Terminate the packet capture session by session id

Terminate the packet capture session by session id.

Request:

Method:

POST

URI Path(s):

/api/v1/pktcap/session/<session-id>?action=terminate

Request Headers:

n/a

Query Parameters:

n/a

Request Body:

n/a

Example Request:

PUT https://<nsx-mgr>/api/v1/pktcap/session/a257b981-1a1c-4b95-b16c-8646e85ce8f0?action=terminate

Successful Response:

Response Code:

200 OK

Response Headers:

Content-type: application/json

Response Body:

PacketCaptureSession+

PacketCaptureSession (schema)

Name	Description	Type	Notes
_create_time	Timestamp of resource creation	EpochMsTimestamp	Readonly Sortable
_create_user	ID of the user who created this resource	string	Readonly
_last_modified_time	Timestamp of last modification	EpochMsTimestamp	Readonly Sortable
_last_modified_user	ID of the user who last modified this resource	string	Readonly
_links	References related to this resource The server will populate this field when returing the resource. Ignored on PUT and POST.	array of ResourceLink	Readonly
_protection	Indicates protection status of this resource Protection status is one of the following: PROTECTED - the client who retrieved the entity is not allowed to modify it. NOT_PROTECTED - the client who retrieved the entity is allowed to modify it REQUIRE_OVERRIDE - the client who retrieved the entity is a super user and can modify it, but only when providing the request header X-Allow-Overwrite=true. UNKNOWN - the _protection field could not be determined for this entity.	string	Readonly
_revision	Generation of this resource config The _revision property describes the current revision of the resource. To prevent clients from overwriting each other's changes, PUT operations must include the current _revision of the resource, which clients should obtain by issuing a GET operation. If the _revision provided in a PUT request is missing or stale, the operation will be rejected.	int
_schema	Schema for this resource	string	Readonly
_self	Link to this resource	SelfResourceLink	Readonly
_system_owned	Indicates system owned resource	boolean	Readonly
description	Description of this resource	string	Maximum length: 1024 Sortable
display_name	Identifier to use when displaying entity in logs or GUI Defaults to ID if not set	string	Maximum length: 255 Sortable
endtime	End time in epoch millisecond Timestamp when session was stopped in epoch millisecond.	EpochMsTimestamp
errormsg	Error messasge in capture Error messasge in capture.	string
filelocation	Packet capture file location Packet capture file location.	string
filesize	Packet capture file Size in bytes Packet capture file Size in bytes.	int
id	Unique identifier of this resource	string	Sortable
request	Packet capture request Packet capture request information.	PacketCaptureRequest	Required
resource_type	Must be set to the value PacketCaptureSession	string
sessionid	Packet capture session id Packet capture session id.	string	Required
sessionname	Packet capture session name Packet capture session name.	string
sessionstatus	Packet capture session status Packet capture session status.	string	Required Enum: CREATED, STARTED, STOPPED, FINISHED, ERROR
starttime	Start time in epoch millisecond Timestamp when session was created in epoch millisecond.	EpochMsTimestamp
tags	Opaque identifiers meaningful to the API user	array of Tag	Maximum items: 30

Example Response:

{ "request": { "node": "094f370c-d336-11e7-9776-3ba7f30fcb1f", "cappoint": "LOGICALPORT", "capvlue": "502ca1f1-3958-7d8e-ffc1-48d99fa80192.001", "direction": "input", "capmode": "standalone", "options": { "values":[ {"name":"IPPROTO", "value":"0x01"} ] } }, "sessionid": "a257b981-1a1c-4b95-b16c-8646e85ce8f0", "sessionstatus": "stopped", "starttime": 1457048893748, "endtime": 1457048893790, }

Terminate the packet capture session by session id

Request:

Example Request:

Successful Response:

PacketCaptureSession (schema)

Example Response:

Required Permissions:

Feature:

Additional Errors: