From ab9846d942f99a51238554ad2d7e4c4d0826e2e4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: William Lam <wlam@vmware.com>
Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2023 17:21:59 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] VI/JSON Examples

---
 shell/create_snapshot_for_vm.sh        | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 shell/list_advanced_settings_for_vm.sh | 18 +++++++++++++++++
 shell/list_custom_attributes_for_vm.sh | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 68 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 shell/create_snapshot_for_vm.sh
 create mode 100644 shell/list_advanced_settings_for_vm.sh
 create mode 100644 shell/list_custom_attributes_for_vm.sh

diff --git a/shell/create_snapshot_for_vm.sh b/shell/create_snapshot_for_vm.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2963196
--- /dev/null
+++ b/shell/create_snapshot_for_vm.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+VC='vcsa.primp-industries.local'
+VC_USERNAME='administrator@vsphere.local'
+VC_PASSWORD='VMware1!'
+VC_API_RELEASE='8.0.1.0'
+VM_NAME="esx-1.0"
+
+# vCenter REST API
+VCREST_API_SESSION_ID=$(curl -s -u "${VC_USERNAME}:${VC_PASSWORD}" -X POST "https://${VC}/api/session" | jq -j)
+VM_MOREF=$(curl -s -H "vmware-api-session-id: ${VCREST_API_SESSION_ID}" -X GET "https://${VC}/api/vcenter/vm?names=${VM_NAME}" | jq -r '.[0].vm')
+
+# vCenter VI JSON API
+SESSION_MANAGER_MOID=$(curl -s https://$VC/sdk/vim25/${VC_API_RELEASE}/ServiceInstance/ServiceInstance/content | jq -j .sessionManager.value)
+VIJSON_API_SESSION_ID=$(curl -s -o /dev/null -D - "https://$VC/sdk/vim25/${VC_API_RELEASE}/SessionManager/$SESSION_MANAGER_MOID/Login" -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d "{\"userName\":\"${VC_USERNAME}\", \"password\": \"${VC_PASSWORD}\"}" | awk 'BEGIN {FS=": "}/^vmware-api-session-id/{print $2}')
+
+# Create Snapshot spec
+cat > snapshot_spec.json <<EOF
+{
+	"description": "Test Snapshot",
+	"memory": false,
+	"name": "test-snapshot-1"
+}
+EOF
+
+# Create Snapshot
+curl -s -H "vmware-api-session-id: ${VIJSON_API_SESSION_ID}" -H "Content-Type: application/json" -X POST "https://$VC/sdk/vim25/${VC_API_RELEASE}/VirtualMachine/${VM_MOREF}/CreateSnapshotEx_Task" -d@snapshot_spec.json
+
+# List Snapshots
+curl -s -H "vmware-api-session-id: ${VIJSON_API_SESSION_ID}" -H "Content-Type: application/json" -X GET "https://$VC/sdk/vim25/${VC_API_RELEASE}/VirtualMachine/${VM_MOREF}/snapshot"
diff --git a/shell/list_advanced_settings_for_vm.sh b/shell/list_advanced_settings_for_vm.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4215b8d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/shell/list_advanced_settings_for_vm.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+VC='vcsa.primp-industries.local'
+VC_USERNAME='administrator@vsphere.local'
+VC_PASSWORD='VMware1!'
+VC_API_RELEASE='8.0.1.0'
+VM_NAME="esx-1.0"
+
+# vCenter REST API
+
+VCREST_API_SESSION_ID=$(curl -s -u "${VC_USERNAME}:${VC_PASSWORD}" -X POST "https://${VC}/api/session" | jq -j)
+VM_MOREF=$(curl -s -H "vmware-api-session-id: ${VCREST_API_SESSION_ID}" -X GET "https://${VC}/api/vcenter/vm?names=${VM_NAME}" | jq -r '.[0].vm')
+
+# vCenter VI JSON API
+
+SESSION_MANAGER_MOID=$(curl -s https://$VC/sdk/vim25/${VC_API_RELEASE}/ServiceInstance/ServiceInstance/content | jq -j .sessionManager.value)
+VIJSON_API_SESSION_ID=$(curl -s -o /dev/null -D - "https://$VC/sdk/vim25/${VC_API_RELEASE}/SessionManager/$SESSION_MANAGER_MOID/Login" -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d "{\"userName\":\"${VC_USERNAME}\", \"password\": \"${VC_PASSWORD}\"}" | awk 'BEGIN {FS=": "}/^vmware-api-session-id/{print $2}')
+
+# List VM Advanced Setings
+curl -s -H "vmware-api-session-id: ${VIJSON_API_SESSION_ID}" -X GET "https://$VC/sdk/vim25/${VC_API_RELEASE}/VirtualMachine/${VM_MOREF}/config" | jq -r .extraConfig
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diff --git a/shell/list_custom_attributes_for_vm.sh b/shell/list_custom_attributes_for_vm.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c0d12cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/shell/list_custom_attributes_for_vm.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+VC='vcsa.primp-industries.local'
+VC_USERNAME='administrator@vsphere.local'
+VC_PASSWORD='VMware1!'
+VC_API_RELEASE='8.0.1.0'
+VM_NAME="esx-1.0"
+
+# vCenter REST API
+
+VCREST_API_SESSION_ID=$(curl -s -u "${VC_USERNAME}:${VC_PASSWORD}" -X POST "https://${VC}/api/session" | jq -j)
+VM_MOREF=$(curl -s -H "vmware-api-session-id: ${VCREST_API_SESSION_ID}" -X GET "https://${VC}/api/vcenter/vm?names=${VM_NAME}" | jq -r '.[0].vm')
+
+# vCenter VI JSON API
+
+SESSION_MANAGER_MOID=$(curl -s https://$VC/sdk/vim25/${VC_API_RELEASE}/ServiceInstance/ServiceInstance/content | jq -j .sessionManager.value)
+VIJSON_API_SESSION_ID=$(curl -s -o /dev/null -D - "https://$VC/sdk/vim25/${VC_API_RELEASE}/SessionManager/$SESSION_MANAGER_MOID/Login" -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d "{\"userName\":\"${VC_USERNAME}\", \"password\": \"${VC_PASSWORD}\"}" | awk 'BEGIN {FS=": "}/^vmware-api-session-id/{print $2}')
+
+CUSTOM_FIELDS_MANAGER_MOID=$(curl -s https://$VC/sdk/vim25/${VC_API_RELEASE}/ServiceInstance/ServiceInstance/content | jq -j .customFieldsManager.value)
+
+# Retrieve Custom Field Key/Name for VirtualMachine definitions
+curl -s -H "vmware-api-session-id: ${VIJSON_API_SESSION_ID}" -X GET "https://$VC/sdk/vim25/${VC_API_RELEASE}/CustomFieldsManager/${CUSTOM_FIELDS_MANAGER_MOID}/field" | jq -r '.[] | select(.managedObjectType == "VirtualMachine") | {key, name}'
+
+curl -s -H "vmware-api-session-id: ${VIJSON_API_SESSION_ID}" -X GET "https://$VC/sdk/vim25/${VC_API_RELEASE}/VirtualMachine/${VM_MOREF}/value"
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