Unable to create hosts with the foreman API

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1

Anybody have any idea why I'm getting the following message:

Unprocessable entity Host::Managed (id: new):
Name can't be blank
Environment can't be blank

When I try and create hosts via the API. I've verified that I've included
the information correctly. The json is also valid.

Here's what I'm doing with curl. I have included both name and environment:

curl -XPOST -s -d'{"host": {"operatingsystem_id": 1, "mac":
"00:25:B5:10:00:6E", "environment_id": "1", "architecture_id": 2, "name":
"dalindexstore01", "ip": "10.10.28.201", "domain_id": 2, "puppet_proxy_id":
9, "hostgroup_id": 1}}' -k -u user:pass "
https://myforemaninstall.com/api/hosts"

The result I get back is this:

{
"host": {
"errors": {
"environment_id": [
"can't be blank"
],
"name": [
"can't be blank"
]
},
"full_messages": [
"Name can't be blank",
"Environment can't be blank"
],
"id": null
}
}

On the foreman logs I see this:

tarted POST "/api/hosts" for 192.168.42.222 at Wed Oct 23 22:44:12 +0000
2013
Processing by Api::V1::HostsController#create as JSON
Parameters: {"{"host": {"operatingsystem_id": 1, "mac":
"00:25:B5:10:00:6E", "environment_id": "1", "architecture_id": 2,
"name": "dalindexstore01", "ip": "10.10.28.201", "domain_id": 2,
"puppet_proxy_id": 9, "hostgroup_id": 1}}"=>nil}

Unprocessable entity Host::Managed (id: new):
Name can't be blank
Environment can't be blank

Rendered api/v1/errors/unprocessable_entity.json.rabl (1.7ms)
Completed 422 Unprocessable Entity in 25ms (Views: 2.5ms | ActiveRecord:
3.3ms)

··· -- Stephen Wood www.heystephenwood.com
2

> Anybody have any idea why I'm getting the following message:
>
> Unprocessable entity Host::Managed (id: new):
> Name can't be blank
> Environment can't be blank
>
> When I try and create hosts via the API. I've verified that I've included
> the information correctly. The json is also valid.
>
> Here's what I'm doing with curl. I have included both name and environment:
>
> curl -XPOST -s -d'{"host": {"operatingsystem_id": 1, "mac":
> "00:25:B5:10:00:6E", "environment_id": "1", "architecture_id": 2, "name":
> "dalindexstore01", "ip": "10.10.28.201", "domain_id": 2, "puppet_proxy_id":
> 9, "hostgroup_id": 1}}' -k -u user:pass "
> https://myforemaninstall.com/api/hosts"
>

try adding:
-H "Content-type:application/json"

Ohad

··· On Thu, Oct 24, 2013 at 1:46 AM, Stephen Wood wrote:

The result I get back is this:

{
“host”: {
“errors”: {
“environment_id”: [
“can’t be blank”
],
“name”: [
“can’t be blank”
]
},
“full_messages”: [
“Name can’t be blank”,
“Environment can’t be blank”
],
“id”: null
}
}

On the foreman logs I see this:

tarted POST “/api/hosts” for 192.168.42.222 at Wed Oct 23 22:44:12 +0000
2013
Processing by Api::V1::HostsController#create as JSON
Parameters: {"{“host”: {“operatingsystem_id”: 1, “mac”:
“00:25:B5:10:00:6E”, “environment_id”: “1”, “architecture_id”: 2,
“name”: “dalindexstore01”, “ip”: “10.10.28.201”, “domain_id”: 2,
“puppet_proxy_id”: 9, “hostgroup_id”: 1}}"=>nil}

Unprocessable entity Host::Managed (id: new):
Name can’t be blank
Environment can’t be blank

Rendered api/v1/errors/unprocessable_entity.json.rabl (1.7ms)
Completed 422 Unprocessable Entity in 25ms (Views: 2.5ms | ActiveRecord:
3.3ms)

Stephen Wood
www.heystephenwood.com

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Thanks for the tip, Ohad! That did the trick nicely.

··· On Wed, Oct 23, 2013 at 10:46 PM, Ohad Levy wrote:

On Thu, Oct 24, 2013 at 1:46 AM, Stephen Wood smwood4@gmail.com wrote:

Anybody have any idea why I’m getting the following message:

Unprocessable entity Host::Managed (id: new):
Name can’t be blank
Environment can’t be blank

When I try and create hosts via the API. I’ve verified that I’ve included
the information correctly. The json is also valid.

