MaxScale 22.08 Listener Resource

Listener Resource

Listener Resource

A listener resource represents a listener of a service in MaxScale. All listeners point to a service in MaxScale.

• Listener Resource

  • Resource Operations

    • Get a listener

      • Response

    • Get all listeners

      • Response

    • Create a new listener

      • Response

    • Update a listener

      • Response

    • Destroy a listener

      • Response

    • Stop a listener

      • Parameters

      • Response

    • Start a listener

      • Response

Resource Operations

Get a listener

GET /v1/listeners/:name

Get a single listener. The :name in the URI must be the name of a listener in MaxScale.

Response

Status: 200 OK

{
    "data": {
        "attributes": {
            "parameters": {
                "address": "::",
                "authenticator": null,
                "authenticator_options": null,
                "connection_init_sql_file": null,
                "port": 4006,
                "protocol": "MariaDBProtocol",
                "service": "RW-Split-Router",
                "socket": null,
                "sql_mode": "default",
                "ssl": false,
                "ssl_ca": null,
                "ssl_cert": null,
                "ssl_cert_verify_depth": 9,
                "ssl_cipher": null,
                "ssl_crl": null,
                "ssl_key": null,
                "ssl_verify_peer_certificate": false,
                "ssl_verify_peer_host": false,
                "ssl_version": "MAX",
                "type": "listener",
                "user_mapping_file": null
            },
            "source": {
                "file": "/etc/maxscale.cnf",
                "type": "static"
            },
            "state": "Running"
        },
        "id": "RW-Split-Listener",
        "relationships": {
            "services": {
                "data": [
                    {
                        "id": "RW-Split-Router",
                        "type": "services"
                    }
                ],
                "links": {
                    "related": "http://localhost:8989/v1/services/",
                    "self": "http://localhost:8989/v1/listeners/RW-Split-Listener/relationships/services/"
                }
            }
        },
        "type": "listeners"
    },
    "links": {
        "self": "http://localhost:8989/v1/listeners/RW-Split-Listener/"
    }
}

Get all listeners

GET /v1/listeners

Get all listeners.

Response

Status: 200 OK

{
    "data": [
        {
            "attributes": {
                "parameters": {
                    "address": "::",
                    "authenticator": null,
                    "authenticator_options": null,
                    "connection_init_sql_file": null,
                    "port": 4006,
                    "protocol": "MariaDBProtocol",
                    "service": "RW-Split-Router",
                    "socket": null,
                    "sql_mode": "default",
                    "ssl": false,
                    "ssl_ca": null,
                    "ssl_cert": null,
                    "ssl_cert_verify_depth": 9,
                    "ssl_cipher": null,
                    "ssl_crl": null,
                    "ssl_key": null,
                    "ssl_verify_peer_certificate": false,
                    "ssl_verify_peer_host": false,
                    "ssl_version": "MAX",
                    "type": "listener",
                    "user_mapping_file": null
                },
                "source": {
                    "file": "/etc/maxscale.cnf",
                    "type": "static"
                },
                "state": "Running"
            },
            "id": "RW-Split-Listener",
            "relationships": {
                "services": {
                    "data": [
                        {
                            "id": "RW-Split-Router",
                            "type": "services"
                        }
                    ],
                    "links": {
                        "related": "http://localhost:8989/v1/services/",
                        "self": "http://localhost:8989/v1/listeners/RW-Split-Listener/relationships/services/"
                    }
                }
            },
            "type": "listeners"
        },
        {
            "attributes": {
                "parameters": {
                    "address": "::",
                    "authenticator": null,
                    "authenticator_options": null,
                    "connection_init_sql_file": null,
                    "port": 4008,
                    "protocol": "MariaDBProtocol",
                    "service": "Read-Connection-Router",
                    "socket": null,
                    "sql_mode": "default",
                    "ssl": false,
                    "ssl_ca": null,
                    "ssl_cert": null,
                    "ssl_cert_verify_depth": 9,
                    "ssl_cipher": null,
                    "ssl_crl": null,
                    "ssl_key": null,
                    "ssl_verify_peer_certificate": false,
                    "ssl_verify_peer_host": false,
                    "ssl_version": "MAX",
                    "type": "listener",
                    "user_mapping_file": null
                },
                "source": {
                    "file": "/etc/maxscale.cnf",
                    "type": "static"
                },
                "state": "Running"
            },
            "id": "Read-Connection-Listener",
            "relationships": {
                "services": {
                    "data": [
                        {
                            "id": "Read-Connection-Router",
                            "type": "services"
                        }
                    ],
                    "links": {
                        "related": "http://localhost:8989/v1/services/",
                        "self": "http://localhost:8989/v1/listeners/Read-Connection-Listener/relationships/services/"
                    }
                }
            },
            "type": "listeners"
        }
    ],
    "links": {
        "self": "http://localhost:8989/v1/listeners/"
    }
}

Create a new listener

POST /v1/listeners

Creates a new listener. The request body must define the following fields.

• data.id

• Name of the listener

• data.type

• Type of the object, must be listeners

• data.attributes.parameters.port OR data.attributes.parameters.socket

• The TCP port or UNIX Domain Socket the listener listens on. Only one of the fields can be defined.

• data.relationships.services.data

• The service relationships data, must define a JSON object with an id value that defines the service to use and a type value set to services.

The following is the minimal required JSON object for defining a new listener.

{
    "data": {
        "id": "my-listener",
        "type": "listeners",
        "attributes": {
            "parameters": {
                "port": 3306
            }
        },
        "relationships": {
            "services": {
                "data": [
                    {"id": "RW-Split-Router", "type": "services"}
                ]
            }
        }
    }
}

Refer to the Configuration Guide for a full list of listener parameters.

Response

Listener is created:

Status: 204 No Content

Update a listener

PATCH /v1/listeners/:name

The request body must be a JSON object which represents a set of new definitions for the listener.

All parameters marked as modifiable at runtime can be modified. Currently, all TLS/SSL parameters and the connection_init_sql_file and sql_mode parameters can be modified at runtime.

Parameters that affect the network address or the port the listener listens on cannot be modified at runtime. To modify these parameters, recreate the listener.

Response

Listener is modified:

Status: 204 No Content

Destroy a listener

DELETE /v1/listeners/:name

The :name must be a valid listener name. When a listener is destroyed, the network port it listens on is available for reuse.

Response

Listener is destroyed:

Status: 204 No Content

Listener cannot be deleted:

Status: 400 Bad Request

Stop a listener

PUT /v1/listeners/:name/stop

Stops a started listener. When a listener is stopped, new connections are no longer accepted and are queued until the listener is started again.

Parameters

This endpoint supports the following parameters:

• force=yes

• Close all existing connections that were created through this listener.

Response

Listener is stopped:

Status: 204 No Content

Start a listener

PUT /v1/listeners/:name/start

Starts a stopped listener.

Response

Listener is started:

Status: 204 No Content

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