POST databases/:database_name/hosts

Creates a job to add a host to the database identified by :database_name. This host must already be part of the cluster. The :database_name is the value of the name field that the GET databases command returns.

Returns a job ID that you can use to determine the status of the job. See GET jobs.

Resource URL

https://<NODE>:5444//:database_name/hosts

Authentication

Requires a VerticaAPIKey in the request header.

The API key must have admin level security.

Parameters

user_id
 A database username. 
passwd
 The password for the username. 
hostname
 The hostname to add to the database. This host must already be part of the cluster.

Example Request

POST 
https://<NODE>:5444/databases/testDB/hosts?hostname=192.168.232.181&user_id=username&passwd=username_password

Response: 

{
    "id": "AddHostToDatabase-testDB-2014-07-20 12:24:04.088812",
    "url": "/jobs/AddHostToDatabase-testDB-2014-07-20 12:24:04.088812"
}