This tutorial describes how to create an enterprise and some users, as well as how to download some templates from a remote template repository. In this tutorial you will perform the tasks of the cloud administrator and enterprise administrator. This tutorial uses the Cloud Administrator default account and does not show proper authentication
Before you begin this tutorial, you should create a datacenter (for API instructions, see API infrastructure tutorial), or a public cloud region (although be aware that some of the template management steps are different for public cloud regions)
1. Create an enterprise and users
When using the Abiquo API to create a tenant (Abiquo enterprise), it is important to first create the enterprise and then allow the enterprise to use datacenters or public cloud regions by creating an enterprise-datacenter limit.
1.1 Create the enterprise
The following request creates an enterprise with enterprise resource allocation limits.
cURL:
curl -X POST https://example.com/api/admin/enterprises \ -H 'Accept:application/vnd.abiquo.enterprise+json; version=4.6' \ -H 'Content-Type:application/vnd.abiquo.enterprise+json; version=4.6' \ -d @requestpayload.json \ -u user:password --verbose
Success status code: 201
Request payload:
{
"cpuCountHardLimit": 20,
"diskHardLimitInMb": 20480,
"isReservationRestricted": false,
"ramSoftLimitInMb": 10240,
"links": [],
"workflow": false,
"vlansHard": 10,
"publicIpsHard": 10,
"publicIpsSoft": 10,
"ramHardLimitInMb": 20480,
"vlansSoft": 10,
"cpuCountSoftLimit": 20,
"diskSoftLimitInMb": 10240,
"name": "Tioco"
}
Response payload:
{
"id": 276,
"name": "Tioco",
"isReservationRestricted": false,
"workflow": false,
"twoFactorAuthenticationMandatory": false,
"reseller": false,
"keyNode": false,
"diskSoftLimitInMb": 10240,
"diskHardLimitInMb": 20480,
"storageSoftInMb": 0,
"storageHardInMb": 0,
"vmsSoft": 0,
"vmsHard": 0,
"vlansSoft": 10,
"vlansHard": 10,
"publicIpsSoft": 10,
"publicIpsHard": 10,
"repositorySoftInMb": 0,
"repositoryHardInMb": 0,
"links": [
{
"title": "Tioco",
"rel": "edit",
"type": "application/vnd.abiquo.enterprise+json",
"href": "https://example.com:443/api/admin/enterprises/276"
},
{
"title": "users",
"rel": "users",
"type": "application/vnd.abiquo.users+json",
"href": "https://example.com:443/api/admin/enterprises/276/users"
},
{
"title": "properties",
"rel": "properties",
"type": "application/vnd.abiquo.enterpriseproperties+json",
"href": "https://example.com:443/api/admin/enterprises/276/properties"
},
{
"title": "Global scope",
"rel": "scope",
"type": "application/vnd.abiquo.scope+json",
"href": "https://example.com:443/api/admin/scopes/1"
},
{
"title": "template definitions lists",
"rel": "appslib/templateDefinitionLists",
"type": "application/vnd.abiquo.templatedefinitionlists+json",
"href": "https://example.com:443/api/admin/enterprises/276/appslib/templateDefinitionLists"
},
{
"title": "template defintion paths",
"rel": "appslib/templateDefinitions",
"type": "application/vnd.abiquo.templatedefinitions+json",
"href": "https://example.com:443/api/admin/enterprises/276/appslib/templateDefinitions"
},
{
"title": "repositories",
"rel": "datacenterrepositories",
"type": "application/vnd.abiquo.datacenterrepositories+json",
"href": "https://example.com:443/api/admin/enterprises/276/datacenterrepositories"
},
{
"title": "virtual machines",
"rel": "virtualmachines",
"type": "application/vnd.abiquo.virtualmachines+json",
"href": "https://example.com:443/api/admin/enterprises/276/action/virtualmachines"
},
{
"title": "virtual appliances",
"rel": "virtualappliances",
