A number of special URLs exist purely for script use. These can be accessed under
/config/
as follows :-
Table D.1. Special URLs
URL | Type | Function |
reboot | HTML | Simple reboot |
reboot-when-free | HTML | Reboot when free |
reboot-cancel | HTML | Cancel the reboot when free if possible |
reboot-hard | HTML | Forced hard reboot now |
capability | XML | Return XML capability |
schema | XML | Return XML that is the internal format config edit schema |
timestamp | Text | Timestamp of config |
uptime | Text | Uptime |
ip | Text | Your IP address as seen by the FireBrick |
version | Text | Current software version |
et | Text | Current software version, or an HTTP level error with text explaining why, such as Upgrade required. |
You can also trigger an upgrade to the latest available version of software using /config/upgrade
.
If you want to reboot into the new build specify the r
parameter.
The l
parameter specifies the type of upgrade you wish to do. Valid values and their meanings are given by the following table: