IPAM API Rest call help

I am developing some ruby tools for chef to get the next available IP from a subnet, reserve the IP, and create a dns record with ptr.

I cannot get the this to work in ruby.

This is my server:

https://solarweb.mydomain.com.com:17778/Solarwinds/InformationService/v3/json/Invoke/IPAM.IPAddressManagement/

Can anyone help me figure out the few line of code I need to:

Get the next available IP on subnet 172.16.16.0\22,

Reserve that IP and then mark it as used.

Create a DNS A record with pointer for machine1.mydomian.com to IP address

This works in powershell.

If I can get the commands in CURL I can probably figure out the Ruby.

I have tried all of these links:

IPAM 4.6 API · solarwinds/OrionSDK Wiki · GitHub

https://loop1.com/swblog/using-the-rest-api-to-get-the-most-out-of-solarwinds-part-1/

REST · solarwinds/OrionSDK Wiki · GitHub

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tdanner

Can you post what you have working in powershell? I can help you translate that to rest calls.

wayneagostino

I have the ruby figured out for getting the next available IP, set the status to used, and create a dns record with ptr. This is what I have.

require 'rest-client'
require 'json'

def get_next_ip(subnet, cidr, minutes, token)

address = RestClient::Request.execute(

url: 'https://solarweb.:17778/Solarwinds/InformationService/v3/json/Invoke/IPAM.SubnetManagement/StartIpReservation',

method: :post,

:verify_ssl => false,

headers: {

:Authorization => "#{token}",

:content_type => 'application/json'

:payload => ["#{subnet}",cidr, minutes].to_json

)

puts address

return address

end

def set_ip_status(ip, status, token)

begin

RestClient::Request.execute(

url: 'https://solarweb:17778/Solarwinds/InformationService/v3/json/Invoke/IPAM.SubnetManagement/FinishIpReservation',

method: :post,

:verify_ssl => false,

headers: {

:Authorization => "#{token}",

:content_type => 'application/json'

:payload => ["#{ip}","#{status}"].to_json

)

rescue RestClient::ExceptionWithResponse=> e

puts e.response

end

def add_dns_record(host_name, ip_address, token)

begin

RestClient::Request.execute(

url: 'https://solarweb:17778/Solarwinds/InformationService/v3/json/Invoke/IPAM.IPAddressManagement/AddDnsARecordWithPtr',

method: :post,

:verify_ssl => false,

headers: {

:Authorization => "#{token}",

:content_type => 'application/json'

:payload => ["#{host_name}","#{ip_address}","172.17.101.1","corp.com"].to_json

)

rescue RestClient::ExceptionWithResponse => e

puts e.response

end

newip = get_next_ip('172.17.100.0', 22, 20, swistoken)

set_ip_status(newip.to_s , 'Used', swistoken)

add_dns_record(hostname, newip.to_s, swistoken)

wayneagostino

Now my issue is that there is a disconnect between what solarwinds thinks DNS is, and what DNS really is.

If I get the next available IP and SW thinks that there are DNS records for that IP I cannot add DNS.

I would want to delete the records for the IP in both Solarwinds and in DNS. I can manually remove the DNS records by editing the IP via the GUI.

I need to figure out how to query the IP address given by SW, get the DNS records, and delete them.