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Declare a role on a system

PATCH
/systems/{name}/roles/{role}
curl --request PATCH \
--url https://example.com/api/v1/systems/example/roles/example \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '{ "accepted_types": [ "example" ], "alternate": "example", "capacity": 1, "impact": "outage", "label": "example", "pinned_products": [ "example" ], "position_labels": [ "example" ], "quorum": 1, "update_mask": [ "example" ] }'

Declares a role directly on this system (how a one-off system gets roles at all, and how a conforming one adds what its standard does not cover), or revises it in place. Partial by default: the fields present in the body change and the rest of the declaration is left alone. update_mask overrides that, writing exactly the fields it names, which is how a field is cleared, and [”*”] replaces the whole declaration. Gated by system:update; read and update scopes drive the 404 versus 403 split.

name
required

The system’s name, or a dotted address (e.g. boi.17c.$sys.av)

string

The system’s name, or a dotted address (e.g. boi.17c.$sys.av)

role
required

The role name

string

The role name

Media type application/json
object
$schema

A URL to the JSON Schema for this object.

string format: uri
accepted_types

The component_types a filling component’s product must be classified within (self or a descendant); replaces the accepted set wholesale when written, and an empty set accepts any type. Clearing it means naming accepted_types in update_mask

Array<string> | null
alternate

The choice/alternate this role joins, addressed as “choice-name/alternate-name” (#626). An empty string detaches the role, making it unconditional; an unknown choice or alternate is a 422

string
capacity

The most components the role will accept; must be at least quorum, and unbounded on first declare. Name capacity in update_mask with no value here to clear it back to unbounded

integer format: int64
>= 1
impact

What an impaired role means for its system; degraded on first declare. The same broken component matters differently depending on the slot it was filling: a dead confidence monitor is not a dead main display

string
Allowed values: outage degraded none
label

The role’s human label; defaults to the role name on first declare

string
pinned_products

If set, a filling component’s product must be one of these; replaces the pinned set wholesale when written, and an empty set accepts any product of an accepted type. Clearing it means naming pinned_products in update_mask

Array<string> | null
position_labels

Human labels for each position within the role, by index; replaces the label set wholesale when written. An empty list is not a populated field, so clearing the labels means naming position_labels in update_mask

Array<string> | null
quorum

How many components must fill the role; one on first declare

integer format: int64
update_mask

Which fields this write changes (AIP-134). Omit it and the fields present in the body change and nothing else; name a field here and it is written even when the body leaves it empty, which is how a field is CLEARED; send [”*”] for full replacement, where every field the body omits goes back to its default. A field this resource does not patch is a 422 naming it

Array<string> | null

OK

Media type application/json
object
$schema

A URL to the JSON Schema for this object.

string format: uri
accepted_types
required

The component_types a filling component’s product must be classified within (self or a descendant); empty accepts any type

Array<string> | null
alternate

The choice/alternate this role joins, addressed as “choice-name/alternate-name” (#626); absent when the role is unconditional. The same form the write body takes, so a read round-trips into a write

string
capacity

The most components the role will accept; null means no upper bound beyond quorum

integer format: int64
impact
required

What an impaired role means for its system: outage, degraded, or none

string
label
required

The role’s human label

string
name
required

The role’s name within its owner (the address)

string
pinned_products
required

If set, a filling component’s product must be one of these; empty accepts any product of an accepted type

Array<string> | null
position_labels
required

Human labels for each position within the role, by index; empty when unlabeled

Array<string> | null
quorum
required

How many components must fill the role

integer format: int64
Example
{
"$schema": "/api/v1/schemas/SystemRoleBody.json"
}

Error

Media type application/problem+json
object
$schema

A URL to the JSON Schema for this object.

string format: uri
detail

A human-readable explanation specific to this occurrence of the problem.

string
errors

Optional list of individual error details

Array<object> | null
object
location

Where the error occurred, e.g. ‘body.items[3].tags’ or ‘path.thing-id’

string
message

Error message text

string
value

The value at the given location

instance

A URI reference that identifies the specific occurrence of the problem.

string format: uri
status

HTTP status code

integer format: int64
title

A short, human-readable summary of the problem type. This value should not change between occurrences of the error.

string
type

A URI reference to human-readable documentation for the error.

string format: uri
default: about:blank
Example
{
"$schema": "/api/v1/schemas/ErrorModel.json",
"detail": "Property foo is required but is missing.",
"instance": "https://example.com/error-log/abc123",
"status": 400,
"title": "Bad Request",
"type": "about:blank"
}