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Chapter 10 Request Parameters Reference
InstantiationParamscontainedbyanyotherelementapplytoavAppandcancontainthefollowing
sectiontypes:
LeaseSettingsSection
StartupSection
NetworkConfigSection
CustomizationSection
ComposeVAppParams
TheComposeVAppParamselementformsthebodyofacomposeVapprequest.
Content-Type application/vnd.vmware.vcloud.composeVAppParams+xml
Item
AnItemelementisacontainerforinformationaboutavApptemplate,vApp,orvirtualmachinetobeused
whencomposingorrecomposingavApp.
Schema
Name Min Max Type Description
name 1 1 xs:string SpecifiesthenameofthevAppcreatedbythis
composition
Description 0 1 xs:string Optionaldescription.Usedforthe
DescriptionofthecomposedvApp
deploy 0 1 xs:boolean TrueifthevAppshouldbedeployedafter
composition.Defaultstofalse.
powerOn 0 1 xs:boolean TrueifthevAppshouldbedeployedand
poweredonaftercomposition.Defaultsto
false.
linkedClone 0 1 xs:boolean Ignoredinthisrelease.
VAppParent 0 1
ReferenceType Unsupportedinthisrelease.
InstantiationParams 0 1 InstantiationParamsType Containerforanyofthefollowing
ovf:Section_Typeelements:
LeaseSettingsSection
StartupSection
NetworkConfigSection
CustomizationSection
Item 0 n CompositionItemParamsType SpecifiesasourcevAppTemplate,vApp,orVm
toincludeinthecomposition
AllEULAsAccepted 0 1 xs:boolean Trueifyouacceptthetermsandconditionsin
thetemplate’sEULAsections.Composition
failsiffalse.
Schema
Name Min Max Type Description
sourceDelete 0 1 xs:boolean IftheobjectreferencedinSourceisaVm,this
attributespecifieswhethertheVmshouldbe
removedfromitsparentvApporcopied.
IgnorediftheobjectreferencedinSourceisnot
aVm.
Source 1 1 ReferenceType AreferencetoavAppTemplate,vApp,orVmto
includeinthecomposition