"type": "application/vnd.abiquo.virtualappliances+json",
"href": "https://example.com:443/api/admin/enterprises/276/action/virtualappliances"
},
{
"title": "ips",
"rel": "ips",
"type": "application/vnd.abiquo.privateips+json",
"href": "https://example.com:443/api/admin/enterprises/276/action/ips"
},
{
"title": "virtual datacenters",
"rel": "cloud/virtualdatacenters",
"type": "application/vnd.abiquo.virtualdatacenters+json",
"href": "https://example.com:443/api/admin/enterprises/276/action/virtualdatacenters"
},
{
"title": "reserved machines",
"rel": "reservedmachines",
"type": "application/vnd.abiquo.machines+json",
"href": "https://example.com:443/api/admin/enterprises/276/reservedmachines"
},
{
"title": "limits",
"rel": "limits",
"type": "application/vnd.abiquo.limits+json",
"href": "https://example.com:443/api/admin/enterprises/276/limits"
},
{
"title": "providerlimits",
"rel": "providerlimits",
"type": "application/vnd.abiquo.providerlimits+json",
"href": "https://example.com:443/api/admin/enterprises/276/providerlimits"
},
{
"title": "volumes",
"rel": "volumes",
"type": "application/vnd.abiquo.volumes+json",
"href": "https://example.com:443/api/admin/enterprises/276/action/volumes"
},
{
"title": "external networks",
"rel": "externalnetworks",
"type": "application/vnd.abiquo.vlans+json",
"href": "https://example.com:443/api/admin/enterprises/276/action/externalnetworks"
},
{
"title": "pending tasks",
"rel": "pendingtasks",
"type": "application/vnd.abiquo.tasks+json",
"href": "https://example.com:443/api/admin/enterprises/276/action/pendingtasks"
},
{
"title": "credentials",
"rel": "credentials",
"type": "application/vnd.abiquo.publiccloudcredentialslist+json",
"href": "https://example.com:443/api/admin/enterprises/276/credentials"
},
{
"title": "pricingcredentials",
"rel": "pricingcredentials",
"type": "application/vnd.abiquo.pricingcredentialslist+json",
"href": "https://example.com:443/api/admin/enterprises/276/pricingcredentials"
},
{
"title": "virtual appliances specs",
"rel": "vappspecs",
"type": "application/vnd.abiquo.virtualappliancespecs+json",
"href": "https://example.com:443/api/admin/enterprises/276/vappspecs"
},
{
"title": "bills",
"rel": "bills",
"type": "application/vnd.abiquo.bills+json",
"href": "https://example.com:443/api/statistics/enterpriseresources/276/bills"
},
{
"title": "billregisters",
"rel": "billregisters",
"type": "application/vnd.abiquo.bills+json",
"href": "https://example.com:443/api/statistics/enterpriseresources/276/billregisters"
},
{
"title": "estimation",
"rel": "estimation",
"type": "text/plain",
"href": "https://example.com:443/api/statistics/enterpriseresources/276/billregisters/action/estimate"
},
{
"title": "Bill providers",
"rel": "billproviders",
"type": "application/vnd.abiquo.billproviders+json",
"href": "https://example.com:443/api/statistics/enterpriseresources/276/bills/action/providers"
},
{
"title": "Reseller enterprise",
"rel": "reseller",
"type": "application/vnd.abiquo.enterprise+json",
"href": "https://example.com:443/api/admin/enterprises/267"
}
],
"ramSoft": 0,
"ramHard": 0,
"cpuSoft": 0,
"cpuHard": 0
}
1.2 Create an enterprise-datacenter limit for the new enterprise
An enterprise-datacenter limit allows an enterprise to use a datacenter or public cloud region. You can also use it to limit the allocation of resources in the datacenter. In this case, because all the limit values are set to 0, the enterprise's resource usage is not limited at this level. However, it is already limited at the enterprise level, and can also be limited at the virtual datacenters level.
