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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
Change the Name or Description of a Catalog Item
Every CatalogItem object includes a rel="edit" link that you can use to modify the name or description of
the catalog item.
Prerequisites
n
Verify that you are logged in as a user with the Catalog Author role, as an organization administrator of
the organization that owns the catalog, or as a system administrator.
n
Verify that the target catalog does not have an external subscription.
Procedure
1 Retrieve the catalog item from the catalog.
2 Locate the rel="edit" link in the CatalogItem element.
3 Modify the retrieved CatalogItem element to change its name, description, or both.
See “Example: Change the Name and Description of a Catalog Item,” on page 78.
4 Make a PUT request to the href value of the rel="edit" link in the CatalogItem, supplying the modified
CatalogItem in the request body.
Example: Change the Name and Description of a Catalog Item
This request changes the name and the description of the catalog item shown in “Example: Retrieve a
Catalog Item,” on page 29. The request body excludes components such as Link elements and id attributes
that were present in the retrieved CatalogItem. These components are ignored if you include them in a
request.
Request:
PUT https://vcloud.example.com/api/catalogItem/221
Content-Type: application/vnd.vmware.vcloud.catalogItem+xml
...
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<CatalogItem
xmlns="http://www.vmware.com/vcloud/v1.5"
name="DEPRECATED Ubuntu Template">
<Description>Deprecated. Use https://vcloud.example.com/api/vAppTemplate/vappTemplate-230
instead </Description>
<Entity
href="https://vcloud.example.com/api/vAppTemplate/vappTemplate-111"
type="application/vnd.vmware.vcloud.vAppTemplate+xml"
name="Ubuntu Template with vsftpd" />
</CatalogItem>
The response shows the modified CatalogItem.
Response:
200 OK
Content-Type: application/vnd.vmware.vcloud.catalogItem+xml
...
<CatalogItem
xmlns="http://www.vmware.com/vcloud/v1.5"
name="DEPRECATED Ubuntu Template">
<Description>Deprecated. Use https://vcloud.example.com/api/vAppTemplate/vappTemplate-230
instead </Description>
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