Request Syntax Request Parameters Response Syntax Response Elements Errors Examples See Also

CreateLocationSmb

Defines a file system on a Server Message Block (SMB) server that can be read from or written to.

Request Syntax


{
   "AgentArns": [ "string" ],
   "Domain": "string",
   "MountOptions": { 
      "Version": "string"
   },
   "Password": "string",
   "ServerHostname": "string",
   "Subdirectory": "string",
   "Tags": [ 
      { 
         "Key": "string",
         "Value": "string"
      }
   ],
   "User": "string"
}

Request Parameters

For information about the parameters that are common to all actions, see Common Parameters.

The request accepts the following data in JSON format.

AgentArns

The Amazon Resource Names (ARNs) of agents to use for a Simple Message Block (SMB) location.

Type: Array of strings

Array Members: Minimum number of 1 item. Maximum number of 4 items.

Length Constraints: Maximum length of 128.

Pattern: ^arn:(aws|aws-cn|aws-us-gov|aws-iso|aws-iso-b):datasync:[a-z\-0-9]+:[0-9]{12}:agent/agent-[0-9a-z]{17}$

Required: Yes

Domain

The name of the Windows domain that the SMB server belongs to.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Maximum length of 253.

Pattern: ^[A-Za-z0-9]((\.|-+)?[A-Za-z0-9]){0,252}$

Required: No

MountOptions

The mount options used by DataSync to access the SMB server.

Type: SmbMountOptions object

Required: No

Password

The password of the user who can mount the share, has the permissions to access files and folders in the SMB share.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Maximum length of 104.

Pattern: ^.{0,104}$

Required: Yes

ServerHostname

The name of the SMB server. This value is the IP address or Domain Name Service (DNS) name of the SMB server. An agent that is installed on-premises uses this hostname to mount the SMB server in a network.

Note

This name must either be DNS-compliant or must be an IP version 4 (IPv4) address.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Maximum length of 255.

Pattern: ^(([a-zA-Z0-9\-]*[a-zA-Z0-9])\.)*([A-Za-z0-9\-]*[A-Za-z0-9])$

Required: Yes

Subdirectory

The subdirectory in the SMB file system that is used to read data from the SMB source location or write data to the SMB destination. The SMB path should be a path that's exported by the SMB server, or a subdirectory of that path. The path should be such that it can be mounted by other SMB clients in your network.

Note

Subdirectory must be specified with forward slashes. For example, /path/to/folder.

To transfer all the data in the folder you specified, DataSync needs to have permissions to mount the SMB share, as well as to access all the data in that share. To ensure this, either ensure that the user/password specified belongs to the user who can mount the share, and who has the appropriate permissions for all of the files and directories that you want DataSync to access, or use credentials of a member of the Backup Operators group to mount the share. Doing either enables the agent to access the data. For the agent to access directories, you must additionally enable all execute access.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Maximum length of 4096.

Pattern: ^[a-zA-Z0-9_\-\+\./\$\p{Zs}]+$

Required: Yes

Tags

The key-value pair that represents the tag that you want to add to the location. The value can be an empty string. We recommend using tags to name your resources.

Type: Array of TagListEntry objects

Array Members: Minimum number of 0 items. Maximum number of 50 items.

Required: No

User

The user who can mount the share, has the permissions to access files and folders in the SMB share.

For information about choosing a user name that ensures sufficient permissions to files, folders, and metadata, see the User setting for SMB locations.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Maximum length of 104.

Pattern: ^[^\x5B\x5D\\/:;|=,+*?]{1,104}$

Required: Yes

Response Syntax


{
   "LocationArn": "string"
}

Response Elements

If the action is successful, the service sends back an HTTP 200 response.

The following data is returned in JSON format by the service.

LocationArn

The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the source SMB file system location that is created.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Maximum length of 128.

Pattern: ^arn:(aws|aws-cn|aws-us-gov|aws-iso|aws-iso-b):datasync:[a-z\-0-9]+:[0-9]{12}:location/loc-[0-9a-z]{17}$

Errors

For information about the errors that are common to all actions, see Common Errors.

InternalException

This exception is thrown when an error occurs in the AWS DataSync service.

HTTP Status Code: 500

InvalidRequestException

This exception is thrown when the client submits a malformed request.

HTTP Status Code: 400

Examples

Example

This example illustrates one usage of CreateLocationSmb.

Sample Request


{
   "AgentArns":[
      "arn:aws:datasync:us-east-2:111222333444:agent/agent-0b0addbeef44b3nfs",
      "arn:aws:datasync:us-east-2:111222333444:agent/agent-2345noo35nnee1123ovo3"
   ],
   "Domain":"AMAZON",
   "MountOptions":{
      "Version":"SMB3"
   },
   "Password":"string",
   "ServerHostname":"MyServer.amazon.com",
   "Subdirectory":"share",
   "Tags":[
      {
         "Key":"department",
         "Value":"finance"
      }
   ],
   "User":"user-1"
}

Example

This example illustrates one usage of CreateLocationSmb.

Sample Response


{"arn:aws:datasync:us-east-1:111222333444:location/loc-0f01451b140b2af49"}