The Configuration API is designed to mirror the dsconfig tool, using the same names for properties and object types. Property names are presented as hyphen case in dsconfig and as camel-case attributes in the API. In API requests that specify property names, case is not important. Therefore, baseDN is the same as baseDn. Object types are represented in hyphen case. API paths mirror what is in dsconfig. For example, the dsconfig list-connection-handlers command is analogous to the API's /config/connection-handlers path. Object types that appear in the schema URNs adhere to a type:subtype syntax. For example, a Local DB Backend's schema URN is urn:unboundid:schemas:configuration:2.0:backend:local-db. Like the dsconfig tool, all configuration updates made through the API are recorded in logs/config-audit.log.

The API includes the filter, sort, and pagination query parameters described by the SCIM specification. Specific attributes can be requested using the attributes query parameter, whose value must be a comma-delimited list of properties to be returned, for example attributes=baseDN,description. Likewise, attributes can be excluded from responses by specifying the excludedAttributes parameter. See Sorting and filtering configuration objects for more information on query parameters.

Operations supported by the API are those typically found in REST APIs:

HTTP Method Description Related dsconfig Example
GET Lists the attributes of an object when used with a path representing an object, such as /config/global-configuration or /config/backends/userRoot. Can also list objects when used with a path representing a parent relation, such as /config/backends. get-backend-prop

list-backends

get-global-configuration-prop

POST Creates a new instance of an object when used with a relation parent path, such as config/backends. create-backend
PUT

Replaces the existing attributes of an object. A PUT operation is similar to a PATCH operation, except that the PATCH is determined by determining the difference between an existing target object and a supplied source object. Only those attributes in the source object are modified in the target object. The target object is specified using a path, such as /config/backends/userRoot.

 set-backend-prop

set-global-configuration-prop

PATCH Updates the attributes of an existing object when used with a path representing an object, such as /config/backends/userRoot.

set-backend-prop

set-global-configuration-prop

DELETE Deletes an existing object when used with a path representing an object, such as /config/backends/userRoot.

delete-backend

The OPTIONS method can also be used to determine the operations permitted for a particular path.

Object names, such as userRoot in the Description column, must be URL-encoded in the path segment of a URL. For example, %20 must be used in place of spaces, and %25 is used in place of the percent (%) character. So the URL for accessing the HTTP Connection Handler object is:

/config/connection-handlers/http%20connection%20handler

GET Example

The following is a sample GET request for information about the userRoot backend:

GET /config/backends/userRoot
Host: example.com:5033
Accept: application/scim+json

The response:

