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API Methods: WSL

The methods available here are for managing Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) clients registered with Landscape.

These API methods only apply to Landscape Beta at this time.

CreateChildComputer

Create child computer instances on a parent host machine.

Required arguments:

  • parent_id: The ID of the parent computer.
  • computer_name: The name of the child computer to create.

Optional arguments:

  • cloud_init: The b64 encoded cloud-init file contents.
  • data_id: The name of the vault secret containing the cloud-init file.
  • token: The authentication token to be passed to the secrets manager.

If cloud_init or data_id is provided, the new instance will be created according to the cloud-init file specified or the file stored with the specified vault secret.

Cloud-init configuration isn’t supported yet by Ubuntu Pro for Windows. This feature is planned in a future beta release.

Specifying both a cloud-init file and a vault secret will result in an error.

Example calls:

?action=CreateChildComputer&parent_id=20&computer_name=Ubuntu

?action=CreateChildComputer&parent_id=20&computer_name=Ubuntu&cloud_init=<b64 encoded cloud_init file>

?action=CreateChildComputer&parent_id=20&computer_name=Ubuntu&data_id=data-id&token=vault-token

Example output:

{
    "activity_status": "delivered",
    "completion_time": null,
    "creation_time": "2023-10-25T18:55:42Z",
    "creator": {
        "email": "john@example.com",
        "id": 1,
        "name": "John Smith"
    },
    "deliver_delay_window": 0,
    "id": 114,
    "parent_id": null,
    "result_code": null,
    "result_text": null,
    "summary": "Create instance Ubuntu",
    "type": "ActivityGroup"
}

DeleteChildComputers

Delete a list of child computers by ID.

Required argument:

  • computer_id: A list of child computer IDs to delete.

Example calls:

?action=DeleteChildComputers&computer_id.1=21

?action=DeleteChildComputers&computer_id.1=21&computer_id.2=22

Example outputs:

{
    "activity_status": "delivered",
    "completion_time": null,
    "creation_time": "2023-10-25T19:08:38Z",
    "creator": {
        "email": "john@example.com",
        "id": 1,
        "name": "John Smith"
    },
    "deliver_delay_window": 0,
    "id": 131,
    "parent_id": null,
    "result_code": null,
    "result_text": null,
    "summary": "Delete instance Ubuntu",
    "type": "ActivityGroup"
}

{
    "activity_status": "delivered",
    "completion_time": null,
    "creation_time": "2023-10-25T19:08:52Z",
    "creator": {
        "email": "john@example.com",
        "id": 1,
        "name": "John Smith"
    },
    "deliver_delay_window": 0,
    "id": 133,
    "parent_id": null,
    "result_code": null,
    "result_text": null,
    "summary": "Deleting child computer(s)",
    "type": "ActivityGroup"
}

GetWSLHosts

Gets a list of Windows computers that host at least one WSL instance that is registered in Landscape.

Optional arguments:

  • query: A query string with tokens used to filter the returned result objects.
  • limit: The maximum number of results returned by the method. It defaults to 1000.
  • offset: The offset inside the list of results.

This method doesn’t return a list of WSL instances or WSL hosts that don’t have a child WSL instance registered in Landscape. If you want to view those computers, you can use the GetComputers method from API Methods: Computers, or visit how to view WSL host machines and child computers in the Landscape web portal.

Example calls:

?action=GetWSLHosts

?action=GetWSLHosts&limit=10

?action=GetWSLHosts&offset=30

?action=GetWSLHosts&limit=10&offset=30

?action=GetWSLHosts&query=title:Machine12345

Example outputs:

[
    {
        "access_group": "server",
        "clone_id": null,
        "cloud_instance_metadata": {},
        "comment": "",
        "container_info": null,
        "distribution": "10 / 11",
        "hostname": "noel",
        "id": 6,
        "last_exchange_time": null,
        "last_ping_time": "2023-10-25T18:45:37Z",
        "reboot_required_flag": false,
        "secrets_name": null,
        "tags": [
            "laptop",
            "windows"
        ],
        "title": "Noel's Windows Laptop",
        "total_memory": 1024,
        "total_swap": 1024,
        "update_manager_prompt": "normal",
        "vm_info": null
    },
    {
        "access_group": "desktop",
        "clone_id": null,
        "cloud_instance_metadata": {},
        "comment": "",
        "container_info": null,
        "distribution": "10 / 11",
        "hostname": "Machine12345",
        "id": 20,
        "last_exchange_time": "2023-10-25T18:54:26Z",
        "last_ping_time": "2023-10-25T20:21:43Z",
        "reboot_required_flag": false,
        "secrets_name": null,
        "tags": [],
        "title": "Machine12345",
        "total_memory": null,
        "total_swap": null,
        "update_manager_prompt": "normal",
        "vm_info": null
    }
]

