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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
name="vApp: Create / Reconfigure"
href="https://vcloud.example.com/api/admin/right/2dc8abec-2e0d-3789-a5f9-
ce0453160b53" />
<RightReference
type="application/vnd.vmware.admin.right+xml"
name="vApp: Delete"
href="https://vcloud.example.com/api/admin/right/df05c07f-c537-3777-8d9b-
a9cfe8d49014" />
<RightReference
type="application/vnd.vmware.admin.right+xml"
name="vApp: Edit Properties"
href="https://vcloud.example.com/api/admin/right/c2a29357-1b2a-3f9d-9cd6-
de3d525d49f3" />
<RightReference
type="application/vnd.vmware.admin.right+xml"
name="vApp: Edit VM CPU"
href="https://vcloud.example.com/api/admin/right/729a3828-8b63-31b2-88db-
f56612a06722" />
<RightReference
type="application/vnd.vmware.admin.right+xml"
name="vApp: Edit VM Hard Disk"
href="https://vcloud.example.com/api/admin/right/cd02b5f8-c54a-334a-
b782-5d31a1d77d85" />
<RightReference
type="application/vnd.vmware.admin.right+xml"
name="vApp: Edit VM Memory"
href="https://vcloud.example.com/api/admin/right/c6c827dc-
fc42-33a8-844f-8ab5a91f8a6c" />
<RightReference
type="application/vnd.vmware.admin.right+xml"
name="vApp: Edit VM Network"
href="https://vcloud.example.com/api/admin/right/f24fffde-
f953-3976-9f2b-8b355b25881d" />
<RightReference
type="application/vnd.vmware.admin.right+xml"
name="vApp: Edit VM Properties"
href="https://vcloud.example.com/api/admin/right/5250ab79-8f50-33f9-8af5-015cb39c380b" />
<RightReference
type="application/vnd.vmware.admin.right+xml"
name="vApp: Power Operations"
href="https://vcloud.example.com/api/admin/right/580860cd-55bc-322d-
ac39-4f9d8e3e1cd2" />
</RightReferences>
</Role>
The response is a Role element, most of which does not appear in this excerpt. The response includes links
that an administrator can use to edit or remove the role.
Response:
201 Created
Content-Type: application/vnd.vmware.admin.role+xml
...
<Role
name="vAppWrangler"
id="urn:vcloud:role:102"
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