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Add a
VMware Aria Operations
 Endpoint
Last Updated January 26, 2025

To create a
VMware Aria Operations
 endpoint, you make a POST request with a request body that includes
VMware Aria Operations
 specific parameters.
  • Verify that the appliance name and fully qualified domain name of the
    VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle
     instance are available.
  • Verify that the URL variable is assigned.
    url='https://LCM-Hostname'
  • Verify that the SSH user account is configured.
  • Verify that all
    VMware Aria Operations
     instances have the same management packs installed and required adapter instances configured.
As a content developer, you use the API to create a
VMware Aria Operations
 content endpoint.
  1. Create an endpoint to capture
    VMware Aria Operations
     content. For the server, use the FQDN, IP address, or host name of the
    VMware Aria Operations
     instance that you are adding to
    VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle
    .
    curl -X POST \
  '$url/lcm/cms/api/v1/endpoints' \
  -H 'Authorization: Basic YWRtaW5AbG9jYWw6VGhpc0lzUGFzc3dvcmQ=' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{
    "userName": "admin",
    "sshUserName": "root",
    "tagNames": [
        "tag-1"
    ],
    "endpointType": "CONTENT_ENDPOINT",
    "category": "Operations",
    "name": "vrops",
    "server": "{<endpoint_IP_FQDN>}",
    "password": "<example_password>",
    "sshPassword": "<example_sshPassword>",
    "supportCapture": true,
    "supportTest": true,
    "supportRelease": true,
    "sourceControlEnvironment": false
}' | jq "."
  2. Examine the response.
    {
  "requestId":"fcb8040a-e44a-48b1-8cb4-ff7f793becf6",
  "status":"IN_PROGRESS",
  "message":"Endpoint Successfully Created",
  "referenceId":"1e8be9df-893f-4545-b99a-432f90a88e10"
}
  3. Assign the reference ID of the endpoint to a variable name. 
    vROpsEndpoint = '<referenceID>'
  4. Get information about the
    VMware Aria Operations
     endpoint.
    curl -X GET \
  '$url/lcm/cms/api/v1/endpoints/{$vROpsEndpoint}' \
  -H 'Accept: application/json' \
  -H 'Authorization: Basic YWRtaW5AbG9jYWw6VGhpc0lzUGFzc3dvcmQ=' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' | jq "."
  5. Examine the response for information about the
    VMware Aria Operations
     endpoint.
    Response:
{
    "id": "1e8be9df-893f-4545-b99a-432f90a88e10",
    "createdOn": 1573449661631,
    "lastUpdatedOn": 1573449661712,
    "errorMessage": "Endpoint test connection failed",
    "tagNames": [
        "tag-1"
    ],
    "supportCapture": true,
    "supportTest": true,
    "supportRelease": true,
    "supportTemplates": false,
    "supportOnlySourceControlledContent": false,
    "storeTemplates": false,
    "requestedBy": "admin@local",
    "name": "vrops",
    "enabled": false,
    "category": "Operations",
    "systemEndpoint": false,
    "server": "vROpsserver.my.company.com",
    "userName": "user@my.company.local",
    "password": "example_user_password",
    "sshUserName": "ssh_user",
    "sshPassword": "example_ssh_password",
    "reviewRequired": false,
    "endpointType": "CONTENT_ENDPOINT",
    "userIdentity": "admin@local"
}
Use your endpoint to manage the following types of
VMware Aria Operations
 content:
  • Operations-Dashboard
  • Operations-Report
  • Operations-ResourceKindMetricConfig
  • Operations-SuperMetric
  • Operations-Symptom
  • Operations-TextWidgetContent
  • Operations-TopoWidgetConfig
  • Operations-View

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