Validate Bring-Up

After the Enterprise SDDC or HCX bring-up is completed, you can validate the deployment with this POST request. A validation ID is returned, and you can then query the status using this ID.

Procedure

• ♦ Send the following POST request to the server. The session ID is sent in the request header.
  https://{{server_ip}}:9443/api/v1/sddc/1/validation?command=validate&debug=false

Results

The API returns a validation ID.

Example: Body of the Request

{
  "dataCenter": {
    "name": "MGMT_DC",
    "managementFolder": "MGMT_VMs",
    "workloadFolder": "Workload_VMs",
    "clusters": {
      "management": {
        "name": "MGMT_CLU"
      }
    }
  },
  "vcSpec": {
    "credentialSpec": {
      "ssoPassword": "VMware123!",
      "ssoDomain": "vsphere.local"
    },
    "managementNetwork": {
      "ip": "192.168.105.50",
      "fqdn": "192.168.105.50"
    }
  },
  "nsxSpec": {
    "nsxManagerCredentialSpec": {
      "cliPassword": "NSRRocks123!"
    },
    "nsxManager1": {
      "managementNetwork": {
        "ip": "192.168.105.51"
      }
    },
    "nsxManager2": {
      "managementNetwork": {
        "ip": "192.168.105.52"
      }
    },
    "nsxManager3": {
      "managementNetwork": {
        "ip": "192.168.105.53"
      }
    },
    "virtualIP": "192.168.105.55",
    "nsxEdgeSpec": {
      "edgeCluster": "NSX_EDGE_CLUSTER",
      "edgeNode1": {
        "credentialSpec": {
          "cliPassword": "NSRRocks123!"
        },
        "managementNetwork": {
          "ip": "192.168.105.61",
          "fqdn": "edge1.lab.vmw"
        },
        "nodeSwitch": {
          "nvds1": {
            "switchName": "NVDS-1",
            "virtualNic": {
              "uplinkName": "uplink-1",
              "deviceName": "fp-eth0"
            }
          },
          "nvds2": {
            "switchName": "NVDS-2",
            "virtualNic": {
              "uplinkName": "uplink-1",
              "deviceName": "fp-eth1"
            }
          },
          "nvds3": {
            "switchName": "NVDS-3",
            "virtualNic": {
              "uplinkName": "uplink-1",
              "deviceName": "fp-eth2"
            }
          }

        }
      },
      "edgeNode2": {
        "credentialSpec": {
          "cliPassword": "NSRRocks123!"
        },
        "managementNetwork": {
          "ip": "192.168.105.62",
          "fqdn": "edge2.lab.vmw"
        },
        "nodeSwitch": {
          "nvds1": {
            "switchName": "NVDS-1",
            "virtualNic": {
              "uplinkName": "uplink-1",
              "deviceName": "fp-eth0"
            }
          },
          "nvds2": {
            "switchName": "NVDS-2",
            "virtualNic": {
              "uplinkName": "uplink-1",
              "deviceName": "fp-eth1"
            }
          },
          "nvds3": {
            "switchName": "NVDS-3",
            "virtualNic": {
              "uplinkName": "uplink-1",
              "deviceName": "fp-eth2"
            }
          }

        }
      }
    },

    "uplinkProfileSpec": {
      "nsxEdgeOverlayUplinkProfile": {
        "displayName": "nsx-edge-overlay-uplink-profile"
      },
      "nsxEdgeUplinkProfile": {
        "displayName": "nsx-edge-uplink-profile"
      },
      "hostUplinkProfile": {
        "displayName": "host-uplink-profile",
        "namedTeamings": [{
            "name": "Edge_Transport"
          },
          {
            "name": "Uplink1_Only"
          },
          {
            "name": "Uplink2_Only"
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    "ipPoolSpec": {
      "sddcIpPool": {
        "displayName": "SDDC_ESX_TEP_IP_POOL_GENEVE2",
        "start": "192.168.106.10",
        "end": "192.168.106.30"
      },
      "sddcEdgeIpPool": {
        "displayName": "SDDC_EDGE_TEP_IP_POOL_GENEVE2",
        "start": "192.168.107.10",
        "end": "192.168.107.30"
      }
    },
    "nsxTransportZones": {
      "edgeUplink1TransportZone": {

        "displayName": "SDDC_EDGE_UPLINK1_TZONE"
      },
      "edgeUplink2TransportZone": {

        "displayName": "SDDC_EDGE_UPLINK2_TZONE"
      },
      "vlanTransportZone": {
        "hostSwitchName": "NVDS-1",
        "displayName": "SDDC_VLAN_TZONE"
      },
      "overlayTransportZone": {

        "displayName": "SDDC_OVERLAY_TZONE"
      }
    },
    "logicalSwitchSpec": {
      "edgeOverlay": {
        "displayName": "EDGE_OVERLAY"
      },
      "edgeUplink1": {
        "displayName": "EDGE_UPLINK1"
      },
      "edgeUplink2": {
        "displayName": "EDGE_UPLINK2"
      }
    },
    "routerSpec": {
      "tierZeroGateway": {
        "name": "T0"
      },
      "tierOneGateway": {
        "name": "CGW"
      }
    },

    "licenseKey": ""
  },
  "portGrpSpecs": {
    "vmMgmt": {
      "type": "VM_MGMT",
      "vlan": 0
    },
    "vsan": {
      "type": "VSAN",
      "vlan": 0
    },
    "nsxTransport": {
      "type": "TRANSPORT_PG",
      "vlan": 0
    },
    "vmotion": {
      "type": "VMOTION_PG",
      "vlan": 0
    },
    "esxMgmt": {
      "type": "ESXi_MGMT",
      "vlan": 0
    },
    "hcxUplink": {
      "type": "HCX_UPLINK",
      "vlan": 0
    },
    "nfs": {
      "type": "NFS",
      "vlan": 0
    }
  },
  "components": {
    "vcenter": {
      "build": "13950066",
      "version": "6.7.0.40000"
    },
    "nsxt": {
      "build": "13952734",
      "version": "2.5.0.0.0"
    },
    "esxi": {
      "build": "13962079",
      "version": "6.7.0-1.39"
    }
  },
  "resourcePools": {
    "managementResourcePool": "MGMT-ResourcePool",
    "workloadResourcePool": "Compute-ResourcePool"
  },
  "hcxSpec": {
    "hcxCloudSpec": {
      "mgrIp": "192.168.101.99",
      "mgrCliPassword": "Skoda1!",
      "networkProfiles": {
        "mgmtNetworkProfile": {
          "name": "MGMTNetworkProfile"
        },
        "vMotionNetworkProfile": {
          "name": "vMotionNetworkProfile"
        },
        "externalNetworkProfile": {
          "name": "ExternalNetworkProfile"
        }
      },
      "computeProfile": {
        "name": "sample"
      }
    }
  }
}