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1 SER1912BE VMware Open-Source SDKs From Getting Started to Web App in One Hour Alan Renouf Sr Product Line Manager, Vmware Steve Trefethen Sr. Manager R&D, VMware VMworld 2017 Content: Not for publication #VMworld #SER1912BE

2 Disclaimer This presentation may contain product features that are currently under development. This overview of new technology represents no commitment from VMware to deliver these features in any generally available product. Features are subject to change, and must not be included in contracts, purchase orders, or sales agreements of any kind. Technical feasibility and market demand will affect final delivery. Pricing and packaging for any new technologies or features discussed or presented have not been determined. #SER1912BE CONFIDENTIAL 3

3 Agenda Brief history of APIs and SDKs vsphere REST API SDKs Where are we now? Demo vsphere REST APIs and vsphere Automation SDKs Demo Using the vsphere REST API with Node, express and Clarity #SER1912BE CONFIDENTIAL 4

4 Introduction Alan Renouf Sr Product Line Manager, VMware Book Author vexpert Personal Blog: Steve Trefethen Sr. Manager R&D, VMware Personal Blog: #SER1912BE CONFIDENTIAL 5

5 Brief history of APIs and SDKs

6 vsphere API Interfaces (the big picture) Perl.Net Java vsphere Management SDKs pyvmomi (Python) rbvmomi (Ruby) govmomi (Go) Web Services Storage Management ESX Agent Manager SSO Client vsphere Storage Policy Open Source SDK Web Services SOAP API vcenter Management Reporting and Features Automation / Operator Interfaces PowerCLI vcli vrealize Orchestrator vcenter REST API VM Management VCSA API Content Library Tags vsphere Automation SDK REST Perl.Net Java Python Ruby VMC on AWS VM Management VCSA API Content Library Tags SOAP API ESXi Management Reporting and Features ESXi ESXi ESXi #SER1912BE CONFIDENTIAL 7

7 vsphere REST API

8 Transforming vcenter APIs Developer and Automation friendly API and interfaces that simplify automation and development. Docs REST based tools REST API vcenter Server SDKs Automation Tooling REST APIs for VM Management Simplified and Modern API Design Overview Enables easy access to automation from standard tooling Designed with Automation and DevOps in mind Full featured SDKs, CLI and Workflow access Key Use Case: VM Automation and Development Benefits Reduces API development complexity and time Access via modern automation and development processes for consistency and repeatability Simplified API model Benefits Single point of access for all API samples #SER1912BE CONFIDENTIAL 9

9 VM Management - REST API s Manage the following areas from our consistent set of tooling: Work with VM operations Power actions Hardware Boot Device Disk Cdrom CPU Disk Ethernet Floppy Memory Parallel Serial Adapter Sata SCSI Cluster Datacenter Datastore Folder Host Network Resource pool VMworld 2017 Content: Not for publication #SER1912BE CONFIDENTIAL 10

10 VCSA - REST API s Manage the following areas from our consistent set of tooling: Appliance Access (DCUI/Shell/SSH) Appliance User accounts Check the Health of the appliance (Load/Mem/Database/Storage/Etc..) Monitoring of services and statistics Configure and test Networking aspects including: Hostname DNS Domains/Servers Network Interfaces Firewall Rules Proxy Settings Routes Perform Backup/Recovery of the appliance Configure System settings: List and resize storage NTP/Timesync Settings View System Versions and Uptime SNMP Settings Shutdown and reboot Update #SER1912BE CONFIDENTIAL 11

11 Content Library - REST API s Manage the following areas from our consistent set of tooling: Configure Global Settings Work with Local Libraries Enable Publish and Subscribe features Sync options and actions Work with library items Upload and download of library items Deploy from content library Work with media library items #SER1912BE CONFIDENTIAL 12

12 API Explorer Available at Navigate REST based APIs for vcenter Appliance Management Tags Content Library API Query Easily understand the API model Determine required fields Easily understand the request body Detailed filter information List of response messages and examples Live Try it out feature Sample Curl statement after try it out VMworld 2017 Content: Not for publication #SER1912BE CONFIDENTIAL 13

13 SDKs Where are we now?

14 Choice of SDKs and Automation tools vsphere Automation SDKs for multiple languages Choice of CLIs PowerCLI Cmdlets Datacenter CLI - DCLI Consistently named with the APIs vrealize Orchestrator Integration Docs are automatically generated REST & SDKS More to come in the future VMworld 2017 REST Java.NET Python Ruby Perl Docs DCLI PowerCLI vro Plugins API & SDK & Language Specific Docs Content: Not for publication Documentation Automation CLIs & Workflows #SER1912BE CONFIDENTIAL 15

15 Open Sourced vsphere Automation SDKs Available at VMware maintained Get up and running in less than 5 minutes! SDKs for managing vsphere and VMC in REST Java Python Perl.Net Ruby Full of samples VMworld 2017 Community contributions welcome Content: Not for publication #SER1912BE CONFIDENTIAL 16

16 vsphere REST APIs and vsphere Automation SDKs VMworld 2017 Content: Not for publication

17 vsphere REST API with NodeJS and Express HTTP Express web framework / (login) /inventory NodeJS App REST API 18

18 Using the vsphere REST API with Node, express and Clarity in 1hr (or now maybe 20 mins) VMworld 2017 Content: Not for publication

19 Takeaways 1. The vsphere REST API is easy to use 2. Downloading, using and contributing to the SDKs is easy 3. Todays samples are available in Github

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