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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 ManagerSOAPapplicationprogramminginterface(API)provides
programmaticaccesstotheLab Managersystem.ByusingthesecureAPI,youcan
connecttoLab ManagerServertoautomateorperformvariousoperations.
TheLab ManagerSOAPAPIusesXML‐basedtechnologies,includingSOAP,asthe
communicationprotocolandWebServicesDescriptionLanguage(WSDL)
asthe
interfacedescriptionlanguage.TheLab ManagerWSDLfiledetailstheavailable
methodsoftheservice(called“operations”inWebServicesvernacular)andparameter
types,aswellastheSOAPendpointfortheservice.
Thischapterincludesthefollowingtopics:
“IntegratingLabManagerwithAutomatedTestingTools”onpage 10
“SupportedOperations”onpage 10
“LabManagerDataObjects”onpage 10
“StandardsComplianceandCompatibleDevelopmentPlatforms”onpage 11
“Security”onpage 11
“UserAuthentication”onpage 11
Introducing VMware
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