Create a mirror from a template

Create and return a mirror ID by using an existing mirror template ID.

Request

Security

Table 1. Roles capable of executing the Create Mirror from Template (createMirrorFromTemplate) API method
Any	Super User	System Admin	Security Admin	Operator
	superUser	systemAdmin

HTTP method

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POST /manager/api/{apiResponseType}/1.0/createMirrorFromTemplate.adm HTTP/1.1 Host:{manager.dsnet} name={mirroringPolicy}&description={mirrorDescription}

Curl method

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curl -X POST -u admin:password --header ”Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded“ --header ”Accept: application/json“ -k 'https://192.168.25.14/manager/api/json/1.0/createMirrorFromTemplate.adm' -d 'id=1&name=test'

Parameters

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Table 2. Request Parameters for Create Mirror from Template (createMirrorFromTemplate) API method
Parameter	Type	Usage	Default	Description
id	String	Required		The ID of the mirror template to use to create the mirror.
name	String	Required		The name to give to the created mirror.
description	String	Optional		The user-friendly description to give to the created mirror.
organizationId	Long	Optional	organizationId of the person creating the mirror.	The ID of the organization for the created mirror.

Response

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Returns success or failure status.

JSON response example success

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{
  ”responseStatus“:”ok“,
  ”responseHeader“:{
    ”status“:”ok“,
    ”now“:{milliseconds from the UNIX epoch},
    ”requestId“:”{requestId}“
  },
  ”responseData“:{
    ”id“:{mirrorId}
  }
}

JSON response example failure

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{
  ”responseStatus“:”fail“,
  ”responseHeader“:{
    ”status“:”ok“,
    ”now“:{milliseconds from the UNIX epoch},
    ”requestId“:”{requestId}“
  }
}