POST /api/hosts/:host_id/interfaces
Create an interface on a host

Params

Param name Description
location_id
optional

Set the current location context for the request

Validations:

  • Integer
organization_id
optional

Set the current organization context for the request

Validations:

  • Integer
host_id
required

ID or name of host

Validations:

  • String
interface
required

interface information

Validations:

  • Hash
interface[mac]
optional , nil allowed

MAC address of interface. Required for managed interfaces on bare metal.

Validations:

  • String
interface[ip]
optional , nil allowed

IPv4 address of interface

Validations:

  • String
interface[ip6]
optional , nil allowed

IPv6 address of interface

Validations:

  • String
interface[type]
optional , nil allowed

Interface type, e.g. bmc. Default is interface

Validations:

  • Must be one of: interface, bmc, bond, bridge.
interface[name]
optional , nil allowed

Interface's DNS name

Validations:

  • String
interface[subnet_id]
optional , nil allowed

Foreman subnet ID of IPv4 interface

Validations:

  • Must be a number.
interface[subnet6_id]
optional , nil allowed

Foreman subnet ID of IPv6 interface

Validations:

  • Must be a number.
interface[domain_id]
optional , nil allowed

Foreman domain ID of interface. Required for primary interfaces on managed hosts.

Validations:

  • Must be a number.
interface[identifier]
optional , nil allowed

Device identifier, e.g. eth0 or eth1.1

Validations:

  • String
interface[managed]
optional , nil allowed

Should this interface be managed via DHCP and DNS smart proxy and should it be configured during provisioning?

Validations:

  • Must be one of: true, false, 1, 0.
interface[primary]
optional , nil allowed

Should this interface be used for constructing the FQDN of the host? Each managed hosts needs to have one primary interface.

Validations:

  • Must be one of: true, false, 1, 0.
interface[provision]
optional , nil allowed

Should this interface be used for TFTP of PXELinux (or SSH for image-based hosts)? Each managed hosts needs to have one provision interface.

Validations:

  • Must be one of: true, false, 1, 0.
interface[username]
optional , nil allowed

Only for BMC interfaces.

Validations:

  • String
interface[password]
optional , nil allowed

Only for BMC interfaces.

Validations:

  • String
interface[provider]
optional , nil allowed

Interface provider, e.g. IPMI. Only for BMC interfaces.

Validations:

  • Must be one of: IPMI, SSH.
interface[virtual]
optional , nil allowed

Alias or VLAN device

Validations:

  • Must be one of: true, false, 1, 0.
interface[tag]
optional , nil allowed

VLAN tag, this attribute has precedence over the subnet VLAN ID. Only for virtual interfaces.

Validations:

  • String
interface[mtu]
optional , nil allowed

MTU, this attribute has precedence over the subnet MTU.

Validations:

  • Integer
interface[attached_to]
optional , nil allowed

Identifier of the interface to which this interface belongs, e.g. eth1. Only for virtual interfaces.

Validations:

  • String
interface[mode]
optional , nil allowed

Bond mode of the interface, e.g. balance-rr. Only for bond interfaces.

Validations:

  • Must be one of: balance-rr, active-backup, balance-xor, broadcast, 802.3ad, balance-tlb, balance-alb.
interface[attached_devices]
optional , nil allowed

Identifiers of attached interfaces, e.g. `['eth1', 'eth2']`. For bond interfaces those are the slaves. Only for bond and bridges interfaces.

Validations:

  • Must be an array of any type
interface[bond_options]
optional , nil allowed

Space separated options, e.g. miimon=100. Only for bond interfaces.

Validations:

  • String
interface[compute_attributes]
optional , nil allowed

Additional compute resource specific attributes for the interface.

Validations:

  • Hash
interface[execution]
optional

Should this interface be used for remote execution?

Validations:

  • Must be one of: true, false, 1, 0.