Here’s what I’m doing with curl. I have included both name and
environment:

curl -XPOST -s -d’{“host”: {“operatingsystem_id”: 1, “mac”:
“00:25:B5:10:00:6E”, “environment_id”: “1”, “architecture_id”: 2, “name”:
“dalindexstore01”, “ip”: “10.10.28.201”, “domain_id”: 2, “puppet_proxy_id”:
9, “hostgroup_id”: 1}}’ -k -u user:pass "
https://myforemaninstall.com/api/hosts"

try adding:
-H “Content-type:application/json”

Ohad

The result I get back is this:

{
“host”: {
“errors”: {
“environment_id”: [
“can’t be blank”
],
“name”: [
“can’t be blank”
]
},
“full_messages”: [
“Name can’t be blank”,
“Environment can’t be blank”
],
“id”: null
}
}

On the foreman logs I see this:

tarted POST “/api/hosts” for 192.168.42.222 at Wed Oct 23 22:44:12 +0000
2013
Processing by Api::V1::HostsController#create as JSON
Parameters: {"{“host”: {“operatingsystem_id”: 1, “mac”:
“00:25:B5:10:00:6E”, “environment_id”: “1”, “architecture_id”: 2,
“name”: “dalindexstore01”, “ip”: “10.10.28.201”, “domain_id”: 2,
“puppet_proxy_id”: 9, “hostgroup_id”: 1}}"=>nil}

Unprocessable entity Host::Managed (id: new):
Name can’t be blank
Environment can’t be blank

Rendered api/v1/errors/unprocessable_entity.json.rabl (1.7ms)
Completed 422 Unprocessable Entity in 25ms (Views: 2.5ms | ActiveRecord:
3.3ms)

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> Thanks for the tip, Ohad! That did the trick nicely.
>

Great… next time consider using hammer instead :wink:

Ohad

··· On Thu, Oct 24, 2013 at 10:21 PM, Stephen Wood wrote:

On Wed, Oct 23, 2013 at 10:46 PM, Ohad Levy ohadlevy@gmail.com wrote:

On Thu, Oct 24, 2013 at 1:46 AM, Stephen Wood smwood4@gmail.com wrote:

Anybody have any idea why I’m getting the following message:

Unprocessable entity Host::Managed (id: new):
Name can’t be blank
Environment can’t be blank

When I try and create hosts via the API. I’ve verified that I’ve
included the information correctly. The json is also valid.

Here’s what I’m doing with curl. I have included both name and
environment:

curl -XPOST -s -d’{“host”: {“operatingsystem_id”: 1, “mac”:
“00:25:B5:10:00:6E”, “environment_id”: “1”, “architecture_id”: 2, “name”:
“dalindexstore01”, “ip”: “10.10.28.201”, “domain_id”: 2, “puppet_proxy_id”:
9, “hostgroup_id”: 1}}’ -k -u user:pass “
https://myforemaninstall.com/api/hosts”

try adding:
-H “Content-type:application/json”

Ohad

The result I get back is this:

{
“host”: {
“errors”: {
“environment_id”: [
“can’t be blank”
],
“name”: [
“can’t be blank”
]
},
“full_messages”: [
“Name can’t be blank”,
“Environment can’t be blank”
],
“id”: null
}
}

On the foreman logs I see this:

tarted POST “/api/hosts” for 192.168.42.222 at Wed Oct 23 22:44:12 +0000
2013
Processing by Api::V1::HostsController#create as JSON
Parameters: {"{“host”: {“operatingsystem_id”: 1, “mac”:
“00:25:B5:10:00:6E”, “environment_id”: “1”, “architecture_id”: 2,
“name”: “dalindexstore01”, “ip”: “10.10.28.201”, “domain_id”: 2,
“puppet_proxy_id”: 9, “hostgroup_id”: 1}}"=>nil}

Unprocessable entity Host::Managed (id: new):
Name can’t be blank
Environment can’t be blank

Rendered api/v1/errors/unprocessable_entity.json.rabl (1.7ms)
Completed 422 Unprocessable Entity in 25ms (Views: 2.5ms | ActiveRecord:
3.3ms)

Stephen Wood
www.heystephenwood.com

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