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This tutorial continues on from Get Started with the Abiquo API!
Modify an entity through the API
Because the VM entity is a special case, we are going to look at two types of modifications: configuring a VM and changing the state of a VM.
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If your VM is deployed, then it will already have a NIC. To work with a deployed VM, you may need to create another private network, because by default, you may not be able to add two NICs in the same private network. To edit change the configuration of a deployed VM, if the VM doesn't have network hot-reconfigure, then you will need to shut it down first. |
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Delete an entity
To delete an entity, simply perform a DELETE request to the API link. But remember that there may be restrictions on what you can delete. For example, you cannot delete a virtual datacenter that contains virtual appliances. If we delete the VM using the following query, it will be removed from the platform (and if it exists on the hypervisor, it will be destroyed). The NIC we added will be detached and released back into the virtual datacenter.
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