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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
See “Notification Message Format,” on page 312.
AMQP client programs can connect to the broker and specify components of the AMQP routing key to
indicate their interest in messages based on content. For example, a client can use the routing key to request
the broker to send it all messages from a specific organization, or all messages that indicate a failed task. See
“Routing Key Format,” on page 312.
Processing Messages from Blocking Tasks
Messages from blocking tasks are also sent to the configured message broker, and clients can use the routing
key to indicate their interest in these messages. See “Subscribing to Notifications,” on page 307. Messages
from blocking tasks contain additional information about the task itself. Clients that process these messages
can use the vCloud API to authenticate to the system and act on the blocked task.
This chapter includes the following topics:
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“Configure Notifications and AMQP Settings,” on page 308
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“Retrieve or Update Blocking Task Settings,” on page 318
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“Monitor Blocking Tasks,” on page 324
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“Take Action on a Blocking Task,” on page 325
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“Extend The Timeout Expiration of an Active Task,” on page 327
Configure Notifications and AMQP Settings
The system administrator can enable or disable AMQP notification messages for events in a cloud. The
system administrator can also configure settings that the vCloud Director AMQP service uses when it sends
messages generated by notifications and blocking tasks.
AMQP broker settings are established when you install and configure RabbitMQ or another AMQP broker
to use with vCloud Director. These values include the following items:
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The fully-qualified domain name of the RabbitMQ server host, for example amqp.example.com.
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A username and password that are valid for authenticating with RabbitMQ.
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The port at which the broker listens for messages. The default is 5672.
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The RabbitMQ virtual host. The default is "/".
NOTE It is a good practice to test the AMQP settings before you change the configuration. See “Test AMQP
Settings,” on page 310.
Prerequisites
Verify that you are logged in to the vCloud API as a system administrator.
Procedure
1 Retrieve the SystemSettings element.
2 Examine the response to locate the links that you can use to retrieve the system's
NotificationsSettings and AmqpSettings elements.
These links have a rel attribute value of down and a type attribute value of
application/vnd.vmware.admin.notificationsSettings+xml for NotificationsSettings or
application/vnd.vmware.admin.amqpSettings+xml for AmqpSettings, as shown here:
<Link href="https://vcloud.example.com/api/admin/extension/settings/amqp"
rel="down"
type="application/vnd.vmware.admin.amqpSettings+xml"/>
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