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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
Integrated Identity Provider,” on page 45. Otherwise, the list typically includes a link of type
application/vnd.vmware.vcloud.orgList+xml, as shown in the response portion of “Example: Login
Request and Response,” on page 25. You can use this link to find out more about your organization and
the objects it contains.
For more information about the other links in the Session element, see “Create a Login Session Using the
Integrated Identity Provider,” on page 44.
Example: Login Request and Response
A request to create a login session must supply the user's credentials in the following form:
user@organization:password
n
user is the user's login name.
n
organization is the name of an organization of which the user is a member.
n
password is the user's password.
These credentials must be supplied in a MIME Base64 encoding, as specified in RFC 1421.
NOTE System administrators must log in to the System organization. See “Administrator Credentials and
Privileges,” on page 152. Because the System organization does not support some of the features
demonstrated in the Hello vCloud workflow, you should try this example in another organization.
This example shows a login request and response for a user named HelloUser logging into an organization
named ExampleOrg in a cloud whose login URL is https://vcloud.example.com/api/sessions.
Request:
POST https://vcloud.example.com/api/sessions
Authorization: Basic encoded-credentials
Accept: application/*+xml;version=5.5
Response:
200 OK
x-vcloud-authorization: cn9uYmdugN8E2j96+5Lqrc3YBvFsEgDHXzyfJrJ/6bM=
Content-Type: application/vnd.vmware.vcloud.session+xml;version=5.5
...
<Session
xmlns="http://www.vmware.com/vcloud/v2.0"
user="HelloUser"
org="ExampleOrg"
... >
<Link
rel="down"
type="application/vnd.vmware.vcloud.orgList+xml"
href="https://vcloud.example.com/api/org"/>
<Link
rel="down"
type="application/vnd.vmware.vcloud.query.queryList+xml"
href="https://vcloud.example.com/api/query" />
<Link
rel="entityResolver"
type="application/vnd.vmware.vcloud.entity+xml"
href="https://vcloud.example.com/api/entity/" />
</Session>
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