topic Making a VM managed through API in HPE Morpheus Enterprise

Making a VM managed through API

Wed, 13 Apr 2022 10:15:02 GMT

Hi, I was wondering, where is the API call hidden to make an existing VM managed through an API call?

In the UI, I usually go to: Infrastructure > Clouds > “selected cloud” > VMs > +Virtual Machine > Linux VM.
I fill in the wizard with name, description, ssh host, ssh user and ssh password.
Once this is done I select the newly added VM and then go to Actions > Convert to Managed

I am looking to write an API call for this, can this be done?

Thanks in advance.

Re: Making a VM managed through API

Wed, 13 Apr 2022 11:18:57 GMT

Thanks Chris for pointing to the hosts section.

I also needed the POST API call to add it to the system when ‘inventory instances’ is not enabled on the cloud. (Which returns the server id upon completion) I did notice that the “computeServerType” is required on this call.

I used 1, which is a blank vm type. When installing the agent it seems to push the type to a correct one, example: ‘Managed Linux Server’.

If I use 203 (code: vmwareVm, name: VMware Linux VM), which would be the appropriate one for this VM, the UI complains no image found.

curl -XPOST $IP/api/servers \
  -H "Authorization: BEARER $TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "server": {
      "sshUsername": "myusername",
      "sshPassword": "mypassword",
      "sshHost": "10.5.1.1",
      "name": "test",
      "zone": {"id":3},
      "computeServerType": {"id":1},
    },
  }
'

Kind regards,

Re: Making a VM managed through API

cdtaylor — Wed, 13 Apr 2022 10:18:21 GMT

Convert to managed API is documented here: https://apidocs.morpheusdata.com/#convert-to-managed

Thanks