cURL:
curl -X POST https://example.com/api/admin/enterprises/2/limits \ -H 'Accept:application/vnd.abiquo.limit+json; version=4.2' \ -H 'Content-Type:application/vnd.abiquo.limit+json; version=4.2' \ -d @requestpayload.json \ -u user:password --verbose
Success status code: 201
Request payload:
{
"cpuCountHardLimit": 0,
"ramSoftLimitInMb": 0,
"links": [
{
"href": "https://example.com/api/admin/datacenters/1",
"rel": "location"
}
],
"vlansHard": 0,
"publicIpsHard": 0,
"publicIpsSoft": 0,
"ramHardLimitInMb": 0,
"vlansSoft": 0,
"cpuCountSoftLimit": 0
}
Response payload:
{
"id": 1045,
"enabledHardwareProfiles": false,
"diskSoftLimitInMb": 0,
"diskHardLimitInMb": 0,
"storageSoftInMb": 0,
"storageHardInMb": 0,
"vmsSoft": 0,
"vmsHard": 0,
"vlansSoft": 0,
"vlansHard": 0,
"publicIpsSoft": 0,
"publicIpsHard": 0,
"repositorySoftInMb": 0,
"repositoryHardInMb": 0,
"links": [
{
"title": "Tioco",
"rel": "enterprise",
"type": "application/vnd.abiquo.enterprise+json",
"href": "https://example.com:443/api/admin/enterprises/276"
},
{
"title": "edit datacenter limits 1045",
"rel": "edit",
"type": "application/vnd.abiquo.limit+json",
"href": "https://example.com:443/api/admin/enterprises/276/limits/1045"
},
{
"title": "external networks",
"rel": "externalnetworks",
"type": "application/vnd.abiquo.vlans+json",
"href": "https://example.com:443/api/admin/enterprises/276/limits/1045/externalnetworks"
},
{
"title": "virtualappliances",
"rel": "action",
"type": "application/vnd.abiquo.virtualappliances+json",
"href": "https://example.com:443/api/admin/enterprises/276/limits/1045/action/virtualappliances"
},
{
"title": "Abiquo-DC",
"rel": "location",
"type": "application/vnd.abiquo.datacenter+json",
"href": "https://example.com:443/api/admin/datacenters/1"
},
{
"title": "NFS Tier",
"rel": "tier",
"type": "application/vnd.abiquo.tier+json",
"href": "https://example.com:443/api/admin/datacenters/1/storage/tiers/1"
},
{
"title": "Nexenta Tier 2",
"rel": "tier",
"type": "application/vnd.abiquo.tier+json",
"href": "https://example.com:443/api/admin/datacenters/1/storage/tiers/2"
},
{
"title": "Default Tier 3",
"rel": "tier",
"type": "application/vnd.abiquo.tier+json",
"href": "https://example.com:443/api/admin/datacenters/1/storage/tiers/3"
},
{
"title": "LVM Tier 4",
"rel": "tier",
"type": "application/vnd.abiquo.tier+json",
"href": "https://example.com:443/api/admin/datacenters/1/storage/tiers/4"
},
{
"title": "datastoretier_hyperv_2_33",
"rel": "datastoretier",
"type": "application/vnd.abiquo.datastoretier+json",
"href": "https://example.com:443/api/admin/datacenters/1/datastoretiers/40"
},
{
"title": "datastoretier_DC1_sharedds1_nfs",
"rel": "datastoretier",
"type": "application/vnd.abiquo.datastoretier+json",
"href": "https://example.com:443/api/admin/datacenters/1/datastoretiers/44"
},
{
"title": "datastoretierESXI6.0_2.29",
"rel": "datastoretier",
"type": "application/vnd.abiquo.datastoretier+json",
"href": "https://example.com:443/api/admin/datacenters/1/datastoretiers/58"
},
{
"title": "datastoretier_DC1_sharedds2_nfs",
"rel": "datastoretier",
"type": "application/vnd.abiquo.datastoretier+json",
"href": "https://example.com:443/api/admin/datacenters/1/datastoretiers/59"
},
{
"title": "datastoretier_ESXI_2_56",
"rel": "datastoretier",
"type": "application/vnd.abiquo.datastoretier+json",
"href": "https://example.com:443/api/admin/datacenters/1/datastoretiers/63"
},
{
"title": "datastoretierESXI6.0_2.23",
"rel": "datastoretier",
"type": "application/vnd.abiquo.datastoretier+json",
"href": "https://example.com:443/api/admin/datacenters/1/datastoretiers/69"
},
{
"title": "datastoretier_KVM",
"rel": "datastoretier",
"type": "application/vnd.abiquo.datastoretier+json",
"href": "https://example.com:443/api/admin/datacenters/1/datastoretiers/70"
},
{
"title": "datastoretier_ESXI67_DC1",
"rel": "datastoretier",
"type": "application/vnd.abiquo.datastoretier+json",
"href": "https://example.com:443/api/admin/datacenters/1/datastoretiers/73"
},
{
"title": "datastoretierESXI6.55555",
"rel": "datastoretier",
"type": "application/vnd.abiquo.datastoretier+json",
"href": "https://example.com:443/api/admin/datacenters/1/datastoretiers/74"
},
{
"title": "datastoretierESXI5.5_2.51",
"rel": "datastoretier",
"type": "application/vnd.abiquo.datastoretier+json",
"href": "https://example.com:443/api/admin/datacenters/1/datastoretiers/75"
}
],
"ramSoft": 0,
"ramHard": 0,
"cpuSoft": 0,
"cpuHard": 0
}
1.3 Switch to the new enterprise
To perform some operations on the new tenant, it may be convenient to switch to that tenant, as you would do in the user interface. You can do this with a PUT request to update the user that will switch.
