API Changelog v3.2

Abiquo API Changes

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For major versions such as 3.0, Abiquo will make a best effort to maintain compatibility with at least the previous version. Abiquo will provide details of any changes in the API Changelog.

Abiquo API 3.2 Changelog

The Abiquo 3.2 API will include support for:

VM monitoring and metrics
Reset password
Protect VMs
Generic OpenStack public cloud region creation
IP bulk creation
Reuse remote services

Summary of new resources and methods

Monitoring and Metrics

The monitoring and metrics feature is available through the UI and API. However, the methods to enable and disable fetching of built-in metrics are only available through the API.

Added VirtualMachineMetricsResource

Added to HypervisorTypeResource

HypervisorTypeResource#Getallthemetricsmetadataofaprovider
HypervisorTypeResource#Getaspecificmetricmetadataofaprovider

Added to VirtualMachineResource

VirtualMachineResource#EnableVirtualMachineMonitoring
VirtualMachineResource#DisableVirtualMachineMonitoring

VirtualMachineResource#Enablefetchingofbuiltinmetrics
VirtualMachineResource#Disablefetchingofbuiltinmetrics

Password Improvements

Added to LoginResource

LoginResource#Getauthorizationtokentochangepassword
LoginResource#Resetpassword

Protect Virtual Machine

Added to VirtualMachineResource

VirtualMachineResource#Protectvirtualmachine
VirtualMachineResource#Unprotectvirtualmachine

OpenStack Plugin

Generic OpenStack Region with administrator credentials

Netmask Limitation Removed

Now IP addresses are not created automatically and there are new methods to create them.

Added to PublicIpResource

PublicIpResource#CreateanIPforaPublicorExternalVLAN
PublicIpResource#CreatemultipleIPsforaPublicorExternalVLAN

Added to PrivateNetworksResource

PrivateNetworksResource#CreateanIPaddressforaprivatenetwork
PrivateNetworksResource#CreatemultipleIPaddressesforaprivatenetwork

Shared Remote Services

There is a new resource for creating and modifying remote services: Remote Services Resource with the following methods:

The RemoteServiceResource at the Datacenter level is now only used to retrieve the remote services registered in a datacenter.

New, Deprecated and Changed Media Types

New media types added:

metrics has several media types
- Abiquo Data Media Types#MetricEntities
IP bulk creation returns multiple IPs
- Abiquo Data Media Types#IpsBulkCreationMediaType

Deprecations of Resources and Methods

The RemoteServiceResource at the Datacenter level is now only used to retrieve the remote services registered in a datacenter.

Plugin Changes

Cloud Provider Proxy

Generic OpenStack Region with administrator credentials