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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
2 Modify the Owner element to specify a different User.
The user must be a member of the organization that contains the object.
NOTE You cannot modify the Owner of a Media or VAppTemplate object.
3 To change the owner, make a PUT request to the Owner element's rel="edit" URL and supply an Owner
element in the request body.
The User element in the Owner element references the new owner. See “Example: Change the Owner of
a vApp,” on page 84.
Example: Change the Owner of a vApp
Request:
PUT https://vcloud.example.com/api/vApp/vapp-7/owner
Content-type: application/vnd.vmware.vcloud.owner+xml
...
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<Owner
xmlns="http://www.vmware.com/vcloud/v1.5">
<User
type="application/vnd.vmware.admin.user+xml"
href="https://vcloud.example.com/api/admin/user/120" />
</Owner>
Response:
204 No Content
Controlling Access to vApps and Catalogs
Upon creation, catalogs and vApps grant full access to their owners and no access to other users. The
vCloud API access control mechanism enables object owners to retrieve or update these access controls as
needed.
To retrieve or update the access controls on a vApp or catalog, use controlAccess links. The controlAccess
links for catalogs are included when you retrieve the containing AdminOrg. The controlAccess links for a
vApp are included in the VApp element itself.
vCloud Director defines three levels of access:
ReadOnly
The ReadOnly access level grants rights to read or use the object.
Change
The Change access level includes all rights granted by ReadOnly access and
grants additional rights to modify the object and its properties.
FullControl
The FullControl access level includes all rights granted by Change access and
grants additional rights to change the owner of the object, share it, or delete
it.
See “Access Rights to vCloud Director Objects,” on page 87 for detailed information about the rights
granted by each access level.
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