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List Depot Content Base Images
DescriptionReturns a list of currently available base-images in the depot. if you do not have all of the privileges described as follows: - Operation execution requires VcIntegrity.lifecycleSettings.Read.
Request
URLURL
https://{api_host}/api/esx/settings/depot-content/base-images
Query Parameters
Query Parameters
filter
Optional
The specification of matching base-images.
If unset, the behavior is equivalent to a BaseImages.FilterSpec with all fields unset, which means all base-images match the filter.
Header Parameters
Header Parameters
string
vmware-api-session-id
Required
Required session ID, obtained by first calling Create Session API
Response
Response
Response BodyResponse Body
200 OK returns
array of
SettingsDepotContentBaseImagesSummary of type application/json
List of base-images in the depot. These will be sorted by the version of the base-image.
{
"category": "enum",
"display_name": "string",
"display_version": "string",
"kb": "string",
"release_date": "string",
"summary": "string",
"version": "string"
}
category
Required
Category of the base-image.
Possible values are: SECURITY , ENHANCEMENT , BUGFIX
string
display_name
Required
Display name of the base-image.
string
display_version
Required
Human readable version of the base-image.
string
kb
Required
Link to kb article related to this the base-image.
string
release_date
Required
Release date of the base-image.
string
summary
Required
Summary of the base-image.
string
version
Required
Version of the base-image. When clients pass a value of this structure as a parameter, the field must be an identifier for the resource type: com.vmware.esx.settings.base_image. When operations return a value of this structure as a result, the field will be an identifier for the resource type: com.vmware.esx.settings.base_image.
cURL Command
curl -H "vmware-api-session-id: b00db39f948d13ea1e59b4d6fce56389" https://{api_host}/api/esx/settings/depot-content/base-images
Errors
500
com.vmware.vapi.std.errors.error : If there is unknown internal error. The accompanying error message will give more details about the failure.
Availability
Added in 7.0.0
