Hello Vcloud: A Structured Workflow Example - VMware VCLOUD SDK 1.0 - FOR PHP DEVELOPERS GUIDE Manual

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Hello vCloud: A Structured Workflow
Example
This chapter presents an example of using the vCloud SDK for PHP to implement a structured workflow
through the lifecycle of a vApp.
The helloVCloud.php example, included in the samples folder of the SDK, demonstrates these operations
supported by the vCloud SDK for PHP:
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Logging in to a vCloud organization
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Browsing the organization to find a vDC and a catalog
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Instantiating a vApp template from the catalog to create a vApp
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Operating the vApp
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Logging out
Like all example the programs, helloVCloud.php is liberally commented. Read the comments for more
information about how this example uses the features of the vCloud SDK for PHP. Unlike the other example
programs, helloVCloud.php does not read its runtime options from the file config.php. You must supply
runtime options on the command line. To see a summary of helloVCloud.php options, use the following
command:
php helloVCloud.php --help
To run the helloVCloud.php example, use the following command:
php helloVCloud.php -s
=vdcName =catalogName
-d -g
The following options are required:

server is the hostname or IP address of a vCloud Director server.

username is the name of a vCloud Director user, in the form user@vcloudOrganization, who has rights to
create and operate vApps.
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password is the user's password.
The following options are optional:

config is a set of HTTP connection parameters in the form of a PHP array. If you omit this option,
helloVCloud.php accepts any server certificate. The following specification of config enables certificate
validation, using a certificate stored in /tmp/cert.crt:
-c='ssl_verify_peer=>true, ssl_verify_host=>true, ssl_cafile=>/tmp/cert.crt'
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orgName is the name of the organization to which the user is authenticating.
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vdcName is the name of a vDC in that organization where the user can instantiate and deploy the vApp.
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catalogName is the name of a catalog in the user's organization.
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server -u user@vcloudOrganization
=item =vAppName
-i -a
-p password -c config -o
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=orgName
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