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  2. NetBackup™ Web UI Administrator's Guide
  3. Section XIV. Other topics
  4. WebSocket Service for communication with a cloud application
  5. Examples of NBWSS messages
  6. NetBackup requests a connection to the endpoint
NetBackup™ Web UI Administrator's Guide

NetBackup requests a connection to the endpoint

A. NetBackup initiates the connection request
{  
      "version": "1.0",
      "id": "0CEAB6C2-0BBF-4F60-974D-C1F3EF39B872",
      "type": "CONNECT",
      "subType": "REQUEST",
      "timeStamp": 1444944181,
      "payload": {
            "token": "qwerrtrtrtrt2234344==="
      }
}

Notes: In this message, the "type" field is "CONNECT" and the "subType" is "REQUEST". The "token" key contains the application validation token that was added when the endpoint was configured in NetBackup. The cloud-based application validates this token and sends a CONNECT RESPONSE message with the results of the validation (see the following example).

B. The endpoint responds to NetBackup's request

The "subType" is "RESPONSE".

{  
      "version": "1.0",
      "id": "0CEAB6C2-0BBF-4F60-974D-C1F3EF39B872",
      "type": "CONNECT",
      "subType": "RESPONSE",
      "timeStamp": 1444944191,
      "payload": {
            "valid": true
      }
}

Notes: If the token is validated, the application responds with the "valid" field set to true. NetBackup then considers the connection to be established and operations can proceed. If the token is not valid, the application should respond with "valid" set to false, which causes NetBackup to close the connection.

Note:

The response should always have the same "id" as the request.

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