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RESTful API Reference

(POST) /security/accounts/{ID}/roles

Assigns a Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager security role to the specified user account.

Request

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

HTTP Request

POST http://<Enterprise-Manager>:9399/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. To learn more, see Authentication and Security.

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 RESTful API.

The request body must contain the following elements:

Element

Type

Description

Modifiable

Min/Max Occurrence

EnterpriseRoleUid

URN

ID 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 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>

Query Parameters

None.

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: application/xml.

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 http://localhost:9399/api/security/accounts/f7d81d38-a457-4ee7-9294-a9123f8e4e99/roles

 

Request Header:

X-RestSvcSessionId   NDRjZmJkYmUtNWE5NS00MTU2LTg4NjctOTFmMDY5YjdjMmNj

 

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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