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vcenter deployment upgrade: source appliance spec

The source_appliance_spec structure contains information used to connect to the appliance used as the source for an upgrade. This structure was added in vSphere API 6.7.

Representation:

{
    "hostname" : "string",
    "https_port" : 1,
    "sso_admin_password" : "secret string",
    "ssh_verify" : true,
    "ssl_thumbprint" : "string",
    "ssl_verify" : true,
    "root_password" : "secret string",
    "ssh_thumbprint" : "string",
    "sso_admin_username" : "string"
}

Attributes:

Name Type Description
Required
hostname string The IP address or DNS resolvable name of the source appliance. This attribute was added in vSphere API 6.7.
sso_admin_username string The SSO administrator account on the source appliance. This attribute was added in vSphere API 6.7.
sso_admin_password secret The SSO administrator account password. This attribute was added in vSphere API 6.7.
root_password secret The password of the root user on the source appliance. This attribute was added in vSphere API 6.7.
Optional
https_port long The HTTPS port of the source appliance. This attribute was added in vSphere API 6.7.

Optional. If unset, port 443 will be used.
ssl_thumbprint string SHA1 thumbprint of the server SSL certificate will be used for verification. This attribute was added in vSphere API 6.7.

Optional. This field is only relevant if ssl_verify is unset or has the value true.
ssl_verify boolean SSL verification should be enabled or disabled for the source appliance validations. By default it is enabled and will use SSL certificate for verification. If thumbprint is provided, will use thumbprint for the verification. This attribute was added in vSphere API 6.7.

Optional. If unset, ssl_verify true will be used.
ssh_verify boolean Appliance SSH verification should be enabled or disabled. By default it is disabled and will not use any verification. If thumbprint is provided, thumbprint verification will be performed. This attribute was added in vSphere API 6.7.

Optional. If unset, ssh_verify true will be used.
ssh_thumbprint string MD5 thumbprint of the server SSH key will be used for verification. This attribute was added in vSphere API 6.7.

Optional. This field is only relevant if ssh_verify is unset or has the value true.