REST API: Attaching an existing .vhd to a stopped VM

Bytevenidos

I am automating VM deployments using XOA's REST API. I am successfully deploying a VM from a template and uploading a VHD to one of my SRs. The final step in my automated deployment is attaching this existing VHD that i uploaded to the newly created, halted VM.

I also need to select which .iso is inserted into the CD drive. Is that something configured at the template level? I thought I had done that prior to converting my template.

I saw some discussions about attaching an existing VDI a year ago in the forums, so I am not sure if anyone has asked recently. I am not sure if attaching a disk to a stopped VM after it was newly created is an endpoint I might have missed.

Is this handled under an action sub-URL?

Danp

You attach a VDI to a VM by creating a VBD. Take a look at the POST /vbds endpoint.

Bytevenidos

@Danp Thanks! Also, I converted my VM to a template and it had the .iso in it prior to doing that but then when i spin it up from the REST API the .iso is gone?

Bytevenidos

@Danp They're all GET methods no way to mount anything.

Danp

@Bytevenidos Are you up-to-date?

Bytevenidos

Updated now!

@Danp

Bytevenidos

@Danp How about the CD-ROM with the .iso? Can i mount that on the VM using these also ?

Danp

@Bytevenidos I don't see an endpoint in the REST API for mounting an ISO. However, you should be able to mount the ISO during the VM creation. I will ask around about using the REST API to mount and eject ISOs.

Bytevenidos

@danp The POST /vbds endpoint allows configuring both "RW" or "RO" and a bootable Boolean.

If I need to mount an OS installation ISO and a separate provisioning VDI to the same VM, I assume I must execute two distinct POST /vbds requests:

For the CD-ROM (ISO): Set "mode": "RO" and "bootable": true.
For the provisioning VDI: Set "mode": "RW" and "bootable": false.

Would this work in mounting my OS .iso to my VM in the CD-ROM and also mount the VDI to the vm so it will read it on first boot?

{
  "VM": "VM-UUID", 
  "VDI": "VDI-UUID", 
  "bootable": false,
  "mode": "RW" 
}