Enable Interfaces from the API 10.0.2

Products

• CA Network Flow Analysis (NetQos / NFA)

Issue/Introduction

NFA 10.0.2 does not have the querybuilder app and with the removal of flash, clients are left to use the API to enable/disable interfaces

Environment

Release : 10.0

Component : NQRPTA - REPORTERANALYZER

Cause

Flash went EOL December of 2020. API Query Builder app was added in NFA 10.0.3

Resolution

#Get router ID from management IP (GET)

http://<hostname>:8981/odata/api/routers?$select=ID&$filter=((contains(routerAddress, '<ip address of router/device>')))

 

#Get available interfaces on the router based on router ID from previous query (GET)

http://<hostname>:8981/odata/api/availableInterfaces?$select=ID,enabled,name&$filter=(routerId eq <router id>)

 

#To enable an interface, get the interface ID from output of the query above (POST)

http://<hostname>:8981/odata/api/availableInterfaces(<interface id>)/com.ca.nfa.odata.enableInterface