VMware VCLOUD API 1.0 - API User Manual

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Chapter 6 Administrative Operations
Create an Organization
Tocreateanorganization,asystemadministratorPOSTsanAdminOrgbodytothevCloud’sorgsURL,as
showninExample 6‐3.
Theresponseechoestherequest,withseveralimportantadditions:
 ItincludesboththeadministrativeanduserURLsfortheneworganization.TheadministrativeURLis
thevalueofthehrefelementoftheAdminOrgbody,andtheuserURListhevalueoftheLinkwhere
rel="alternate".
 Itincludeslinksthatanadministratorcanusetomodifyorremovetheneworganization.Forexample,
anadministratorcouldusethisLinktoaddacatalog.
<Link rel="add" type="application/vnd.vmware.admin.catalog+xml"
href="http://vcloud.example.com/api/v1.0/admin/org/26/catalogs"/>
Example 6-3. Create an Organization
Request:
POST http://vcloud.example.com/api/v1.0/admin/orgs
Content-Type: application/vnd.vmware.admin.organization+xml
...
<AdminOrg xmlns="http://www.vmware.com/vcloud/v1" name="ExampleFinance"
type="application/vnd.vmware.admin.organization+xml">
<Description>Example Corporation’s Finance Organization</Description>
<FullName>Finance</FullName>
<Settings>
<CanPublishCatalogs>true</CanPublishCatalogs>
<DeployedVMQuota>0</DeployedVMQuota>
<StoredVmQuota>0</StoredVmQuota>
<OrgLeaseSettings>
<DeleteOnStorageLeaseExpiration>false</DeleteOnStorageLeaseExpiration>
<DeploymentLeaseSeconds>604800</DeploymentLeaseSeconds>
<StorageLeaseSeconds>2592000</StorageLeaseSeconds>
</OrgLeaseSettings>
<OrgLdapMode>SYSTEM</OrgLdapMode>
<OrgEmailSettings>
<IsDefaultSmtpServer>true</IsDefaultSmtpServer>
<IsDefaultOrgEmail>true</IsDefaultOrgEmail>
<FromEmailAddress>Admin@example.com</FromEmailAddress>
<DefaultSubjectPrefix>Attention</DefaultSubjectPrefix>
<IsAlertEmailToAllAdmins>true</IsAlertEmailToAllAdmins>
<SmtpServerSettings>
<IsUseAuthentication>true</IsUseAuthentication>
<Host>smtp.example.com</Host>
<Username>admin@smtp.example.com</Username>
</SmtpServerSettings>
</OrgEmailSettings>
</Settings>
</AdminOrg>
Response:
201 Created
Content-Type: application/vnd.vmware.admin.organization+xml
...
<AdminOrg xmlns="http://www.vmware.com/vcloud/v1"
href="http://vcloud.example.com/api/v1.0/admin/org/26" name="ExampleFinance"
type="application/vnd.vmware.admin.organization+xml">
<Link rel="down" type="application/vnd.vmware.vcloud.tasksList+xml"
href="http://vcloud.example.com/api/v1.0/tasksList/26"/>
<Link rel="add" type="application/vnd.vmware.admin.catalog+xml"
href="http://vcloud.example.com/api/v1.0/admin/org/26/catalogs"/>
<Link rel="add" type="application/vnd.vmware.admin.user+xml"
href="http://vcloud.example.com/api/v1.0/admin/org/26/users"/>
<Link rel="add" type="application/vnd.vmware.admin.group+xml"
href="http://vcloud.example.com/api/v1.0/admin/org/26/groups"/>

VMware VCLOUD API 1.0 - API Specifications

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