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Table Of Contents
- vCloud API Programming Guide
- Contents
- vCloud API Programming Guide
- About the VMware vCloud API
- Hello vCloud: A Simplified RESTful Workflow
- Exploring a Cloud
- Provisioning an Organization with vApps, Templates, and Media
- Deploying and Operating vApps
- Summary of vCloud API vApp and Virtual Machine Operations Requests
- Create a vApp From a Template
- Compose a vApp From Existing Virtual Machines
- Recompose a vApp to Add or Remove Virtual Machines
- Operate a vApp
- Configuring vApps and Virtual Machines
- Retrieve the Configuration Links for a vApp
- Retrieve the Configuration Links for a Virtual Machine
- Retrieve or Update a Modifiable Section
- Update a vApp Network Configuration
- Update the NetworkConnectionSection of a Virtual Machine
- Retrieve or Modify the CPU Configuration of a Virtual Machine
- Retrieve or Modify the GuestCustomizationSection of a Virtual Machine
- Retrieve or Modify ProductSection Elements
- Retrieve or Modify Groups of Related Sections in a Virtual Machine
- Retrieve or Modify the Hard Disk Configuration of a Virtual Machine
- Creating, Provisioning, and Managing Organizations
- Summary of Administrative Requests
- Administrator Credentials and Privileges
- Organization Administration
- Network Administration
- vDC Administration
- Catalog Administration
- User and Group Administration
- Working With Roles and Rights
- Controlling Access to vApps and Catalogs
- Using vCloud API Extensions to Provision and Manage a Cloud
- Working With Object Metadata
- Using the Query Service
- Configuring and Using Blocking Tasks and Notifications
- XML Representations in the vCloud API
- Index
Table 9-2. Packaged Queries (Continued)
Query URL Result Set
API-URL/vms/query All virtual machines that you can view or modify
API-URL/admin/groups/query Groups in all organizations in the system
API-URL/admin/users/query Users in all organizations in the system
API-URL/admin/strandedUsers/query Stranded users in the organization. When you delete an
LDAP group, users who were imported from that group
become stranded and cannot log in.
API-URL/admin/roles/query All roles defined in the system
API-URL/admin/rights/query All rights defined in the system
API-URL/admin/orgs/query All organizations visible to you
API-URL/admin/vdcs/query All vDCs in the system
API-URL/admin/extension/hostReferences/query ESX/ESXi hosts registered to the system
API-URL/admin/extension/datastores/query All datastores in the system
API-
URL/admin/extension/externalNetworkReferences/query
External networks in the system
API-URL/admin/extension/networkPoolReferences/query All network pools in the system
API-URL/admin/extension/providerVdcReferences/query All provider vDCs in the system
API-URL/admin/extension/vimServerReferences/query All vCenter servers registered to the system
API-URL/admin/extension/orgNetworks/query All organization networks in the system
API-URL/admin/extension/vapps/query All vApps in the system
API-URL/admin/extension/orgVdcs/query All vDCs in the system
Examples
Simple packaged query using the records format, which is the default.
GET https://vcloud.example.com/api/catalogs/query
Response:
<QueryResultRecords
xmlns="http://www.vmware.com/vcloud/v1.5"
total="15"
pageSize="25"
page="1"
name="catalog"
type="application/vnd.vmware.vcloud.query.records+xml"
href="https://vcloud.example.com/api/catalogs/query?page=1&pageSize=25&format=records"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" ... >
<Link
rel="alternate"
type="application/vnd.vmware.vcloud.query.references+xml"
href="https://vcloud.example.com/api/catalogs/query?
type=catalog&page=1&pageSize=25&format=references" />
<CatalogRecord
ownerName="system"
organizationName="VMware"
numberOfTemplates="30"
numberOfMedia="3"
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