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title: "Export JSON seed for an inactive Appliance."
slug: "export-json-seed-for-an-inactive-appliance-1"
updated: 2026-03-02T22:30:52Z
published: 2026-03-02T22:35:48Z
canonical: "support.appgate.com/export-json-seed-for-an-inactive-appliance-1"
---

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# Export JSON seed for an inactive Appliance.

Post/appliances/{id}/export

Export JSON seed for an inactive Appliance.

SecurityHTTPType bearer

Path parametersidstring (uuid) Required

ID of the object.

Example12699e27-b584-464a-81ee-5b4784b6d425

Body parameters

Export seed config object.

<select class='api-response-data' aria-label='Media type'><option value='ebe7eb64-c501-450b-a0f2-2330b24586c8'>application/json</option>
</select>object  

SSH configuration during seeding.

provideCloudSSHKeyboolean    

Tells appliance to use the key generated by AWS or Azure.

sshKeystring    

SSH public key to allow.

Examplessh-rsa ....
passwordstring    

Appliance's CZ user password.

ExampletSW3!QBv(rj{UuLY
allowCustomizationboolean    

Whether the Appliance should allow customizations or not.

Defaulttrue
validityDaysnumber    

How many days the seed should be valid for.

Default1.0

Responses200

Exported JSON Appliance seed. Body must be saved as seed.json file.

<select class='api-response-data' aria-label='Media type'><option value='7be46031-c9ef-4073-8cec-a65da89a1853'>application/json</option>
</select>object  

The JSON seed used for activation of the appliance.

400

JSON error. Check the JSON format.

<select class='api-response-data' aria-label='Media type'><option value='4f0cf0a8-1a66-4224-a224-8f7326620ea1'>application/json</option>
</select>object  

Generic HTTP error.

idstring    

Machine readable error code.

messagestring    

Human readable error details.

401

Token error. Login again.

<select class='api-response-data' aria-label='Media type'><option value='8859f35e-713b-493d-8c49-a21081c527c9'>application/json</option>
</select>object  

Generic HTTP error.

idstring    

Machine readable error code.

messagestring    

Human readable error details.

403

Insufficient permissions to access this resource.

<select class='api-response-data' aria-label='Media type'><option value='9d32d5ee-3004-4e31-ab4d-713c7d6c5d83'>application/json</option>
</select>object  

Generic HTTP error.

idstring    

Machine readable error code.

messagestring    

Human readable error details.

404

The requested resource can not be found.

<select class='api-response-data' aria-label='Media type'><option value='6bd3b18e-8a85-4183-b48d-8c0afdf69de2'>application/json</option>
</select>object  

Generic HTTP error.

idstring    

Machine readable error code.

messagestring    

Human readable error details.

406

Invalid 'Accept' header.

<select class='api-response-data' aria-label='Media type'><option value='77685002-496b-45b5-9b5d-f747418e7cdd'>application/json</option>
</select>object  

Generic HTTP error.

idstring    

Machine readable error code.

messagestring    

Human readable error details.

412

Appliance is not in the right state for this operation.

<select class='api-response-data' aria-label='Media type'><option value='42840da5-e570-45fb-928c-4c48100b5954'>application/json</option>
</select>object  

Generic HTTP error.

idstring    

Machine readable error code.

messagestring    

Human readable error details.

422

Request validation error. Check "errors" array for details.

<select class='api-response-data' aria-label='Media type'><option value='d9acb44a-3ea7-434b-a573-e7a93abdb929'>application/json</option>
</select>Expand Allobject  

Http 422 error for object validation.

idstring    

Machine readable error code.

messagestring    

Human readable error details.

errors Array of object   

List of fields with validation errors.

object  fieldstring    

Name of the field that failed validation.

Examplename
messagestring    

Failure reason.

Examplemay not be null

500

Unexpected server side error.

<select class='api-response-data' aria-label='Media type'><option value='7a70d538-d04a-476f-b178-3df1e86cd517'>application/json</option>
</select>object  

Generic HTTP error.

idstring    

Machine readable error code.

messagestring    

Human readable error details.