REST API - create

vcenter vm guest filesystem files: create temporary

Creates a temporary file.

Creates a new unique temporary file for the user to use as needed. The user is responsible for removing it when it is no longer needed.

The new file name will be created in a guest-specific format using prefix, a guest generated string and suffix in parent_path.

. Warning: This operation is part of a new feature in development. It may be changed at any time and may not have all supported functionality implemented.

Request:

HTTP request

POST https://{server}/api/vcenter/vm/{vm}/guest/filesystem/files

?action=createTemporary

{
    "credentials" : {
        "password" : "secret string",
        "user_name" : "string",
        "saml_token" : "secret string",
        "type" : "USERNAME_PASSWORD",
        "interactive_session" : true
    },
    "prefix" : "string",
    "parent_path" : "string",
    "suffix" : "string"
}

Path Parameters

Name	Type	Description
Required
vm	string	Virtual Machine to perform the operation on.

Body Parameters:

Name	Type	Description
bold = required
-.credentials	credentials	The guest authentication data.
-.credentials.interactive_session	boolean	If set, the operation will interact with the logged-in desktop session in the guest. This requires that the logged-on user matches the user specified by the vcenter.vm.guest.credentials. This is currently only supported for USERNAME_PASSWORD. Warning: This attribute is part of a new feature in development. It may be changed at any time and may not have all supported functionality implemented.
-.credentials.type	string	The guest credentials type. Warning: This attribute is part of a new feature in development. It may be changed at any time and may not have all supported functionality implemented. Types of guest credentials. Warning: This enumeration is part of a new feature in development. It may be changed at any time and may not have all supported functionality implemented. Value is one of: USERNAME_PASSWORD: USERNAME_PASSWORD credentials contains the information necessary to authenticate within a guest using a username and password. This method of authentication is stateless. To use USERNAME_PASSWORD, populate userName and password with the appropriate login information. Once populated, you can use USERNAME_PASSWORD in any guest operations function call. . Warning: This constant is part of a new feature in development. It may be changed at any time and may not have all supported functionality implemented. SAML_BEARER_TOKEN: SAML_BEARER_TOKEN contains the information necessary to authenticate within a guest using a SAML token. SAML Bearer token credentials relies on a guest alias that associates a guest account with the subject and certificate encoded in a SAML Bearer token obtained from the VMware SSO Server. Warning: This constant is part of a new feature in development. It may be changed at any time and may not have all supported functionality implemented.
-.credentials.user_name	string	For SAML_BEARER_TOKEN, this is the guest user to be associated with the credentials. For USERNAME_PASSWORD this is the guest username. Warning: This attribute is part of a new feature in development. It may be changed at any time and may not have all supported functionality implemented. Optional. It is only relevant when type has value [USERNAME_PASSWORD, SAML_BEARER_TOKEN]. If no user is specified for SAML_BEARER_TOKEN, a guest dependent mapping will decide what guest user account is applied.
-.credentials.password	secret	password. Warning: This attribute is part of a new feature in development. It may be changed at any time and may not have all supported functionality implemented. Optional. It is only relevant when type has value USERNAME_PASSWORD. This field is optional and it is only relevant when the value of `type` is USERNAME_PASSWORD.
-.credentials.saml_token	secret	SAML Bearer Token. Warning: This attribute is part of a new feature in development. It may be changed at any time and may not have all supported functionality implemented. Optional. It is only relevant when type has value SAML_BEARER_TOKEN. This field is optional and it is only relevant when the value of `type` is SAML_BEARER_TOKEN.
-.prefix	string	The prefix to be given to the new temporary file. XXX make this optional? Tools wants value, but we can pass an empty string.
-.suffix	string	The suffix to be given to the new temporary file. XXX make this optional? Tools wants value, but we can pass an empty string.
-.parent_path	string	Optional. The complete path to the directory in which to create the file.

Response:

HTTP Status Code: 200

Response Body Structure:

"string"

Headers:

None

Type:

Name	Type	Description
bold = required
-	string	The absolute path of the temporary file that is created.

Errors:

HTTP Status Code	Type	Description
400	invalid_argument	if `parent_path` is not a directory. XXX standard enhanced error link XXX
400	not_allowed_in_current_state	if the virtual machine is not running.
404	not_found	if the virtual machine is not found.
500	resource_busy	if the virtual machine is busy.
503	service_unavailable	if the VMware Tools is not running.
401	unauthenticated	if the `credentials` object was not valid.
403	unauthorized	if `parent_path` cannot be accessed.
400	unsupported	if the operation is not supported by the VMware Tools in the guest operating system.