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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
Table 10‑2. User, Group, Role, and Session Events (Continued)
Type (com/vmware/vcloud/event/) Description
role/modify An existing role was modified.
role/delete A role was deleted.
Organization, Network, Catalog, and VDC Events
Table 10‑3. Organization, Network, Catalog, and VDC Events
Type (com/vmware/vcloud/event/) Description
org/create An organization was created.
org/modify An organization was modified.
org/delete An organization was deleted.
network/create A network was created.
network/modify A network was modified.
network/delete A network was deleted.
network/deploy A network was deployed.
network/undeploy A network was undeployed.
catalog/create A catalog was created.
catalog/delete A catalog was deleted.
catalog/modify One or more properties of a catalog were modified
catalog/publish A catalog was published.
catalogItem/create An item was added to a catalog.
catalogItem/delete An item was removed from a catalog.
vdc/create_request A request to create a VDC was blocked pending
administrative action.
vdc/create A VDC was created.
vdc/modify One or more properties of a VDC was modified.
vdc/delete_request A request to delete a VDC was blocked pending
administrative action.
vdc/delete A VDC was deleted.
vdc/fast_provisioning/modify
The UsesFastProvisioning value of a VDC was
modified.
vdc/thin_provisioning/modify
The IsThinProvision value of a VDC was modified.
vApp, vApp Template, Vm, and Media Events
Table 10‑4. vApp, vApp Template, Vm, and Media Events
Type (com/vmware/vcloud/event/) Description
vappTemplate/create A vApp template was created.
vappTemplate/import A virtual machine was imported from vSphere as a vApp
template.
vappTemplate/modify One or more properties of a vApp template were modified.
vappTemplate/delete A vApp template was deleted.
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