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Modify Credentials Record

You can update an SMTP server credentials record with the specified ID.

Request

To edit credentials record data, send the HTTP PUT request to the /accounts/standard/{standardAccountId} endpoint. {standardAccountId} is a system ID assigned to the SMTP credentials record in the Veeam Backup for AWS REST API.

HTTP Request

PUT https://<hostname>:<port>/api/v1/accounts/standard/{standardAccountId}

Request Headers

The request contains the following headers.

Header

Required/Optional

Value

Description

Authorization

Required

Bearer <Access-Token>

Authenticates a client who sends the request to the server. Must contain the access token for the current logon session in the Bearer <Access-Token> format.

x-api-version

Required

1.0-rev0

Specifies the current revision of the Veeam Backup for AWS REST API.

Content-Type

Required

application/json

Identifies a media type that is used in the body of the request.

Accept

Optional

  • application/json
  • application/problem+json

Specifies a media type of representation that is required in the response message. If the requested type is not supported, the server will return the response in the application/json media type.

Request Body

To specify data to be changed for the record, send the following parameters in the request body.

Parameter

Required/Optional

Type

Description

name

Required

string

Specifies a name of the credentials record.

description

Optional

string

Specifies a description of the credentials record.

Note: If you do not send the description parameter in the request body, the value is set to null by default.

username

Required

string

Specifies a user name of an account used by Veeam Backup for AWS to authenticate against an SMTP server.

password

Optional

string

Specifies a password of the account used by Veeam Backup for AWS to authenticate against an SMTP server.

Note

Before update an SMTP server credentials record, you can check whether a name you plan to specify as a record name in Veeam Backup for AWS is unique. For more information, see Validate Credential Record Name.

Set the parameter values in the following format:

{

 "name": "string",

 "description": "string",

 "username": "string",

 "password": "string"

}

Response

The server returns the following response to the client.

Response Code

A successfully completed operation returns a response code 200 (OK).

Response Headers

The response to this request contains the following headers. The response may also include additional standard HTTP headers.

Header

Value

Description

Content-Length

integer

Identifies the length of the response body message, in bytes.

Content-Type

  • application/json
  • application/problem+json

Identifies the media type of the response body message.

Response Body

In the response body, Veeam Backup for AWS returns an updated representation of the SMTP server credentials record. The StandardAccount schema is used for the resource representation.

Modify Credentials RecordExample

The following request sets a new name for an SMTP server credential record with the ID 10b074bd-0510-4795-9fdc-d5dce1db66c0.

Request:

POST https://135.169.170.192:11005/api/v1/account/standard/10b074bd-0510-4795-9fdc-d5dce1db66c0

 

Request Header:

Authorization: Bearer <Access-Token>

x-api-version: 1.0-rev0

Content-Type: application/json

 

Request Body:

{

 "name": "Admin mail",

 "description": "Administration SMTP server",

 "username": "administrator@company.mail"

 "password": "Administrator1"

}

 

Response:

200

 

Response Body:

{

 "id": "10b074bd-0510-4795-9fdc-d5dce1db66c0",

 "name": "Admin mail",

 "username": "administrator@company.mail",

 "description": "Administration SMTP server",

 "_links": [

   {

     "method": "GET",

     "rel": "self",

     "href": "https://135.169.170.192:11005/api/v1/accounts/standard/10b074bd-0510-4795-9fdc-d5dce1db66c0"

   },

   {

     "method": "PUT",

     "rel": "update",

     "href": "https://135.169.170.192:11005/api/v1/accounts/standard/10b074bd-0510-4795-9fdc-d5dce1db66c0"

   },

   {

     "method": "DELETE",

     "rel": "delete",

     "href": "https://135.169.170.192:11005/api/v1/accounts/standard/10b074bd-0510-4795-9fdc-d5dce1db66c0"

   }

 ]

}