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Table Of Contents
- vCloud API Programming Guide
- Contents
- About This Book
- Introducing the VMware vCloud API
- Hello vCloud: A Structured REST Workflow Example
- Logging In and Getting an Organization List
- Browsing an Organization
- Finding a vApp Template
- Getting Information About a vDC
- Instantiating the Template in the vDC
- Deploying and Powering On the vApp
- Getting Information About the vApp
- Displaying the Console
- Deleting the vApp
- Logging Out
- Moving on to Additional Use Cases
- Browsing
- Provisioning
- Summary of Provisioning Requests
- Upload OVF to Create a vApp Template
- View the OVF Descriptor of a vApp Template
- Download a vApp Template as OVF
- Upload a Media Image
- Copying and Moving
- Changing a Name or Description
- Delete a vAppTemplate, vApp, or Media Image
- Cataloging vApp Templates and Media Images
- Controlling Access
- Datacenter Operations
- Summary of Datacenter Operations Requests
- vApp Lifecycle
- Instantiate a vApp Template
- Compose a vApp
- Recompose a vApp to Add or Remove Virtual Machines
- Capture a vApp to Create a vApp Template
- Reconfiguring vApps and Virtual Machines
- Deploying and Controlling vApps and Virtual Machines
- Deploy a vApp or Virtual Machine
- Undeploy a vApp or Virtual Machine
- Power On a vApp or Virtual Machine
- Power Off a vApp or Virtual Machine
- Reset a vApp or Virtual Machine
- Suspend a vApp or Virtual Machine
- Discard the Suspended State of a vApp or Virtual Machine
- Shut Down a vApp or Virtual Machine
- Reboot a vApp or Virtual Machine
- List Media Devices of a Virtual Machine
- Insert Media Into a Virtual Machine
- Eject Media from a Virtual Machine
- Get a Screen Thumbnail for a Virtual Machine
- Get a Screen Ticket for a Virtual Machine
- Provide User Input Requested by a Virtual Machine
- Control Access to vApps
- Retrieve a Task
- Administrative Operations
- VMware vSphere Platform Operations
- Summary of vSphere Platform Operations Requests
- List vSphere Platform Operations and Objects for a vCloud
- List Provider vDCs in a vCloud
- List External Networks in a vCloud
- List Network Pools in a vCloud
- List vCenter Servers Registered to a vCloud
- List ESX/ESXi Hosts in a vCloud
- Create a Provider vDC
- Create an External Network
- Create a Network Pool
- Import a Virtual Machine from vCenter
- XML Representations in the vCloud API
- User API Reference
- Request Parameters Reference
- Administrative API Reference
- vSphere Platform Extensions Reference
- OVF and the vCloud API
- An Introduction to REST for vCloud API Users
- Index
vCloud API Programming Guide
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<NetworkPoolReference type="application/vnd.vmware.admin.networkPool+xml"
name="VC2_VLAN_Backed"
href="http://vcloud.example.com/api/v1.0/admin/extension/networkPool/2"/>
</NetworkPoolReferences>
</ProviderVdc>
List the Organization vDCs Supported by a Provider vDC
AnadministratorcanusethehrefvaluefromanyProviderVdcReferenceelementinaVCloudasthetarget
ofarequestthatreturnsalistoforganizationvDCsthattheprovidervDCsupports.
Example 6‐15showsarequestofthistype,madeusingthehrefoftheprovidervDCshowninExample 6‐
2
onpage 94.Theresponse,aVdcReferenceselement,indicatesthattheprovidervDCat
http://vcloud.example.com/api/v1.0/admin/providervdc/2issupportingtheorganizationvDC,
http://vcloud.example.com/api/v1.0/admin/vdc/44,createdinExample 6‐16.
Example 6-15. List the Organization vDCs Supported by a Provider vDC
Request:
GET http://vcloud.example.com/api/v1.0/admin/providervdc/2/vdcReferences
Response:
<VdcReferences xmlns="http://www.vmware.com/vcloud/v1" ... >
<Link rel="up" type="application/vnd.vmware.admin.providervdc+xml"
href="http://vcloud.example.com/api/v1.0/admin/providervdc/2"/>
<VdcReference type="application/vnd.vmware.admin.vdc+xml" name="org3vdc1"
href="http://vcloud.example.com/api/v1.0/admin/vdc/44"/>
</VdcReferences>
Allocate a vDC to an Organization
AnorganizationadministratorcanallocateresourcesfromaprovidervDCtoavDCinanorganizationby
POSTinganAdminVdcbodytoanorganization’saddURLforvDCs.Example 6‐4includessuchaURL:
<Link rel="add" type="application/vnd.vmware.admin.vdc+xml"
href="http://vcloud.example.com/api/v1.0/admin/org/26/vdcs"/>
Example 6‐16usesthatURLtoaddanewvDCtotheorganization.ThenewvDCallocatesresourcesfromthe
providervDCspecifiedintheProviderVdcReferenceelementintherequestbody.Thecontentsofthat
elementwereobtainedfromthiselement,shownintheresponseinExample 6‐2.
<ProviderVdcReference type="application/vnd.vmware.admin.providervdc+xml" name="MainProvider"
href="http://vcloud.example.com/api/v1.0/admin/providervdc/2"/>
<ProviderVdcReference ... />
Example 6-16. Allocate a vDC to an Organization
Request:
POST http://vcloud.example.com/api/v1.0/admin/org/26/vdcs
Content-Type: application/vnd.vmware.admin.vdc+xml
...
<AdminVdc name="org26vdc1" xmlns="http://www.vmware.com/vcloud/v1">
<Description>Example vDC</Description>
<AllocationModel>AllocationPool</AllocationModel>
<StorageCapacity>
<Units>MB</Units>
<Allocated>3072</Allocated>
<Limit>4096</Limit>
</StorageCapacity>
<ComputeCapacity>
<Cpu>