Managing Alternate Addresses

Alternate addresses and port-numbers can be established for and removed from nodes, by means of the PUT and DELETE HTTP methods, using the /node/controller/setupAlternateAddresses/external URI.

HTTP methods and URI

PUT /node/controller/setupAlternateAddresses/external

DELETE /node/controller/setupAlternateAddresses/external

Description

A single, alternate address can be established for and removed from a node. Likewise, a single alternate port-number can be established for and removed from each node-service. This facilitates communication with external applications that are not permitted to contact nodes directly; but have access to a router or other networked entity that provides interfaces on the cluster’s behalf.

Curl Syntax

curl -v -X PUT -u [admin]:[password]
  http://[ip-address]:8091/node/controller/setupAlternateAddresses/external
  [-d hostname=<alternate-address> ]
  [-d <service-name>=<alternate-port-number> ]

curl -v -X DELETE -u [admin]:[password]
  http://[ip-address]:8091/node/controller/setupAlternateAddresses/external

The parameters are:

localhost. The address of the cluster-node to which an alternate address is to be assigned.
hostname. The alternate address to be assigned to the cluster-node. This can be either a hostname or an IP address (either V4 or V6).
service. Optionally, one or more service-names corresponding to services running on the node, each service-name being specified with an alternate port number. Possible service-names are kv (Data Service), index (Index Service), n1ql (Query Service), fts (Search Service), cbas (Analytics Service), eventing (Eventing Service) and backup (Backup Service). Each successive use of the PUT method entirely deletes all previous alternate settings (hostname and service) on the node. The DELETE method deletes all alternate settings (hostname and service).

Responses

For both methods, success gives the status 200 OK, with no object returned.

If no hostname is specified, the message hostname should be specified is displayed.

If either method is used to specify an unknown node, the message No route to host is given, and the call fails.

Specifying an invalid service-name gives the status 400 Bad Request, with the message Invalid Port "<submitted-service-name>" : No such port.

Examples

The following examples demonstrate how to assign alternate addresses and port-numbers, and how to remove them.

Assign an Alternate Address and Port-Numbers

To assign an alternate address and alternate port-numbers, use the PUT /node/controller/setupAlternateAddresses/external method and URI.

curl -v -X PUT -u Administrator:password \
http://10.143.192.101:8091/node/controller/setupAlternateAddresses/external \
-d hostname=10.10.10.11 \
-d kv=9000 \
-d n1ql=9050

This assigns the alternate address 10.10.10.11 to node 10.143.192.101, and the alternate port-numbers 9000 and 9050 to the Data and Query Services, respectively. No object is returned.

List Alternate Addresses and Port Numbers

To list alternate addresses and port numbers, use the GET /pools/default/nodeServices method and URI. In the following example, the output is piped to the jq tool, to optimize readability.

curl -v -X GET -u Administrator:password \
http://localhost:8091/pools/default/nodeServices | jq

The output is as follows:

{
  "rev": 603,
  "nodesExt": [
    {
      "services": {
        "backupAPI": 8097,
        "backupAPIHTTPS": 18097,
        "backupGRPC": 9124,
        "capi": 8092,
        "capiSSL": 18092,
        "indexAdmin": 9100,
        "indexHttp": 9102,
        "indexHttps": 19102,
        "indexScan": 9101,
        "indexStreamCatchup": 9104,
        "indexStreamInit": 9103,
        "indexStreamMaint": 9105,
        "kv": 11210,
        "kvSSL": 11207,
        "mgmt": 8091,
        "mgmtSSL": 18091,
        "n1ql": 8093,
        "n1qlSSL": 18093,
        "projector": 9999
      },
      "thisNode": true,
      "hostname": "10.144.210.101",
      "alternateAddresses": {
        "external": {
          "hostname": "10.10.10.11",
          "ports": {
            "kv": 9000,
            "n1ql": 9050
          }
        }
      }
    },
    {
      "services": {
        "capi": 8092,
        "capiSSL": 18092,
        "kv": 11210,
        "kvSSL": 11207,
        "mgmt": 8091,
        "mgmtSSL": 18091,
        "projector": 9999
      },
      "hostname": "10.144.210.102"
    }
  ],
  "clusterCapabilitiesVer": [
    1,
    0
  ],
  "clusterCapabilities": {
    "n1ql": [
      "enhancedPreparedStatements"
    ]
  }
}

The output shows, in the internal alternateAddresses object, the specified alternate hostname, and the alternate port-numbers for the Data and Query Services.

Remove Alternate Addresses and Port Numbers

The following example removes the alternate address and all alternate port numbers from the specified node.

curl -v -X DELETE -u Administrator:password \
http://localhost:8091/node/controller/setupAlternateAddresses/external

If the call is successful, the status 200 OK is provided. The results can be checked as before:

curl -v -X GET -u Administrator:password \
http://localhost:8091/pools/default/nodeServices | jq

This now produces the following output:

{
  "rev": 604,
  "nodesExt": [
    {
      "services": {
        "backupAPI": 8097,
        "backupAPIHTTPS": 18097,
        "backupGRPC": 9124,
        "capi": 8092,
        "capiSSL": 18092,
        "indexAdmin": 9100,
        "indexHttp": 9102,
        "indexHttps": 19102,
        "indexScan": 9101,
        "indexStreamCatchup": 9104,
        "indexStreamInit": 9103,
        "indexStreamMaint": 9105,
        "kv": 11210,
        "kvSSL": 11207,
        "mgmt": 8091,
        "mgmtSSL": 18091,
        "n1ql": 8093,
        "n1qlSSL": 18093,
        "projector": 9999
      },
      "thisNode": true,
      "hostname": "10.144.210.101"
    },
    {
      "services": {
        "capi": 8092,
        "capiSSL": 18092,
        "kv": 11210,
        "kvSSL": 11207,
        "mgmt": 8091,
        "mgmtSSL": 18091,
        "projector": 9999
      },
      "hostname": "10.144.210.102"
    }
  ],
  "clusterCapabilitiesVer": [
    1,
    0
  ],
  "clusterCapabilities": {
    "n1ql": [
      "enhancedPreparedStatements"
    ]
  }
}

The internal alternateAddresses object has been removed; indicating that the alternate address and port numbers no longer exist.