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    Manage App Instances for Inline Enforcement
    Update an App Instance

    Update an App Instance

    This endpoint updates an existing app instance. Size limit is 500 app instances max per request with the rate limit of one request every 10 minutes.

    Request Endpoint

    POST https://<tenant-URL>/api/v1/app_instances?token=<token>&op=update

    Valid parameters are:

    KeyTypeValueDescription
    opstringupdateRequired. Operation performed.
    appstringEx:
    Amazon Web Services | Amazon S3 | Amazon EC2 | Amazon DynamoDB | Microsoft Azure | Microsoft Office 365 Sharepoint Sites | Microsoft Office 365 OneDrive for Business | Box | Slack 
    Required. Name of the application. 
    instance_idstringEx: 123451234512Required. For AWS, use the account ID. For Azure, use the Subscription. For GCP, use the Project.

    The app + instance_id combo must be new.

    instance_namestringEx: "MYAWS_GOSKOPE"Required. Used to change instance name, and must be new.

    Note

    Name should be unique within app + instance_id or app + instance_name.

    tagsarray of one string, or an empty arraySanctioned | Unsanctioned | <blank>Required.

    Example Update App Instance Request

    POST 'https://<tenant-URL>/api/v1/app_instances?token=<token>&op=update' 
    --header 'Content-Type: application/json' 
    --data-raw '{
       "instances":[
        {
    "instance_id": "123451234512",
    "instance_name":"New Instance-3",
    "app":"Box",
    "tags":[
    "Sanctioned"
    ]
    },
    {
    "instance_id": "123451234512",
    "instance_name":"New Instance-4",
    "app":"Amazon EC2",
    "tags":[
    "Unsanctioned"
    ]
    }
    ]
    }'
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