Deploy Content

To deploy content from an existing

VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle

endpoint, you make a POST request.

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 content package you want to deploy has been added to

VMware Aria Suite Lifecycle

The following procedure shows how to deploy content to a

VMware Aria Automation Orchestrator

endpoint. An example shows how to capture, test, and deploy content to a

VMware Aria Automation Orchestrator

endpoint using a single command.

Assign the reference ID of an existing

VMware Aria Automation Orchestrator

endpoint to a variable name.

vROEndpoint = '<referenceID>'

To deploy captured content to the

VMware Aria Automation Orchestrator

endpoint, execute the following command.

curl -X POST \
  '$url/lcm/cms/api/v1/contents/pipelines' \
  -H 'Accept: application/json' \
  -H 'Authorization: Basic YWRtaW5AbG9jYWw6VGhpc0lzUGFzc3dvcmQ=' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{
   "stages":[
      {
         "comment":"test-deploy",
         "endpointIds":["{$vROEndpoint}"],
         "tagNames":[],
         "contents":[],
         "contentVersionIds":["db118fe4-7ad2-42b2-895b-f53195b8a361"],
         "stage":"DEPLOY",
         "deployLatest":true,
         "includeDependencies":true,
         "deployAllFiles":true,
         "stopDeployOnFirstFailure":true
      }
   ]
}'| jq "."

To track the status of the request, examine the response.

{
   "requestId":"f8951a41-b811-4645-81bb-3eb1b09a25cc",
   "status":"IN_PROGRESS"
}

Perform multiple operations with a single command

The following example shows how to capture, test, and deploy content to a

VMware Aria Automation Orchestrator

endpoint with a single command.

$ vROEndpoint = '<referenceID>'
$ curl -X POST \
  '$url/lcm/cms/api/v1/contents/pipelines' \
  -H 'Accept: application/json' \
  -H 'Authorization: Basic YWRtaW5AbG9jYWw6VGhpc0lzUGFzc3dvcmQ=' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{
    "stages":[
      {
        "comment":"multiple actions at a time",
        "endpointIds":["{$vROEndpoint}"],
        "tagNames":[],
        "contents":[
          {
            "contentDetails":[
              {
                "contentName":"Container host properties with certificate authentication - [id=ContainerHostPropertiesWithCertificate, name=Container host properties with certificate authentication]"
              },
              {
                "contentName":"Container host properties with user/password authentication - [id=ContainerHostPropertiesWithPassword, name=Container host properties with user/password authentication]"
              }
            ],
            "contentType":"Automation-PropertyGroup"
          }
        ],
        "contentVersionIds":[],
        "stage":"CAPTURE",
        "includeDependencies":true,
        "productionReady":true
      },
      {
        "comment":"",
        "endpointIds":["0a712e24-14ce-4aa9-aeb6-3651a7480a3b"],
        "tagNames":[],
        "contents":[],
        "contentVersionIds":[],
        "stage":"TEST",
        "enableDeploy":true,
        "stopUnitTestsOnFirstFailure":true,
        "stopDeployOnFirstFailure":true,
        "enableUnitTests":true,
        "unitTestEndpointId":"3013d6a5-7ab0-4edd-ad2f-7f27d6ecb84b"
      },
      {
        "comment":"multiple actions at a time",
        "endpointIds":["0a712e24-14ce-4aa9-aeb6-3651a7480a3b"],
        "tagNames":[],
        "contents":[],
        "contentVersionIds":[],
        "stage":"DEPLOY",
        "stopDeployOnFirstFailure":true
      }
    ]
}'| jq "."

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