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Response:

200 OK

View the OVF Descriptor of a vApp Template

The representation of a resolved vApp template includes a link to its OVF descriptor.

<Link rel="ovf" type="text/xml"

A GET request specifying the URL in the href value of this Link returns the descriptor, as shown in

Example

4‐9. Only resolved VAppTemplate elements include this link. To get the OVF descriptor that defines

a vApp or virtual machine, you must start with the template from which it was created.

When you view the OVF descriptor of a vApp template, it includes deployment‐specific information.

Example 4-9. View the OVF Descriptor of a vApp Template

Request:

GET http://vcloud.example.com/api/v1.0/vAppTemplate/vappTemplate-268/ovf

Response:

200 OK

Content-Type text/xml

...

<Info>Virtual disk information</Info>

<Disk ovf:capacity="100" ovf:capacityAllocationUnits="byte * 2^20" ovf:diskId="vmdisk1"

</DiskSection>

...

</VirtualSystem>

</Envelope>

The OVF descriptor does not include any File references. These are removed by the server after the

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template is resolved and recreated when the template is enabled for download.

A vAppTemplate can be downloaded as an OVF package. After locating the template by browsing a catalog

or vDC, a client can request that the template be enabled for download. This operation constructs a download

URL for the template's OVF descriptor file and adds it to the template. A client can download the descriptor

from this URL, examine it to discover the download URLs of the files it references, then make a series of GET

requests that download the files themselves.

When you download a vApp template as OVF, all deployment‐specific information is removed from the OVF.

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href="http://vcloud.example.com/api/v1.0/vAppTemplate/vappTemplate-268/ovf"/>

ovf:fileRef="file1"

ovf:format="http://www.vmware.com/interfaces/specifications/

vmdk.html#streamOptimized"/>

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