VMware vCenter vCenter Lab Manager 4.0 User guide

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Lab Manager SOAP API Reference
vCenter Lab Manager 4.0
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Lab Manager SOAP API Reference
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Contents
AboutThisBook 7
1 IntroducingVMwarevCenterLabManagerSOAPAPI 9
IntegratingLab ManagerwithAutomatedTestingTools 9
SupportedOperations 9
LabManagerDataObjects 10
StandardsComplianceandCompatibleDevelopmentPlatforms 10
SOAPAPISecurity 10
UserAuthentication 10
2 GettingStartedwiththeLabManagerSOAPAPI 11
RequirementsforDevelopinganApplication 11
ObtainingandImportingtheWSDLFile 11
ImportingtheWSDLFiletoYourDevelopmentEnvironment 11
UseMicrosoftVisualStudiowiththeLab ManagerWSDLFile 12
SimpleandAdvancedC#CodeSamples 13
SimpleC#ExampleConsoleApplication 13
AdvancedC#SampleIntegratingLab ManagerandQualityCenter 15
3 Lab ManagerAPIDataTypes 19
PrimitiveXMLDataTypes 19
Lab ManagerDataTypes 19
AuthenticationHeader 20
SupportedAPICalls 20
Fields 20
C#SampleCode 20
Configuration 21
Machine 21
4 Lab ManagerAPIMethodReference 23
ConfigurationCapture 24
Syntax 24
Arguments 24
Response 24
C#SampleCode 24
ConfigurationCheckout 25
Syntax 25
Arguments 25
Response 25
C#SampleCode 25
ConfigurationClone 26
Syntax 26
Arguments 26
Response 26
C#SampleCode 26
ConfigurationDelete 27
Syntax 27
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Arguments 27
Response 27
C#SampleCode 27
ConfigurationDeploy 28
Syntax 28
Arguments 28
Response 28
C#SampleCode 28
ConfigurationPerformAction 29
Syntax 29
Arguments 29
Response 29
C#SampleCode 29
ConfigurationSetPublicPrivate 30
Syntax 30
Arguments 30
Response 30
C#SampleCode 30
ConfigurationUndeploy 31
Syntax 31
Arguments 31
Response 31
C#SampleCode 31
GetConfiguration 32
Syntax 32
Response 32
C#SampleCode 32
GetConfigurationByName 33
Syntax 33
Arguments 33
Response 33
C#SampleCode 33
GetCurrentOrganizationName 34
Syntax 34
Response 34
C#SampleCode 34
GetCurrentWorkspaceName 34
Syntax 34
Response 34
C#SampleCode 35
GetMachine 35
Syntax 35
Arguments 35
Response 35
C#SampleCode 35
GetMachineByName 36
Syntax 36
Arguments 36
Response 36
C#SampleCode 36
GetSingleConfigurationByName 37
Syntax 37
Arguments 37
Response 37
C#SampleCode 37
ListConfigurations 38
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Syntax 38
Arguments 38
Response 38
C#SampleCode 38
ListMachines 39
Syntax 39
Arguments 39
Response 39
C#SampleCode 39
LiveLink 40
Syntax 40
Arguments 40
Response 40
C#SampleCode 40
MachinePerformAction 41
Syntax 41
Arguments 41
Response 41
C#SampleCode 41
SetCurrentOrganizationByName 42
Syntax 42
Arguments 42
C#SampleCode 42
SetCurrentWorkspaceByName 43
Syntax 43
Arguments 43
C#SampleCode 43
Index 45
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UsetheVMware
®
vCenterLab ManagerSOAPAPIGuidetodevelopapplicationsthatuseLab ManagerWeb
servicedata,automatetasks,orintegrateLab Managerwithothersoftwaretestingtools.
Intended Audience
ThisguideisintendedfordeveloperswhowanttouseLab Managerdataforcustomizedtestingsolutions,or
integrateLab Managerandothersoftwaretestingtoolsintheirenvironment.Forexample,usingthe
Lab ManagerSOAPAPIletsyouintegrateLab Managerwithautomatedsoftwaretestingtools.