{
  "schemas": [
    "urn:unboundid:schemas:configuration:2.0:backend:local-db"
  ],
  "id": "userRoot",
  "meta": {
    "resourceType": "Local DB Backend",
    "location": "http://localhost:5033/config/backends/userRoot"
  },
  "backendID": "userRoot2",
  "backgroundPrime": "false",
  "backupFilePermissions": "700",
  "baseDN": [
    "dc=example2,dc=com"
  ],
  "checkpointOnCloseCount": "2",
  "cleanerThreadWaitTime": "120000",
  "compressEntries": "false",
  "continuePrimeAfterCacheFull": "false",
  "dbBackgroundSyncInterval": "1 s",
  "dbCachePercent": "10",
  "dbCacheSize": "0 b",
  "dbCheckpointerBytesInterval": "20 mb",
  "dbCheckpointerHighPriority": "false",
  "dbCheckpointerWakeupInterval": "1 m",
  "dbCleanOnExplicitGC": "false",
  "dbCleanerMinUtilization": "75",
  "dbCompactKeyPrefixes": "true",
  "dbDirectory": "db",
  "dbDirectoryPermissions": "700",
  "dbEvictorCriticalPercentage": "0",
  "dbEvictorLruOnly": "false",
  "dbEvictorNodesPerScan": "10",
  "dbFileCacheSize": "1000",
  "dbImportCachePercent": "60",
  "dbLogFileMax": "50 mb",
  "dbLoggingFileHandlerOn": "true",
  "dbLoggingLevel": "CONFIG",
  "dbNumCleanerThreads": "0",
  "dbNumLockTables": "0",
  "dbRunCleaner": "true",
  "dbTxnNoSync": "false",
  "dbTxnWriteNoSync": "true",
  "dbUseThreadLocalHandles": "true",
  "deadlockRetryLimit": "10",
  "defaultCacheMode": "cache-keys-and-values",
  "defaultTxnMaxLockTimeout": "10 s",
  "defaultTxnMinLockTimeout": "10 s",
  "enabled": "false",
  "explodedIndexEntryThreshold": "4000",
  "exportThreadCount": "0",
  "externalTxnDefaultBackendLockBehavior": "acquire-before-retries",
  "externalTxnDefaultMaxLockTimeout": "100 ms",
  "externalTxnDefaultMinLockTimeout": "100 ms",
  "externalTxnDefaultRetryAttempts": "2",
  "hashEntries": "false",
  "id2childrenIndexEntryLimit": "66",
  "importTempDirectory": "import-tmp",
  "importThreadCount": "16",
  "indexEntryLimit": "4000",
  "isPrivateBackend": "false",
  "javaClass": "com.unboundid.directory.server.backends.jeb.BackendImpl",
  "jeProperty": [
    "je.cleaner.adjustUtilization=false",
    "je.nodeMaxEntries=32"
  ],
  "numRecentChanges": "50000",
  "offlineProcessDatabaseOpenTimeout": "1 h",
  "primeAllIndexes": "true",
  "primeMethod": [
    "none"
  ],
  "primeThreadCount": "2",
  "primeTimeLimit": "0 ms",
  "processFiltersWithUndefinedAttributeTypes": "false",
  "returnUnavailableForUntrustedIndex": "true",
  "returnUnavailableWhenDisabled": "true",
  "setDegradedAlertForUntrustedIndex": "true",
  "setDegradedAlertWhenDisabled": "true",
  "subtreeDeleteBatchSize": "5000",
  "subtreeDeleteSizeLimit": "5000",
  "uncachedId2entryCacheMode": "cache-keys-only",
  "writabilityMode": "enabled"
}

GET list example

The following is a sample GET request for all local backends:

GET /config/backends
Host: example.com:5033
Accept: application/scim+json

The response (which has been shortened):

{
  "schemas": [
    "urn:ietf:params:scim:api:messages:2.0:ListResponse"
  ],
  "totalResults": 24,
  "Resources": [
    {
      "schemas": [
        "urn:unboundid:schemas:configuration:2.0:backend:ldif"
      ],
      "id": "adminRoot",
      "meta": {
        "resourceType": "LDIF Backend",
        "location": "http://localhost:5033/config/backends/adminRoot"
      },
      "backendID": "adminRoot",
      "backupFilePermissions": "700",
      "baseDN": [
        "cn=admin data"
      ],
      "enabled": "true",
      "isPrivateBackend": "true",
      "javaClass": "com.unboundid.directory.server.backends.LDIFBackend",
      "ldifFile": "config/admin-backend.ldif",
      "returnUnavailableWhenDisabled": "true",
      "setDegradedAlertWhenDisabled": "false",
      "writabilityMode": "enabled"
    },
    {
      "schemas": [
        "urn:unboundid:schemas:configuration:2.0:backend:trust-store"
      ],
      "id": "ads-truststore",
      "meta": {
        "resourceType": "Trust Store Backend",
        "location": "http://localhost:5033/config/backends/ads-truststore"
      },
      "backendID": "ads-truststore",
      "backupFilePermissions": "700",
      "baseDN": [
        "cn=ads-truststore"
      ],
      "enabled": "true",
      "javaClass":
"com.unboundid.directory.server.backends.TrustStoreBackend",
      "returnUnavailableWhenDisabled": "true",
      "setDegradedAlertWhenDisabled": "true",
      "trustStoreFile": "config/server.keystore",
      "trustStorePin": "********",
      "trustStoreType": "JKS",
      "writabilityMode": "enabled"
    },
    {
      "schemas": [
        "urn:unboundid:schemas:configuration:2.0:backend:alarm"
      ],
      "id": "alarms",
      "meta": {
        "resourceType": "Alarm Backend",
        "location": "http://localhost:5033/config/backends/alarms"
      },
 ...

