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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
- Summary of vCloud API Browsing Requests
- Retrieve the Login URL and List of Supported API Versions
- Create a Login Session Using the Integrated Identity Provider
- Retrieve a List of Organizations Accessible to You
- Retrieve an Administrative View of a Cloud
- Retrieve a List of vSphere Platform Operations and Objects for a Cloud
- Provisioning an Organization
- Summary of vCloud API Provisioning Requests
- Upload an OVF Package to Create a vApp Template
- Download a vApp Template as OVF
- Upload a Media Image
- Copying and Moving with the vCloud API
- Capturing and Importing vApps
- Cataloging vApp Templates and Media Images
- Creating and Using Independent Disks
- View or Change the Owner of an Object
- 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
- Provide User Input Requested by a Virtual Machine
- Attach or Detach an Independent Disk
- Creating and Using vApp Snapshots
- Operate a vApp
- Configuring vApps and Virtual Machines
- Retrieve the Configuration Links for a vApp
- Retrieve the Configuration Links for a Virtual Machine
- Update Multiple Sections of 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
- Update the Storage Profile for a Virtual Machine
- Creating and Managing Organizations
- Summary of Administrative Requests
- Administrator Credentials and Privileges
- Organization Administration
- vDC Administration
- Network Administration
- Catalog Administration
- User and Group Administration
- Working With Roles and Rights
- Controlling Access to vApps and Catalogs
- Managing and Monitoring a Cloud
- Summary of vSphere Platform Extension Requests
- Retrieve or Update System Settings
- Attach a vCenter Server
- Finding Available vCenter Resources
- Create a Provider vDC
- Create an External Network
- Create a Network Pool
- Import a Virtual Machine from vCenter
- Relocate a Virtual Machine to a Different Datastore
- Truststore and Keytab Maintenance
- Retrieve the vSphere URL of an Object
- Working With Object Metadata
- Using the Query Service
- Configuring and Using Blocking Tasks and Notifications
- vCloud Director Extension Services
- XML Representations in the vCloud API
- Index
rel="remove"
href="https://vcloud.example.com/api/admin/role/102"/>
<Description>Create and manage vApps</Description>
<RightReferences>
...
</RightReferences>
</Role>
Controlling Access to vApps and Catalogs
An organization administrator can use controlAccess links to control access to vApps and catalogs.
Catalogs and vApps include two types of access control links:
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Links where rel="down".
<Link
rel="down"
type="application/vnd.vmware.vcloud.controlAccess+xml"
href="https://vcloud.example.com/api/
object-type
/
id
/controlAccess/"/>
Use this kind of link to retrieve the access control settings for the object identified in the href value.
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Links where rel="controlAccess".
<Link
rel="controlAccess"
type="application/vnd.vmware.vcloud.controlAccess+xml"
href="https://vcloud.example.com/api/
object-type
/
id
/action/controlAccess/"/>
Use this kind of link to specify new access control settings for the object identified in the href value. You
specify the new access control settings in a ControlAccessParams element that you post to the URL that
the href value of this link specifies.
Granting Access to All Members of an Organization
To specify access controls that apply to all members of an organization, an organization administrator can set
IsSharedToEveryone to true and specify an access level in the EveryoneAccessLevel element. The following
ControlAccessParams element grants read access to all members of the organization.
<ControlAccessParams
xmlns="http://www.vmware.com/vcloud/v1.5">
<IsSharedToEveryone>true</IsSharedToEveryone>
<EveryoneAccessLevel>ReadOnly</EveryoneAccessLevel>
</ControlAccessParams>
Granting Access to Individual Members of an Organization
To specify access controls that apply to individuals, an organization administrator can set
IsSharedToEveryone to false and specify an access level in an AccessSettings element that the
ControlAccessParams request contains. An AccessSettings element is populated with one or more
AccessSetting elements, each of which assigns an access level to the user identified in the Subject element.
The following ControlAccessParams element grants full control to one user and read-only access to another
user.
<ControlAccessParams
xmlns="http://www.vmware.com/vcloud/v1.5">
<IsSharedToEveryone>true</IsSharedToEveryone>
<AccessSettings>
<AccessSetting>
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