POST /catalog/{id}/action/captureVApp

Operation:

POST /catalog/{id}/action/captureVApp

Description:

Create a vApp template in this catalog from a vApp.

Since:

5.5

Input parameters

Consume media type(s):

application/vnd.vmware.vcloud.captureVAppParams+xml

Input type:

CaptureVAppParamsType

Output parameters

TaskType

The response includes a Task element. You can monitor the task to to track the creation of the vApp template.

Produce media type(s):

application/vnd.vmware.vcloud.task+xml

Output type:

TaskType

Examples

Request

HTTP 1.1
POST /api/catalog/5aac6b64-e4e6-4be3-83c8-58248efd67aa/action/captureVApp

Headers:
Content-Length: 378
Content-Type: application/vnd.vmware.vcloud.captureVAppParams+xml; charset=ISO-8859-1
x-vcloud-authorization: /LOwXxsAG2/2J87P4zt3nZ2dkxZXke77j6cFEpCExac=

Body:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
<vcloud:CaptureVAppParams
    xmlns:vcloud="http://www.vmware.com/vcloud/v1.5"
    name="vApp1">
    <vcloud:Description>Copying 'vApp1' .</vcloud:Description>
    <vcloud:Source
        href="https://vcloud.example.com/api/vApp/vapp-ee64a2c1-d8c6-495e-8142-d697b164cb51"
        name="vApp1"
        type="application/vnd.vmware.vcloud.vApp+xml"/>
</vcloud:CaptureVAppParams>

Response

HTTP/1.1 202 Accepted

Headers:
Content-Length: 1374
Content-Type: application/vnd.vmware.vcloud.task+xml; version=5.5
Location: https://vcloud.example.com/api/task/f000ba04-1c83-48c1-b114-0a1809599a36
Vary: Accept-Encoding

Body:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
<Task
    xmlns="http://www.vmware.com/vcloud/v1.5"
    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
    cancelRequested="false"
    expiryTime="2013-06-17T14:11:31.686+03:00"
    href="https://vcloud.example.com/api/task/f000ba04-1c83-48c1-b114-0a1809599a36"
    id="urn:vcloud:task:f000ba04-1c83-48c1-b114-0a1809599a36"
    name="task"
    operation="Capturing Virtual Application Template vApp1(9752e33c-afac-4814-92e9-511af88cd9a1)"
    operationName="vdcCaptureTemplate"
    serviceNamespace="com.vmware.vcloud"
    startTime="2013-03-19T14:11:31.686+02:00"
    status="running"
    type="application/vnd.vmware.vcloud.task+xml"
    xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.vmware.com/vcloud/v1.5 http://https://vcloud.example.com/api/v1.5/schema/master.xsd">
    <Link
        href="https://vcloud.example.com/api/task/f000ba04-1c83-48c1-b114-0a1809599a36/action/cancel"
        rel="task:cancel"/>
    <Owner
        href="https://vcloud.example.com/api/vAppTemplate/vappTemplate-9752e33c-afac-4814-92e9-511af88cd9a1"
        name="vApp1"
        type="application/vnd.vmware.vcloud.vAppTemplate+xml"/>
    <User
        href="https://vcloud.example.com/api/admin/user/5869d5cf-cab1-4fd2-8e49-2b052d39d8bb"
        name="system"
        type="application/vnd.vmware.admin.user+xml"/>
    <Organization
        href="https://vcloud.example.com/api/org/a06bf095-7e26-45f8-bd93-e6b16e668e82"
        name="Default"
        type="application/vnd.vmware.vcloud.org+xml"/>
    <Progress>1</Progress>
    <Details/>
</Task>