Join an existing cluster

NAS File Storage REST API Reference

Version

15.6.x

File Size

1291 KB

Audience

anonymous

Part Number

MK-92HNAS100-07

ft:lastEdition

2026-04-07

post /v9/storage/file-devices/join-cluster

Add a standalone gateway node to an existing cluster. To join a cluster, a node needs to have a node IP address configured in addition to a management IP address. The useAdminVnodeAsPnodeAddress option allows the management address to be used as the node address once the node joins the cluster.

Once configured to join the cluster, a reboot of the joining node is required, and any existing configuration on the joining node will be erased.

Authentication: x_subsystem_user Api Key "X-Subsystem-User"

Authentication: x_subsystem_password Api Key "X-Subsystem-Password"

Authentication: api_key Api Key "X-Api-Key"

Authentication: basicAuth HTTP - basic scheme

CLIENT REQUEST

          curl -X 'POST'

         -H "X-Subsystem-User: [[apiKey]]"
        
         \
      
         -H "X-Subsystem-Password: [[apiKey]]"
        
         \
      
         -H "X-Api-Key: [[apiKey]]"
        
         \
      
         -H "Authorization: Basic [[basicHash]]"
         \
      
        -H
        'Accept: application/json'
      
        -H
        'Content-Type: application/json'
      
      'https://172.27.146.40:8444/v9/storage/file-devices/join-cluster'
    
      -d
      ''

import http.client

conn = http.client.HTTPSConnection("172.27.146.40:8444")

payload = "{\"clusterName\":\"Cluster1\",\"existingIpAddress\":\"10.1.2.3\",\"useAdminVnodeAsPnodeAddress\":false}"

headers = {
    'Authorization': "Basic REPLACE_BASIC_AUTH",
    'content-type': "application/json"
    }

conn.request("POST", "/v9/storage/file-devices/join-cluster", payload, headers)

res = conn.getresponse()
data = res.read()

print(data.decode("utf-8"))

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
require 'openssl'

url = URI("https://172.27.146.40:8444/v9/storage/file-devices/join-cluster")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
http.verify_mode = OpenSSL::SSL::VERIFY_NONE

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Basic REPLACE_BASIC_AUTH'
request["content-type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\"clusterName\":\"Cluster1\",\"existingIpAddress\":\"10.1.2.3\",\"useAdminVnodeAsPnodeAddress\":false}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

const data = JSON.stringify({
  "clusterName": "Cluster1",
  "existingIpAddress": "10.1.2.3",
  "useAdminVnodeAsPnodeAddress": false
});

const xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
xhr.withCredentials = true;

xhr.addEventListener("readystatechange", function () {
  if (this.readyState === this.DONE) {
    console.log(this.responseText);
  }
});

xhr.open("POST", "https://172.27.146.40:8444/v9/storage/file-devices/join-cluster");
xhr.setRequestHeader("Authorization", "Basic REPLACE_BASIC_AUTH");
xhr.setRequestHeader("content-type", "application/json");

xhr.send(data);

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://172.27.146.40:8444/v9/storage/file-devices/join-cluster")
  .header("Authorization", "Basic REPLACE_BASIC_AUTH")
  .header("content-type", "application/json")
  .body("{\"clusterName\":\"Cluster1\",\"existingIpAddress\":\"10.1.2.3\",\"useAdminVnodeAsPnodeAddress\":false}")
  .asString();

import Foundation

let headers = [
  "Authorization": "Basic REPLACE_BASIC_AUTH",
  "content-type": "application/json"
]
let parameters = [
  "clusterName": "Cluster1",
  "existingIpAddress": "10.1.2.3",
  "useAdminVnodeAsPnodeAddress": false
] as [String : Any]

let postData = JSONSerialization.data(withJSONObject: parameters, options: [])

let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "https://172.27.146.40:8444/v9/storage/file-devices/join-cluster")! as URL,
                                        cachePolicy: .useProtocolCachePolicy,
                                    timeoutInterval: 10.0)
request.httpMethod = "POST"
request.allHTTPHeaderFields = headers
request.httpBody = postData as Data

let session = URLSession.shared
let dataTask = session.dataTask(with: request as URLRequest, completionHandler: { (data, response, error) -> Void in
  if (error != nil) {
    print(error)
  } else {
    let httpResponse = response as? HTTPURLResponse
    print(httpResponse)
  }
})

dataTask.resume()