[
    {
        "access_group": "desktop",
        "clone_id": null,
        "cloud_instance_metadata": {},
        "comment": "",
        "container_info": null,
        "distribution": "10 / 11",
        "hostname": "Machine12345",
        "id": 20,
        "last_exchange_time": "2023-10-25T18:54:26Z",
        "last_ping_time": "2023-10-25T20:22:30Z",
        "reboot_required_flag": false,
        "secrets_name": null,
        "tags": [],
        "title": "Machine12345",
        "total_memory": null,
        "total_swap": null,
        "update_manager_prompt": "normal",
        "vm_info": null
    }
]

SetDefaultChildComputer

Set the child computer instance with the provided ID as the default instance for the host parent. This is the default instance you log into if you run wsl in PowerShell from the Windows host.

Required arguments:

  • parent_id: The ID of the parent host computer.
  • child_id: The ID of the child computer to set as default.

Example call:

?action=SetDefaultChildComputer&parent_id=30&child_id=32

Example output:

{
    "activity_status": "delivered",
    "completion_time": null,
    "creation_time": "2023-10-25T19:04:45Z",
    "creator": {
        "email": "john@example.com",
        "id": 1,
        "name": "John Smith"
    },
    "deliver_delay_window": 0,
    "id": 124,
    "parent_id": null,
    "result_code": null,
    "result_text": null,
    "summary": "Set instance Ubuntu as default",
    "type": "ActivityGroup"
}

ShutdownHostComputer

Send a message to shutdown a host computer.

Required argument:

  • parent_id: The ID of the parent host computer.

Example call:

?action=ShutdownHostComputer&parent_id=20

Example output:

{
    "activity_status": "delivered",
    "completion_time": null,
    "creation_time": "2023-10-25T20:19:50Z",
    "creator": {
        "email": "john@example.com",
        "id": 1,
        "name": "John Smith"
    },
    "deliver_delay_window": 0,
    "id": 146,
    "parent_id": null,
    "result_code": null,
    "result_text": null,
    "summary": "Shutdown host Machine12345",
    "type": "ActivityGroup"
}

StartChildComputers

Start a list of child computers by ID.

Required argument:

  • computer_id: A list of child computer IDs to start.

Example calls:

?action=StartChildComputers&computer_id.1=21

?action=StartChildComputers&computer_id.1=21&computer_id.2=22

Example outputs:

{
    "activity_status": "delivered",
    "completion_time": null,
    "creation_time": "2023-10-25T20:17:02Z",
    "creator": {
        "email": "john@example.com",
        "id": 1,
        "name": "John Smith"
    },
    "deliver_delay_window": 0,
    "id": 142,
    "parent_id": null,
    "result_code": null,
    "result_text": null,
    "summary": "Start instance Ubuntu",
    "type": "ActivityGroup"
}

{
    "activity_status": "delivered",
    "completion_time": null,
    "creation_time": "2023-10-25T19:03:05Z",
    "creator": {
        "email": "john@example.com",
        "id": 1,
        "name": "John Smith"
    },
    "deliver_delay_window": 0,
    "id": 118,
    "parent_id": null,
    "result_code": null,
    "result_text": null,
    "summary": "Starting child computer(s)",
    "type": "ActivityGroup"
}

StopChildComputers

Stop a list of child computers by ID.

Required argument:

  • computer_id: A list of child computer IDs to stop.

Example calls:

?action=StopChildComputers&computer_id.1=21

?action=StopChildComputers&computer_id.1=21&computer_id.2=22

Example outputs:

{
    "activity_status": "delivered",
    "completion_time": null,
    "creation_time": "2023-10-25T20:18:17Z",
    "creator": {
        "email": "john@example.com",
        "id": 1,
        "name": "John Smith"
    },
    "deliver_delay_window": 0,
    "id": 144,
    "parent_id": null,
    "result_code": null,
    "result_text": null,
    "summary": "Stop instance Ubuntu",
    "type": "ActivityGroup"
}

{
    "activity_status": "delivered",
    "completion_time": null,
    "creation_time": "2023-10-25T19:03:39Z",
    "creator": {
        "email": "john@example.com",
        "id": 1,
        "name": "John Smith"
    },
    "deliver_delay_window": 0,
    "id": 121,
    "parent_id": null,
    "result_code": null,
    "result_text": null,
    "summary": "Stopping child computer(s)",
    "type": "ActivityGroup"
}
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