If you are working with the main cloud admin user, get the data entity for this user (whose user ID is 1) from whichever enterprise they are in by using a query over all enterprises represented by the underscore character "_", use a query like the following.
curl -X GET "https://example.com/api/admin/enterprises/_/users/1" \ -H "Accept: application/vnd.abiquo.user+json;version=4.6"
To switch the user to the new tenant enterprise, you need to edit the user entity, and add a link to the new enterprise, then update the user. Before you perform the PUT request to update the user, add an email attribute for the user if you didn't already add one.
So for example, to switch user 10 to the new enterprise.
curl -X PUT "https://example.com/api/admin/enterprises/_/users/10" \
-H "Accept: application/vnd.abiquo.user+json;version=4.6" \
-H "Content-Type: application/vnd.abiquo.user+json;version=4.6" \
-d @requestpayload.json \
-u user:password --verbose
Make sure you remember to add the email address!
{
"links": [
{
"rel": "enterprise",
"href": "https://example.com/api/admin/enterprises/276"
},
...
"email" : "cloudadmin@example.com",
...
For more details and a complete example, see Switch enterprises via API.
You can check the enterprise that you are working with in the user interface.
1.4 Create users
The request to create a user is always the same but the user entity will vary depending on the user's role. To create a user you will need to know the ID of the role that you will assign to the user. And the ID of the user's scope. The following examples show how to create a tenant enterprise admin and an ordinary user.
Create an enterprise admin
The enterprise admin user can administer one or more tenant. By default, this user is allowed to create users within the tenant. The ID of the ENTERPRISE_ADMIN role is 3. The ID of the default global scope is 1. The username is given as the "nick" element. Modify and submit the following request to create an enterprise admin user.
cURL:
curl -X POST https://example.com/api/admin/enterprises/276/users \ -H 'Accept:application/vnd.abiquo.user+json; version=4.6' \ -H 'Content-Type:application/vnd.abiquo.user+json; version=4.6' \ -d @requestpayload.xml \ -u user:password --verbose
Success status code: 201
Request payload:
{
"surname": "Admin",
"name": "Ent",
"links": [
{
"href": "https://example.com/api/admin/roles/3",
"rel": "role"
},
{
"href": "https://example.com/api/admin/scopes/1",
"rel": "scope"
}
],
"locale": "EN",
"nick": "ent276admin",
"firstLogin": true,
"active": true,
"locked": false,
"password": "ent276admin",
"email": "ent276admin@example.com",
"phone": "555123456",
"description": "API tutorial user"
}
Response payload:
{
"id": 201,
"nick": "ent276admin",
"name": "Enterprise",
"surname": "Admin",
"description": "API tutorial user",
"email": "ent276admin@example.com",
"locale": "EN",
"authType": "ABIQUO",
"active": true,
"firstLogin": true,
"locked": false,
"links": [
{
"title": "Tioco",
"rel": "enterprise",
"type": "application/vnd.abiquo.enterprise+json",
"href": "https://example.com:443/api/admin/enterprises/276"
},
{
"title": "ENTERPRISE_ADMIN",
"rel": "role",
"type": "application/vnd.abiquo.role+json",
"href": "https://example.com:443/api/admin/roles/3"
},
{
"title": "ent276admin",
"rel": "edit",
"type": "application/vnd.abiquo.user+json",
"href": "https://example.com:443/api/admin/enterprises/276/users/201"
},
{
"title": "Global scope",
"rel": "scope",
"type": "application/vnd.abiquo.scope+json",
"href": "https://example.com:443/api/admin/scopes/1"
},
{
"title": "virtual machines",
"rel": "virtualmachines",
"type": "application/vnd.abiquo.virtualmachines+json",
"href": "https://example.com:443/api/admin/enterprises/276/users/201/action/virtualmachines"
},
{
"title": "pending tasks",
"rel": "pendingtasks",
"type": "application/vnd.abiquo.tasks+json",
"href": "https://example.com:443/api/admin/enterprises/276/users/201/action/pendingtasks"
},
{
"title": "applications",
"rel": "applications",
"type": "application/vnd.abiquo.applications+json",
"href": "https://example.com:443/api/admin/enterprises/276/users/201/applications"
},
{
"title": "enable two factor authentication",
"rel": "enable2fa",
"type": "application/vnd.abiquo.twofactorauthcredentials+json",
"href": "https://example.com:443/api/admin/enterprises/276/users/201/action/enable2fa"
},
{
"title": "async tasks",
"rel": "asynctasks",
"type": "application/vnd.abiquo.asynctasks+json",
"href": "https://example.com:443/api/admin/enterprises/276/users/201/asynctasks"
}
]
}
Create a cloud user
Modify and submit the following request to create a cloud user with the USER role.
