vCloud API Programming Guide
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TheresponseisasparselypopulatedvAppbodythatcontainsaTaskelementThestatusofthevAppisinitially
0.WheninstantiationiscompleteandthevAppispowe redon,theTasknolongerappearsinthevAppbody,
andthevAppstatuschangesto4,indicatingthatall
ofitschildrenarepoweredon.Youcancheckthestatus
ofthetaskbyissuingaGETrequesttothetaskURLoryoucancheckthestatusofthevAppbyissuingaGET
requesttothevAppURL.TheseURLsarereturnedinthevalueofthe
object’shrefattribute.
Retrieve or Modify the CustomizationSection of a vApp Template
AvApptemplatecanincludeaCustomizationSectionelementthatspecifieswhetherornotthevirtual
machinesinthevAppshouldbecustomizedwhenthevAppisinstantiated.Example 5‐2retrievesthissection
fromavApptemplate.
Example 5-2. Retrieve vApp Template CustomizationSection
Request:
GET http://vcloud.example.com/api/v1.0/vAppTemplate/vappTemplate-3/customizationSection
Response:
200 OK
Content-type: application/vnd.vmware.vcloud.customizationSection+xml
...
<CustomizationSection xmlns="http://www.vmware.com/vcloud/v1"
xmlns:ovf="http://schemas.dmtf.org/ovf/envelope/1"
xmlns:vcloud="http://www.vmware.com/vcloud/v1" ovf:required="false"
vcloud:href="http://vcloud.example.com/api/v1.0/vAppTemplate/vappTemplate-3/
customizationSection/"
vcloud:type="application/vnd.vmware.vcloud.customizationSection+xml" ...>
<ovf:Info>VApp template customization section</ovf:Info>
<CustomizeOnInstantiate>true</CustomizeOnInstantiate>
<Link rel="edit" type="application/vnd.vmware.vcloud.customizationSection+xml"
href="http://vcloud.example.com/api/v1.0/vAppTemplate/vappTemplate-3/
customizationSection/"/>
</CustomizationSection>
TochangethevalueofCustomizeOnInstantiate,PUTaCustomizationSectionbodythathasthechanged
valuetothesection’srel="edit"URL,asshowninExample 5‐3.
Example 5-3. Modify vApp Template CustomizationSection
Request:
PUT http://vcloud.example.com/api/v1.0/vAppTemplate/vappTemplate-3/customizationSection
Content-type: application/vnd.vmware.vcloud.customizationSection+xml
...
<CustomizationSection xmlns="http://www.vmware.com/vcloud/v1"
xmlns:ovf="http://schemas.dmtf.org/ovf/envelope/1"
xmlns:vcloud="http://www.vmware.com/vcloud/v1" ovf:required="false"
vcloud:href="http://vcloud.example.com/api/v1.0/vAppTemplate/vappTemplate-3/
customizationSection/"
vcloud:type="application/vnd.vmware.vcloud.customizationSection+xml">
<ovf:Info>VApp template customization section</ovf:Info>
<CustomizeOnInstantiate>false</CustomizeOnInstantiate>
</CustomizationSection>
Response:
202 Accepted
Content-Type: application/vnd.vmware.vcloud.task+xml
...
<Task ...>
...
</Task>