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Api Call - message : Requested object name [tcp_3389] is not unique

anilcecikoglu — Mon, 06 Nov 2023 21:33:31 GMT

Hi All,

I got a error while creating access rule with api call.

This error shown as below:

{
code : generic_err_object_field_not_unique,
message : Requested object name [tcp_3389] is not unique.
}

Firstly i added host and service objects and i got status code 200,

{url: https://x.x.x.x:443/web_api/add-service-tcp, payload: {name: tcp_3389, port: 3389, ignore-warnings: true}, status_code: 200}

{url: https://x.x.x.x:443/web_api/add-host, payload: {name: 2.1.2.1, ip-address: 2.1.2.1, ignore-warnings: true}, status_code: 200}

{url: https://x.x.x.x:443/web_api/add-host, payload: {name: 1.2.1.2, ip-address: 1.2.1.2, ignore-warnings: true}, status_code: 200}

Then i tried to add access rule with payload below, i got error

{url: https://x.x.x.x:443/web_api/add-access-rule, payload: {position: top, layer: Network, source: [1.2.1.2], destination: [2.1.2.1], service: [tcp_3389], time: Any, action: Accept, comments: test-1, ignore-warnings: true, track: {type: Log}}, status_code: 400}

Does anyone have an idea about that?

Thanks

Re: Api Call - message : Requested object name [tcp_3389] is not unique

PhoneBoy — Mon, 06 Nov 2023 23:18:20 GMT

Sounds like you have multiple objects with the same name.
That is not an error you can "ignore."
Search for the object(s) in SmartConsole and rename them.

Re: Api Call - message : Requested object name [tcp_3389] is not unique

anilcecikoglu — Tue, 07 Nov 2023 06:20:33 GMT

Thank you for your response,

Do you know, how to ignore while creating this object in api call?

Re: Api Call - message : Requested object name [tcp_3389] is not unique

Chris_Atkinson — Tue, 07 Nov 2023 06:58:39 GMT

But why are you trying to create something that already exists...?

Either reuse the existing object to avoid the duplication or choose a different name for the new one that you're attempting to create.

Re: Api Call - message : Requested object name [tcp_3389] is not unique

anilcecikoglu — Tue, 07 Nov 2023 10:16:03 GMT

Hi Chris, Thank you for your response,

but i did not get any error while creating tcp_3389 also i get 200 from create process.

you are right but, i want to ignore this error, do you have any idea about this?

Re: Api Call - message : Requested object name [tcp_3389] is not unique

PhoneBoy — Tue, 07 Nov 2023 15:53:15 GMT

You used ignore-warnings true when creating the object.
If you had not done that, you would have gotten a warning about creating an object with the same name and/or details (IP, port, etc) as an existing object.
The 200 message is expected in this case.

The reason you are getting an error now is because you are attempting to refer to an object by name when that name is not unique.
This is not an error you can ignore.
To refer to the specific object you created, reference the object by uid (which is always unqiue) instead of the name.

However, creating multiple objects with the same name/details is very much not recommended.

Re: Api Call - message : Requested object name [tcp_3389] is not unique

anilcecikoglu — Tue, 07 Nov 2023 19:59:13 GMT

Thank you for your answer, I'll try