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Infrastructure Rescan for IAM Role

You can run the infrastructure rescanning operation for an IAM role with the specified ID.

Request

To run infrastructure rescan, send the HTTP POST request to the /accounts/amazon/{amazonAccountId}/rescan endpoint. {amazonAccountId} is a system ID assigned to the IAM role in the Veeam Backup for AWS REST API.

HTTP Request

POST https://<hostname>:<port>/api/v1/accounts/amazon/{amazonAccountId}/rescan

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 the exact AWS regions you want to synchronize for the IAM role, send the following parameter in the request body.

Parameter

Required/Optional

Type

Description

regionIds

Optional

array[string]

Specifies system IDs assigned in the Veeam Backup for AWS REST API to AWS regions you want to rescan. By default, all available AWS regions and Availability Zones are synchronized.

Set the parameter value in the following format:

{

 "regionIds": [

   "string",

   "string"

 ]

}

Response

The server returns the following response to the client.

Response Code

A successfully completed operation returns a response code 202 (Accepted).

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 the session ID of the infrastructure rescanning operation. For the session log details, see Get Session Log Details.

Infrastructure Rescan for IAM RoleExample

The following request runs rescan operation for an IAM role with the ID aa8bb04c-1e70-4ddf-9e35-7149e4920d1e in the AWS region with the ID 445b2c74-c89a-4bc0-aca0-3e4ad1553f01 .

Request:

POST https://135.169.170.192:11005/api/v1/accounts/amazon/aa8bb04c-1e70-4ddf-9e35-7149e4920d1e/rescan

 

Request Header:

Authorization: Bearer <Access-Token>

x-api-version: 1.0-rev0

Content-Type: application/json

 

Request Body:

{

"regionIds": [

   "445b2c74-c89a-4bc0-aca0-3e4ad1553f01"

 ]

}

 

Response:

202

 

Response Body:

{

 "sessionId": "95fddea4-52fb-47e4-a1bb-ddf60093a6cd",

 "_links": [

   {

     "method": "GET",

     "rel": "self",

     "href": "https://135.169.170.192:11005/api/v1/sessions/95fddea4-52fb-47e4-a1bb-ddf60093a6cd"

   }

 ]

}