Set Customization Specs
Released in v7.0.0Sets an existing specification, possibly after retrieving (by using CustomizationSpecs.get) and editing it.
Request
URLURL
https://{api_host}/rest/vcenter/guest/customization-specs/{name}
Parameters
Parameters
string
name
Required
The name of the customization specification that needs to be set.
The parameter must be an identifier for the resource type: com.vmware.vcenter.guest.CustomizationSpec.
Header Parameters
Header Parameters
string
vmware-api-session-id
Required
Required session ID, acquired from Create Session API under CIS product
vmware-api-session-id Example
b00db39f948d13ea1e59b4d6fce56389
Request Body
Request Body
GuestCustomizationSpecsSetRequestBody of type application/json (required){
"spec": {
"description": "string",
"fingerprint": "string",
"name": "string",
"spec": {
"configuration_spec": {},
"global_DNS_settings": {},
"interfaces": [
{
"adapter": {}
}
]
}
}
}
spec
Required
The new specification that will overwrite the existing specification.
cURL Command
curl -X POST -H "vmware-api-session-id: b00db39f948d13ea1e59b4d6fce56389" -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{"spec":{"description":"string","fingerprint":"string","name":"string","spec":{"configuration_spec":{"linux_config":{"domain":"string","hostname":{"fixed_name":"string","prefix":"string","type":"enum"},"script_text":"string","time_zone":"string"},"windows_config":{"reboot":"enum","sysprep":{"domain":{"domain":"string","domain_password":"string","domain_username":"string","type":"enum","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":"enum"},"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":"enum"},"ipv6":{"gateways":["string"],"ipv6":[{"ip_address":"string","prefix":0}],"type":"enum"},"windows":{"dns_domain":"string","dns_servers":["string"],"net_BIOS_mode":"enum","wins_servers":["string"]}},"mac_address":"string"}]}}}' https://{api_host}/rest/vcenter/guest/customization-specs/{name}
Errors
400
com.vmware.vapi.std.errors.invalid_argument : If, based on the item's fingerprint value, the set process detects that the specification has changed since its retrieval, then the operation throws InvalidArgument exception to warn the client that he might overwrite another client's change.
If the settings in spec are not valid.
403
com.vmware.vapi.std.errors.unauthorized : if the user doesn't have the required privileges.
503
com.vmware.vapi.std.errors.service_unavailable : if the system is unable to communicate with a service to complete the request.
default
'Default' means this response is used for all HTTP codes that are not covered individually for this operation.
