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vCloud SDK for PHP Developer’s Guide

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VMware, Inc.

Download and Install the vCloud SDK for PHP

You

 

can

 

download

 

the

 

vCloud

 

SDK

 

for

 

PHP

 

from

 

the

 

VMware

 

website.

 

The

 

SDK

 

is

 

distributed

 

as

 

a

 

compressed

 

archive

 

in

 

two

 

forms.

 

vcloudPHP_1.0.0

.build

.tar.gz

,

 

a

 

compressed

 

archive

 

in

 

tar

 

format,

 

where

 

build

 

is

 

a

 

build

 

number.

vcloudPHP_1.0.0

.build

.zip

,

 

a

 

compressed

 

archive

 

in

 

zip

 

format.

To download and install the vCloud SDK for PHP

1

In

 

a

 

browser,

 

go

 

to

 

http://www.vmware.com/go/vcloudsdkforphp

.

2

In

 

the

 

Resources

 

area

 

of

 

the

 

vCloud

 

SDK

 

for

 

PHP

 

Community

 

page,

 

click

 

the

 

Download

 

button.

3

On

 

the

 

Download

 

page,

 

log

 

in

 

with

 

your

 

VMware

 

customer

 

credentials.

4

Review

 

the

 

license

 

agreement.

 

Click

 

Yes

 

to

 

accept

 

it

 

and

 

continue

 

with

 

the

 

download,

 

or

 

click

 

No

 

to

 

exit

 

without

 

downloading.

5

Choose

 

a

 

download

 

option,

 

then

 

click

 

the

 

link

 

for

 

the

 

distribution

 

format

 

you

 

want.

 

The

 

vCloud

 

SDK

 

for

 

PHP

 

is

 

distributed

 

as

 

a

 

compressed

 

archive

 

in

 

two

 

forms.

 

vcloudPHP_1.0.0

.build

.tar.gz

,

 

a

 

compressed

 

archive

 

in

 

tar

 

format,

 

where

 

build

 

is

 

a

 

build

 

number.

vcloudPHP_1.0.0

.build

.zip

,

 

a

 

compressed

 

archive

 

in

 

zip

 

format.

6

When

 

the

 

download

 

completes,

 

uncompress

 

the

 

download

 

package

 

into

 

any

 

convenient

 

folder

 

on

 

your

 

computer.

 

Uncompressed,

 

either

 

archive

 

requires

 

about

 

32

 

MB

 

of

 

disk

 

space.

 

The

 

package

 

includes

 

the

 

following

 

folders:

docs

:

 

vCloud

 

SDK

 

for

 

PHP

 

reference

 

documentation

 

(

vCloud

 

SDK

 

for

 

PHP

 

Reference

 

Guide

)

 

in

 

HTML

 

format.

 

library

:

 

A

 

collection

 

of

 

class

 

libraries

 

and

 

functions

 

that

 

encapsulate

 

vCloud

 

API

 

objects

 

and

 

operations.

samples

:

 

Example

 

code

 

demonstrating

 

common

 

use

 

cases

 

associated

 

with

 

programmatically

 

managing

 

virtual

 

infrastructure.

 

Summary of Contents for vCloud SDK 1.0

Page 1: ...SDK 1 0 This document supports the version of each product listed and supports all subsequent versions until the document is replaced by a new edition To check for more recent editions of this documen...

Page 2: ...ts about this documentation submit your feedback to docfeedback vmware com Copyright 2010 VMware Inc All rights reserved This product is protected by U S and international copyright and intellectual p...

Page 3: ...ct 10 Creating an SDK Object 10 Using a Different HTTP Library 12 Using the HTML Reference Material 12 2 Setting Up for PHP Development 13 Prerequisites 13 Download and Install the vCloud SDK for PHP...

Page 4: ...vCloud SDK for PHP Developer s Guide 4 VMware Inc...

Page 5: ...ud Director This guide assumes you are familiar with the PHP programming language Representational State Transfer REST and RESTful programming conventions the Open Virtualization Format Specification...

Page 6: ...ware com support services VMware Professional Services VMware Education Services courses offer extensive hands on labs case study examples and course materials designed to be used as on the job refere...

Page 7: ...bout running the example applications included in the SDK This chapter includes the following topics vCloud Object Taxonomy on page 7 vCloud SDK for PHP Design on page 9 vCloud Object Taxonomy The vCl...

Page 8: ...s floppy disks and CD ROMs An organization administrator specifies how resources from a provider vDC are distributed to the vDCs in an organization vCloud Catalogs Catalogs contain references to virtu...

Page 9: ...fined in vCloud API vCloud administrative API and vCloud vSphere platform API extensions Classes in this package are generated from the vCloud API XML schema files Each class maps to a complex type de...

Page 10: ...e Creating an SDK Object You can create an SDK object when you need to invoke a lifecycle operation such as create or modify on a vCloud API object Most class constructors for SDK objects require two...

Page 11: ...minOrg getAdminVdcsRefs Catalog Org getCatalogRefs CatalogItem Catalog getCatalogItemRefs CatalogItem AdminCatalog getCatalogItemRefs Extension None See Creating Top Level Objects on page 12 Extension...

Page 12: ...are_VCloud_SDK_Http_Client_Interface interface and then can call the VMware_VCloud_SDK_Service getService method specifying that client service VMware_VCloud_SDK_Service getService myHTTPClient Using...

Page 13: ...ut the vCloud API XML schemas which define the objects and operations that the SDK supports familiarity with the details of the underlying objects and operations as described in the vCloud API Program...

Page 14: ...e with the download or click No to exit without downloading 5 Choose a download option then click the link for the distribution format you want The vCloud SDK for PHP is distributed as a compressed ar...

Page 15: ...help To run the helloVCloud php example use the following command php helloVCloud php s server u user vcloudOrganization p password c config o orgName d vdcName g catalogName i item a vAppName The fol...

Page 16: ...ample creates All options but s u and p must be separated from their arguments by an equals sign For example php helloVCloud php s vcloud example com u user exampleOrg p Pa55w0rd o exampleOrg d exampl...

Page 17: ...mples use for logging in names for objects such as catalogs and vDCs that the examples create and other values that you are required to specify when creating a vCloud API object You must edit this fil...

Page 18: ...sed by all example code updateVmMemory php Edits the memory required by a virtual machine and reduces the existing value by half uploadVAppTemplate php Uploads an OVF package to create a vApp template...

Page 19: ...kage used in examples 13 P packages in this SDK 9 PEAR HTTP_Request2 package 13 PHP versions supported 13 S sample programs privileges required to run 18 runtime environment for 17 sample programs pri...

Page 20: ...vCloud SDK for PHP Developer s Guide 20 VMware Inc...

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