PaloAltoNetworks / PaloAltoNetworks/pan.dev
Issue/Help with "Initiate a Configuration Upload"
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Description
Documentation link
https://pan.dev/scm/api/config/posture-management/initiate-config-upload/
Describe the problem
- Documentation specifies
Content-Type: plain/text, but recently now expectsContent-Type: text/plain - Documentation specifies
Content-Encoding: gzip, but recently now requires an unzipped.xmlfile. The endpoint still requires theContent-Encoding: gzipheader despite gzip files resulting in processing failed.
Suggested fix
- Update documentation accordingly to
Content-type: text/plain - Remove
Content-Encoding: gziprequirement on the endpoint and update documents accordingly.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start with the linked “Initiate a Configuration Upload” documentation page and compare its Content-Type and Content-Encoding requirements with the behavior described in the issue. Update the page so the documented headers and XML upload requirements match the endpoint’s current expectations, then verify the resulting instructions are internally consistent.
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Assessment
- Domain
- api, documentation
- Issue type
- Documentation
- Difficulty
- 2/5
- Estimated time
- 1-3 hours
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 68/100