Create host object in global domain with mgmt_cli

[mbaerwolff]

Hey there, 

I want to create a host object in the global domain using mgmt_cli.
For this purpose I have used the following command so far:

#mgmt_cli add host name "test" ip-address "192.168.178.1" domain.domain-type "global domain"

However, I get the following error on it:

code: "generic_err_invalid_parameter_name"
message: "Unrecognized parameter [domain]".

Has anyone had the same problem?

Quick info: I am using a multi-domain management on version R81.10 with JHF Take 94 as well as API version v1.8.1.

Thanks in advance.

[the_rock]

https://sc1.checkpoint.com/documents/latest/APIs/#cli/add-host~v1.9%20

[Bob_Zimmerman · Accepted solution]

You specify which domain to use when you log in. There are a few special domains: "Global", "MDS", and "System Data". To add a host in the Global domain, you would do something like this:

mgmt_cli -f json -d "Global" -r true login > session.txt
mgmt_cli -f json -s session.txt add host name "test" ip-address "192.168.178.1"
mgmt_cli -f json -s session.txt publish
mgmt_cli -f json -s session.txt assign-global-assignment ...
mgmt_cli -f json -s session.txt logout
rm session.txt

The call to "assign-global-assignment" is needed to actually distribute the object from the Global domain to the CMAs. I'm not 100% sure how it should be called. If you're fine refreshing the global assignment from SmartConsole, you can leave that line out.

[mbaerwolff]

Thanks for the advice. It worked without any problems 😀