You can use HTTP requests to perform convergence operations such as converging and decommissioning nodes. You can also use HTTP requests to retrieve information about the vCenter Server Appliance type.

HTTP Requests

The following HTTP requests show the syntax that you can use to perform the available user operations.

Note

When you send the requests, you must use an authentication.

When you send requests to port 5480, you must authenticate with vCenter Single Sign-On credentials.

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Get the type of the vCenter Server Appliance 

GET https://<server>:5480/rest/vcenter/system-config/deployment-type
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Convert a management node to an embedded node 

POST https://<server>:5480/rest/vcenter/system-config/deployment-type?action=convert-to-vcsa-embedded&vmw-task=true
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Decommission an external Platform Services Controller node 

POST https://<server>:5480/rest/vcenter/topology/pscs/{hostname}?action=decommission&vmw-task=true

For information about the content and syntax of the HTTP request body, see the API Reference documentation.

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