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vcenter deployment: location spec

The location_spec structure is used to pass the container ESXi or vCenter server of the VM to patch the size of this appliance. This structure was added in vSphere API 6.7

Representation:

{
    "hostname": "string",
    "https_port": 1,
    "password": "secret string",
    "ssl_thumbprint": "string",
    "ssl_verify": true,
    "username": "string"
}

Attributes:

Name Type Description
Required
hostname string The IP address or DNS resolvable name of the container. This attribute was added in vSphere API 6.7
username string The administrator account on the host. This attribute was added in vSphere API 6.7
password secret The administrator account password. This attribute was added in vSphere API 6.7
Optional
https_port long The HTTPS port of the container. This attribute was added in vSphere API 6.7

Optional. If unset, port 443 will be used.
ssl_thumbprint string SHA1 thumbprint of the server SSL certificate will be used for verification. This attribute was added in vSphere API 6.7

Optional. This field is only relevant if ssl_verify is unset or has the value true.
ssl_verify boolean SSL verification should be enabled or disabled. If ssl_verify is true and and ssl_thumbprint is unset, the CA certificate will be used for verification. If ssl_verify is true and ssl_thumbprint is set then the thumbprint will be used for verification. No verification will be performed if ssl_verify value is set to false. This attribute was added in vSphere API 6.7

Optional. If unset, ssl_verify true will be used.