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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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<Task status="running" startTime="2010-06-25T08:00:55.402-07:00" operation="Creating
Virtual Application Linux FTP server(7)"
expiryTime="2010-09-23T08:00:55.402-07:00"
type="application/vnd.vmware.vcloud.task+xml"
href="http://vcloud.example.com/api/v1.0/task/1awvdrn82atz7yzsdey">
<Owner type="application/vnd.vmware.vcloud.vApp+xml" name="LinuxFtpServer"
href="http://vcloud.example.com/vApp/vapp-7"/>
</Task>
</Tasks>
</VApp>
TheresponsetotheinstantiationrequestisasparselypopulatedvAppbody,whichincludesthefollowing
information:
ThestatusofthevApp.Thestatusvalue0indicatesthatthevAppisunresolved,becauseinstantiation
hasnotcompleted.
ThenameofthevApp,assuppliedintherequest
ThevAppURL,showninthehrefattributeoftheVAppbody
Ataskcreatedtotracktheinstantiation.TheTaskelementhasanoperationattributethatdescribeswhat
ishappening,andcontainsanOwnerelementthatisareferencethevAppbeingcreated.Formore
information,see“Task”onpage 168.
Deploying and Powering On the vApp
Aftertheinstantiationtaskcompletes,thetemplatehasbeentransformedintoavApp.ThevAppbodyno
longerincludesaTaskselement,anditnowincludesanumberofLinkelementsthatyoucanusetodeploy
andoperatethevApp.Example 2‐7showsarequestandresponseforadeploy
action.TherequestURListhe
rel="deploy"linkreturnedinthevAppbody(seeExample 2‐8).TherequestbodyisaDeployVAppParams
element,whichspecifiesdeploymentdetails.
Example 2-7. Deploy and Power On a vApp
Request:
POST http://vcloud.example.com/api/v1.0/vApp/vapp-7/action/deploy
Content-type: application/vnd.vmware.vcloud.deployVAppParams+xml
...
<DeployVAppParams powerOn="true" deploymentLeaseSeconds="2592000"
xmlns="http://www.vmware.com/vcloud/v1"/>
Response:
202 Accepted
<Task xmlns="http://www.vmware.com/vcloud/v1" status="running"
startTime="2010-06-25T11:15:55.558-07:00" operation="Starting Virtual Application
Linux FTP server(7)" expiryTime="2010-09-23T08:00:55.402-07:00"
type="application/vnd.vmware.vcloud.task+xml"
href="http://vcloud.example.com/api/v1.0/task/i9h1djqzsyllf0zvdy" ...>
<Owner type="application/vnd.vmware.vcloud.vApp+xml" name="LinuxFtpServer"
href="http://vcloud.example.com/vApp/vapp-7"/>
</Task>
Becausedeploymentisalong‐runningoperationthatcanfailforavarietyofreasons(inabilityofthevDCto
satisfythevApp’sresourcerequirements,forexample),theresponseisaTask.
N
OTEAvApptemplatemightincludealicenseagreementorothertermsthatyoumustacceptbeforeyou
cancreateavAppfromit.Inthisexample,thetemplatecontainsnosuchterms.Ifitdid,therequestwould
failifitdidnotincludeanAllEULAsAcceptedelement,asshownin
Example 5‐1onpage 63.