POST /config/event_sources/log_source_management/log_source_groups

Creates a new log source group.

A log source group contains the following fields:

id - Long - The ID of the group.
name - String - The name of the group.
description - String - The description of the group.
parent_id - Long - The ID of the group's parent group. The root node group has a null parent_ID.
owner - String - The name of the user who owns the group.
modification_date - Long - The date and time (expressed as milliseconds since epoch) that the group was last modified.
assignable - Boolean - If log sources can be assigned to this group, the condition is set to 'true'; otherwise, the condition is set to 'false'. Log sources cannot be assigned directly to the "Other" group or to the root log source group node.
child_groups - Array<Long> - The list of IDs of any child log source groups that belong to this group.

Table 1. POST /config/event_sources/log_source_management/log_source_groups resource details
MIME Type
application/json

Table 2. POST /config/event_sources/log_source_management/log_source_groups request parameter details
Parameter	Type	Optionality	Data Type	MIME Type	Description
fields	header	Optional	String	text/plain	Optional - Use this parameter to specify which fields you would like to get back in the response. Fields that are not named are excluded. Specify subfields in brackets and multiple fields in the same object are separated by commas.

Table 3. POST /config/event_sources/log_source_management/log_source_groups request body details
Parameter	Data Type	MIME Type	Description	Sample
log_source_data	Object	application/json	The log source to create.	{ "description": "String", "name": "String", "parent_id": 42 }

Table 4. POST /config/event_sources/log_source_management/log_source_groups response codes
HTTP Response Code	Unique Code	Description
201		The log source was created successfully.
403	1000	The endpoint cannot be used by users associated with a tenant.
409	1001	The 'name' parameter must be unique.
422	1002	The 'name' parameter is required.
422	1003	The 'name' parameter must not exceed 255 characters.
422	1004	The 'description' parameter must not exceed 255 characters.
422	1005	The parent group was not found.
500	1100	An error occurred during the attempt to create the log source.

Response Description

The newly created log source.

Response Sample


{
    "assignable": true,
    "child_group_ids": [
        42
    ],
    "description": "String",
    "id": 42,
    "modification_date": 42,
    "name": "String",
    "owner": "String",
    "parent_id": 42
}