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Table Of Contents
- Programming Guide
- Contents
- vRealize Automation Programming Guide
- Updated Information
- Overview of the vRealize Automation REST API
- REST API Authentication
- REST API Use Cases
- Create a Tenant
- Syntax for Displaying Your Current Tenants
- Syntax for Requesting a New Tenant
- Syntax for Listing All Tenant Identity Stores
- Syntax for Linking an Identity Store to the Tenant
- Syntax for Searching LDAP or Active Directory for a User
- Syntax for Assigning a User to a Role
- Syntax for Displaying all Roles Assigned to a User
- Request a Machine
- Approve a Machine Request
- List Provisioned Resources
- Manage Provisioned Deployments
- Working with Reservations
- Create a Reservation
- Display a List of Supported Reservation Types
- Displaying a Schema Definition for a Reservation
- Get the Business Group ID for a Reservation
- Get a Compute Resource for the Reservation
- Getting a Resources Schema by Reservation Type
- Creating a Reservation By Type
- Verify a Reservation and Get Reservation Details
- Display a List of Reservations
- Update a Reservation
- Delete a Reservation
- Create a Reservation
- Working with Reservation Policies
- Working with Key Pairs
- Working with Network Profiles
- Import and Export Content
- Syntax for Listing Supported Content Types
- Syntax for Listing Available Content
- Syntax for Filtering Content by Content Type
- Syntax for Creating a Package for Export
- Syntax for Listing Packages in the Content Service
- Syntax for Exporting a Package
- Syntax for Validating a Content Bundle Before Importing
- Syntax for Importing a Package
- Understanding Blueprint Schema
- Manage XaaS Content with Import and Export
- Create a Tenant
- Filtering and Formatting REST API Information
- Related Tools and Documentation
Syntax for Creating a Package for Export
You can use the REST API content management service to create a package that contains content for
export use.
Creating a Package with Content
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For import or export purposes you must create a package to contain the desired content.
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The package is a logical unit that enables you to piece together different content elements.
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You can add multiple content IDs to the package.
A package represents an entity that you can export or import via the content management service. A set
of references to the content instances can be bundled together as a package.
Input
Parameter Description
createdDate The package creation date.
lastUpdated The date when the package was last updated.
version The package version identifier.
tenantId The ID of the tenant associated with the package. Used to
enforce ownership.
subTenantId (Optional) The ID of the sub tenant or business group
associated with the package
id Specifies the unique identifier for the content. This is also used
as a folder name to group similar content artifacts.
name Specifies the name of a given content type provided in localized
message key form.
description Specifies additional information describing the package.
contents Collection of references that form the contents of the package.
Output
The command output contains property names and values based on the command input parameters.
Parameter Description
createdDate The package creation date.
lastUpdated The date when the package was last updated.
version The package version identifier.
tenantId The ID of the tenant associated with the package. Used to
enforce ownership.
subTenantId (Optional) The ID of the sub tenant or business group
associated with the package
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