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06 — Observe & identities

Time: ~15 min · Level: Intermediate · Prereq: 01

Identities​

curl -sk "$FABRIC_HOST/api/dataplane/identities" "${AUTH[@]}" | jq '.items[:8]'
# fabricctl dataplane identities -o json

Includes reserved entities (host=1, world=2, …) and security-group identities (0x10000+). Per-VM identities remain in 1..=0xffff.

Observe snapshot​

curl -sk "$FABRIC_HOST/api/dataplane/observe" "${AUTH[@]}" | jq '{
  identity_count: (.identities|length),
  groups: [.groups[].name],
  policies: [.policies[].metadata.name // .policies[].name],
  endpoints: [.endpoints[]? | {name, labels, groups, identity}]
}'
# fabricctl dataplane observe -o json

Use this after applying groups/CNP to confirm endpoints picked up labels.

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