cURL:
curl -X POST https://example.com:443/api/admin/enterprises/276/users \ -H 'Accept:application/vnd.abiquo.user+json; version=4.6' \ -H 'Content-Type:application/vnd.abiquo.user+json; version=4.6' \ -d @requestpayload.xml \ -u user:password --verbose
Success status code: 201
Request payload:
{
"surname": "User",
"name": "Cloud",
"links": [
{
"href": "https://example.com/api/admin/roles/2",
"rel": "role"
},
{
"href": "https://example.com/api/admin/scopes/1",
"rel": "scope"
}
],
"locale": "EN",
"nick": "cloud276user",
"firstLogin": true,
"active": true,
"locked": false,
"password": "cloud276user",
"email": "cloud276user@example.com",
"phone": "555123456",
"description": "API tutorial cloud user"
}
Response payload:
{
"id": 203,
"nick": "cloud276user",
"name": "Cloud",
"surname": "User",
"description": "tutorial cloud user",
"email": "cloud276user@example.com",
"locale": "EN",
"authType": "ABIQUO",
"active": true,
"firstLogin": true,
"locked": false,
"links": [
{
"title": "Tioco",
"rel": "enterprise",
"type": "application/vnd.abiquo.enterprise+json",
"href": "https://example.com:443/api/admin/enterprises/276"
},
{
"title": "USER",
"rel": "role",
"type": "application/vnd.abiquo.role+json",
"href": "https://example.com:443/api/admin/roles/2"
},
{
"title": "cloud276user",
"rel": "edit",
"type": "application/vnd.abiquo.user+json",
"href": "https://example.com:443/api/admin/enterprises/276/users/203"
},
{
"title": "Global scope",
"rel": "scope",
"type": "application/vnd.abiquo.scope+json",
"href": "https://example.com:443/api/admin/scopes/1"
},
{
"title": "virtual machines",
"rel": "virtualmachines",
"type": "application/vnd.abiquo.virtualmachines+json",
"href": "https://example.com:443/api/admin/enterprises/276/users/203/action/virtualmachines"
},
{
"title": "pending tasks",
"rel": "pendingtasks",
"type": "application/vnd.abiquo.tasks+json",
"href": "https://example.com:443/api/admin/enterprises/276/users/203/action/pendingtasks"
},
{
"title": "applications",
"rel": "applications",
"type": "application/vnd.abiquo.applications+json",
"href": "https://example.com:443/api/admin/enterprises/276/users/203/applications"
},
{
"title": "enable two factor authentication",
"rel": "enable2fa",
"type": "application/vnd.abiquo.twofactorauthcredentials+json",
"href": "https://example.com:443/api/admin/enterprises/276/users/203/action/enable2fa"
},
{
"title": "async tasks",
"rel": "asynctasks",
"type": "application/vnd.abiquo.asynctasks+json",
"href": "https://example.com:443/api/admin/enterprises/276/users/203/asynctasks"
}
]
}
2. Add VM templates to the appliance library
The Apps library stores VM templates so that users can easily deploy VMs from these templates. Templates can be downloaded from a remote repository or uploaded from a local machine. The Apps library templates are available to the virtual datacenters. From there a user can add the VM template to a virtual appliance for deployment in the cloud.
2.1 Refresh the apps library
An Apps library belongs to your enterprise and there is one for each of the datacenters you are allowed to access. So to add templates that will only be used by one enterprise, it is best to switch to the enterprise, as described earlier in tutorial.
Get the enterprise ID
To refresh the Apps library using the API, you need to know the enterprise ID and the datacenter repository ID.
