Introduction
Deploying virtual machine from OVA or OVF images has been one of the core features of the RESTful API. Now, you are able to upload any Open Virtualization Format archives in your personal space at https://vskeysvskey-torstor.eis.utoronto.ca and use it to deploy one or many virtual machines.
It is also possible to export an existent virtual machine (Virtual Machine - AttributesOVA/OVF Images) to OVF and then use this OVF to deploy new ones.
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The following table shows a brief description and HTTP methods allowed to interact with Open Virtualization Format images:
| Resource | URI | Description | GET | POST | PUT | PATCH | OPTIONS |
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| Images | /image | OVF/OVA Virtual Machine images available from VSKEY-STOR. |   | |
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Remember, you can also show what methods are allowed and description, parameters, etc. by making an OPTIONS HTTP request to /v2/image.
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List
In order to list available OVA/OVF images you should make a GET request to the endpoint /v2/image passing your access token. As a result, you will get list of images available in your VSKEY-STOR space in form of JSON objects with the following attributes:
| Name | Type | Description |
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| name | string | OVA/OVF image file name |
| path | string | OVA/OVF image full path |
The following examples implements HTTPie and CURL to list available OVA/OVF images:
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http GET "https://vss-api.eis.utoronto.ca/v2/image" "Authorization: Bearer $TK" curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $TK" -X GET "https://vss-api.eis.utoronto.ca/v2/image" |
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{
"_links": {
"api": "https://vss-api.eis.utoronto.ca/v2/",
"self": "https://vss-api.eis.utoronto.ca/v2/image"
},
"data": [
{
"name": "1608T-stoic_carson.ovf",
"path": "5012689b-071a-145b-584a-9a9b49873510/1608T-stoic_carson.ovf"
},
{
"name": "photon-custom-hw10-1.0-13c08b6-GA.ova",
"path": "images/photon-custom-hw10-1.0-13c08b6-GA.ova"
},
{
"name": "CentOS_64-bit_vmx10.ova",
"path": "images/CentOS_64-bit_vmx10.ova"
},
{
"name": "wily-server-cloudimg-amd64.ova",
"path": "images/wily-server-cloudimg-amd64.ova"
},
{
"name": "photon-custom-hw10-1.0-13c08b6.ova",
"path": "images/photon-custom-hw10-1.0-13c08b6.ova"
},
{
"name": "CentOS_64-bit_vmx11.ova",
"path": "images/CentOS_64-bit_vmx11.ova"
},
{
"name": "Ubuntu_64-bit-vmx10.ova",
"path": "images/Ubuntu_64-bit-vmx10.ova"
},
{
"name": "xenial-server-cloudimg-amd64.ova",
"path": "images/xenial-server-cloudimg-amd64.ova"
},
{
"name": "coreos_production_vmware_ova.ova",
"path": "images/coreos_production_vmware_ova.ova"
},
{
"name": "1608T-pensive_carson.ovf",
"path": "5012e183-ad9b-f415-a1a6-e31dd5d14ba4/1608T-pensive_carson.ovf"
},
{
"name": "1608T-chef-master.ovf",
"path": "5012af5b-799e-8adb-ba90-45a226e42040/1608T-chef-master.ovf"
},
{
"name": "1608T-suspicious_meitner.ovf",
"path": "50121742-7c36-d590-8244-1eef48362adc/1608T-suspicious_meitner.ovf"
}
],
"meta": {
"count": 5,
"time": "0.25403s",
"user": "jm"
}
} |
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The attribute value you will use to deploy new virtual machines using an image is path. |
Sort
Sorting results has been recently introduced on version 3.2.1:
| Name | Description |
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| sort | sort results by path or name |
The following examples show how to structure a GET request, with sorting:
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http GET "https://vss-api.eis.utoronto.ca/v2/image?sort=name" "Authorization: Bearer $TK" http GET "https://vss-api.eis.utoronto.ca/v2/image?sort=path" "Authorization: Bearer $TK" |
Filters
This resource has one filter to narrow down the number of OVA/OVF images shown in the result.
| Name | Description |
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| name | OVA image file name |
The following examples show how to structure a GET request, with filters:
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http GET "https://vss-api.eis.utoronto.ca/v2/image?name=ubuntu" "Authorization: Bearer $TK" http GET "https://vss-api.eis.utoronto.ca/v2/image?name=ubuntu-16" "Authorization: Bearer $TK" |