Client Groups

Define client groups

Rport client group can be created by:

adding single clients to it;
dynamic criteria using wildcards.

Managing client groups is done via the API. The /client-groups endpoints allow you to create, update, delete and list them.

As listed in the API docs Client Group is defined by:

id - unique group identifier
description - group description
params - parameters that define what clients belong to a current group.

Each parameter can be specified by:

exact match of the property (ignoring case). For example,
```
params: {
  "client_id": ["test-win2019-tk01", "qa-lin-ubuntu16"]
}
```
Means only clients with id equals to test-win2019-tk01 or qa-lin-ubuntu16 belong to a current group.
dynamic criteria using wildcards (ignoring case). For example,
```
params: {
  "os_family": ["linux*", "*win*"]
}
```
Means all clients with os_family that starts with linux OR that contains win belong to a current group.
NOTE: if few different parameters are given then a client belongs to this group only if client properties match all the given group parameters. If client parameter has multiple values (like tags, ipv4, ipv6, etc. ) then it belongs to a group if at least one client param matches one of group parameters. For example:
```
  params: {
    "tag": ["QA", "my-tag*"],
    "os_family": ["linux*", "ubuntu*"]
  }
```
Means clients belong to this group only if both conditions are met:
1. has tag equals to QA OR tag that starts with my-tag;
2. its os_family starts with linux or ubuntu.
Example specifing logical operators:
```
  params: {
    "tags": { "and": [ "Linux", "Datacenter 3" ] }
  }
```
Means clients belong to this group only if following condition is met:
1. has a tag equals to Linux AND a tag that equals to Datacenter 3; OR operator can be specified in the same way
client_ids - read-only field that is populated with IDs of active clients that belong to this group.

Manage client groups via the API

Here are some examples how to manage client groups.

Create

curl -X POST 'http://localhost:3000/api/v1/client-groups' \
-u admin:foobaz \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data-raw '{
    "id": "group-1",
    "description": "This is my super client group.",
    "params":
    {
        "tag": ["QA"],
        "os_family": ["linux*", "ubuntu*"]
    }
}'

Update

Note all the parameters will be overridden.

curl -X PUT 'http://localhost:3000/api/v1/client-groups/group-1' \
-u admin:foobaz \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data-raw '{
    "id": "group-1",
    "description": "This is my super client group.",
    "params":
    {
        "tag": ["QA", "my-tag*"],
        "os_family": ["linux*", "ubuntu*"]
    }
}'

List all client groups

curl -s -u admin:foobaz http://localhost:3000/api/v1/client-groups/group-1|jq
{
  "data": {
    "id": "group-1",
    "description": "This is my super client group.",
    "params": {
      "client_id": null,
      "name": null,
      "os": null,
      "os_arch": null,
      "os_family": [
        "linux*",
        "ubuntu*"
      ],
      "os_kernel": null,
      "hostname": null,
      "ipv4": null,
      "ipv6": null,
      "tag": [
        "QA",
        "my-tag*"
      ],
      "version": null,
      "address": null,
      "client_auth_id": null
    },
    "client_ids": [
      "qa-lin-ubuntu16",
      "qa-lin-ubuntu19",
      "qa-lin-ubuntu23"
    ]
  }
}

Delete

curl -u admin:foobaz -X DELETE 'http://localhost:3000/api/v1/client-groups/group-1'