Acquire vApp Screen Ticket operation


The Acquire vApp Screen Ticket operation enables you to retrieve a ticket that the client can use for opening a screen connection to a child VM.

The following figure shows a sample <items> XML element for the Acquire vApp Screen Ticket operation:

Sample <items> XML element for the Acquire vApp Screen Ticket operation

<items>
  <item>
     <parameters>
        <child-vm-id></child-vm-id>
     </parameters>
  </item>
</items>

The following table describes the elements for this adapter request:

Adapter request elements for the Acquire vApp Screen Ticket operation

Element

Definition

Required

<operation-name>

Defines the type of operation: Acquire_vApp_Screen_Ticket

Yes

<vcloud-organization>

Specifies the name of the vCloud organization

Conditional:

  • Required if not specified in the configuration
  • If used, requires <user-name> and <password>
<user-name>

Specifies the user name required for basic HTTP authentication on vCloud

Conditional:

  • Required if not specified in the configuration
  • If used, requires <vcloud-organization> and <password>
<password>

Contains the password corresponding to the specified user name

Conditional:

  • Required if not specified in the configuration
  • If used, requires <vcloud-organization> and <user-name>
<parameters>

Contains the elements for the operation

Yes

<child-vm-id>

Specifies the ID of the child virtual machine on the virtual appliance whose screen ticket you want to retrieve

Yes

The following figure shows the sample adapter request for the Acquire vApp Screen Ticket operation:

Sample adapter request for the Acquire vApp Screen Ticket operation

<vmware-vcloud-request>
 <operation-name>Acquire_vApp_Screen_Ticket</operation-name>
 <vcloud-organization>TestOrg</vcloud-organization>
 <user-name>TestUser</user-name>
 <password>Password</password>
 <parameters>
   <child-vm-id>vm-244324925</child-vm-id>
 </parameters>
</vmware-vcloud-request>

The following figure shows the response for the sample adapter request:

Sample adapter response for the Acquire vApp Screen Ticket operation

<vmware-vcloud-response>
 <metadata>
   <status>success</status>
 </metadata>
 <status-line>
   <code>200</code>
   <reason>OK</reason>
 </status-line>
 <message-body>
<ScreenTicket>mks://10.128.249.104/vm-514?ticket=TE-yKyMk%2FIroLB1dB
5YyxppUbxEZLqDPRStIcxe2SPDLXMQqrpGt9feVYXFePNPnqIb%2FO%2FVAADXhPWDDwa
%2FTgc%2Fn6FCN2QJYcsk-pWfSygJqbVnanrJzKG27GP02dlQY%2Byg0xey4xlFjLG5mo
QlwVb4qwlXusQqdrQ5xMTJKzko1rkXK%2BT%2FX1AwpUPr0vgagG9VEdY4Ig%2BrruS0a
aLhQto7DBzv5ihPmjwZ8VnojV6wRgvUB6mJsKCHebt4uM%2F29kHNRzzQTdAo7oBlkFwx
y2Y3wJ8nMeYNaPH1X</ScreenTicket>
 </message-body>
</vmware-vcloud-response>

 

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TrueSight Orchestration Content 20.18.01