vSphere 6.5 (released last week) introduces a new REST API providing a much more modern, simplified and developer-friendly API. The areas covered by the REST API are currently limited to vCenter Server Appliance (vCSA) management, Content Library and VM operations and lifecycle (check below for a … [Read more...]
Configuring NSX Edge Services in Async Mode via API
I was reading through the NSX API Guide recently and a section caught my attention: Configuring Edge Services in Async Mode. When configuring edge services asynchronously, accepted commands return an Accepted status (HTTP response status code 202) and a jobId (or taskId). The advantage of the … [Read more...]
API Documentation for VMware Products with Platypus
I consider APIs as the Graal for building, maintaining, operating and monitoring your applications and infrastructures. However, finding API documentation can be difficult, especially if you don't know where to look: this is where Platypus intervenes! :) A few days ago, I was procrastinating on … [Read more...]
Playing with vRealize Operations Manager REST API
There is already a lot of good stuff embedded in vRealize Operations Manager: out of the box dashboards, views, reports, dynamic objects grouping (with custom groups), recommendations and so on. Maybe the next natural step is to test and use the REST API? Wait, there is an API available for … [Read more...]
How to configure syslog for NSX components using API calls
Many people use NSX via the vSphere Web Client. However, the NSX manager provides a REST API entry-point and the consumption of logical networks and security services can be driven directly via the API. This API helps to automate the deployment and the management of NSX through scripts or a … [Read more...]