Tousetheinformationinthisguide,you
shouldbefamiliarwiththefollowingitems:
Virtualmachinetechnology
Distributed,multitieredsystemsconcepts
Developmentandtestingpractices
WindowsorLinuxoperatingsystems
WebServices,SOAP,andXML
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TheLab ManagerSOAPapplicationprogramminginterface(API)providesprogrammaticaccesstothe
Lab Managersystem.ByusingthesecureAPI,youcanconnecttotheLab Managerservertoautomateor
performvariousoperations.
TheLab ManagerSOAPAPIusesXML‐basedtechnologies,includingSOAP,asthecommunicationprotocol
andWebServicesDescriptionLanguage
(WSDL)astheinterfacedescriptionlanguage.TheLab Manager
WSDLfiledetailstheavailablemethodsoftheservice(calledoperationsinWebServices),parametertypesand
theSOAPendpointfortheservice.
Thischapterincludesthefollowingtopics:
“IntegratingLab ManagerwithAutomatedTestingTools”onpage 9
“SupportedOperations”onpage 9
“LabManagerDataObjects”onpage 10
“StandardsComplianceandCompatibleDevelopmentPlatforms”onpage 10
“SOAPAPISecurity”onpage 10
“UserAuthentication”onpage 10
Integrating Lab Manager with Automated Testing Tools
TheLab ManagerSOAPAPIallowsyoutointeractwithLab Managerdatausingthelanguageandplatform
ofyourchoice.TheexamplesinthisguideusetheC#programminglanguageandtheMicrosoft.NET
framework,butotherprogramminglanguagesanddevelopmentenvironmentsarealsosupported.Ifyouare
usingalanguageother
thanC#,seethedocumentationaboutyourdevelopmentenvironmentforcomparable
informationaboutdevelopingWebserviceapplications.
InadditiontoextendingorcustomizingLab ManagerbyusingtheSOAPAPI,youcanalsointegrate
Lab Managerwithautomatedtestingsystems.Youcanseeanexampleofthisintegrationin“AdvancedC#
SampleIntegrating
Lab ManagerandQualityCenter”onpage 15.
FormoreinformationaboutLab Managersolutions,developerresources,andcommunityresources,goto
http://www.vmware.com.
Supported Operations
UsingyourpreferredWeb‐enableddevelopmentenvironment,youcanconstructWebserviceclient
applicationsusingstandardWebserviceprotocolstoprogrammaticallyperformthefollowingtasks:
Queryforvirtualmachineandconfigurationinformation.
Performactionsonmachinesandconfigurations.
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Manager SOAP API
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Capture,checkout,clone,delete,anddeployconfigurations.
CreateaLiveLinkconfigurationURLthatyoucanemailtootherteammembers.
FordetailedinformationaboutsupportedWebserviceoperations,see“Lab ManagerAPIMethodReference”
onpage 23.
Lab Manager Data Objects
TheLab ManagerSOAPAPIusesobjectstointeractwiththedatainyourorganization.Objectsare
programmaticrepresentationsoftheLab Managerdata.Objectpropertiesrepresentfieldsinthosedata
entities.Forexample,aLab ManagerconfigurationisrepresentedbyaConfigurationobject,whichhasfields
thatrepresenttheconfigurationname,configurationnumeric
identifier,deploymentstatus,sharedstate,and
more.
ThisdocumentdescribeshowtousetheLabManagerdataobjectstoperformoperationssuchasquery,clone,
capture,anddeployonLab Managerdata.See“Lab ManagerAPIDataTypes”onpage 19.
