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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
Access Control for vApps
An administrator or vApp owner can control access to a vApp. Each VApp element includes two types of
access control links:
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Links where rel="down".
<Link
rel="down"
type="application/vnd.vmware.vcloud.controlAccess+xml"
href="https://vcloud.example.com/api/vApp/vapp-id/controlAccess/"/>
Use this kind of link to retrieve the access control settings for the vApp identified in the href value.
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Links where rel="controlAccess".
<Link
rel="controlAccess"
type="application/vnd.vmware.vcloud.controlAccess+xml"
href="https://vcloud.example.com/api/vApp/vapp-id/action/controlAccess/"/>
Use this kind of link to specify new access control settings for the vApp identified in the href value.
You specify the new access control settings in a ControlAccessParams element that you post to the URL
that the href value of this link specifies. See “Update vApp Access Controls,” on page 110 for an
example.
Access Control for Catalogs
A system administrator or organization administrator can control access to a catalog. Each Org element
includes two types of access control links for the catalogs owned by the organization it represents:
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Links where rel="down".
<Link
rel="down"
type="application/vnd.vmware.vcloud.controlAccess+xml"
href="https://vcloud.example.com/api/org/id/catalog/id/controlAccess/"/>
Use this kind of link to retrieve the access control settings for the catalog identified in the href value.
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Links where rel="controlAccess".
<Link
rel="controlAccess"
type="application/vnd.vmware.vcloud.controlAccess+xml"
href="https://vcloud.example.com/api/org/id/catalog/id/action/controlAccess/"/>
Use this kind of link to specify new access control settings for the catalog identified in the href value.
You specify the new access control settings in a ControlAccessParams element that you post to the URL
that the href value of this link specifies.
NOTE The controlAccess links for catalogs are not returned in the AdminOrg response when you retrieve the
organization in admin view.
Chapter 4 Provisioning an Organization
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