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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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Example 5-9. Configuration Links for a vApp
Request:
GET http://vcloud.example.com/api/v1.0/vApp/vapp-7
Response:
200 OK
Content-type: application/vnd.vmware.vcloud.vApp+xml
...
<VApp name="Linux FTP server" status="8" href="http://vcloud.example.com/api/v1.0/vApp/vapp-7"
...>
<Description>Example FTP Server</Description>
...
<LeaseSettingsSection
href="http://vcloud.example.com/api/v1.0/vApp/vapp-7/leaseSettingsSection/"
ovf:required="false">
<ovf:Info>VApp lease settings</ovf:Info>
<Link rel="edit" type="application/vnd.vmware.vcloud.leaseSettingsSection+xml"
href="http://vcloud.example.com/api/v1.0/vApp/vapp-7/
leaseSettingsSection/"/>
<DeploymentLeaseInSeconds>3600</DeploymentLeaseInSeconds>
<StorageLeaseInSeconds>3600</StorageLeaseInSeconds>
<DeploymentLeaseExpiration>2010-01-21T13:50:59.764-08:00</DeploymentLeaseExpiration>
</LeaseSettingsSection>
<ovf:StartupSection href="http://vcloud.example.com/api/v1.0/vApp/vapp-7/startupSection/">
<ovf:Info>VApp startup section</ovf:Info>
<Link rel="edit" type="application/vnd.vmware.vcloud.startupSection+xml"
href="http://vcloud.example.com/api/v1.0/vApp/vapp-7/startupSection/"/>
</ovf:StartupSection>
<ovf:NetworkSection ... >
...
</ovf:NetworkSection>
<NetworkConfigSection
href="http://vcloud.example.com/api/v1.0/vApp/vapp-7/networkConfigSection/"
ovf:required="false">
<Link rel="edit" type="application/vnd.vmware.vcloud.networkConfigSection+xml"
href="http://vcloud.example.com/api/v1.0/vApp/vapp-7/
networkConfigSection/"/>
<ovf:Info>Configuration parameters for vAppNetwork</ovf:Info>
<NetworkConfig ... >
...
<Configuration>
...
</Configuration>
<IsDeployed>false</IsDeployed>
</NetworkConfig>
</NetworkConfigSection>
<Children>
...
</Children>
</VApp>