Examples of using the REST API to manage service level objects

This section lists a few use case scenarios for the REST API that manage SLOs. Each scenario is explained using a sample URL and its subsequent response details.

Creating an SLO

URL

http://bppmwsserver:80/bppmws/api/slo/create?filtertype=device&
filterid=device1&filteridtype=name

Input parameters in the JSON format

The input parameters that are sent in the JSON format are as follows:

{
    "name": "slo12",
    "owner": "admin",
    "contactinfo": "contact1",
    "content": "instances",
    "type": "Availability",
    "compliancerangeset": "Default",
    "complianceobjective": "100",
    "schedules": [
        {
            "name": "24x7"
        }
    ]
}

Response

The slo12 SLO is created.

Getting the URI information of an SLO

URL

http://bppmwsserver:80/bppmws/api/slo/slo11/metadata?idtype=name

Response

The metadata information of the SLO is retrieved. The uri parameter displays the URI information of the SLO.

Editing the contact information of an SLO

URL

http://bppmwsserver:80/bppmws/api/slo/slo11/metadata?idtype=name

Input parameters in the JSON format

The contact information that you want to update is provided in the JSON format as follows:

{
  "name": "slo4",
  "contactinfo": "newContactInfo12"
}

Response

The contact information of the SLO with ID as slo4 is updated.

Deleting an SLO

URL

http://bppmwsserver:80/bppmws/api/slo/slo133/delete?idtype=name

Response

The slo133 SLO is deleted.