VMware Cloud
Director API clients and VMware Cloud
Director servers communicate over HTTPS, exchanging XML
representations of VMware Cloud
Director API objects.
This simplified example of a
RESTful workflow includes requests that discover and deploy a particular vApp,
in this case, an FTP server with a connection to the public Internet.
These examples assume that
you have access to a catalog that includes a vApp template with certain
characteristics and an organization network that supports connections to the
public Internet. The workflow and examples are flexible, and can accommodate
various vApp templates and cloud capabilities.
Prerequisites
If you want to run the Hello
vCloud examples, verify that the following conditions are met.
You have the login
credentials of a user with the predefined vApp Author role or another role that
has an equivalent set of rights.
Your organization
contains at least one VDC that has at least one network. For information about
creating VDCs and networks, see
Managing an Organization.
Your organization contains
a catalog in which at least one vApp template is available. For information
about adding a vApp template to a catalog, see
Provisioning an Organization.