Table Of Contents - VMware VCLOUD API 1.0 - API Programming Manual

Contents
About This Book 11
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Introducing the VMware vCloud API 13
vCloud Object Taxonomy 13
vCloud Organizations 13
Objects, References, and Representations 15
Links and Link Relations 15
vCloud Client Workflow Overview 17
Requests 17
Responses 18
Configuring the vCloud API URL 19
Related Publications 19
About the Examples 19
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Hello vCloud: A Structured REST Workflow Example 21
Logging In and Getting an Organization List 21
Browsing an Organization 22
Finding a vApp Template 23
Getting Information About a vDC 24
Instantiating the Template in the vDC 24
Deploying and Powering On the vApp 26
Getting Information About the vApp 27
Displaying the Console 29
Retrieve a Screen Ticket 29
Use the Ticket with vmware-vmrc 30
Deleting the vApp 30
Logging Out 30
Moving on to Additional Use Cases 31
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Browsing 33
Summary of Browsing Requests 33
Discovering the Contents of an Organization, Catalog, or vDC 34
List the Organizations in a vCloud 34
List the Contents of an Organization 34
List the Contents of a Catalog 35
Get Information About a CatalogItem 36
List the Contents of a vDC 37
Getting More Information About an Object 38
Get Information About a Media Image 38
Get Information About a vAppTemplate 39
Get Information About a vApp or Virtual Machine 40
Get Information About a Network 40
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