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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
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Chapter 8 XML Representations in the vCloud API
Complex Types
XMLelementsdefinedbythevCloud APIareinstancesofcomplextypes.Formostelements,thecomplextype
nameistheelementnameconcatenatedwiththestringType(forexample,theOrgelementisaninstanceof
OrgType,thevDCelementisaninstanceofVdcType,andsoon).Inmost
ofthesecases,theschema
representationoftheelementprovidesanadequatereferencefortheunderlyingcomplextype.
Therearealsoafewgenerictypesofwhichmanydifferentkindsofelementcanbeaninstance.Becausethese
typesarenotassociatedwithaparticularkindofelement,weprovide
schemainformationforthemhere.
EntityType
ThisisthebasecomplextypeforelementssuchasOrg,vDC,andvApp.
IpAddressType
TheIpAddressTypeimposesapatternontheprimitivexs:stringtype.ThepatterndefinesanIPv4address:
<xs:pattern value =
"((25[0-5]|2[0-4][0-9]|1[0-9][0-9]|[1-9][0-9]|[0-9])\.){3}(25[0-5]|2[0-4][0-9]|1[0
-9][0-9]|[1-9][0-9]|[0-9])"/>
Attributesofthistypeareinvalidunlesstheyconformtothepattern
ReferenceType
Manycontainerelementsarepopulatedwithreferencestocontainedobjects.Eachreferenceconsistsofa
hyperlink,anoptionalmediatype,andaname.
Common Attributes
ElementssuchasOrg,Catalog,andvDChaveanumberofcommonattributes.Withtheexceptionofname,
noneoftheseattributesarerequiredinrequestbodies,andareignoredifincluded.Allofthemareincluded
inresponsebodies.
xs:long Numericvalueintherange‐9223372036854775808to9223372036854775807.
xs:int Numericvalueintherange‐2147483648to2147483647.
xs:string Anycharacterdata.
Table 8-2. Primitive XML Data Types Used by the vCloud API (Continued)
Value Description
Schema
Name Min Max Type Description
name 11 xs:string Nameoftheobject
Description 0 1 xs:string Optionaldescriptionoftheobject
Tasks 0 1 TasksInProgressType Read‐onlycontainerforTaskelements.Eachelementin
thecontainerrepresentsaqueued,running,orfailedtask
ownedbythisobject.Successfullycompletedtasksarenot
listed.
Schema
Name Min Max Type Description
href 1 1 xs:anyURI Hyperlinktothereferencedobject
type 0 1 xs:string Objecttype,expressedasthemediatypeoftheXML
representingoftheobject
name 01 xs:string Nameofthereferencedobject.