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Thischapterincludesthefollowingtopics:
 “WhatIsvCenterChargebackManager?”onpage 7
 “RESTArchitecture”onpage 7
 “vCenterChargebackManagerAPISyntax”onpage 9
 “A P I Versioning”onpage 10
What Is vCenter Chargeback Manager?
vCenterChargebackManagerisacostreportingsolutionforenvironmentsvirtualizedusingvSphere.This
Web‐basedapplicationinteractswiththevCenterServer,vCloudDirector,andvShieldManagertoretrieve
resourceusageinformationandotherconfigurationdetails,calculatesthecostbyusingthechargeback
formulasdefinedintheapplication,andgeneratesreports.
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vCenterChargebackManagerrunsonanApacheTomcatserverinstance.TheuserinteractswiththevCenter
ChargebackManagerthroughaloadbalancer(ApachehttpdServer).vCenterChargebackManagerconnects
toadatabasethatstoresapplication‐relatedinformation,suchasthedefinedhierarchies,pricingmodel,users,
roles,andsoon.The
applicationalsointeractswiththevCenterServerandvCenterServerDatabasethrough
adatacollector.ThedatacollectorusesVIMAPIstocommunicatewiththevCenterServerandJDBCto
communicatewiththevCenterServerDatabase.
vCenterChargebackManagercanbeintegratedwithavCloudDirectorsetupusingthevCloudDirector
data
collector.ThisdatacollectorinteractswiththevCloudDirectorDatabaseandfetchestheOrgdatarequiredfor
importingthehierarchiesandtherelevantdataintovCenterChargebackManager.Youcanalsoinstallthe
vShieldManagerdatacollectorwhichhelpsyoufetchtheexternalnetworkrelatedinformationforeachOrg
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inthevCloudDirectorsetupandreplicatethesameinthevCenterChargebackManagerdatabase.
vCenterChargebackManagerAPIsprovideaninterfaceforapplicationdeveloperstoprogrammaticallyuse
thefunctionalityofvCenterChargebackManager.
FormoreinformationaboutthevCenterChargebackManageranditscapabilities,seethevCenterChargeback
ManagerUser’s
Guide.
REST Architecture
vCenterChargebackManagerAPIsimplementtheRepresentationalStateTransfer(REST)architecture.
REST‐basedAPIshelpyousendHTTPrequestsforresourcesoverthenetworkandreceiveresponses.
vCenter Chargeback Manager APIs
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