POST /security/accounts/{ID}/roles

Assigns a Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager security role to the specified account.For details on security roles, see Security Roles.

Request

To assign a security role to an account having the specified ID, send the POST HTTP request to the URL of the /security/accounts/{ID}/roles resource.

HTTP Request

POST https://<Enterprise-Manager>:9398/api/security/accounts/{ID}/roles

Request Header

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.

Request Body

In the request body, the client must send the parameters for the role that should be assigned to the account. The body of the request must conform to the XML Schema Definition of 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

EnterpriseRoleUid

UidType

UID of the role that must be assigned to the account. To get a list of IDs for available roles, send the GET HTTP request to the /security/roles resource.  

No

1/1

For example:

XML Representation

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<EnterpriseAccountInRoleCreateSpec 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">
 <EnterpriseRoleUid>urn:veeam:EnterpriseRole:c11c0c38-ba8b-49c7-bf70-fc2058fff1e2</EnterpriseRoleUid>
</EnterpriseAccountInRoleCreateSpec>

JSON Representation

{

 "EnterpriseRoleUid": "urn:veeam:EnterpriseRole:c11c0c38-ba8b-49c7-bf70-fc2058fff1e2"

}

Response

The server returns the following response to the client.

Response Codes

A successfully completed 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

Response Body

None.

Example

The example below assigns the VM Restore Operator role to the account having ID f7d81d38-a457-4ee7-9294-a9123f8e4e99:

Request:

POST https://localhost:9398/api/security/accounts/f7d81d38-a457-4ee7-9294-a9123f8e4e99/roles

 

Request Headers:

X-RestSvcSessionId   NDRjZmJkYmUtNWE5NS00MTU2LTg4NjctOTFmMDY5YjdjMmNj
Content-Type         application/xml

 

Request Body:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<EnterpriseAccountInRoleCreateSpec 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">
 <EnterpriseRoleUid>urn:veeam:EnterpriseRole:c11c0c38-ba8b-49c7-bf70-fc2058fff1e2</EnterpriseRoleUid>
</EnterpriseAccountInRoleCreateSpec>

 

Response:

201 Created

 

Response Body:

None

 

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