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

[Moti Asayag]

----- Original Message -----
> From: "Satya Vempati" <svempati at tintri.com>
> To: "Moti Asayag" <masayag at redhat.com>
> Cc: users at ovirt.org
> Sent: Tuesday, February 11, 2014 12:45:36 AM
> Subject: Re: [Users] Adding a VMNIC via the REST api returns no error, but the NIC isn't added
> 
> I am using Postman rest client from Google. I am using the REST interface
> directly.
> 
> I may a little behind on the versions, so let me see if I have more recent
> version I could install and see if the problem goes away.
> 

Note that once [1] will be merged (will be included in 3.4), the usage of
the former api for adding/updating vnic of vm/template with network name and
port mirroring will be more predictable and easy to use.

Just posted a post for that matter with few examples on [2].

[1] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1047887
[2] https://motiasayag.wordpress.com/2014/02/02/vnic-profiles/

> On 2/9/14, 12:40 PM, "Moti Asayag" <masayag at redhat.com> 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.
> >
> >> 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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> >> >> 
> >> 
> >> 
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