Standards Compliance and Compatible Development Platforms
TheLab ManagerSOAPAPIcomplieswithSOAP1.1,WSDL1.1,andotherstandardsidentifiedintheWS‐I
BasicProfileVersion1.1.TheLab ManagerSOAPAPIworkswithcurrentSOAPdevelopmentenvironments
thatadheretotheBasicProfileVersion1.1standards.TheexamplesinthisdocumentusetheMicrosoftVisual
Studio
.NET2005developmentenvironmentandtheC#programminglanguage.
Ifyouare usingVisualStudiofor.NETdevelopment,VMwarerecommendsthatyouuseVisualStudio2005
orlater.
SOAP API Security
ClientapplicationsthataccesstheLab Managerdatainyourorganizationaresubjecttothesamesecurity
protectionsthatareusedintheLab ManagerWebconsole.Lab ManagerusesSSLexposesallSOAPAPI
methods.
WhenyouusetheWebserviceURLtoaccesstheSOAPAPIwiththeWebserviceURL,you
mightseeanSSL
certificatewarning.AcceptthecertificatetousetheAPIorreplacethecertificatewithavalidsignedcertificate.
User Authentication
ClientapplicationsmustprovidevalidusercredentialswitheachLab ManagerWebservicemethodcall.
The requiredcredentialsareaLab Manageruseraccount,password,organization,andworkspacename.
You mustprovidethenameoftheorganizationand/orworkspacethatcontainstheobjectsonwhichyouwant
toperformoperations.TheLab Managerserverauthenticatesthese
credentials.
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OTEImplementationdifferencesincertaindevelopmentplatformsmightpreventaccesstosomeorallof
thefeaturesintheLab ManagerSOAPAPI.
NOTEYoucanusenon‐administratorcredentials.
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YoucanusetheLab ManagerSOAPAPItodevelopanXMLWebserviceclient.AnXMLWebserviceclientis
anycomponentorapplicationthatreferencesandusesanXMLWebservice.Thisdoesnotrequirea
client‐basedapplication.Inmanycases,XMLWebserviceclientsmightbeotherWeb
applications,suchas
WebFormsorevenotherXMLWebservices.
Thischapterincludesthefollowingtopics:
“RequirementsforDevelopinganApplication”onpage 11
“ObtainingandImportingtheWSDLFile”onpage 11
“SimpleandAdvancedC#CodeSamples”onpage 13
Requirements for Developing an Application
Beforeyoucanstartdevelopinganapplication,reviewtheserequirements:
VMwareassumesthatyouarefamiliarwithbasicprogrammingconceptsandalreadyhavea
programmingdevelopmentenvironmentsetuponyourcomputer.
YoumusthaveaninstanceofLab Managerinstalled,configured,andrunningonyournetwork.
YoumustknowtheaddressoftheLab Managerserverinstance,startingwithitsfullyqualifiedhostname
orIPaddress,forexample,https://hostname.company.com/LabManager.
YoumusthaveanaccountonthetargetLab Managerserver.
Copythecodelistingdisplayedinthenextsection,andpasteitintoyourMicrosoftVisualStudio2005
environment.
Obtaining and Importing the WSDL File
Aswithanystandards‐basedSOAPAPIimplementation,theLab ManagerAPIdefinitionisavailableonthe
WebserviceasanXML‐formattedWSDLfile.Toobtainthisfile,openInternetExplorer5.5orlaterand
navigatetohttps://<hostname>/LabManager/SOAP/LabManager.asmx?WSDLforyourLab Managerserver.
TheWSDLfiledefinesalltheLab ManagerAPI
callsandobjects.FormoreinformationonWSDL,goto
http://www.w3.org/TR/wsdl.
Importing the WSDL File to Your Development Environment
AfteryouobtaintheWSDLfile,importittoyourdevelopmentenvironmentandgeneratethenecessaryobjects
foruseinbuildingclientWebserviceapplications.Theprocessdependsonyourdevelopmentenvironment,
programminglanguage,andassociatedtools.Forexample,theMicrosoftVisualStudiodevelopment
environmenthandlesthetasksautomatically.Forinstructions
aboutotherdevelopmentplatforms,seethe
productdocumentationforyourplatform.
