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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
The server takes the requested action and returns a VApp element. The element has a status attribute value of
0, meaning it is unresolved because it is still being constructed. It also contains a Task element that tracks the
progress of the request.
See the response portion of “Example: Deploying a vApp,” on page 32.
Example: Deploying a vApp
This simple instantiateVAppTemplate request assumes that the vApp template includes one Vm and has no
special requirements other than connecting that Vm to a network. For a look at a more complex instantiation
request, see “Example: Instantiate a vApp Template,” on page 86. The InstantiateVAppTemplateParams
includes the following information:
n
A name for the vApp, supplied in the name attribute of the InstantiateVAppTemplateParams element. This
request also provides a description, which is optional but a good practice.
n
A reference to a template, obtained from the href attribute of the Entity contained by the CatalogItem
that you retrieved in “Retrieve a Catalog Item,” on page 28 and suppled in the Source element of the
InstantiateVAppTemplateParams.
n
Configuration parameters for a vApp network, supplied in the NetworkConfigSection element. This
specification includes the following parameters:
n
A name for the network, supplied in the name attribute of the NetworkConfigSection element. The
name you specify for the vApp network must match the value of the network attribute of the
NetworkConnection of the Vm. This example assumes that this NetworkConnection element includes the
following values, which specify that the Vm connects to a network named VappNetwork:
<NetworkConnectionSection
...
<NetworkConnection
network="VappNetwork">
...
</NetworkConnection>
</NetworkConnectionSection>
n
A reference to the organization vDC network to which the vApp network connects, specified in the
ParentNetwork element. The URL used in this reference is one shown in the AvailableNetworks
element in “Example: Deployment Information in a vDC,” on page 30.
n
A fence mode, specified in the FenceMode element. A value of bridged indicates that the vApp network
is connected directly to the organization vDC network.
For more information about creating networks with the vCloud API, see “About vCloud Director
Networks,” on page 148.
The target of the request is the instantiateVAppTemplate URL of this vDC. See “Example: Deployment
Information in a vDC,” on page 30. Because the operation creates a new vApp object, the HTTP request type
is POST.
Request:
POST https://vcloud.example.com/api/vdc/5/action/instantiateVAppTemplate
Content-Type: application/vnd.vmware.vcloud.instantiateVAppTemplateParams+xml
...
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<InstantiateVAppTemplateParams
xmlns="http://www.vmware.com/vcloud/v1.5"
name="Linux FTP server"
deploy="true"
powerOn="true"
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