This functionality was first introduced in the Hillary release series. The specific methods described on this page work with Hillary R2 and later releases.
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A tutorial on how to create JSON data files is beyond the scope of this article. For a full description of the JSON data format see the wikipedia page or the JSON.org website. Users are expected to be familiar with this format before using the RestAPI to configure iQSonar. In many cases it may be easier to configure the Locations using a CSV import or the manual method if the JSON data is not being generated programatically.
The JSON data file should contain the fields "Name" (the value MUST be "LOCATION TARGET"), "Version" (the value MUST BE "1.3")and "Locations", where the Locations field contains an array of locations.
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| Field | Description | Can be empty? | Example or Possible Values |
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| LocationPath | Name of the location. Sub-locations seperated by the pipe symbol "|" | NO | Sample|Node Sample|Node2|Leaf1 Sample|Node2|Leaf2 |
| Target | What category of target is this (Either Application or Device) | NO | Device Application |
| Type | What sub-type of target is this (What type of Device, or Which Application) | NO | See the list of valid target types |
| Name | The name of the location (This is a freeform text field) | NO | Main Lab QA Lab My Test Location |
| Instance Name | The name of the database instance | YES | For scanning database application targets |
| Hostname | The host name for hostname targets | YES | vm-test.localdomain www.myserver.example.com vm-myserver |
| StartIP | The Start IP Address - use this for Application targets, Single, Range and Subnet targets | YES | 10.0.0.1 |
| EndIP | The End IP Address - use this for Range targets only | YES | 10.0.0.99 |
| SubnetMask | The netmask - as a number not as a dotted quad - use for Subnet targets only | YES | Use "24" not "255.255.255.0" "0" can be used for an empty target |
| Port | The port on which to scan, for Application Targets only | YES | E.g. an SQL Server is usually on port 1433 but can be set to an arbitrary number. |
| Exclusion | Whether this is a target exclusion. Use to exclude IP addresses from a larger list | YES | Valid values are "True" or "False". Empty implies False |
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Call the RestAPI using cURL
Note: the encoded username and password pair in the CURL call corresponds to the login 'admin' and password 'password' which are the default iQSonar credentials you are forced to change on when you log in the first time.
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curl --data "@file.json" \
-H 'Authorization: Basic YWRtaW46cGFzc3dvcmQ=' \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-X 'POST' 'http://youriqsonarserver/api/v1/targets' |
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