VMware vSphere SDKs and Tools 6.7

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HTTP Requests for Convergence Operations

You can use HTTP requests to perform convergence operations such as converging and decommissioning nodes. You can also use HTTP requests to retrieve information about the
type.

HTTP Requests

The following HTTP requests show the syntax that you can use to perform the available user operations.
When you send the requests, you must use an authentication.
When you send requests to port
5480
, you must authenticate with
vCenter Single Sign-On
 credentials.
  • Get the type of the 
    GET https://<
    server
    >:5480/rest/vcenter/system-config/deployment-type
  • Convert a management node to an embedded node 
    POST https://<
    server
    >:5480/rest/vcenter/system-config/deployment-type?action=convert-to-vcsa-embedded&vmw-task=true
  • Decommission an external
    node 
    POST https://<
    server
    >:5480/rest/vcenter/topology/pscs/{
    hostname
    }?action=decommission&vmw-task=true
For information about the content and syntax of the HTTP request body, see the
API Reference
 documentation.

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