Provider class

The Provider class represents a component or system that implements a CloudClass. For example, Resource Manager is a provider for the ComputeContainer class and BMC Server Automation is a provider for the VirtualCluster and VirtualServer classes, but there might be other providers for those classes. A Provider is a specific instance. If multiple servers exist in the infrastructure, then multiple Provider objects exist, one for each instance.

Provider class APIs

The following tables list the basic APIs, operation APIs, and relationship APIs for the Provider class.

Basic APIs

Name	HTTP method	URI	Description
create	`POST`	`csm/Provider`	Creates a `Provider` object.
delete	`DELETE`	`csm/Provider/guid`	Deletes a `Provider` object.
get	`GET`	`csm/Provider/guid`	Retrieves a `Provider` object.
update	`POST`	`csm/Provider/guid/update`	Updates a `Provider` object.
search	`POST`	`csm/Provider/search`	Searches for `Provider` objects.

Operation APIs

Name	HTTP method	URI	Description
updateConfiguration	`POST`	`csm/Provider/guid/updateConfiguration`	Updates the configuration for the specified Provider/CloudService

Relationship APIs

Name	HTTP method	URI	Description
relation	`GET`	`csm/Provider/guid/children`	Retrieves the `children` relationship.
relation	`GET`	`csm/Provider/guid/nodes`	Retrieves the `nodes` relationship.
relation	`GET`	`csm/Provider/guid/parent`	Retrieves the `parent` relationship.
relation	`GET`	`csm/Provider/guid/peeredWith`	Retrieves the `peeredWith` relationship.
relation	`GET`	`csm/Provider/guid/peerOf`	Retrieves the `peerOf` relationship.
relation	`GET`	`csm/Provider/guid/providerDefinition`	Retrieves the `providerDefinition` relationship.
relation	`GET`	`csm/Provider/guid/accessValues`	Retrieves the `accessValues` relationship.
relation	`GET`	`csm/Provider/guid/cloudServiceDefinition`	Retrieves the `cloudServiceDefinition` relationship.
relation	`GET`	`csm/Provider/guid/deployingApplication`	Retrieves the `deployingApplication` relationship.
relation	`GET`	`csm/Provider/guid/nodes`	Retrieves the `nodes` relationship.
relation	`GET`	`csm/Provider/guid/provider`	Retrieves the `provider` relationship.
relation	`GET`	`csm/Provider/guid/tags`	Retrieves the `tags` relationship.

Provider class relationships and attributes

The following tables list the relationships and attributes of the Provider class.

Relationships

Name	Type	Multi- plicity	Description
`children`	`Provider`	0..*	Child providers associated with the provider
`nodes`	`Node`	0..*	Nodes that reference the provider
`parent`	`Provider`	0..1	Parent of the provider
`peeredWith`	`Provider`	0..*	Providers that the provider is peered with
`peerOf`	`Provider`	0..*	Peers of the provider
`providerDefinition`	`ProviderDefinition`	1	Provider definition associated with the provider
`accessValues`	`AccessAttributeValue`	1..*	Attribute values used to access the cloud service
`cloudServiceDefinition`	`CloudServiceDefinition`	1	Cloud service definition used to instantiate the service
`deployingApplication`	`ManagementApplication`	0..*
`nodes`	`Node`	1..*	Nodes the service is hosted on
`cloudClass`	`CloudClass`	1	Fully-qualified name of the class to which the object belongs
`provider`	`Provider`	1	Provider that created the object
`tags`	`Tag`	0..*	Tags associated with the object

Attributes

Name	Type	Multi- plicity	Description
`isDisabled`	`Boolean`	0..1	Indicates whether the cloud service is disabled
`description`	`String`	0..1	Text that describes the object
`guid`	`String`	1	Globally unique identifier for the object
`labels`	`String`	0..*
`modifiedDate`	`Date`	0..1	Date the Cloudobject was modified
`name`	`String`	1	Human-readable name of the object