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Use Microsoft Visual Studio with the Lab Manager WSDL File
MicrosoftVisualStudioprogramminglanguagesaccesstheLab ManagerSOAPAPIthroughobjectsthat
serveasproxiesfortheirserver‐sidecounterparts.WhenmanagedcodeaccessesXMLWebservices,aproxy
classandthe.NETFrameworkhandlealloftheinfrastructurecoding.
BeforeyoucanusetheLab ManagerSOAPAPIwithVisual
Studio,youmustfirstgeneratetheproxyclass
objectfromtheWSDLfile.VisualStudioprovidesanAddaWebReferencewizardtoconnecttoaWebservice
andgeneratethenecessaryartifacts.YoucanaddaWebreferencetoanexistingapplicationorcreateanew
applicationinVisualStudio.
SeeAddingandRemovingWebReferencesintheVisualStudiodocumentation.
To add a Web reference by using Microsoft Visual Studio 2005
1InWindows,selectStart>MicrosoftVisualStudio.NET2005.
2 SelectNewProjecttocreateanewproject,orselectOpentoopenanexistingproject.
3IntheURLtextbox,typehttps://<hostname>/LabManager/SOAP/LabManager.asmxtoobtainthe
servicedescriptionofthe
Lab ManagerWebservice.
4ClickGo.
ThecertificateexchangebetweentheLab Managerserverandthedevelopmentenvironmentclient
begins.Asecurityalertdisplaysthedetailsofthecertificatesentfromtheserver.
5ClickYes.
6 (Optional)IfalertfromtheVisualStudioenvironmentappears,clickYes.
TheMicrosoftVisualStudioenvironmentconnectsto
theWebserviceendpointanddisplaysthe
operationsdescribedintheLab ManagerWebserviceWSDLfile.
7 SelectthetextintheWebreferencenametextboxandtypeLabManager,thenamespaceusedforthisWeb
reference.
LabManagerisoneword,withoutspaces.
8ClickAddReference.
9 (Optional)Ifacertificatewarningmessage
appears,clickYes.
10 ClickYes.
VisualStudioretrievestheservicedescriptionandgeneratestheLabManagerproxyclassthatservesasan
interfacetotheLab ManagerWebservicefromyourapplication.Attheendoftheprocess,theclassisadded
totheWebReferencesfolderoftheproject.(ClickSolutionExplorer
toseeLabManagerSoaplistedintheWeb
Referencesfolder .)
Withthisbasicsetuptaskcompleted,youcanbuildclientapplicationsthatusetheLab ManagerSOAPAPI.
ThefastestwaytobecomefamiliarwiththeAPIisbyreviewingthecodesampleslistedin“Simpleand
AdvancedC#CodeSamples”onpage 13.
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OTEThesecurityalertmessagesaregeneratedwhentheLab Managerserverusesthedefault,
self‐signedcertificates.YoucanreplacethesecertificatesontheLab Managerserverwithcertificates
purchasedfromVerisign,Thawte,andothercertificateauthorities.
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Simple and Advanced C# Code Samples
Reviewthesetuprequirementson“RequirementsforDevelopinganApplication”onpage 11.
YoucantestbasicAPIprogrammingconnectivitybetweenyourdevelopmentworkstationandyour
Lab ManagerWebservicebyusingthe“SimpleC#ExampleConsoleApplication.”Ifyouareusinga
programminglanguageotherthanC#andaWebservicesdevelopment
environmentotherthanMicrosoft
VisualStudio2005,seetheappropriatedocumentationformoreinformation.
Thiscodesampleperformsseveralsimpletasks.Thefirsttwotasksarerequiredofanyapplicationthatmakes
callstoaLab ManagerWebservice.
BindstotheLab ManagerSOAPAPI.
SetsuptheusernameandpasswordformakingaSOAPcall.
