Cohesity

Cohesity Tenant API

The Tenant API from Cohesity — 14 operation(s) for tenant.

GitHub OpenAPI

Operations 17

Each operation below carries the questions people ask an LLM about it and the instructions they give an agent to run it. Generated by API Evangelist overlay

GET /public/tenants List tenants · List the tenants on the cohesity cluster filtered by tenant ID prefixed to list… #
Ask an LLM
“Which tenants exist on my multitenant Cohesity cluster?”
“Can I list only active tenants, or include sub-tenants in the hierarchy?”
Tell an agent
List tenants with ids {ids}.
Show tenants in status {status}.
PUT /public/tenants Update a tenant's details · Update an existing tenant on the Cohesity Cluster #
Ask an LLM
“Can I rename a tenant or change its description and alert email subscription?”
“What tenant settings like cluster hostname or IPs can be changed later?”
Tell an agent
Rename tenant {tenantId} to {name}.
Update the description of tenant {tenantId} to {description}.
POST /public/tenants Create a tenant · Create/add a new tenant to the Cohesity Cluster #
Ask an LLM
“How do I add a new tenant for a service-provider customer on the cluster?”
“Can I create a sub-tenant under an existing parent tenant?”
Tell an agent
Create tenant {name}.
Create tenant {name} under parent {parentTenantId}.
DELETE /public/tenants Delete a tenant · Delete an existing tenant on the Cohesity Cluster #
Ask an LLM
“Can I remove a tenant from the cluster entirely?”
“What does deleting a tenant take as input?”
Tell an agent destructive · confirm first
Delete tenant {tenantId}.
Remove tenant {tenantId} from the cluster.
PUT /public/tenants/activeDirectory Assign AD domains to a tenant · Update Active Directory for an existing tenant on the Cohesity Cluster #
Ask an LLM
“Can I give a tenant its own Active Directory domains?”
“Which AD domains is a tenant allowed to use, and can I change them?”
Tell an agent
Assign AD domains {activeDirectoryDomains} to tenant {tenantId}.
Update the Active Directory domains of tenant {tenantId}.
PUT /public/tenants/entity Grant a tenant access to source entities · Update entity permission for an existing tenant on the Cohesity Cluster #
Ask an LLM
“Can I give a tenant permission over specific protection source entities?”
“Which sources a tenant can see is controlled how?”
Tell an agent
Grant tenant {tenantId} access to entities {entityIds}.
Update entity permissions of tenant {tenantId}.
PUT /public/tenants/groups Assign groups to a tenant · Update existing groups to an existing tenant on the Cohesity Cluster #
Ask an LLM
“Can I move existing groups into a tenant?”
“What identifies a group when assigning it to a tenant?”
Tell an agent
Assign groups with SIDs {sids} to tenant {tenantId}.
Update the group membership of tenant {tenantId}.
PUT /public/tenants/ldapProvider Assign LDAP providers to a tenant · Update Ldap Providers for an existing tenant on the Cohesity Cluster #
Ask an LLM
“Can a tenant use its own LDAP providers?”
“Which LDAP providers are attached to a tenant, and can I change them?”
Tell an agent
Assign LDAP providers {ldapProviderIds} to tenant {tenantId}.
Update the LDAP providers of tenant {tenantId}.
PUT /public/tenants/policy Grant a tenant access to protection policies · Update protection policy permission for an existing tenant on the Cohesity… #
Ask an LLM
“Can I let a tenant use specific protection policies?”
“Which backup policies is a tenant permitted to apply?”
Tell an agent
Grant tenant {tenantId} the policies {policyIds}.
Update the protection policy permissions of tenant {tenantId}.
PUT /public/tenants/protectionJob Assign protection jobs to a tenant · Update protection job for an existing tenant on the Cohesity Cluster #
Ask an LLM
“Can I hand existing protection jobs over to a tenant?”
“Which backup jobs belong to a tenant, and can I reassign them?”
Tell an agent
Assign protection jobs {protectionJobIds} to tenant {tenantId}.
Update the protection jobs of tenant {tenantId}.
GET /public/tenants/proxies List tenant proxies · List proxies for tenant which are running within tenant's environment #
Ask an LLM
“Which proxies are running inside tenants' own environments?”
“Can I check the status of specific tenant proxies?”
Tell an agent
List tenant proxies with ids {ids}.
Show all proxies running in tenant environments.
GET /public/tenants/proxy/config Get a tenant proxy's config · Get proxy config for tenant #
Ask an LLM
“What configuration does a tenant proxy need to connect back to the cluster?”
“Can I just validate a tenant proxy config without fetching it?”
Tell an agent
Get the proxy config for tenant {id}.
Validate the proxy config of tenant {id} only.
GET /public/tenants/proxy/image Download the tenant proxy image · Downloads the tenants proxy #
Ask an LLM
“Where do I get the proxy image to install in a tenant's environment?”
“Can I download the tenant proxy for a specific tenant?”
Tell an agent
Download the proxy image for tenant {id}.
Get the tenant proxy installer.
PUT /public/tenants/users Assign users to a tenant · Update existing users to an existing tenant on the Cohesity Cluster #
Ask an LLM
“Can I move existing users into a tenant?”
“What identifies a user when assigning them to a tenant?”
Tell an agent
Assign users with SIDs {sids} to tenant {tenantId}.
Update the user list of tenant {tenantId}.
PUT /public/tenants/view Grant a tenant access to views · Update views permission for an existing tenant on the Cohesity Cluster #
Ask an LLM
“Can I give a tenant permission over specific views?”
“Which storage views can a tenant use, and can I change that?”
Tell an agent
Grant tenant {tenantId} the views {viewNames}.
Update view permissions of tenant {tenantId}.
PUT /public/tenants/viewBox Assign storage domains to a tenant · Update view box for an existing tenant on the Cohesity Cluster #
Ask an LLM
“Can a tenant be given its own storage domain (view box)?”
“Which view boxes does a tenant store data in?”
Tell an agent
Assign view boxes {viewBoxIds} to tenant {tenantId}.
Update the storage domains of tenant {tenantId}.
PUT /public/tenants/vlan Assign VLANs to a tenant · Update vlan for an existing tenant on the Cohesity Cluster #
Ask an LLM
“Can I isolate a tenant's traffic on dedicated VLANs?”
“Which VLAN interfaces does a tenant use?”
Tell an agent
Assign VLAN interfaces {vlanIfaceNames} to tenant {tenantId}.
Update the VLANs of tenant {tenantId}.

Documentation

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Documentation
https://developer.cohesity.com/helios-api.html
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GettingStarted
https://developer.cohesity.com/docs/helios-getting-started
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APIReference
https://developer.cohesity.com/apidocs/versions/
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Documentation
https://developer.cohesity.com/apidocs/versions/
📖
APIReference
https://developers.cohesity.com/page/api-reference
📖
GettingStarted
https://developers.cohesity.com/docs/getting-started
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Documentation
https://developer.cohesity.com/apidocs/helios-reporting
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Documentation
https://developer.cohesity.com/apidocs/site-continuity

Specifications

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https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/cohesity/refs/heads/main/openapi/cohesity-tenant-api-openapi.yml

Other Resources

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Postman
https://api.cohesity.com/

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OpenAPI Specification

cohesity-tenant-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  description: 'This API list provides operations for interfacing with the Cohesity

    Cluster.'
  title: Cohesity REST Tenant API
  version: '1.0'
servers:
- url: https://<CLUSTER_VIP>/irisservices/api/v1
tags:


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