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Table Of Contents
- SOAP API Guide
- Contents
- About This Book
- Introducing VMware Lab Manager SOAP API
- Getting Started with the Lab Manager SOAP API
- Lab Manager API Data Types
- Lab Manager API Method Reference
- ConfigurationCapture
- ConfigurationCheckout
- ConfigurationClone
- ConfigurationDelete
- ConfigurationDeploy
- ConfigurationPerformAction
- ConfigurationSetPublicPrivate
- ConfigurationUndeploy
- GetConfiguration
- GetConfigurationByName
- GetMachine
- GetMachineByName
- GetSingleConfigurationByName
- ListConfigurations
- ListMachines
- LiveLink
- MachinePerformAction
- Index
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TheLab ManagerWebserviceSOAPAPIprovidesprogrammaticaccesstothe
Lab Managersystem.Byusingthesecureapplicationprogramminginterface(API),
youcanconnecttoLab ManagerServertoautomateorperformvariousoperations.
TheLab ManagerWebserviceSOAPAPIusesXML‐basedtechnologies,including
SimpleObjectAccessProtocol(SOAP)asthe
communicationprotocolandWeb
ServicesDescriptionLanguage(WSDL)astheinterfacedescriptionlanguage.The
Lab ManagerWSDLfiledetailstheavailablemethodsoftheservice(called
“operations”inWebServicesvernacular)andparametertypes,aswellastheSOAP
endpointfortheservice.
Thischaptercoversthesetopics:
“IntegratingLab ManagerwithAutomatedTestingTools”onpage 12
“SupportedOperations”onpage 12
“Lab ManagerDataObjects”onpage 12
“StandardsComplianceandCompatibleDevelopmentPlatforms”onpage 13
“Security”onpage 13
Introducing VMware
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