Customize Machine Properties or Deployments using the VMware Aria Automation API

To customize machine properties on already completed deployments in VMware Aria Automation 8.x, you can use third party tools or VMware Aria Automation Orchestrator workflows to trigger day 2 operations with API calls.

The following examples use Swagger. You can access the VMware Service Broker API at https://your_VRA_FQDN/deployment/api/deployments/{depId}/resources/{resourceId}/requests

Procedure

Update the CPU/memory values for a machine resource.
Submit a resource action request.
```
POST /deployment/api/deployments/{depId}/resources/{resourceId}/requests
```
The following code snippet is a sample body:
```
 
{
    "actionId": "Cloud.vSphere.Machine.Resize",
    "targetId": "e9d88d23-2edb-4dcb-812b-b3593368b164",
    "inputs": {"cpuCount": 4, "totalMemoryMB": 4096}
} 
```
Note:
The actionId depends on the Machine object type. For vSphere machines, the object is Cloud.vSphere.Machine. The targetId is the machine resource object ID. You can access both from the machine resource object custom properties in the VMware Aria Automation Client.
Update the disk size value for a Disk resource.
Submit a resource action request.
```
POST /deployment/api/deployments/{depId}/resources/{resourceId}/requests 
```
The following code snippet is a sample body:
```
{
    "actionId": "Cloud.vSphere.Disk.Disk.Resize",
    "targetId": "710f6d3b-4fdc-4883-8acf-08129c2ad07a",
    "inputs": {"capacityGb":30}
} 
```
Note:
The actionId depends on the Disk resource object type. For a vSphere disk the object is Cloud.vSphere.Disk. The targetId is the Disk resource object ID. You can access these from the disk resource object custom properties in the VMware Aria Automation Client.

Update the Deployment Lease.

Submit a resource action request.

POST /deployment/api/deployments/{depId}/resources/{resourceId}/requests

The following code snippet is a sample body:

{
    "actionId": "Deployment.ChangeLease",
    "targetId": "2da7675d-a791-4a4a-bc4f-5817b5c5e9d2",
    "inputs": {"Lease Expiration Date":"2020-09-20T13:07:00.000Z"}
}

Note:

The targetId is the deployment ID. You can access it from the deployment URL in the VMware Aria Automation Client.

Results

Verify that the POST request is successful in the VMware Aria Automation Client.