vcenter host: create

Add a new standalone host in the vCenter inventory. The newly connected host will be in connected state. The vCenter Server will verify the SSL certificate before adding the host to its inventory. In the case where the SSL certificate cannot be verified because the Certificate Authority is not recognized or the certificate is self signed, the vCenter Server will fall back to thumbprint verification mode as defined by vcenter.host.create_spec.thumbprint_verification.

Request:

HTTP request

POST https://{server}/rest/vcenter/host

Request Body Structure:

{
    "spec"{
        "folder""obj-103",
        "force_add"true,
        "hostname""string",
        "password""secret string",
        "port"1,
        "thumbprint""string",
        "thumbprint_verification""NONE",
        "user_name""string"
    }
}
<?xml version="1.0" ?>
<ns0:Create-Input xmlns:ns0="http://vmware.com/vcenter/host" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
  <spec>
    <thumbprint_verification>NONE</thumbprint_verification>
    <folder>obj-103</folder>
    <port>1</port>
    <user_name>string</user_name>
    <thumbprint>string</thumbprint>
    <force_add>true</force_add>
    <hostname>string</hostname>
    <password>secret string</password>
  </spec>
</ns0:Create-Input>

Request Body Parameters:

Name Type Description
bold = required
spec create_spec Specification for the new host to be created.
spec.hostname string The IP address or DNS resolvable name of the host.

spec.port long The port of the host.

Optional. If unset, port 443 will be used.

spec.user_name string The administrator account on the host.

spec.password secret The password for the administrator account on the host.

spec.folder string Host and cluster folder in which the new standalone host should be created.

Optional. This field is currently required. In the future, if this field is unset, the system will attempt to choose a suitable folder for the host; if a folder cannot be chosen, the host creation operation will fail.When clients pass a value of this structure as a parameter, the field must be an identifier for the resource type: Folder. When operations return a value of this structure as a result, the field will be an identifier for the resource type: Folder.

spec.thumbprint_verification string Type of host's SSL certificate verification to be done.

Defines the thumbprint verification schemes for a host's SSL certificate. Value is one of:
NONE: Accept the host's thumbprint without verifying it.
THUMBPRINT: Host's SSL certificate verified by checking its thumbprint against the specified thumbprint.

spec.thumbprint string The thumbprint of the SSL certificate, which the host is expected to have. The thumbprint is always computed using the SHA1 hash and is the string representation of that hash in the format: xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx where, 'x' represents a hexadecimal digit.

Optional. It is only relevant when thumbprint_verification has value THUMBPRINT. This field is optional and it is only relevant when the value of thumbprint_verification is THUMBPRINT.

spec.force_add boolean Whether host should be added to the vCenter Server even if it is being managed by another vCenter Server. The original vCenterServer loses connection to the host.

Optional. If unset, forceAdd is default to false.

Response:

HTTP Status Code: 200

Representations:

{
    "value""obj-103"
}
<?xml version="1.0" ?>
<ns0:Create-Result xmlns:ns0="http://vmware.com/vcenter/host" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
  <value>obj-103</value>
</ns0:Create-Result>

Response Type:

Name Type Description
bold = required
value string The newly created identifier of the host in vCenter.

Errors:

HTTP Status Code Type Description
400 already_exists if the host with the same name is already present.
500 error if installation of VirtualCenter agent on a host fails.
400 invalid_argument if the host name is invalid.
400 invalid_element_type if the host folder id does not support vSphere compute resource as its children type.
400 resource_in_use if the host is already being managed by another vCenter Server
400 unable_to_allocate_resource if there are not enough licenses to add the host.
401 unauthenticated if the user name or password for the administration account on the host are invalid.
400 unsupported if the software version on the host is not supported.
503 service_unavailable if the system is unable to communicate with a service to complete the request.
403 unauthorized if the user doesn't have the required privileges.