PATCH Example

Configuration can be modified using the HTTP PATCH method. The PATCH request body is a JSON object formatted according to the SCIM patch request. The Configuration API supports a subset of possible values for the path attribute, used to indicate the configuration attribute to modify.

The configuration object's attributes can be modified in the following ways. These operations are analogous to the dsconfig modify-[object] options.

  • An operation to set the single-valued description attribute to a new value:
    {
  "op" : "replace", 
  "path" : "description",
  "value" : "A new backend."
}
    is analogous to:
    $ dsconfig set-backend-prop --backend-name userRoot \
  --set "description:A new backend"
  • An operation to add a new value to the multi-valued jeProperty attribute:
    {
  "op" : "add",
  "path" : "jeProperty",
  "value" : "je.env.backgroundReadLimit=0"
}
    is analogous to:
    $ dsconfig set-backend-prop --backend-name userRoot \
  --add je-property:je.env.backgroundReadLimit=0
  • An operation to remove a value from a multi-valued property. In this case, path specifies a SCIM filter identifying the value to remove:
    {
  "op" : "remove",
  "path" : "[jeProperty eq \"je.cleaner.adjustUtilization=false\"]"
}
    is analogous to:
    $ dsconfig set-backend-prop --backend-name userRoot \
  --remove je-property:je.cleaner.adjustUtilization=false
  • A second operation to remove a value from a multi-valued property, where the path specifies both an attribute to modify, and a SCIM filter whose attribute is value:
    {
  "op" : "remove",
  "path" : "jeProperty[value eq \"je.nodeMaxEntries=32\"]"
}
    is analogous to:
    $ dsconfig set-backend-prop --backend-name userRoot \
  --remove je-property:je.nodeMaxEntries=32
  • An option to remove one or more values of a multi-valued attribute. This has the effect of restoring the attribute's value to its default value:
    {
  "op" : "remove",
  "path" : "id2childrenIndexEntryLimit"
}
    is analogous to:
    $ dsconfig set-backend-prop --backend-name userRoot \
  --reset id2childrenIndexEntryLimit

The following is the full example request. The API responds with the entire modified configuration object, which can include a SCIM extension attribute urn:unboundid:schemas:configuration:messages containing additional instructions:

Example request:

PATCH /config/backends/userRoot
Host: example.com:5033
Accept: application/scim+json
{
  "schemas" : [ "urn:ietf:params:scim:api:messages:2.0:PatchOp" ],
  "Operations" : [ {
    "op" : "replace",
    "path" : "description",
    "value" : "A new backend."
  }, {
    "op" : "add",
    "path" : "jeProperty",
    "value" : "je.env.backgroundReadLimit=0"
  }, {
    "op" : "remove",
    "path" : "[jeProperty eq \"je.cleaner.adjustUtilization=false\"]"
  }, {
    "op" : "remove",
    "path" : "jeProperty[value eq \"je.nodeMaxEntries=32\"]"
  }, {
    "op" : "remove",
    "path" : "id2childrenIndexEntryLimit"
  } ]
}

Example response:

