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      cornycopia
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      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

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      • JJ FullmerJ
        JJ Fullmer Testers @cornycopia
        last edited by

        @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"
          ]
        } 
        

        Have you tried the FogApi powershell module? It's pretty cool IMHO
        https://github.com/darksidemilk/FogApi
        https://fogapi.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
        https://www.powershellgallery.com/packages/FogApi
        https://forums.fogproject.org/topic/12026/powershell-api-module

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