_level]
optional , nil allowed

Service level to be used for autoheal

Validations:

  • String

host[subscription_facet_attributes][hypervisor_guest_uuids]
optional , nil allowed

List of hypervisor guest uuids

Validations:

  • Must be an array of any type

host[subscription_facet_attributes][installed_products_attributes]
optional , nil allowed

List of products installed on the host

Validations:

  • Must be an Array of nested elements

host[subscription_facet_attributes][installed_products_attributes][product_id]
optional , nil allowed

Product id as listed from a host's installed products, this is not the same product id as the products api returns

Validations:

  • String

host[subscription_facet_attributes][installed_products_attributes][product_name]
optional , nil allowed

Product name as listed from a host's installed products

Validations:

  • String

host[subscription_facet_attributes][installed_products_attributes][arch]
optional , nil allowed

Product architecture

Validations:

  • String

host[subscription_facet_attributes][installed_products_attributes][version]
optional , nil allowed

Product version

Validations:

  • String

host[overwrite]
optional

Overwrite existing host (true by default)

Validations:

  • Must be one of: true, false, 1, 0.