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The serverAddToCluster Method

Join the current server to a cluster. If the cluster database is not set up, the server will attempt to create the database and then perform the join using the provided credentials. If possible, a user “zend” will be created and used to perform the connection.

Version: 1.3

Required Permissions: Full

HTTP method: POST

Request Parameters:

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
serverName	String	Yes	Server name
dbHost	String	Yes	Database host address to join the cluster
dbUsername	String	Yes	Database credentials (username)
dbPassword	String	Yes	Database credentials (password)
nodeIp	String	Yes	Server IP
dbName	String	Yes	Database name
failIfConnected	Boolean	No	Cause the action to completely fail if the server is already connected. Otherwise, a normal 200 status is returned without performing any action. Default: false

Expected Response Code: 202 Accepted

Response Type: serverInfo with information about the added server

Possible Action Specific Error Codes:

HTTP Code	Error Code	Description
400	alreadyConnected	The server is already a member of a cluster (not necessarily the current cluster)
400	wrongPassword	Provided GUI password is incorrect
405	notImplementedByEdition	This method is only available on Professional or Enterprise editions
500	invalidServerResponse	Invalid or unexpected response from new server
500	serverNotLicensed	Zend Server is not licensed
500	noActiveServers	The server cannot be added because all servers in the cluster are disabled or unreachable
500	cantConnectToServer	Zend Server is unable to connect to the specified Server URL
503	temporarilyLocked	The server cannot be added because a cluster member is in graceful startup / shutdown mode

Example

	Request (URI broken for readability) POST /ZendServerManager/Api/clusterAddServer serverName=www-05&serverURL=https://www-05.local:10081/ZendServer& guiPassword=somepassword&doRestart=TRUE Response <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <zendServerAPIResponse xmlns="http://www.zend.com/server/api/1.0"> <requestData> <apiKeyName>angel.eyes</apiKeyName> <method>serverAddToCluster</method> </requestData> <responseData> <serverInfo> <id>25</id> <name>ubuntu1204-b</name> <address>10.9.183.84</address> <status>restarting</status> <messageList /> </serverInfo> <newCredentials> <new>Yes</new> </newCredentials> <clusterAdminKey> <id>2</id> <username>admin</username> <name><![CDATA[QAWebAPITestKey]]></name> <hash><![CDATA[...]]></hash> <creationTime>2010-12-15T17:59:12+02:00</creationTime> </clusterAdminKey> </responseData> </zendServerAPIResponse>

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The serverAddToCluster Method

Example

Request (URI broken for readability)

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