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Chapter 1 Introducing VMware Lab Manager SOAP API
Standards Compliance and Compatible Development
Platforms
TheLab ManagerWebServiceSOAPAPIcomplieswithSOAP1.1,WSDL1.1,and
otherstandardsidentifiedintheWS‐IBasicProfileVersion1.1.TheLab M anagerWeb
ServiceSOAPAPIworkswithcurrentSOAPdevelopmentenvironmentsthatadhere
totheBasicProfileVersion1.1standards.Theexamplesinthisdocumentuse
the
MicrosoftVisualStudio.NET2003developmentenvironmentandtheC#
programminglanguage.
IfyouareusingVisualStudiofor.NETdevelopment,VMwarerecommendsthatyou
useVisualStudio2003orhigher.
Security
ClientapplicationsthataccesstheLab Managerdatainyourorganizationaresubject
tothesamesecurityprotectionsthatareusedintheLab ManagerWebconsole.
Lab ManagerexposesallSOAPAPImethodsusingSSL.
WhenaccessingtheSOAPAPIwiththeWebserviceURL,youmightseeanSSL
certificatewarning.Accept
thecertificatetousetheAPIorreplacethecertificatewitha
validsignedcertificate.
User Authentication
Clientapplicationsmustprovidevalidcredentials—aLab Manageruseraccountand
password—witheachLab ManagerWebservicemethodcall.Theuseraccountmust
haveAdministratorprivilegesontheLab ManagerServer.TheLab ManagerServer
authenticatesthesecredentials.
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OTEImplementationdifferencesincertaindevelopmentplatformsmightprevent
accesstosomeorallofthefeaturesintheLab ManagerWebserviceSOAPAPI.