To create a VMware Aria Automation endpoint, you make a POST request with a request body that includes VMware Aria Automation specific parameters.

As a content developer, you use the API to create a VMware Aria Automation endpoint.

Prerequisites

  • Verify that the appliance name and fully qualified domain name of the VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle instance are available.
  • Verify that the URL variable is assigned.
    url='https://LCM-Hostname'
  • Verify that you have added at least one VMware Aria Automation endpoint.

Procedure

  1. Create an endpoint to capture VMware Aria Automation content. In this example, the vroServerId is from the VMware Aria Automation Orchestrator endpoint that you created in Add a VMware Aria Automation Orchestrator Endpoint. 
    curl -X POST \
  '$url/lcm/cms/api/v1/endpoints' \
  -H 'Authorization: Basic YWRtaW5AbG9jYWw6VGhpc0lzUGFzc3dvcmQ=' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{
    "tagNames": [
        "vra-prod-env"
    ],
    "supportCapture": true,
    "supportTest": true,
    "supportRelease": true,
    "supportOnlySourceControlledContent": false,
    "name": "vra-prod",
    "vroServerId":"7be2d7f0-bb34-4779-809f-904c328e1a7c",
    "enabled": true,
    "category": "Automation",
    "version": "7.x",
    "server": "<LCM-Hostname>",
    "userName": "<username_to_access_content_endpoint>",
    "password": "<password>",
    "tenant": "qe",
    "endpointType": "CONTENT_ENDPOINT"
}' | jq "."
  2. Examine the response. 
    {
  "requestId":"fcb8040a-e44a-48b1-8cb4-ff7f793becf6",
  "status":"IN_PROGRESS",
  "message":"Endpoint Successfully Created",
  "referenceId":"e321e9f5-37a3-497c-93c9-b579fe8ba8fd"
}
  3. Assign the reference ID of the endpoint to a variable name. 
    vRAEndpoint = '<referenceID>'
  4. Get information about the VMware Aria Automation endpoint. 
    curl -X GET \
  '$url/lcm/cms/api/v1/endpoints/{$vRAEndpoint}' \
  -H 'Accept: application/json' \
  -H 'Authorization: Basic YWRtaW5AbG9jYWw6VGhpc0lzUGFzc3dvcmQ=' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' | jq "."
  5. Examine the response for information about the VMware Aria Automation endpoint. 
    Response:
{
    "id": "e321e9f5-37a3-497c-93c9-b579fe8ba8fd",
    "createdOn": 1573126732254,
    "lastUpdatedOn": 1573126732334,
    "tagNames": [
        "vra-prod-env"
    ],
    "supportCapture": true,
    "supportTest": true,
    "supportRelease": true,
    "supportTemplates": false,
    "supportOnlySourceControlledContent": false,
    "storeTemplates": false,
    "requestedBy": "admin@local",
    "name": "vra-prod",
    "enabled": true,
    "category": "Automation",
    "systemEndpoint": false,
    "version": "7.x",
    "server": "vRAserver.my.company.com",
    "userName": "[email protected]",
    "password": "example_user_password",
    "tenant": "qe",
    "vroServerId": "7be2d7f0-bb34-4779-809f-904c328e1a7c",
    "reviewRequired": false,
    "endpointType": "CONTENT_ENDPOINT",
    "userIdentity": "admin@local"
}

What to do next

Use your endpoint to manage the following types of VMware Aria Automation content:
  • Automation-Component Profile
  • Automation-Composite Blueprint
  • Automation-Custom Form
  • Automation-Property Definition
  • Automation-Property Group
  • Automation-Resource Map
  • Automation-Resource Type
  • Automation-Resource Action
  • Automation-Software
  • Automation-Subscription
  • Automation-XaaS Blueprint