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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
Modified sections must contain all required elements, even if you are not changing their values. Because
optional elements revert to default values if they are omitted or empty, it is a best practice to include optional
elements in updates. Link elements and href attributes from responses do not need to be included in modified
sections. Some elements and attributes might be read-only. See the schema reference for details.
NOTE You cannot make configuration changes to a vApp if it is in maintenance mode. A system administrator
can put a vApp into maintenance mode to prevent metadata changes during administrative operations such
as backup, restore, and upgrade. See “Summary of vSphere Platform Extension Requests,” on page 193.
Retrieve the Configuration Links for a vApp
Each modifiable section of a vApp includes a Link element whose rel attribute has the value edit. You cannot
modify sections that do not contain this Link element.
Any ovf:SectionType element can include an arbitrary number of Link elements. Sections that you can modify
include a Link element where rel="edit". To modify one of these sections, retrieve it by making a GET request
to the URL in the section's href attribute. Then make a PUT request to the href attribute value of Link where
rel="edit" to update the section with your modifications.
Prerequisites
Verify that you are logged in to the vCloud API as a system administrator or member of an organization in
the cloud.
Procedure
1 Retrieve the XML representation of the vApp.
Use a GET request as shown in “Example: Configuration Links in a vApp,” on page 99.
2 Examine the response for edit links to modifiable sections.
The response portion of “Example: Configuration Links in a vApp,” on page 99 includes one of these
links for each of the modifiable sections of the vApp. You cannot modify sections that do not contain a
Link element where rel="edit".
Example: Configuration Links in a vApp
In this example, the response was edited to show only the modifiable sections of the VApp element. Each Vm in
the Children element of the VApp includes additional configuration links, shown in “Example: Configuration
Links in a Vm Element,” on page 101.
Request:
GET https://vcloud.example.com/api/vApp/vapp-7
Response:
200 OK
Content-Type: application/vnd.vmware.vcloud.vApp+xml
...
<VApp ... href="https://vcloud.example.com/api/vApp/vapp-7">
...
<LeaseSettingsSection ...
href="https://vcloud.example.com/api/vApp/vapp-7/leaseSettingsSection/" ...>
...
<Link
rel="edit"
type="application/vnd.vmware.vcloud.leaseSettingsSection+xml"
href="https://vcloud.example.com/api/vApp/vapp-7/leaseSettingsSection/" />
...
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