SetsuptheServicePointManagercertificatepolicytoaccepttheSSLcertificate.ToconnecttotheYoumust
setupthecertificatepolicytoacceptallcertificates.
Makesacalltogetaconfigurationobjectbasedontheobject’sname.
Displaysallconfigurationfieldsintheconsole.
Simple C# Example Console Application
CopythissamplecodeandpasteitintoyourMicrosoftVisualStudio2005environment.
using System;
using System.Net;
namespace LMConsoleApplication1
{
class Class1
{
/// <summary>
/// The main entry point for the application.
/// </summary>
[STAThread]
static void Main(string[] args)
{
try
{
//
//** Bind to the Lab Manager SOAP API
//
LabManagerSoap.LabManagerSOAPinterface binding =
new LabManagerSoap.LabManagerSOAPinterface();
//
//** Enter the URL for your system here
//
binding.Url ="https://10.6.1.248/LabManager/SOAP/LabManager.asmx”;
binding.Timeout = 10 * 60 * 1000; // 10 minutes
ServicePointManager.CertificatePolicy = new CertificateAccepter();
//**
//** Allocate AuthenticationHeader object to hold caller’s
//** user name and password
//**
binding.AuthenticationHeaderValue = new
LabManagerSoap.AuthenticationHeader();
//
//** Substitute a real user’s user name, password, organization, and workspace
name here
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developmentenvironmentsetuponyourcomputer.
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//
binding.AuthenticationHeaderValue.username = "jaya";
binding.AuthenticationHeaderValue.password = "Lab Manager";
binding.AuthenticationHeaderValue.organizationname = "MyOrg";
binding.AuthenticationHeaderValue.workspacename = "My’Workspace";
//**
//** Call GetSingleConfigurationByName()
//** Get default configuration that comes with Lab Manager
//** installation and write all property values to console
//**
LabManagerSoap.Configuration defCfg=
binding.GetSingleConfigurationByName("Sample Configuration");
//
//** Print out configuration properties to the Console
//
Console.WriteLine("Name = " + defCfg.name);
Console.WriteLine("ID = " + defCfg.id.ToString());
Console.WriteLine("Description = "+ defCfg.description);
Console.WriteLine("isPublic = "+ defCfg.isPublic.ToString());
Console.WriteLine("isDeployed = "+ defCfg.isDeployed.ToString());
Console.WriteLine("fenceMode = "+ defCfg.fenceMode.ToString());
Console.WriteLine("type = " + defCfg.type.ToString());
Console.WriteLine("owner = " + defCfg.owner);
Console.WriteLine("dateCreated = " +
defCfg.dateCreated.ToString());
Console.ReadLine();
}
catch (Exception e)
{
Console.WriteLine("Error: " + e.Message);
Console.ReadLine();
}
} //** end Main
} //** end Class1
/// <summary>
/// This class is needed to automatically accept the SSL certificate
/// the Lab Manager sends on each API call.
/// </summary>
public class CertificateAccepter : System.Net.ICertificatePolicy
{
public CertificateAccepter() {}
public bool CheckValidationResult(
System.Net.ServicePoint servicePoint,
System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates.X509Certificate cert,
System.Net.WebRequest webRequest, int iProblem)
{
return true;
}
}
} //** end Namespace}
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Advanced C# Sample Integrating Lab Manager and Quality Center
ThisC#.NETsampleinthissectionisamoreextensive,andmorepractical,sampleofusingtheLab Manager
SOAPAPI.ThiscodesampleshowstheintegrationoftheLab ManagerSOAPAPIcallswithaMercury
InteractiveCorporationQualityCenterproduct.Thesamplecodeperformsthesetasks:
MakesLab ManagerAPI(Lab ManagerSOAPAPI)callstocheckoutaconfigurationfromthelibraryand
deployit.
UsesMercuryQualityCentertorunaseriesofpredefinedtestsonthedeployedconfiguration.
