REST API - set

appliance networking interfaces ipv6: set

Set IPv6 network configuration for specific interface. This operation was added in vSphere API 6.7.

Request:

HTTP request

PUT https://{server}/rest/appliance/networking/interfaces/{interface_name}/ipv6

Path Parameters

Name	Type	Description
Required
interface_name	string	Network interface to update, for example, "nic0".

Request Body Structure:

{
    "config" : {
        "default_gateway" : "string",
        "addresses" : [
            {
                "address" : "string",
                "prefix" : 1
            },
            {
                "address" : "string",
                "prefix" : 1
            }
        ],
        "autoconf" : true,
        "dhcp" : true
    }
}

Request Body Parameters:

Name	Type	Description
bold = required
config	config	The IPv6 configuration.
config.dhcp	boolean	An address will be assigned by a DHCP server. This attribute was added in vSphere API 6.7.
config.autoconf	boolean	An address will be assigned by Stateless Address Autoconfiguration (SLAAC). This attribute was added in vSphere API 6.7.
config.addresses	address[]	The list of addresses to be statically assigned. This attribute was added in vSphere API 6.7.
config.addresses[].address	string	The IPv6 address, for example, fc00:10:20:83:20c:29ff:fe94:bb5a. This attribute was added in vSphere API 6.7.
config.addresses[].prefix	long	The IPv6 CIDR prefix, for example, 64. This attribute was added in vSphere API 6.7.
config.default_gateway	string	The default gateway for static IP address assignment. This configures the global IPv6 default gateway on the appliance with the specified gateway address and interface. This gateway replaces the existing default gateway configured on the appliance. However, if the gateway address is link-local, then it is added for that interface. This does not support configuration of multiple global default gateways through different interfaces. This attribute was added in vSphere API 6.7.

Response:

HTTP Status Code: 200

None

Errors:

HTTP Status Code	Type	Description
500	resource_busy	The specified NIC is busy.
404	not_found	The specified NIC is not found.
500	error	Generic error.