You upload the OVF descriptor by making a PUT request to the upload URL created for it in the VAppTemplate. The request body is the descriptor's Envelope element. If the request is valid, the server responds with a 200 OK status.

Prerequisites

Verify that you have an upload URL for the OVF descriptor. See Retrieving the Upload URL for the OVF Descriptor.

Procedure
1

Upload the OVF descriptor.

Make a PUT request to the upload URL in the VAppTemplate. The upload URL for the OVF descriptor is in a Link element with the following form:

<Link
   rel="upload:default"
   href="https://vcloud.example.com/transfer/.../descriptor.ovf" />

Supply the OVF descriptor as the request body. The OVF descriptor contains a single Envelope element.

2

Verify that the request succeeded.

A response of the following form indicates that the request was valid and is being processed:

200 OK
Example: Uploading the OVF Descriptor

Request:

PUT https://vcloud.example.com/transfer/.../descriptor.ovf
Content-Type text/xml
...
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<Envelope 
   xmlns="http://schemas.dmtf.org/ovf/envelope/1" 
   ... >
   ...
</Envelope>

Response:

200 OK
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