REST API - publish

esx gdp: publish result

The publish_result structure constains fields used to specify a published datum from a guest virtual machine. Warning: This structure is part of a new feature in development. It may be changed at any time and may not have all supported functionality implemented.

Representation:

JSON

{
    "create_time" : "2015-01-01T22:13:05.651Z",
    "vm_id_type" : "VM",
    "vm" : "obj-103",
    "topic" : "string",
    "type" : "string",
    "instance_uuid" : "string",
    "bios_uuid" : "string",
    "token" : "string"
}

Attributes:

Name	Type	Description
Required
type	string	The type of the publication. 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.
topic	string	The topic of the publication in the format of dot-concatenated topic domains starting with the root domain. 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.
vm_id_type	string	Type of the virtual machine identity. 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. List the ways to identify virtual machines on a host. 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: VM: Use the identifier that VirtualCenter assigns to a virtual machine. 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. BIOS_UUID: Use the virtual machine SMBIOS UUID. The virtual machine SMBIOS UUID is a 128-bit SMBIOS UUID of a virtual machine represented as a hexadecimal string in "12345678-abcd-1234-cdef-123456789abc" format. 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. INSTANCE_UUID: Use the virtual machine instance UUID. The virtual machine instance UUID is a VirtualCenter-specific 128-bit UUID of a virtual machine, represented as a hexademical string. This identifier is used by VirtualCenter to uniquely identify all virtual machine instances, including those that may share the same SMBIOS UUID. 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.
create_time	date_time	The time when the publication is created. 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.
token	string	The authorization token that subscribers can use to validate the publication on the particular topic is legit. The publisher provided this token. The mechanism how to validate the token is between publishers and subscribers. . 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
vm	string	Identifier that VirtualCenter assigns to the virtual machine that published this datum. 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 vm_id_type has value VM. This field is optional and it is only relevant when the value of `vm_id_type` is VM.When clients pass a value of this structure as a parameter, the field must be an identifier for the resource type: `VirtualMachine`. When operations return a value of this structure as a result, the field will be an identifier for the resource type: `VirtualMachine`.
bios_uuid	string	SMBIOS UUID of the virtual machine that published this datum. 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 vm_id_type has value BIOS_UUID. This field is optional and it is only relevant when the value of `vm_id_type` is BIOS_UUID.
instance_uuid	string	Instance UUID of the virtual machine that published this datum. 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 vm_id_type has value INSTANCE_UUID. This field is optional and it is only relevant when the value of `vm_id_type` is INSTANCE_UUID.