Migration using RPC API

[MerlijnH]

To start off, I have confirmed several times that migrating manually (using the web interface) works fine for the client/domain I am trying to migrate. However as I now want to automate the process I have been coding against the XML API to start the migration. I have basically generated a packet much like the Request samples and here's what I am sending (anonimized):

<packet version="1.6.0.2">
<migration>
<start>
<host>87.250.xxx.xxx</host>
<login>root</login>
<password>xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx</password>
<destination-host-directory>/home/migration</destination-host-directory>
<system-type>unix</system-type>
<selected-objects>
<migrate-clients>
<target-owner>admin</target-owner>
<client>
<name>someclientlogin</name>
<ip>
<old>
<ip-type>shared</ip-type>
<ip-address>87.250.xxx.xxx</ip-address>
</old>
<new>
<ip-type>shared</ip-type>
<ip-address>87.250.xxx.xxx</ip-address>
</new>
</ip>
<domain>
<name>somedomain.nl</name>
<ip>
<old>
<ip-type>shared</ip-type>
<ip-address>87.250.xxx.xxx</ip-address>
</old>
<new>
<ip-type>shared</ip-type>
<ip-address>87.250.xxx.xxx</ip-address>
</new>
</ip>
</domain>
</client>
</migrate-clients>
</selected-objects>
</start>
</migration>
</packet>

In this case the destination server is running Plesk 9.5.4 on Ubuntu and the source server is Plesk 8 on FreeBSD. The response the destination server gives is:

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<packet version="1.6.0.2">
<system>
<status>error</status>
<errcode>1029</errcode>
<errtext>Authentification method is not specified</errtext>
</system> </packet>

I have extensively looked at the documentation and example, and obviously googled the error code/message. I cannot seem to find any options that would allow me to set any method of authentication.

Is anyone able to shed some light on what I am missing here?

Thank you.

 

[IgorG]

Yes, there is problem with authentication on 8.x Plesk version. I can suggest you to use following tested perl script for your API XML requests:

#!/usr/bin/perl 
 
use strict; 
use warnings; 
 
use Crypt::SSLeay;
use LWP::UserAgent;
 
use constant HOST => $ARGV[0]; 
use constant PORT => 8443; 
use constant PATH => "/enterprise/control/agent.php"; 
use constant LOGIN => "admin"; 
use constant PASSWD => $ARGV[1]; 
 
my $content = ''; 
while (<STDIN>) { 
$content .= $_ 
} 
 
my $userAgent = new LWP::UserAgent;
my $request = new HTTP::Request('POST' => 'https://' . HOST . ':' . PORT . PATH);
$request->content_type('text/xml');
$request->header(':HTTP_AUTH_LOGIN' => LOGIN);
$request->header(':HTTP_AUTH_PASSWD' => PASSWD);
$request->header(':HTTP_PRETTY_PRINT' => "TRUE");
$request->content($content);

my $response = $userAgent->request($request);
print $response->content();

You can use it with

# cat request.xml| ./script.pl IP_address admin's_password

It should work.