5.1
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
Table 11-2. ACL Rules (Continued)
Container Element
Access
Comments
Entity The action is authorized for members of the organization referenced in the
Entity element in this container.
PrincipalAccess
Shared The action is authorized for all users
Entity The action is authorized for the User referenced in the Entity element in this
container, or for any role that includes the Right referenced in the Entity
element in this container.
A ResourceClassAction can include an arbitrary number of AclRule elements. The action is permitted if the
user or resource attempting the action matches any rule.
Prerequisites
Verify that you are logged in to the vCloud API as a system administrator.
Procedure
1 Retrieve the XML representation of the resource class action.
This request retrieves the XML representation of the resource class action created in “Example: Define an
Action for a Resource Class,” on page 297:
GET https://vcloud.example.com/api/admin/extension/service/resourceclassaction/268
2 Examine the response to find the Link for specifying ACL rules for the resource class action.
This Link has the following form:
<vcloud:Link
rel="add"
type="application/vnd.vmware.vcloud.query.aclRule+xml"
href="https://vcloud.example.com/api/admin/extension/service/resourceclassaction/268/aclrules
" />
3 Construct an AclRule element.
See the request portion of “Example: Define an ACL Rule for a Resource Class Action,” on page 299 for
information about the contents of this element.
4 POST the ResourceClassAction element to the URL described in Step 2.
Example: Define an ACL Rule for a Resource Class Action
This example adds an ACL rule to the resource class action created in “Example: Define an Action for a Resource
Class,” on page 297. The rule specifies that all members of a specific organization who have a role that includes
a specific right can execute the action.
Request:
POST https://vcloud.example.com/api/admin/extension/service/resourceclassaction/268/aclrules
Content-type: application/vnd.vmware.admin.aclRule+xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<vmext:AclRule
xmlns:vmext="http://www.vmware.com/vcloud/extension/v1.5"
xmlns:vcloud="http://www.vmware.com/vcloud/v1.5"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
name="ACL rule for read backups">
<Description>Only users in org/26 who have right/2 can read backups</Description>
<vmext:ServiceResourceAccess>
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