How do I set upload targets and policies?

Steps
 
1 

Log in to a station that has access to the NSP system.

2 

Open a console window.

3 

Issue the following RESTCONF API call to configure a policy that defines the FTP/SFTP servers that can be used to upload the data collected in files:

Note: In order to issue a RESTCONF API call, you require a token; see the My First NSP API Client tutorial on the Network Developer Portal for information.

POST https://address:443/restconf/data/flowconf:config/policies/upload-target

where address is the NSP cluster advertised address

The message body is the following:

{

    "upload-target" : [

      {

            "name" : "name",

            "protocol" : "protocol",

            "ip-address" : "IP address",

            "port" : "port"

            "username" : "username"

            "password" : "password"

            "descr" : "description",

        }

    ]

}

where

name is the server name

protocol is one of the following:

  • FTP

  • SFTP

IP address is the server IP address

port is the server port

username is the FTP or SFTP username

password is the FTP or SFTP password

description is an optional description

4 

Issue the following RESTCONF API call to configure a policy that defines the FTP/SFTP servers that can be used to upload the data collected in files:

Note: In order to issue a RESTCONF API call, you require a token; see the My First NSP API Client tutorial on the Network Developer Portal for information.

POST https://address:443/restconf/data/flowconf:config/policies/upload

where address is the NSP cluster advertised address

The message body is the following:

{

    "upload" : [

      {

            "file-type" : "file type",

            "server" : "server",

            "enabled" : "true",

        }

    ]

}

where

file type is NAT or CSV

server is the server IP address

Note: The settings in the above example represent the default values.

5 

Close the console window.

End of steps