POST databases/:database_name/hosts

Creates a job to add a host to the database identified by :database_name.

Creates a job to add a host to the database identified by :database_name. This host must already be part of the cluster. The :database_name is the value of the name field that the GET databases command returns.

Returns a job ID that you can use to determine the status of the job. See GET jobs.

Resource URL

https://<NODE>:5444/databases/:database_name/hosts

Authentication

Requires a VerticaAPIKey in the request header.

The API key must have admin level security.

Parameters

user_id A database username.
passwd The password for the username.
hostname The hostname to add to the database. This host must already be part of the cluster.

Example request

POST https://:5444/databases/testDB/hosts?hostname=192.168.232.181&user_id=username&passwd=username_password

Response:

{
    "id": "AddHostToDatabase-testDB-2014-07-20 12:24:04.088812",
    "url": "/jobs/AddHostToDatabase-testDB-2014-07-20 12:24:04.088812"
}