New API call for creating a new boot environment. An optional flag is shown below.

By specifying clonefrom which passes along the -e flag it will clone from a inactive boot environment.

REST Request:
-------------------------------
PUT /sysadm/beadm
{
   "action" : "createbe",
   "newbe" : "red",
   "clonefrom" : "green"
}

WebSocket Request:
-------------------------------
{
   "id" : "fooid",
   "args" : {
      "newbe" : "red",
      "clonefrom" : "green",
      "action" : "createbe"
   },
   "namespace" : "sysadm",
   "name" : "beadm"
}

Response:
-------------------------------
{
  "args": {
    "createbe": {
      "clonefrom": "green",
      "newbe": "red"
    }
  },
  "id": "fooid",
  "name": "response",
  "namespace": "sysadm"
}

src/server/WebBackend.cpp

@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ RestOutputStruct::ExitCode WebSocket::EvaluateBackendRequest(const RestInputStru
   }else{
     QJsonObject avail;
     AvailableSubsystems(IN.fullaccess, &avail);
-    if(!avail.contains(namesp+"/"+name)){ return RestOutputStruct::BADREQUEST; }
+    if(!avail.contains(namesp+"/"+name)){ return RestOutputStruct::NOTFOUND; }
   }
 
   //Go through and forward this request to the appropriate sub-system
@@ -207,6 +207,9 @@ RestOutputStruct::ExitCode WebSocket::EvaluateSysadmBEADMRequest(const QJsonValu
       }else if(act=="activatebe"){
 	ok = true;
         out->insert("activatebe", sysadm::BEADM::activateBE(in_args.toObject()));
+      }else if(act=="createbe"){
+	ok = true;
+        out->insert("createbe", sysadm::BEADM::createBE(in_args.toObject()));
       }
     } //end of "action" key usage
 

src/server/library/sysadm-beadm.cpp

@@ -105,4 +105,41 @@ QJsonObject BEADM::activateBE(QJsonObject jsin) {
 
   retObject.insert("target", target);
   return retObject;
+}
+
+// createbe  (optional flag -e for cloning from an inactive BE) : Create a new Boot environment
+
+QJsonObject BEADM::createBE(QJsonObject jsin) {
+	QJsonObject retObject;
+
+	QStringList keys = jsin.keys();
+	if (! keys.contains("newbe") ) {
+		retObject.insert("error", "Missing required key(s) 'target'");
+		return retObject;
+	}
+
+  // Get the key values
+
+  QString newbe = jsin.value("newbe").toString();
+  QString flags;
+  if ( keys.contains("clonefrom") ) {
+    flags  = "-e " + jsin.value("clonefrom").toString();
+  }
+
+  QStringList output = General::RunCommand("beadm create " + flags + " " + newbe).split("\n");
+
+  for ( int i = 0; i < output.size(); i++)
+  {
+    if ( output.at(i).indexOf("ERROR") != -1 ) {
+      retObject.insert("error", output.at(i));
+      return retObject;
+    }
+  }
+
+  retObject.insert("newbe", newbe);
+  if ( keys.contains("clonefrom") ) {
+    retObject.insert("clonefrom", jsin.value("clonefrom").toString());
+  }
+  return retObject;
+
 }

src/server/library/sysadm-beadm.h

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ public:
 	static QJsonObject listBEs();
 	static QJsonObject renameBE(QJsonObject);
 	static QJsonObject activateBE(QJsonObject);
+	static QJsonObject createBE(QJsonObject);
 };
 	
 } //end of pcbsd namespace