You can register a vCenter Server instance for use in your cloud by making a POST request to the cloud’s action/registervimserver URL and supplying a RegisterVimServerParams request body. You can register the vCenter Server instance alone or together with an NSX Manager instance that is associated to this vCenter Server instance.
For network resources, the cloud can use NSX Data Center for vSphere, NSX-T Data Center, or both. If you want your cloud to use network resources from NSX Data Center for vSphere, you must register an associated NSX Manager instance together with the vCenter Server instance. For information about using NSX-T Data Center in your cloud, see Register an NSX-T Manager Instance.
1 | Retrieve the XML representation of the extension objects and operations. For example, use the following request: GET https://vcloud.example.com/api/admin/extension | ||||
2 | In the response, locate the Link element that contains the URL for adding vCenter Server to the cloud. This element has a rel attribute value of add and a type attribute value of application/vnd.vmware.admin.registerVimServerParams+xml, for example: <Link type="application/vnd.vmware.admin.registerVimServerParams+xml" rel="add" href="https://vcloud.example.com/api/admin/extension/action/registervimserver"/> | ||||
3 | Create a RegisterVimServerParams element that includes the information required to register the vCenter Server instance and, optionally, an associated NSX Manager instance.
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4 | POST the RegisterVimServerParams element that you created in Step 3 to the URL described in Step 2. See the request portion of Example: Register a vCenter Server Instance with an Associated NSX Manager Instance. |
You must supply the user name and password of the vCenter Server administrator in the request. The response includes vCloud URLs for the newly registered vCenter Server and NSX Manager instances, and omits the password.
POST https://vcloud.example.com/api/admin/extension/action/registervimserver Content-Type: application/vnd.vmware.admin.registerVimServerParams+xml ... <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <vmext:RegisterVimServerParams xmlns:vmext="http://www.vmware.com/vcloud/extension/v1.5" xmlns:vcloud="http://www.vmware.com/vcloud/v1.5"> <vmext:VimServer name="VC-22"> <vmext:Username>Administrator</vmext:Username> <vmext:Password>Pa55w0rd</vmext:Password> <vmext:Url>https://10.100.121.123:443</vmext:Url> <vmext:IsEnabled>false</vmext:IsEnabled> </vmext:VimServer> <vmext:ShieldManager name="VSM-VC-22"> <vmext:Username>Administrator</vmext:Username> <vmext:Password>Pa55w0rd</vmext:Password> <vmext:Url>https://10.100.121.66</vmext:Url> </vmext:ShieldManager> </vmext:RegisterVimServerParams>
200 OK Content-Type: application/vnd.vmware.admin.registerVimServerParams+xml ... <vmext:RegisterVimServerParams xmlns:vmext="http://www.vmware.com/vcloud/extension/v1.5" xmlns:vcloud="http://www.vmware.com/vcloud/v1.5"> <vmext:VimServer type="application/vnd.vmware.admin.vmwvirtualcenter+xml" name="VC-22" href="https://vcloud.example.com/api/admin/extension/vimServer/100"> ... </vmext:VimServer> <vmext:ShieldManager ... </vmext:ShieldManager> </vmext:RegisterVimServerParams>