Upgrading A Vshield Edge; Force A Vshield Edge To Synchronize With The Vshield Manager - VMware VSHIELD APP 1.0.0 UPDATE 1 - API Programming Manual

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Upgrading a vShield Edge

You can upgrade a vShield Edge via REST API when a new software version is available.
For the schema, see
Example 5-1. Upgrading vShield Edge Software
Request:
PUT <vshield_manager-uri>/api/1.0/network/<internal-portgroup-vc-moref-id>/vshieldedge/update
Example:
PUT /api/1.0/network/network-598/vshieldedge/update HTTP/1.1
Content-type: application/xml; charset=UTF-8
Authorization: Basic YWRtaW46ZGVmYXVsdA==
Cache-Control: no-cache
Pragma: no-cache
Host: localhost
Accept: text/html, image/gif, image/jpeg, *; q=.2, */*; q=.2
Connection: keep-alive
You can get the status of a vShield Edge upgrade by checking the status of a vShield Edge.
Example 5-2. Getting the Status of a vShield Edge Upgrade
Request:
GET <vshield_manager-uri>/api/1.0/network/<internal-portgroup-vc-moref-id>/vshieldedge
Example:
GET /api/1.0/network/network-600/vshieldedge HTTP/1.1
Content-type: application/xml; charset=UTF-8
Authorization: Basic YWRtaW46ZGVmYXVsdA==
Cache-Control: no-cache
Pragma: no-cache
Host: localhost
Accept: text/html, image/gif, image/jpeg, *; q=.2, */*; q=.2
Connection: keep-alive

Force a vShield Edge to Synchronize with the vShield Manager

If the configuration of a vShield Edge is out of sync with what shows in the vShield Manager user interface,
you can force the vShield Manager to push the latest configuration to a vShield Edge.
Example 5-3. Forcing a vShield Edge to Sync with the vShield Manager
Request:
PUT <vshield_manager-uri>/api/1.0/network/<internal-portgroup-vc-moref-id>/action/forcesync
Example:
PUT /api/1.0/network/network-244/action/forcesync HTTP/1.1
Authorization: Basic YWRtaW46ZGVmYXVsdA==
Host: localhost
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"vShield Edge Installation and Upgrade Schema" on page 72.
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