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_PORT => "8444",
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://172.27.146.40:8444/v9/storage/file-devices/join-cluster",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
  CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => "{\"clusterName\":\"Cluster1\",\"existingIpAddress\":\"10.1.2.3\",\"useAdminVnodeAsPnodeAddress\":false}",
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Authorization: Basic REPLACE_BASIC_AUTH",
    "content-type: application/json"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}

CURL *hnd = curl_easy_init();

curl_easy_setopt(hnd, CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST, "POST");
curl_easy_setopt(hnd, CURLOPT_URL, "https://172.27.146.40:8444/v9/storage/file-devices/join-cluster");

struct curl_slist *headers = NULL;
headers = curl_slist_append(headers, "Authorization: Basic REPLACE_BASIC_AUTH");
headers = curl_slist_append(headers, "content-type: application/json");
curl_easy_setopt(hnd, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, headers);

curl_easy_setopt(hnd, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, "{\"clusterName\":\"Cluster1\",\"existingIpAddress\":\"10.1.2.3\",\"useAdminVnodeAsPnodeAddress\":false}");

CURLcode ret = curl_easy_perform(hnd);

var client = new RestClient("https://172.27.146.40:8444/v9/storage/file-devices/join-cluster");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.POST);
request.AddHeader("Authorization", "Basic REPLACE_BASIC_AUTH");
request.AddHeader("content-type", "application/json");
request.AddParameter("application/json", "{\"clusterName\":\"Cluster1\",\"existingIpAddress\":\"10.1.2.3\",\"useAdminVnodeAsPnodeAddress\":false}", ParameterType.RequestBody);
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);

Body parameters

required

application/json

clusterNamestring

Name for the cluster to create or join

Example:"Cluster1"

existingIpAddressstring

IP address of a node within the cluster

Example:"10.1.2.3"

useAdminVnodeAsPnodeAddressboolean

True indicates that the current admin IP address should be used as the new cluster node address. If a cluster node address already exists, this option will be ignored and the existing cluster node address will be used to join the cluster

REQUEST
{
  "clusterName": "Cluster1",
  "existingIpAddress": "10.1.2.3",
  "useAdminVnodeAsPnodeAddress": false
}

Responses

No Content - the operation completed successfully

Bad Request

Body

application/json

errorCodeintegerint32

Generic error code

Example:1081353

errorMsgstring

Main error message

Example:

"Invalid description parameter - the optional parameter must be between 2 and 30 characters long to be valid, if supplied"

RESPONSE
{
  "errorCode": 1081353,
  "errorMsg": "Invalid description parameter - the optional parameter must be between 2 and 30 characters long to be valid, if supplied"
}

Unauthorized - the request was rejected because the credentials or API key were either missing or invalid

Forbidden - the client does not have the required permissions to perform the operation

Body

application/json

errorMsgstring

Main error message

Example:"Forbidden request - the client does not have the required permissions to perform the operation"

RESPONSE
{
  "errorMsg": "Forbidden request - the client does not have the required permissions to perform the operation"
}

Internal Server Error

Body

application/json

errorCodeintegerint32

Generic error code

errorDetailobject

Detailed error information

detailstring

More details on why the error occurred

faultstring

fileNamestring

Source file where the error occurred

Example:"RestApiFilesystems.cpp"

functionstring

Internal function name where the error occurred

Example:"mountFilesystem"

lineNumberintegerint32

Line number within the source file, where the error occurred

messagestring

Reason why the error(s) occurred

Example:"The file system is currently unassigned"

reasonstring

Reason why the error(s) occurred

Example:"The file system is currently unassigned"

returnedValueintegerint32

Not used

subCodeintegerint32

Specific failure error code

errorMsgstring

Main error message

Example:"Failed to mount file system"

RESPONSE
{
  "errorCode": 0,
  "errorDetail": {
    "detail": "",
    "fault": "",
    "fileName": "RestApiFilesystems.cpp",
    "function": "mountFilesystem",
    "lineNumber": 0,
    "message": "The file system is currently unassigned",
    "reason": "The file system is currently unassigned",
    "returnedValue": 0,
    "subCode": 0
  },
  "errorMsg": "Failed to mount file system"
}