If you are working with the default Abiquo enterprise, the ID is "1". Otherwise you can retrieve the enterprise ID using https://wiki.abiquo.com/api/latest/EnterprisesResource.html#list-enterprise-identifiers-and-names
Get the enterprise repositories
Using the enterprise ID, retrieve all the repositories for your enterprise.
cURL:
curl --verbose -X GET https://example.com:443/api/admin/enterprises/276/datacenterrepositories \ -H "Accept: application/vnd.abiquo.datacenterrepositories+json; version=4.6;" \ -u user:password
Success status code: 200
Request payload:
-- none --
Response payload:
{
"links": [],
"collection": [
{
"name": "virtual image repo",
"repositoryLocation": "10.60.2.10:/volume1/qa-repository",
"links": [
{
"title": "Tioco",
"rel": "enterprise",
"type": "application/vnd.abiquo.enterprise+json",
"href": "https://example.com:443/api/admin/enterprises/276"
},
{
"title": "10.60.2.10:/volume1/qa-repository",
"rel": "edit",
"type": "application/vnd.abiquo.datacenterrepository+json",
"href": "https://example.com:443/api/admin/enterprises/276/datacenterrepositories/1"
},
{
"title": "virtual machine templates",
"rel": "virtualmachinetemplates",
"type": "application/vnd.abiquo.virtualmachinetemplates+json",
"href": "https://example.com:443/api/admin/enterprises/276/datacenterrepositories/1/virtualmachinetemplates"
},
{
"title": "template publishers",
"rel": "templatepublishers",
"type": "application/vnd.abiquo.templatepublishers+json",
"href": "https://example.com:443/api/admin/enterprises/276/datacenterrepositories/1/templatepublishers"
},
{
"title": "disks",
"rel": "disks",
"type": "application/vnd.abiquo.disks+json",
"href": "https://example.com:443/api/admin/enterprises/276/datacenterrepositories/1/action/disks"
},
{
"title": "refresh",
"rel": "refresh",
"type": "application/vnd.abiquo.acceptedrequest+json",
"href": "https://example.com:443/api/admin/enterprises/276/datacenterrepositories/1/actions/refresh"
},
{
"title": "tasks",
"rel": "tasks",
"type": "application/vnd.abiquo.tasks+json",
"href": "https://example.com:443/api/admin/enterprises/276/datacenterrepositories/1/tasks"
},
{
"title": "Abiquo-DC",
"rel": "datacenter",
"type": "application/vnd.abiquo.datacenter+json",
"href": "https://example.com:443/api/admin/datacenters/1"
},
{
"rel": "applianceManagerRepositoryUri",
"href": "https://example.com:443/am/erepos/276"
}
]
}
]
}
Perform the refresh
To refresh the enterprise datacenter repository, perform a put request to the "refresh" link in the datacenter repository entity shown above.
cURL:
curl --verbose -X PUT https://example.com:443/api/admin/enterprises/276/datacenterrepositories/1/actions/refresh \ -H "Accept: application/vnd.abiquo.acceptedrequest+json; version=4.6;" \ -u user:password
Success status: 202
Request payload:
-- none --
Response payload:
The acceptedrequest media type is a reference to the action in progress. You can use this link to track the progress of the asynchronous refresh task.
{
"message": "You can keep track of the progress in the link",
"links": [
{
"title": "status",
"rel": "status",
"type": "application/vnd.abiquo.task+json",
"href": "https://example.com:443/api/admin/enterprises/276/datacenterrepositories/1/tasks/346f62cb-f0f4-4f62-bd7a-5365c169eeb8"
}
]
}
Remember that the refresh is an asynchronous task, so you should wait until it has completed to go on to the next step.
2.2 Retrieve a compatible template
If you have already added some templates to the Apps library, you can just retrieve a template that is compatible with your hypervisor type by performing a query similar to the following one. If there are a lot of templates, you may wish to filter them using query parameters or select a specific template ID to retrieve. In this example, we filter by compatible hypervisorTypeName (VMX_04) and text in the template name and limit the number of templates returned to 1.
Remember that in Abiquo, you create a VM using only a link to a template, you do not need the full template entity.
