Listener Resource
Listener Resource
A listener resource represents a listener of a service in MaxScale. All listeners point to a service in MaxScale.
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", "proxy_protocol_networks": null, "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", "proxy_protocol_networks": null, "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", "proxy_protocol_networks": null, "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.portORdata.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
idvalue that defines the service to use and atypevalue set toservices.
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
