Get Customization Specs
Returns the guest customization specification from vCenter with the specified identifier. if you do not have all of the privileges described as follows: - Operation execution requires VirtualMachine.Provisioning.ReadCustSpecs.
Request
URLURL
Path Parameters
Path Parameters
The name of the customization specification. The parameter must be an identifier for the resource type: com.vmware.vcenter.guest.CustomizationSpec.
Header Parameters
Header Parameters
Required session ID, acquired from Create Session API under CIS product
vmware-api-session-id example
"b00db39f948d13ea1e59b4d6fce56389"
Authentication
Response
Response BodyResponse Body
A customization spec with the specified identifier.
{
"last_modified": "string",
"spec": {
"description": "string",
"fingerprint": "string",
"name": "string",
"spec": {
"configuration_spec": {
"cloud_config": {
"cloudinit": {
"metadata": "string",
"userdata": "string"
},
"type": "CLOUDINIT"
},
"linux_config": {
"domain": "string",
"hostname": {
"fixed_name": "string",
"prefix": "string",
"type": "FIXED"
},
"script_text": "string",
"time_zone": "string"
},
"windows_config": {
"reboot": "REBOOT",
"sysprep": {
"domain": {
"domain": "string",
"domain_password": "string",
"domain_username": "string",
"type": "WORKGROUP",
"workgroup": "string"
},
"gui_run_once_commands": [
"string"
],
"gui_unattended": {
"auto_logon": false,
"auto_logon_count": 0,
"password": "string",
"time_zone": 0
},
"user_data": {
"computer_name": {
"fixed_name": "string",
"prefix": "string",
"type": "FIXED"
},
"full_name": "string",
"organization": "string",
"product_key": "string"
}
},
"sysprep_xml": "string"
}
},
"global_DNS_settings": {
"dns_servers": [
"string"
],
"dns_suffix_list": [
"string"
]
},
"interfaces": [
{
"adapter": {
"ipv4": {
"gateways": [
"string"
],
"ip_address": "string",
"prefix": 0,
"type": "DHCP"
},
"ipv6": {
"gateways": [
"string"
],
"ipv6": [
{
"ip_address": "string",
"prefix": 0
}
],
"type": "DHCP"
},
"windows": {
"dns_domain": "string",
"dns_servers": [
"string"
],
"net_BIOS_mode": "USE_DHCP",
"wins_servers": [
"string"
]
}
},
"mac_address": "string"
}
]
}
}
}
Time when the specification was last modified.
The Spec object including specification and metadata information.
Errors
com.vmware.vapi.std.errors.unauthorized : if the user doesn’t have the required privileges.
com.vmware.vapi.std.errors.service_unavailable : if the system is unable to communicate with a service to complete the request.
‘Default’ means this response is used for all HTTP codes that are not covered individually for this operation.
Code Samples
PowerCLI Client SDK Example
cURL Command
Vendor Extensions
x-vmw-doc-deprecated-method: get
x-vmw-doc-deprecated-path: /rest/vcenter/guest/customization-specs/{name}
x-vmw-doc-operation: get