The result of this query is a collection of templates, so if you only needed one template entity, you could remove the collection information or perform another request to retrieve just the desired template.
cURL:
curl --verbose -X GET https://example.com/api/admin/enterprises/276/datacenterrepositories/1/virtualmachinetemplates?hypervisorTypeName=VMX_04&limit=1&has=yVM \ -H "Accept: application/vnd.abiquo.virtualmachinetemplates+json; version=4.6;" \ -u user:password
Response payload:
{
"totalSize": 3,
"links": [
{
"rel": "first",
"href": "https://example.com:443/api/admin/enterprises/276/datacenterrepositories/1/virtualmachinetemplates?hypervisorTypeName=VMX_04&limit=1&has=yVM&by=state&asc=true"
},
{
"rel": "next",
"href": "https://example.com:443/api/admin/enterprises/276/datacenterrepositories/1/virtualmachinetemplates?hypervisorTypeName=VMX_04&startwith=1&limit=1&has=yVM&by=state&asc=true"
},
{
"rel": "last",
"href": "https://example.com:443/api/admin/enterprises/276/datacenterrepositories/1/virtualmachinetemplates?hypervisorTypeName=VMX_04&startwith=2&limit=1&has=yVM&by=state&asc=true"
}
],
"collection": [
{
"id": "2",
"name": "yVM_Abiquo_enterprise",
"description": "A virtual machine",
"osType": "LINUX_2_6",
"cpuRequired": 1,
"ramRequired": 48,
"shared": true,
"state": "DONE",
"creationDate": "2017-02-06T23:37:41.000+0000",
"creationUser": "SYSTEM",
"chefEnabled": false,
"loginUser": "root",
"loginPassword": "temporal",
"ethernetDriverType": "E1000",
"variables": {},
"enableCpuHotAdd": false,
"enableRamHotAdd": false,
"enableDisksHotReconfigure": false,
"enableNicsHotReconfigure": false,
"enableRemoteAccessHotReconfigure": false,
"enableOnlyHPRecommended": false,
"generateGuestInitialPassword": false,
"productCodes": [],
"links": [
{
"title": "Tioco",
"rel": "enterprise",
"type": "application/vnd.abiquo.enterprise+json",
"href": "https://example.com:443/api/admin/enterprises/276"
},
{
"title": "Others",
"rel": "category",
"type": "application/vnd.abiquo.category+json",
"href": "https://example.com:443/api/config/categories/1"
},
{
"title": "yVM_Abiquo_enterprise",
"rel": "edit",
"type": "application/vnd.abiquo.virtualmachinetemplate+json",
"href": "https://example.com:443/api/admin/enterprises/276/datacenterrepositories/1/virtualmachinetemplates/2"
},
{
"title": "tasks",
"rel": "tasks",
"type": "application/vnd.abiquo.tasks+json",
"href": "https://example.com:443/api/admin/enterprises/276/datacenterrepositories/1/virtualmachinetemplates/2/tasks"
},
{
"title": "repository",
"rel": "datacenterrepository",
"type": "application/vnd.abiquo.datacenterrepository+json",
"href": "https://example.com:443/api/admin/enterprises/276/datacenterrepositories/1"
},
{
"title": "virtual machines",
"rel": "virtualmachines",
"type": "application/vnd.abiquo.virtualmachines+json",
"href": "https://example.com:443/api/admin/enterprises/276/datacenterrepositories/1/virtualmachinetemplates/2/action/virtualmachines"
},
{
"title": "disks",
"rel": "disks",
"type": "application/vnd.abiquo.disks+json",
"href": "https://example.com:443/api/admin/enterprises/276/datacenterrepositories/1/virtualmachinetemplates/2/disks"
},
{
"title": "Hard disk 1",
"rel": "disk0",
"type": "application/vnd.abiquo.disk+json",
"href": "https://example.com:443/api/admin/enterprises/276/datacenterrepositories/1/virtualmachinetemplates/2/disks/2"
},
{
"title": "template definition",
"rel": "templatedefinition",
"href": "http://packer-repo.s3.amazonaws.com/yVM/yVM.ovf"
},
{
"title": "template path",
"rel": "templatePath",
"href": "https://example.com:443/am/erepos/276/templates/1/packer-repo.s3.amazonaws.com/yVM/"
},
{
"title": "Global scope",
"rel": "scope",
"type": "application/vnd.abiquo.scope+json",
"href": "https://example.com:443/api/admin/scopes/1"
}
]
}
]
}
2.3 Add a new template from a remote repository
If there are no templates in your Apps library and you would like to add some using the API, follow the steps in this section. The most convenient template to download is the m0n0wall template in the default remote repository. However, the following query uses the a remote repository available in the local Abiquo installation.
Registering a remote repository is outside the scope of this tutorial. To register a custom remote repository, either please see the TemplateDefinitionList documentation or register it in Abiquo using the UI.
