POST /backupServers/{ID}/credentials?action=create

Creates new credentials on the backup server having the specified ID.

Request

To create new credentials record on a specific backup server, send the POST HTTP request to the /backupServers/{ID}/credentials?action=create URL.

HTTP Request

POST https://<Enterprise-Manager>:9398/api/backupServers/{ID}/credentials?action=create

Request Headers

The request contains the following headers:

Header	Required	Description
X-RestSvcSessionId	True	The request requires authorization. In the header, the client must send a session ID copied from the server reply to the request creating a new logon session. For details, see Authentication and Security.
Content-Type	True	Identifies the format of the request body message. Possible values: application/xml application/json
Accept	False	Identifies the format of the response. Possible values: application/xml — the client can send this value in the header to accept response in the XML format. application/json — the client must send this value in the header to accept the request in the JSON format. If the request does not contain the header, the server will return the response in the XML format.

Header

Required

Description

X-RestSvcSessionId

True

The request requires authorization. In the header, the client must send a session ID copied from the server reply to the request creating a new logon session. For details, see Authentication and Security.

Content-Type

True

Identifies the format of the request body message. Possible values:

application/xml
application/json

False

Identifies the format of the response. Possible values:

application/xml — the client can send this value in the header to accept response in the XML format.
application/json — the client must send this value in the header to accept the request in the JSON format.

If the request does not contain the header, the server will return the response in the XML format.

Request Body

In the request body, the client must send parameters for the new credentials record that must be created on the backup server. The body of the request must conform to the XML Schema Definition of Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager REST API.

Important

If you use the XML media type, make sure that the order of parameters in the request body is correct. For details, see request body examples in this section.

The request body must contain the following elements:

Element	Type	Description	Modifiable	Min/Max Occurrence
Username	String	User name of the added credentials record in the DOMAIN\USENAME format.	Yes	0/1
Description	String	Description of the added credentials record.	Yes	0/1
Password	String	Password of the added credentials.	Yes	0/1

For example:

XML Representation

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<CredentialsInfoSpec xmlns="http://www.veeam.com/ent/v1.0" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
<Username>VEEAM\Administrator</Username>
<Description>Created with REST API</Description>
<Password>1234</Password>
</CredentialsInfoSpec>

JSON Representation

{

"Username": "VEEAM\\Administrator",

"Description": "Created with REST API",

"Password": "1234"

}

Response

The server returns the following response to the client.

Response Codes

A successfully operation returns response code 201 Created.

Response Headers

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

Header	Description
Content-length	The length of the response body.
Content-type	The media type and syntax of the request body message. Possible values: application/xml application/json

Header

Description

Content-length

The length of the response body.

Content-type

The media type and syntax of the request body message. Possible values:

application/xml
application/json

Response Body

None.

Example

The example below adds a new credentials record on the backup server having ID f62624c1-8462-4747-8bd4-d686f99b0540. The credentials have the following parameters:

User name VEEAM\Administrator
Password 1234
Description Credentials created with REST API

Request:

POST https://localhost:9398/api/backupServers/f62624c1-8462-4747-8bd4-d686f99b0540/credentials?action=create

Request Headers:

X-RestSvcSessionId NDRjZmJkYmUtNWE5NS00MTU2LTg4NjctOTFmMDY5YjdjMmNj
Content-Type application/xml

Request Body:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<CredentialsInfoSpec xmlns="http://www.veeam.com/ent/v1.0" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
<Username>VEEAM\Administrator</Username>
<Description>Credentials created with REST API</Description>
<Password>1234</Password>
</CredentialsInfoSpec>

Response:

201 Created

Response Body:

None