Create (POST) Connections
Update using the HTTP POST operation.
Code Examples
Request
| Method | Request URI | HTTP Version |
|---|---|---|
POST |
HTTPS://<HOST>:<PORT>/00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000/Connections |
HTTP/1.1 |
Request URI Parameters
The POST operation has no parameters.
Request URI Example
| Example URI |
|---|
POST https://sma-server:9090/00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000/Connections HTTP/1.1 |
Request Headers
For more information about the common request headers used by this operation, see Standard Service Management Automation POST/GET/PUT/DELETE Headers.
Request Body
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<entry xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:d="https://schemas.microsoft.com/ado/2007/08/dataservices" xmlns:m="https://schemas.microsoft.com/ado/2007/08/dataservices/metadata">
<category term="Orchestrator.ResourceModel.Connection" scheme="https://schemas.microsoft.com/ado/2007/08/dataservices/scheme" />
<id />
<title />
<updated>2014-04-06T19:39:42Z</updated>
<author>
<name />
</author>
<content type="application/xml">
<m:properties>
<d:ConnectionID m:type="Edm.Guid">00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000</d:ConnectionID>
<d:ConnectionTypeID m:type="Edm.Guid">3921d613-e650-46da-bf19-1700c09f2d33</d:ConnectionTypeID>
<d:CreationTime m:type="Edm.DateTime">0001-01-01T00:00:00</d:CreationTime>
<d:Description>Test Connection Description</d:Description>
<d:LastModifiedTime m:type="Edm.DateTime">0001-01-01T00:00:00</d:LastModifiedTime>
<d:Name>Test Connection Name</d:Name>
<d:TenantID m:type="Edm.Guid">00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000</d:TenantID>
</m:properties>
</content>
</entry>
Response
Response Codes
| Response Code | Description |
|---|---|
HTTP/1.1 201 Created |
Request fulfilled. |
Response Headers
For more information about the common response headers used by this operation, see Standard Service Management Automation POST/GET/PUT/DELETE Headers.
Response Body
The POST response body.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<entry xml:base="https://sma-server:9090/00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000/" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:d="https://schemas.microsoft.com/ado/2007/08/dataservices" xmlns:m="https://schemas.microsoft.com/ado/2007/08/dataservices/metadata">
<id>https://sma-server:9090/00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000/Connections(guid'af2990f4-1f47-44c5-9c0f-90c92635c193')</id>
<category term="Orchestrator.ResourceModel.Connection" scheme="https://schemas.microsoft.com/ado/2007/08/dataservices/scheme" />
<link rel="edit" title="Connection" href="Connections(guid'af2990f4-1f47-44c5-9c0f-90c92635c193')" />
<link rel="https://schemas.microsoft.com/ado/2007/08/dataservices/related/ConnectionFieldValues" type="application/atom+xml;type=feed" title="ConnectionFieldValues" href="Connections(guid'af2990f4-1f47-44c5-9c0f-90c92635c193')/ConnectionFieldValues" />
<link rel="https://schemas.microsoft.com/ado/2007/08/dataservices/related/ConnectionType" type="application/atom+xml;type=entry" title="ConnectionType" href="Connections(guid'af2990f4-1f47-44c5-9c0f-90c92635c193')/ConnectionType" />
<title />
<updated>2014-04-06T19:39:43Z</updated>
<author>
<name />
</author>
<content type="application/xml">
<m:properties>
<d:TenantID m:type="Edm.Guid">00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000</d:TenantID>
<d:ConnectionID m:type="Edm.Guid">af2990f4-1f47-44c5-9c0f-90c92635c193</d:ConnectionID>
<d:ConnectionTypeID m:type="Edm.Guid">3921d613-e650-46da-bf19-1700c09f2d33</d:ConnectionTypeID>
<d:Name>Test Connection Name</d:Name>
<d:Description>Test Connection Description</d:Description>
<d:CreationTime m:type="Edm.DateTime">0001-01-01T00:00:00</d:CreationTime>
<d:LastModifiedTime m:type="Edm.DateTime">0001-01-01T00:00:00</d:LastModifiedTime>
</m:properties>
</content>
</entry>
Code Examples
The following example creates a new Connection.
namespace CodeSample.Microsoft.SystemCenter.SMA
{
public class SMASamples
{
public static void Main()
{
// Replace this with the name of your SMA web service endpoint.
string serviceEndPoint = "https://sma-server:9090/00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000";
// Setup the connection to SMA
OrchestratorApi SMAService = new OrchestratorApi(new Uri(serviceEndPoint));
// Set credentials to the default or to a specific user.
((DataServiceContext)SMAService).Credentials = CredentialCache.DefaultCredentials;
//((DataServiceContext)SMAService).Credentials = new NetworkCredential("user", "pwd", "domain");
try
{
// Identify the connection type for this connection using the ConnectionTypeID value.
System.Guid connectionTypeID = new Guid("3921d613-e650-46da-bf19-1700c09f2d33");
// Create a new connection instance.
var testConnection = new Connection();
// Poputlate various properties with values.
testConnection.Name = "Test Connection Name";
testConnection.Description = "Test Connection Description";
testConnection.ConnectionTypeID = connectionTypeID;
// Add the new connection instance to the Connections collection.
// Note: This action is queued up until the SaveChanges action is called.
SMAService.AddToConnections(testConnection);
// Save all pending actions (client -> server communication initiated).
SMAService.SaveChanges();
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
throw new ApplicationException("An error occurred during execution.", ex);
}
}
}
}