Managing Firmware baselines

Firmware baselines have one or more Firmware Catalogs and are attached to various elements.

1. Server types - Will be applied every time a server with the specific server type is registered
2. OS templates - Will be applied every time a server is deployed with the specific OS template if not already deployed.
3. Site - Will be applied every time a server in a specific site is deployed.

Creating a firmware baseline

To create a firmware baseline navigate to Firmware> Baselines > Add firmware Baseline

Fill in the following form:

param	details
Name	Name of the baseline
Description	The Description of the baseline
Catalogs	The catalogs to be attached to this baseline
Level	Where to attach the baseline to (one of: Site, Server type, OS template)
Site/Server type/OS Template	Object to attach the baseline to

Editing a baseline

Click on Edit to edit a baseline.

Removing a baseline

To disable a baseline go to the respective object and either on the Overview or Advanced tab change the Baseline property and set to None.

Managing baselines via the API

Listing firmware baselines

curl "https://<your-server>/api/v2/firmware/baseline" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer <API_KEY>"

Getting a specific baseline

curl "https://<your-server>/api/v2/firmware/baseline/{firmwareBaselineId}" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer <API_KEY>"

Creating a firmware baseline

curl -X POST "https://<your-server>/api/v2/firmware/baseline" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer <API_KEY>" \
  -d '{
    "name": "ESXi 7 Baseline",
    "description": "Firmware baseline for VMware ESXi 7 hosts",
    "catalogIds": [1, 2],
    "level": "server_type",
    "serverTypeId": 5
  }'

Deleting a firmware baseline

curl -X DELETE "https://<your-server>/api/v2/firmware/baseline/{firmwareBaselineId}" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer <API_KEY>"