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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 or vApp Template as OVF
- Upload a Media Image
- Download a Media Image
- Capturing and Importing vApps
- Managing Catalog Items
- Creating and Using Independent Disks
- View or Change the Owner of an Object
- Controlling Access to vApps and Catalogs
- Deploying and Operating vApps
- Summary of vCloud API vApp and Virtual Machine Operations Requests
- Create a vApp From a Template
- Create a vApp From an OVF Package
- Compose a vApp From Existing Virtual Machines
- Recompose a vApp to Add or Remove Virtual Machines
- Clone a vApp
- Capture a vApp as a Template
- Update vApp Access Controls
- 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
- Managing and Monitoring a Cloud
- Summary of System Administration 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
For more information about the types of networks you can create and the resources on which they depend,
see “About vCloud Director Networks,” on page 169.
Prerequisites
Verify that you are logged in to the vCloud API as an organization administrator or system administrator.
Procedure
1 Retrieve the XML representation of the organization VDC to which you want to add the network.
This request retrieves the admin view of an organization VDC.
GET https://vcloud.example.com/api/admin/vdc/44
2 Examine the response to locate the Link element that contains the URL for adding networks to the VDC.
This element has a rel attribute value of add and a type attribute value of
application/vnd.vmware.admin.orgVdcNetwork+xml, as shown here:
<Link
rel="add"
type="application/vnd.vmware.admin.orgVdcNetwork+xml"
href="https://vcloud.example.com/api/admin/vdc/44/networks" />
3 Create an OrgVdcNetwork element.
4 POST the OrgVdcNetwork element to the URL described in Step 2.
The server takes the requested action and returns a Task element that tracks the progress of the request. The
Owner element of this task includes the href attribute of the new network. When the task completes, you can
use the value of this attribute with a GET request to retrieve the XML representation of the new network.
Create an Organization VDC Network With a Direct Connection
An organization VDC network with a direct connection provides direct layer 2 connectivity to machines and
networks outside of the organization VDC. Machines outside of this organization VDC can connect to
machines within the organization VDC directly.
An organization VDC network with a direct connection is configured as a child network of one of the
external networks provisioned to the cloud by the system administrator.
Prerequisites
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Verify that you are logged in to the vCloud API as a system administrator.
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Retrieve the list of external networks. For information about how to retrieve this list, see “External
Networks and Network Pools,” on page 172.
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