docs/source/api/v5/osversions.rst

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.. _to-api-osversions:

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``osversions``
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.. seealso:: :ref:`tp-tools-generate-iso`

``GET``
=======
Gets all available :abbr:`OS (Operating System)` versions for ISO generation, as well as the name of the directory where the "kickstarter" files are found.

:Auth. Required: Yes
:Roles Required: None
:Permissions Required: ISO:READ
:Response Type:  Object

Request Structure
-----------------
No parameters available.

Response Structure
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This endpoint has no constant keys in its ``response``. Instead, each key in the ``response`` object is the name of an OS, and the value is a string that names the directory where the ISO source can be found. These directories sit under ``/var/www/files/`` on the Traffic Ops host machine by default, or at the location defined by the ``kickstart.files.location`` :term:`Parameter` of the Traffic Ops server's :term:`Profile`, if it is defined.

.. code-block:: http
	:caption: Response Example

	HTTP/1.1 200 OK
	Access-Control-Allow-Credentials: true
	Access-Control-Allow-Headers: Origin, X-Requested-With, Content-Type, Accept, Set-Cookie, Cookie
	Access-Control-Allow-Methods: POST,GET,OPTIONS,PUT,DELETE
	Access-Control-Allow-Origin: *
	Content-Type: application/json
	Set-Cookie: mojolicious=...; Path=/; Expires=Mon, 18 Nov 2019 17:40:54 GMT; Max-Age=3600; HttpOnly
	Whole-Content-Sha512: RxbRY2DZ+lYOdTzzUETEZ3wtLBiD2BwXMVuaZjhe4a4cwgcZKRBWxZ6Qy5YYujFe1+UBiTG4sML/Amn27F4AVg==
	X-Server-Name: traffic_ops_golang/
	Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2018 19:14:36 GMT
	Content-Length: 38

	{ "response": {
		"CentOS 7.2": "centos72"
	}}


Configuration File
------------------
The data returned from the endpoint comes directly from a configuration file. By default, the file is located at ``/var/www/files/osversions.json``.
The **directory** of the file can be changed by creating a specific :term:`Parameter` named ``kickstart.files.location`` in configuration file ``mkisofs``.

The format of the file is a JSON object as described in `Response Structure`_.

.. code-block:: json
	:caption: Example osversions.json file

	{
		"CentOS 7.2": "centos72"
	}


The legacy Perl Traffic Ops used a Perl configuration file located by default at ``/var/www/files/osversions.cfg``. A Perl script is provided
to convert the legacy configuration file to the new JSON format. The script is located within the Traffic Control repository at ``traffic_ops/app/bin/osversions-convert.pl``.

.. code-block:: shell
	:caption: Example usage of conversion script

	./osversions-convert.pl < /var/www/files/osversions.cfg > /var/www/files/osversions.json