{
  "schemas": [
    "urn:unboundid:schemas:configuration:2.0:backend:local-db"
  ],
  "id": "userRoot2",
  "meta": {
    "resourceType": "Local DB Backend",
    "location": "http://example.com:5033/config/backends/userRoot2"
  },
  "backendID": "userRoot2",
  "backgroundPrime": "false",
  "backupFilePermissions": "700",
  "baseDN": [
    "dc=example2,dc=com"
  ],
  "checkpointOnCloseCount": "2",
  "cleanerThreadWaitTime": "120000",
  "compressEntries": "false",
  "continuePrimeAfterCacheFull": "false",
  "dbBackgroundSyncInterval": "1 s",
  "dbCachePercent": "10",
  "dbCacheSize": "0 b",
  "dbCheckpointerBytesInterval": "20 mb",
  "dbCheckpointerHighPriority": "false",
  "dbCheckpointerWakeupInterval": "1 m",
  "dbCleanOnExplicitGC": "false",
  "dbCleanerMinUtilization": "75",
  "dbCompactKeyPrefixes": "true",
  "dbDirectory": "db",
  "dbDirectoryPermissions": "700",
  "dbEvictorCriticalPercentage": "0",
  "dbEvictorLruOnly": "false",
  "dbEvictorNodesPerScan": "10",
  "dbFileCacheSize": "1000",
  "dbImportCachePercent": "60",
  "dbLogFileMax": "50 mb",
  "dbLoggingFileHandlerOn": "true",
  "dbLoggingLevel": "CONFIG",
  "dbNumCleanerThreads": "0",
  "dbNumLockTables": "0",
  "dbRunCleaner": "true",
  "dbTxnNoSync": "false",
  "dbTxnWriteNoSync": "true",
  "dbUseThreadLocalHandles": "true",
  "deadlockRetryLimit": "10",
  "defaultCacheMode": "cache-keys-and-values",
  "defaultTxnMaxLockTimeout": "10 s",
  "defaultTxnMinLockTimeout": "10 s",
  "description": "123",
  "enabled": "false",
  "explodedIndexEntryThreshold": "4000",
  "exportThreadCount": "0",
  "externalTxnDefaultBackendLockBehavior": "acquire-before-retries",
  "externalTxnDefaultMaxLockTimeout": "100 ms",
  "externalTxnDefaultMinLockTimeout": "100 ms",
  "externalTxnDefaultRetryAttempts": "2",
  "hashEntries": "false",
  "importTempDirectory": "import-tmp",
  "importThreadCount": "16",
  "indexEntryLimit": "4000",
  "isPrivateBackend": "false",
  "javaClass": "com.unboundid.directory.server.backends.jeb.BackendImpl",
  "jeProperty": [
  "\"je.env.backgroundReadLimit=0\""
  ],
  "numRecentChanges": "50000",
  "offlineProcessDatabaseOpenTimeout": "1 h",
  "primeAllIndexes": "true",
  "primeMethod": [
    "none"
  ],
  "primeThreadCount": "2",
  "primeTimeLimit": "0 ms",
  "processFiltersWithUndefinedAttributeTypes": "false",
  "returnUnavailableForUntrustedIndex": "true",
  "returnUnavailableWhenDisabled": "true",
  "setDegradedAlertForUntrustedIndex": "true",
  "setDegradedAlertWhenDisabled": "true",
  "subtreeDeleteBatchSize": "5000",
  "subtreeDeleteSizeLimit": "5000",
  "uncachedId2entryCacheMode": "cache-keys-only",
  "writabilityMode": "enabled",
  "urn:unboundid:schemas:configuration:messages:2.0": {
    "requiredActions": [
      {
        "property": "jeProperty",
        "type": "componentRestart",
        "synopsis": "In order for this modification to take effect,
         the component must be restarted, either by disabling and
         re-enabling it, or by restarting the server"
      },
      {
        "property": "id2childrenIndexEntryLimit",
        "type": "other",
        "synopsis": "If this limit is increased, then the contents
         of the backend must be exported to LDIF and re-imported to
         allow the new limit to be used for any id2children keys
         that had already hit the previous limit."
      }
    ]
  }
}