[Users] Adding a VMNIC via the REST api returns no error, but the NIC isn't added

[Itamar Heim]

On 02/09/2014 10:40 PM, Moti Asayag wrote:
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Satya Vempati" <svempati at tintri.com>
>> To: "Moti Asayag" <masayag at redhat.com>
>> Cc: users at ovirt.org
>> Sent: Sunday, February 9, 2014 7:42:07 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Users] Adding a VMNIC via the REST api returns no error, but the NIC isn't added
>>
>> Thanks for the reply. Should have noted it earlier, I am using
>> 3.3.0-0.38.rc.el6ev.
>>
>> I am chiefly concerned that no error is thrown when a nic isn¹t added, so
>> when I am doing this programmatically I wouldn¹t be able to discover that
>> the operation failed.
>>
>
> I just tried the same example and got the following error:
>
> <fault>
> <reason>Operation Failed</reason>
> <detail>
> [Cannot add Interface. There is no VM network interface profile for the network the user can use. - Please use a VM network interface profile instead of a network name.]
> </detail>
> </fault>
>
> Where you using the restapi directly or used the SDK for posting that request ?
> Please provide the steps to reproduce this issue, since i wasn't able to
> experience the same behavior.

Moti - isn't this a regression to the API as this call should have 
worked as-is pre-3.3 vnic profiles?

>
>> On 2/9/14, 7:56 AM, "Moti Asayag" <masayag at redhat.com> wrote:
>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: "Satya Vempati" <svempati at tintri.com>
>>>> To: users at ovirt.org
>>>> Sent: Sunday, February 9, 2014 5:54:15 AM
>>>> Subject: [Users] Adding a VMNIC via the REST api returns no error, but
>>>> the NIC isn't added
>>>>
>>>> POST <server>/api/vms/670fa876-a18d-436c-b999-1dc7cbbd5bcf/nics
>>>>
>>>> <nic>
>>>> <name>eth0</name>
>>>> <network>
>>>> <name>rhevm</name>
>>>> </network>
>>>> <interface>virtio</interface>
>>>> <port_mirroring>
>>>> <networks>
>>>> <network>
>>>> <name>rhevm</name>
>>>> </network>
>>>> </networks>
>>>> </port_mirroring>
>>>> </nic>
>>>>
>>>> Return code is 200, but no VM Nic is added.
>>>
>>> Assuming this is ovirt-engine-3.3 and above:
>>>
>>> Do you have a vnic profile for rhevm network with port_mirroring enabled ?
>>> Which user are you using for adding this vnic ?
>>>
>>> You need to verify such a vnic profile exist and the user which adds the
>>> vnic has permissions to use that profile.
>>>
>>> Alternately, you can provide the vnic_profile_id instead of the network
>>> name
>>> and the port mirroring which is the deprecated signature.
>>>
>>> http://www.ovirt.org/Features/Vnic_Profiles#REST_API
>>>
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