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Invalid port configuration error trying to create element via API

Solved726 views28th August 2024
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Oscar Eves [DevOps Advocate]338 15th July 2024 0 Comments

I am attempting to create an element via the API and am getting the following response:

{
    "Message": "Invalid port configuration: expected SNMPV2/SNMPV3-Serial but received SNMPV2.",
    "StackTrace": "",
    "ExceptionType": "Skyline.DataMiner.Web.Common.WebApiException"
}

This is the POST request, which matches the syntax outlined here https://docs.dataminer.services/develop/webservices/WS_v1/WS_About_v1/WS_v1_examples.html#createelement-request-1

POST https://dataminer-agent1/API/v1/Json.asmx/CreateElement
Content-Type: application/json

{
    "connection": "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx",
    "dmaID": 127911,
    "viewIDs": [72],
    "configuration": {
        "Name": "test device",
        "ProtocolName": "Linux Platform",
        "ProtocolVersion": "Production",
        "Ports": [
            { "__type": "Skyline.DataMiner.Web.Common.v1.DMAElementSNMPPortInfo", "IPAddress":         "xxx.xx.xxx.xxx", "GetCommunity": "public", "SetCommunity": "private", "PortNumber": 161 }
        ]
    }
}

Marieke Goethals [SLC] [DevOps Catalyst] Selected answer as best 28th August 2024

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Miguel Obregon [SLC] [DevOps Catalyst]18.56K Posted 16th July 2024 1 Comment

Hi Oscar,

Can you try the following request:

{

    "connection": "YourConnectionId",
    "dmaID": 127911,
    "viewIDs": [
        72
    ],
    "configuration": {
        "Name": "TEST_ELEMENT",
        "ProtocolName": "Linux Platform",
        "ProtocolVersion": "Production",
        "Ports": [
            {
                "__type": "Skyline.DataMiner.Web.Common.v1.DMAElementSNMPPortInfo",
                "SNMPVersion": 2,
                "DeviceAddress": "",
                "GetCommunity": "public",
                "IPAddress": "127.0.0.1",
                "Network": "0",
                "PortNumber": 161,
                "SetCommunity": "private",
                "ElementTimeoutTime": 30000,
                "TimeoutTime": 1500,
                "Retries": 3
            },
            {
                "__type": "Skyline.DataMiner.Web.Common.v1.DMAElementSerialPortInfo",
                "Baudrate": 0,
                "BusAddress": "",
                "Databits": 0,
                "FlowControl": "No",
                "IPAddress": "127.0.0.1",
                "IPPort": 22,
                "LocalIPPort": 0,
                "Network": "0",
                "Parity": "No",
                "SerialPort": "0",
                "Stopbits": 0,
                "Type": "TCP",
                "ElementTimeoutTime": 30000,
                "TimeoutTime": 1500,
                "Retries": 3
            }
        ]     }

}

Don't forget to change the IP addresses, port and the community strings.

Hope it helps.

Marieke Goethals [SLC] [DevOps Catalyst] Selected answer as best 28th August 2024
Oscar Eves [DevOps Advocate] commented 17th July 2024

Thanks Miguel, can confirm that this works.

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Robbe Bultynck [SLC] [DevOps Advocate]394 Posted 15th July 2024 1 Comment

Hi Oscar,

Looking further into this, the port configuration you've created doesn't match the port configuration of the "Linux Platform protocol".

You need to have at least:

  • 1 port config for SNMPV2/SNMPV3
  • 1 port config for SSH

Oscar Eves [DevOps Advocate] Posted new comment 16th July 2024
Oscar Eves [DevOps Advocate] commented 16th July 2024

Ok, how are either of those specified, the docs only give the following port options: DMASerialPortInfo, DMAElementSNMPPortInfo,
DMAElementSNMPV3PortInfo. Which apply here? I can use all three but that gives
{
“Message”: “Invalid port configuration: expected SNMPV2/SNMPV3-Serial but received SNMPV2-SNMPV3-Serial.”,
“StackTrace”: “”,
“ExceptionType”: “Skyline.DataMiner.Web.Common.WebApiException”
}

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Robbe Bultynck [SLC] [DevOps Advocate]394 Posted 15th July 2024 1 Comment

Hi Oscar,

I'm not sure if this is related but in the example, they use "ElementName" instead of "Name"

Oscar Eves [DevOps Advocate] Posted new comment 16th July 2024
Oscar Eves [DevOps Advocate] commented 16th July 2024

If I use ElementName it gives the following error
{
“Message”: “Invalid element name: Name can not be null or empty.”,
“StackTrace”: “”,
“ExceptionType”: “Skyline.DataMiner.Web.Common.WebApiException”
}
Using both and Element Name and Name gives the original error I posted

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