Add a vCenter to a Data Center before using that vCenter to create a private cloud environment.

Prerequisites

  • Verify that you have a valid authentication token that matches your login credentials.

  • Verify that you have added a data center and the request has completed successfully. See Create a Data Center.

  • Ensure that you have the vCenter fully qualified domain name, user name, and password.

Procedure

  1. Log in to vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager. 
    curl POST "https://LCM-Hostname/lcm/api/v1/login" \
  2. Submit a request to add a vCenter to vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager with parameters inline. 
    curl -X POST "https://LCM-Hostname/lcm/api/v1/action/add/vc" \
        -H "accept: application/json" \
        -H "x-xenon-auth-token: $token" \
        -H "content-type: application/json" \
        -d '{
           "datacenterName": "$DataCenterName",
           "vCenterName": "&vCenterFQDN",
           "userName": "admin@localhost",
           "password": "$adminPassword!",
           "type": 3}'

Results

If the vCenter is successfully added, vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager returns the following response: 

200 Operation successful