MakesLab ManagerSOAPAPIcallstocapturetheconfigurationandundeployitfromtheworkspace.
Thesetasksareaccomplishedinthesamplecodeusingthesemethods:
CheckoutDeployConfiguration()–Obtainstheconfigurationfromthelibraryanddeploysittothe
Lab Managerworkspace.
RunQCTestset()–RunsaseriesofpredefinedMercuryInteractiveQualityCentertests.Formore
informationaboutthepredefinedtests,seetheMercuryInteractiveQualityCenterdocumentation.
CaptureUndeployConfiguration()–Undeploystheconfigurationandcapturesittothelibrary.
Inaddition,theGetLMAPI()methodcreatesanewbindingtotheLab ManagerAPIandsetsupauthentication
parameters.Thismethodconfiguresthecertificatepolicyforthe.NETservicepointmanagertoacceptany
certificateprogrammatically.GetLMAPI()returnsaninstanceof
theLab Managerbinding.
CopythissamplecodeandpasteitintoyourMicrosoftVisualStudio2005environment.
using System;
using System.Configuration;
using System.Collections.Specialized;
using System.IO;
using System.Net;
using TDAPIOLELib; //** From Mercury Quality Center
namespace MATRun
{
/// <summary>
/// Class1 comprises methods to check out a configuration from the Lab
/// Manager Library and deploy it to the Workspace; execute several
/// tests; and capture a configuration.
/// </summary>
class Class1
{
/// <summary>
/// The main entry point for the application.
/// </summary>
[STAThread]
static void Main(string[] args)
{
NameValueCollection settings=ConfigurationSettings.AppSettings;
string filename = null;
string buildlocation = null;
string buildversion = null;
if ( args.Length > 0 )
{
buildlocation = args[0];
buildversion = args[1];
}
if ( buildlocation == null )
{
buildlocation =
@"\\fs.labmanger.com\public\build\outputdir\1423\artifacts";
buildversion = "Lab Manager-2.0.4018";
}
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filename =
@"\\fs.labmanager.com\public\build\build-to-test.bat";
StreamWriter f = new StreamWriter(filename);
f.WriteLine(String.Format(@"xcopy {0}\setup.exe c:\ /Y",
buildlocation));
f.Close();
Console.WriteLine(String.Format("Testing {0} at location {1}",
buildversion, buildlocation));
string config = CheckoutDeployConfiguration(buildversion);
RunQCTestset();
CaptureUndeployConfiguration(config);
} //** End Main() method
//
//** Initialize parameters
//
static string library_config = "ProofOfBuild-R2";
static string storage_server ="LM Server";
static string perform_capture ="Yes";
static string soap_server = "LM Server";
///<summary>
/// The RunQCTestset()method executes a series of predefined
/// tests using Mercury Interactive’s Quality Center product.
///</summary>
static void RunQCTestset()
{
string server = "https://demo12.Lab Manager.com/qcbin";
string domain = "Lab Manager_SYSTEMS";
string project = "Snapshot_20";
string username = "jaya";
string password = "Lab Manager";
string host = "10.6.1.34";
string chosenTestSet = "Install_Verify";
// ----
TDConnection tdc = new TDConnection();
tdc.InitConnection(server, domain, "");
tdc.ConnectProjectEx(domain, project, username, password);
if ( tdc.Connected)
{
TestSetFactory testSetFactory =(TestSetFactory)tdc.TestSetFactory;
List testSetList;
testSetList = testSetFactory.NewList("");
foreach ( TestSet testSet in testSetList)
{
if ( testSet.Name.ToUpper() == chosenTestSet.ToUpper())
{
Console.WriteLine("Scheduling "+ testSet.Name);
TSScheduler sched = (TSScheduler)
testSet.StartExecution(host);
sched.RunAllLocally = false;
sched.Run(null);
ExecutionStatus status = (ExecutionStatus)
sched.ExecutionStatus;
while ( status.Finished == false )
{
System.Threading.Thread.Sleep(30);
status.RefreshExecStatusInfo(null, true);
}
// results
TDAPIOLELib.TSTestFactory tsf;
tsf = (TSTestFactory) testSet.TSTestFactory;
TDAPIOLELib.List testlist;
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testlist = tsf.NewList("");
foreach ( TSTest test in testlist)
{
TDAPIOLELib.Run r= (Run) test.LastRun;
if (r != null)
{
Console.WriteLine(test.Name + " " + r.Name + " " +
r.Status.ToString());
}
} //** end foreach
break;
} //** end if
} //** end foreach
} //** end if
} //** end RunQCTestset
///<summary>
///The CheckoutDeployConfiguration() method obtains the configuration
///from the Lab Manager Library and deploys it to the Lab Manager
///Workspace.
