Parse OVF Template Information

POST/zstack/v1/ovf/parse

Headers

Authorization: OAuth the-session-uuid

Body

{
  "params": {
    "xmlBase64": "Base64 encoded ovf file content."
  },
  "systemTags": [],
  "userTags": []
}

In the example above, systemTags and userTags fields can be omitted. They are listed to indicate that the body can contain these two fields.

Curl Example

curl -H "Content-Type: application/json;charset=UTF-8" \
-H "Authorization: OAuth b86c9016b4f24953a9edefb53ca0678c" \
--X POST -d '{"params":{"xmlBase64":"Base64 encoded ovf file content."}}' http://localhost:8080/zstack/v1/ovf/parse

Parameter List

Name	Type	Location	Description	Starting Version
xmlBase64	String	body (included in `params` structure)	Base64 encoded OVF file content	4.4.6
systemTags (optional)	List	body	System tags	4.4.6
userTags (optional)	List	body	User tags	4.4.6

API Response

Response Example

{
  "ovfInfo": {
    "disks": [
      {
        "index": 0.0,
        "diskId": "system",
        "fileRef": "file1",
        "fileName": "system.vmdk",
        "format": "vmdk",
        "populatedSize": 1688600576.0,
        "capacity": 64424509440.0
      }
    ],
    "networks": [
      {
        "name": "red-net"
      }
    ],
    "cpu": {
      "instanceId": "2",
      "quantity": 4.0,
      "coresPerSocket": 4.0
    },
    "memory": {
      "instanceId": "3",
      "quantity": 4294967296.0
    },
    "vmName": "VM-1",
    "os": {
      "id": 107.0,
      "version": "7",
      "osType": "centos",
      "description": "CentOS 7"
    },
    "systemInfo": {
      "virtualSystemType": "vmx-18"
    },
    "nics": [
      {
        "networkName": "red-net",
        "nicModel": "E1000",
        "nicName": "nic-1",
        "autoAllocation": true
      }
    ],
    "cdDrivers": [
      {
        "autoAllocation": true,
        "driverType": "SATA",
        "subType": "vmware.cdrom.remotepassthrough",
        "name": "CD"
      }
    ],
    "volumes": [
      {
        "name": "System Volume",
        "diskId": "system",
        "driverType": "IDE"
      }
    ]
  }
}

Name	Type	Description	Starting Version
success	boolean		4.4.6
error	ErrorCode	Error code. If not null, the operation failed. If null, the operation succeeded. See error for details.	4.4.6
ovfInfo	OvfInfo	See ovfInfo for details.	4.4.6

error

Name	Type	Description	Starting Version
code	String	Error code. A globally unique identifier for the error, for example SYS.1000, HOST.1001	4.4.6
description	String	Brief description of the error	4.4.6
details	String	Detailed error information	4.4.6
elaboration	String	Reserved field, defaults to null	4.4.6
opaque	LinkedHashMap	Reserved field, defaults to null	4.4.6
cause	ErrorCode	Root error. The error that caused this error. If there is no original error, this field is null	4.4.6

ovfInfo

Name	Type	Description	Starting Version
vmName	String	VM name	4.4.6
disks	List	See disks for details.	4.4.6
networks	List	See networks for details.	4.4.6
cpu	OvfCpuInfo	See cpu for details.	4.4.6
memory	OvfMemoryInfo	See memory for details.	4.4.6
os	OvfOSInfo	See os for details.	4.4.6
systemInfo	OvfSystemInfo	See systemInfo for details.	4.4.6
nics	List	See nics for details.	4.4.6
cdDrivers	List	See cdDrivers for details.	4.4.6
volumes	List	See volumes for details.	4.4.6

disks

Name	Type	Description	Starting Version
index	int	Disk index	4.4.6
diskId	String	Disk ID	4.4.6
fileRef	String	File reference name	4.4.6
fileName	String	Image file name	4.4.6
format	String	Image file format	4.4.6
populatedSize	Long	Image file size	4.4.6
capacity	Long	Disk capacity in bytes	4.4.6

networks

Name	Type	Description	Starting Version
name	String	Network name	4.4.6

cpu

Name	Type	Description	Starting Version
instanceId	String	Hardware ID	4.4.6
quantity	Integer	Number of CPU cores	4.4.6
coresPerSocket	Integer	Cores per socket	4.4.6

memory

Name	Type	Description	Starting Version
instanceId	String	Hardware ID	4.4.6
quantity	Long	Memory capacity in bytes	4.4.6

os

Name	Type	Description	Starting Version
id	Integer	Operating system ID	4.4.6
version	String	Operating system version	4.4.6
osType	String	Operating system type	4.4.6
description	String	Operating system description	4.4.6

systemInfo

Name	Type	Description	Starting Version
virtualSystemType	String	Hardware system type	4.4.6
firmwareType	String	Firmware type	4.4.6

nics

Name	Type	Description	Starting Version
networkName	String	Network name	4.4.6
nicModel	String	NIC model	4.4.6
nicName	String	NIC name	4.4.6
autoAllocation	Boolean	Whether to auto-allocate	4.4.6

cdDrivers

Name	Type	Description	Starting Version
autoAllocation	Boolean	Whether to auto-allocate	4.4.6
driverType	String	CD drive controller type	4.4.6
subType	String	Sub type	4.4.6
name	String	CD drive name	4.4.6

volumes

Name	Type	Description	Starting Version
name	String	Disk name	4.4.6
diskId	String	Disk ID	4.4.6
driverType	String	Disk driver type	4.4.6

SDK Examples

Java SDK

ParseOvfAction action = new ParseOvfAction();
action.xmlBase64 = "Base64 encoded ovf file content.";
action.sessionId = "b86c9016b4f24953a9edefb53ca0678c";
ParseOvfAction.Result res = action.call();

Python SDK

ParseOvfAction action = ParseOvfAction()
action.xmlBase64 = "Base64 encoded ovf file content."
action.sessionId = "b86c9016b4f24953a9edefb53ca0678c"
ParseOvfAction.Result res = action.call()