Unable to create host through API

[cornycopia]

Hi,
I’m trying to add a host to my server through the API, but I get a 500 response back.
I’m using Thunder Client (postman for vscode) to send the requests with all the tokens and content header present. I can successfully issue GET and PUT commands, but only get a 500 status back for POST requests.

Endpoint target: http://myfogserver.com/fog/host/
JSON Body:
{
“name”: “APITest”,
“macs”: “A4:BF:01:6E:E4:F2”
}

My objective is to add a basic host to my fog server. Is there an arguement I’m missing which is required?

Any help would be appreciated.

I’m on FOG version 1.5.10

[JJ Fullmer]

@cornycopia Hi!
Are you familiar with powershell at all? If not, it’s too hard to learn,
I have made a powershell module to help with managing these things (see my signature for more links)

For example there’s a command to make a new fog host https://fogapi.readthedocs.io/en/latest/commands/New-FogHost/
I would recommend giving that a go.

That said, let’s take a look at why this isn’t working

The first issue I see with your body is the macs need to be an array
You might also have to have the modules param defined in the body.
In my PowerShell function I have a function to get all the modules and I filter it to the default ones so that the behavior is the same as when you add a host in the gui instead of creating a host with nothing in it.
https://fogapi.readthedocs.io/en/latest/commands/Get-FogModules/

Here’s a simplified table of that output, I think the ids are always the same in all installs, but they could be unique to your install

id name
-- ----
1  Directory Cleaner
2  User Cleanup
3  Display Manager
4  Auto Log Out
5  Green FOG
6  Snapins
7  Client Updater
8  Host Registration
9  Hostname Changer
10 Printer Manager
11 Task Reboot
12 User Tracker
13 Power Management

Anyway, here’s an example of a json body for creating a host with the default service modules enabled (these are my defaults, you may have different ones configured)

{
  "macs": [
    "A4:BF:01:6E:E4:F2"
  ],
  "name": "demo",
  "modules": [
    "7",
    "9",
    "13",
    "6",
    "11",
    "2",
    "12"
  ]
}