///</summmary>
static string CheckoutDeployConfiguration( string version)
{
//
//** Check out a configuration and deploy it to the Workspace
string srcconfig = "ProofOfBuild-R2"; //** Configuration name
System.DateTime time = System.DateTime.Now;
string configname = version+"-"+
time.ToString().Replace(" ", "_").Replace("/","-");
//
//** Bind to Lab Manager SOAP Web service
//
LabManagerSoap.LabManagerSOAPinterface binding = GetLMAPI();
//
//** Get configuration information -- Configuration object
//
LabManagerSoap.Configuration config =
binding.GetSingleConfigurationByName(srcconfig);
Console.WriteLine("Checkout configuratioin "+ srcconfig);
//
//** Check configuration out of Configuration Library and
//** name it(configname)
//
int newCheckoutID = binding.ConfigurationCheckout(config.id, configname);
Console.WriteLine("Deploy configuratioin "+ srcconfig);
//
//** Deploy Configuration
//** false = Do not run images from ESX host
//** 1 = Fenced mode, traffic blocked in and out
//
binding.ConfigurationDeploy(newCheckoutID, false, 1);
Console.WriteLine("Deploy is completed");
return configname;
}
///<summary>
/// The CaptureUndeployConfiguration() method saves the configuration
/// to the Lab Manager Library and undeploys it from the workspace.
///</summary>
static void CaptureUndeployConfiguration(string configname)
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{
//
//** Bind to Lab Manager SOAP Web Service
//
LabManagerSoap.LabManagerSOAPinterface binding = GetLMAPI();
LabManagerSoap.Configuration config =
binding.GetSingleConfigurationByName(configname);
if ( perform_capture.Equals("Yes") )
{
Console.WriteLine("Capture configuration "+ configname);
int newConfigCaptureID = binding.ConfigurationCapture(config.id,
configname);
}
Console.WriteLine("Undeploy configuration "+ configname);
binding.ConfigurationUndeploy(config.id);
Console.WriteLine("Undeploy is completed");
}
/// <summary>
///The GetLMAPI() method creates a new binding to the Lab Manager API
///and sets up authentication and other basic parameters. This method
///returns a CertificateAcceptor object.
/// </summary>
static LabManagerSoap.LabManagerSOAPinterface GetLMAPI()
{
//
//** Bind to SOAP interface
//
LabManagerSoap.LabManagerSOAPinterface binding = new
LabManagerSoap.LabManagerSOAPinterface();
//
//**Allocate caller login object
//
binding.AuthenticationHeaderValue = new
LabManagerSoap.AuthenticationHeader();
binding.Url = binding.Url.Replace("https://qa240.VMware.com",
"https:/demo44.VMware.com");
binding.AuthenticationHeaderValue.username = "jaya";
binding.AuthenticationHeaderValue.password = "vlm";
binding.AuthenticationHeaderValue.organizationname = "MyOrg";
binding.AuthenticationHeaderValue.workspacename = "MyWorkspace";
binding.Timeout = 10 * 60 * 1000; // 10 minutes
ServicePointManager.CertificatePolicy = new CertificateAccepter();
return binding; //** return binding reference
}
}
/// <summary>
/// The CertificateAccepter class automatically accepts the SSL
/// certificate sent by Lab Manager with each API call from a client
/// application.
