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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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ThevCloudAPINetworkConnectionSectionisaread‐onlysectionthatliststhenetworkconnections
andIPaddressesthatavApphasacquiredorbeenassignedatdeployment.Thissectionispresentonly
inadeployedvAppthathasanetworkconnection.
TheOVFItemelement,oneofmanythatapplytotheEnvelope’sVirtualHardwareSection,specifies
thatthevirtualmachine’sNIC(resourcetype10)isconnectedtoInternet.Italsospecifiesmanyother
detailsaboutthedevice.FormoreinformationaboutDMTFresourcetypes,visithttp://www.dmtf.org.
Example A-2. Network Information in an OVF Envelope
<Envelope ...
...
<NetworkSection>
<ovf:Info>The list of logical networks</ovf:Info>
<Network ovf:name="Internet"/>
</NetworkSection>
<NetworkConfigSection>
<ovf:Info>Configuration parameters for logical networks</ovf:Info>
<NetworkConfig networkName="Internet">
<Features>
<Dhcp>true</Dhcp>
<Nat></Nat>
<Firewall></Firewall>
</Features>
</NetworkConfig>
</NetworkConfigSection>
<NetworkConnectionSection>
<NetworkConnection network="Internet">
<IPAddress>192.168.1.100</IPAddress>
</NetworkConnection>
</NetworkConnectionSection>
...
<VirtualSystem>
<VirtualHardwareSection>
...
<Item>
...
<rasd:Connection>Internet</rasd:Connection>
<rasd:Description>PCNet32 ethernet adapter on "Internet"
network</rasd:Description>
<rasd:ElementName>Network Adapter 1</rasd:ElementName>
...
</Item>
...
</VirtualSystem>
<VirtualHardwareSection>
</Envelope>