The Content Library API provides services that allow you to create and manage content libraries programmatically. You can create a local library and publish it for the entire virtual environment. You can also subscribe to use the contents of a local library and enable automatic synchronization to ensure that you have the latest content.
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Create a Local Content Library vSphere Automation API. The API allows you to populate the content library with VM and vApp templates. You can use these templates to deploy virtual machines or vApps in your virtual environment. Publish an Existing Content Library vCenter Server instances across the vSphere Automation environment, you must publish the library. Depending on your workflow, select a method for publishing the local library. You can publish a local library that already exists in your vSphere Automation environment. Publish a Library at the Time of Creation Subscribe to a Content Library vCenter Server 6.0 instance, a catalog created on a vCloud Director 5.5 instance, or a third-party library. When you subscribe to a library, you must specify the backing storage for the library content. You must also provide the correct user name and password if the library requires basic authentication. Synchronize a Subscribed Content Library Editing the Settings of a Content Library vSphere Automation API. Removing the Content of a Subscribed Library Delete a Content Library delete method on either the LocalLibrary or the SubscribedLibrary service depending on the library type.