/// </summary>
public class CertificateAccepter : System.Net.ICertificatePolicy
{
public CertificateAccepter() {}
public bool CheckValidationResult(
System.Net.ServicePoint servicePoint,
System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates.X509Certificate cert,
System.Net.WebRequest webRequest, int iProblem)
{
return true;
}
}//end CertificateAccepter class declaration
}//end namespace declaration
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ThischapterprovidesdetailedinformationontheAPIdatatypesinLab Manager.
Thischapterincludesthefollowingtopics:
“PrimitiveXMLDataTypes”onpage 19
“Lab ManagerDataTypes”onpage 19
“AuthenticationHeader”onpage 20
“Configuration”onpage 21
“Machine”onpage 21
Primitive XML Data Types
Lab ManagerSOAPAPIdatatypesarebasedontheprimitiveXMLdatatypesshowninTable 3‐1.These
primitivedatatypesarethebuildingblocksfortheLab ManagerdatatypesusedinmakingLab ManagerAPI
calls.
Lab Manager Data Types
Whenyouwriteyourclientapplication,followthedatatypingrulesdefinedforyourprogramminglanguage
anddevelopmentenvironment.Yourdevelopmenttoolmapsthetypeddatainyourprogramminglanguage
withtheseSOAPdatatypes.
TheLab ManagerdatatypesaredefinedintheLab ManagerWSDLfile.See“LabManagerSOAPAPI
Data
Types”onpage 20formoreinformation.
Lab Manager API Data Types
3
Table 3-1. Primitive XML Data Types in the Lab Manager SOAP API
Value Description
xsd:Boolean Alogicalvalue,includingtrue,false,0,and1.
xsd:date Datevalues.
xsd:dateTime Date/timevalues(timestamps).
xsd:double NumericvaluethatcorrespondstotheIEEEdouble‐precision64‐bitfloatingpointtypedefined
inthestandardIEEE754‐1985.
xsd:int Numericvaluefrom‐2147483648to2147483647.
xsd:string Anycharacterdata.
Lab Manager SOAP API Reference
20 VMware, Inc.
AuthenticationHeader
Thisdatatypepassestheusername,password,organization,andworkspacenameofthecallerinall
Lab ManagerSOAPAPImethods.
Supported API Calls
ThisdatatypesupportsallAPIcalls.
Fields
C# Sample Code
/**
** Visual Studio Console application in C#
** LMsoap = Web reference name for LM Web service
** Set up login code for all LM Web service method calls
**
**/
try
{
LabManagerSoap.LabManagerSOAPinterface binding = new
LabManagerSoap.LabManagerSOAPinterface();
binding.AuthenticationHeaderValue =new
LabManagerSoap.AuthenticationHeader();
binding.AuthenticationHeaderValue.username = "hedley";
binding.AuthenticationHeaderValue.password = "Lab Manager";
binding.AuthenticationHeaderValue.organizationname = "MyOrg";
binding.AuthenticationHeaderValue.workspacename = "MyWorkspace";
ServicePointManager.CertificatePolicy = new CertificateAccepter();
}
catch (Exception e)
{
Console.WriteLine("Error: " + e.Message);
Console.ReadLine();
}
Table 3-2. Lab Manager SOAP API Data Types
Data Type Description
AuthenticationHeader Containstheusername,password,organization,andworkspacenameofthecaller.
This datatypeispartofeverySOAPheaderinLab ManagerWebServicemethods.
Configuration Configurationobject.
Machine Machineobject.
Table 3-3. AuthenticationHeader Fields
Field Data Type Description
organizationname string Lab Managerorganizationname.
password string Lab Manageraccountpassword.
username string Lab Manageraccountusername.
workspacename string Lab Managerworkspacename
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