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Import Identity Provider Metadata

You can import to Veeam Backup for Microsoft Azure the metadata file with the identity provider settings.

Request

To upload the metadata file, send the HTTP POST request to the /settings/saml2/idp/metadata endpoint.

HTTP Request

POST https://<hostname>/api/v3/settings/saml2/idp/metadata

Request Headers

The request contains the following headers.

Header

Required

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.

Request Body

To upload the metadata file, send the content of the file in the following format:

{

 "xmlBase64": "string"

}

Response

The server returns the following response to the client.

Response Codes

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 Microsoft Azure returns a 200 success response code.

Import Identity Provider MetadataExample

The following request returns a 200 response code.

Request:

PUT https://51.11.247.127/api/v3/settings/saml2/idp/metadata

 

Request Header:

Authorization: Bearer <Access-Token>

 

Response:

200