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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
Retrieving the Upload URL for the OVF Descriptor
After the vApp template and corresponding catalog item have been created, you must retrieve the template
to get the upload URL for the OVF descriptor.
Procedure
1 Examine the CatalogItem returned by the upload request to find the reference to the new vApp
template.
The reference is the value of the href attribute of the Entity element, as shown here.
<Entity
href="https://vcloud.example.com/api/vAppTemplate/vappTemplate-111"
type="application/vnd.vmware.vcloud.vAppTemplate+xml"
name="Ubuntu vApp Template" />
2 Retrieve the VAppTemplate.
See the request portion of “Example: OVF Descriptor Upload URL in a vAppTemplate,” on page 62.
3 Examine the template to find the upload URL for the OVF descriptor.
These URLs are contained in Link elements where rel="upload:default".
Example: OVF Descriptor Upload URL in a vAppTemplate
This request uses the vApp template URL referenced in the Entity element shown in the response portion of
“Example: Initiating the Upload,” on page 61.
Request:
GET https://vcloud.example.com/api/vAppTemplate/vappTemplate-111
Response:
200 OK
Content-Type: application/vnd.vmware.vcloud.vAppTemplate+xml
...
<VAppTemplate
xmlns="http://www.vmware.com/vcloud/v1.5"
xmlns:ovf="http://schemas.dmtf.org/ovf/envelope/1"
ovfDescriptorUploaded="true"
goldMaster="false"
status="0"
name="Ubuntu Template"
id="urn:vcloud:vapptemplate:111"
href="https://vcloud.example.com/api/vAppTemplate/vappTemplate-111"
type="application/vnd.vmware.vcloud.vAppTemplate+xml">
<Link
rel="up"
type="application/vnd.vmware.vcloud.vdc+xml"
href="https://vcloud.example.com/api/vdc/5"/>
<Link
rel="remove"
href="https://vcloud.example.com/api/vAppTemplate/vappTemplate-111" />
<Description>Ubuntu vApp Template</Description>
<Files>
<File
name="descriptor.ovf"
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