Template definition lists are available at the enterprise level, so to retrieve them, you just need your enterprise ID. Before you run this query, you may need to open the Remote template repository in the UI, by clicking the + Add template button and selecting "Create from remote template repository".
Retrieve all template definitions and select one
If you wish to retrieve all the template definitions found in the remote repositories registered in your Abiquo environment and available to your enterprise, you can use the following query. Obviously this query may return a large number of results, so one strategy may be to search the result for the ID of the template you wish to use.
Note that the following link contains an uppercase letter "D" in definition.
cURL:
curl --verbose -X GET https://example.com/api/admin/enterprises/276/appslib/templateDefinitionLists \ -H "Accept: application/vnd.abiquo.templatedefinitionslists+json; version=4.6;" \ -u user:password
Success status code: 200
Request payload:
-- none --
Response payload:
This is only one template definition taken from the list of hundreds of template definitions that were returned by this query. You can search for the template name and cut and paste the required template.
...
{
"id": 2065,
"url": "http://files.template-repository.abiquo.com/m0n0wall/m0n0wall-1.3b18-i386-monolithicFlat.1.5.ovf",
"name": "m0n0wall 1.3b18-i386",
"description": "m0n0wall is a project aimed at creating a complete, embedded firewall software package that, when used together with an embedded PC, provides \n all the important features of commercial firewall boxes (including ease of use) at a fraction of the price (free software). https://PUBLIC:IP and use Username: admin, \n password: abiquo. Configure MANUALLY the private IP of abicloud and it's done.",
"productName": "m0n0wall 1.3b18-i386",
"iconUrl": "http://files.template-repository.abiquo.com/m0n0wall/m0n0wall_logo.png",
"osType": "LINUX_2_6",
"ethernetDriverType": "E1000",
"links": [
{
"title": "Tioco",
"rel": "enterprise",
"type": "application/vnd.abiquo.enterprise+json",
"href": "https://example.com:443/api/admin/enterprises/276"
},
{
"title": "Firewall",
"rel": "category",
"type": "application/vnd.abiquo.category+json",
"href": "https://example.com:443/api/config/categories/11"
},
{
"title": "Repository 2.0",
"rel": "templateDefinitionList",
"type": "application/vnd.abiquo.templatedefinitionlist+json",
"href": "https://example.com:443/api/admin/enterprises/276/appslib/templateDefinitionLists/85"
},
{
"title": "m0n0wall 1.3b18-i386",
"rel": "edit",
"type": "application/vnd.abiquo.templatedefinition+json",
"href": "https://example.com:443/api/admin/enterprises/276/appslib/templateDefinitions/2065"
}
],
"templatedefinitiondisks": [
{
"label": "scsi0:0",
"diskFormatType": "VMDK_FLAT",
"diskFileSize": 27262976,
"hdRequired": 27262976,
"diskControllerType": "SCSI",
"diskController": "lsilogic",
"links": []
}
]
},
...
Create a template from a template definition
You can create a template in the Apps library from a link to a template definition retrieved from the above query. This is equivalent to downloading a template from the remote repository to the Apps library. To create the VM template request entity, you will need the information in the "edit" link section of the template definition above. You can then use this template in a later step to create a VM. The template ID is returned in the accepted request in the task link.
cURL:
curl -X POST https://example.com:443/api/admin/enterprises/276/datacenterrepositories/1/virtualmachinetemplates \
-H 'Accept:application/vnd.abiquo.acceptedrequest+json;version=4.6' \
-H 'Content-Type:application/vnd.abiquo.virtualmachinetemplaterequest+json;version=4.6' \
-d @requestpayload.json \
-u user:password --verbose
Success status code: 202
Request payload:
{
"links": [
{
"title": "m0n0wall 1.3b18-i386",
"rel": "templateDefinition",
"type": "application/vnd.abiquo.templatedefinition+json",
"href": "https://example.com/api/admin/enterprises/276/appslib/templateDefinitions/2065/actions/repositoryInstall"
}
]
}
Response payload:
{
"message": "You can keep track of the progress in the link",
"links": [
{
"title": "status",
"rel": "status",
"type": "application/vnd.abiquo.task+json",
"href": "https://example.com:443/api/admin/enterprises/276/datacenterrepositories/1/virtualmachinetemplates/2094/tasks/dc86d3d1-63fa-46be-bbdb-302e71ce9e1b"
}
]
}
See also Appliance manager template API upload and download for information on how to upload templates from the local filesystem using the Appliance Manager API.