vSphere Web Services SDK Developer’s Setup Guide

This book, the
vSphere Web Services SDK Developer’s Setup Guide,
provides information about setting up your development environment to use the VMware® vSphere Web Services SDK.
VMware provides several different APIs and SDKs for various applications and goals. This book provides information about using the vSphere Web Services SDK for developers who are interested in creating client applications for managing VMware® vSphere components available on VMware ESXi and VMware vCenter Server systems.
To view the current version of this book as well as all VMware API and SDK documentation, go to http://www.vmware.com/support/pubs/sdk_pubs.html

Revision History

This guide is revised with each release of the product or when necessary. A revised version can contain minor or major changes. The Revision History summarizes the significant changes in each version of this guide.
Revision History
Revision
Description
21 SEP 2023
vSphere 8.0 Update 2 release.
  • Minor changes for search engine optimization.
11 OCT 2022
vSphere 8.0 release.
  • .NET content removed.
05 OCT 2021
  • Update to JDK 11 in the vSphere Management SDK.
  • Update certificate procedure.
12 APR 2021
VMware has rebranded the My VMware portal as VMware Customer Connect. We have updated this document accordingly.
09 Mar 2021
vSphere 7.0 Update 2 release, with Java 11 work-around.
06 Oct 2020
vSphere 7.0 Update 1 release.
02 Apr 2020
vSphere 7.0 release: Java 1.7 no longer supported.
17 Apr 2018
Minor updates for vsphere 6.7.
05 Nov 2016
Update and restructure procedures for modifying service endpoints with vSphere 6.5.
Simplify process of building C# DLLs and samples.
12 Mar 2015
vSphere 6.0 release. Changed destination directory for C# DLLs.
20 Feb 2014
Corrected instructions for modifying reverse proxy configuration.
04 Dec 2013
Clarified location of Web Services SDK.
01 Oct 2013
Revised C# setup instructions to reflect simplified procedure in 5.5 release and use new tools. Corrected path to Java sample. Updated Java version. Fixed minor typographical errors in code.
09 Sep 2012
Removed Axis support for 5.1 release. Made more corrections and expansions to C# instructions.
17 Nov 2011
Corrected setup instructions for C# stubs.
24 Aug 2011
Updated for vSphere 5.0 (included information on using JAX-WS bindings).
13 Jul 2010
Minor updates for vSphere 4.1 (new WSDL file configuration, example syntax).
07 May 2009
Revised release of the
vSphere Web Services SDK Developer’s Setup Guide
for vSphere Web Services SDK 4.0. Server-certificate setup information is located in the reference section. Changed directory name for WSDLFILE environment variable.
29 Nov 2007
Initial release of
vSphere Web Services SDK Developer’s Setup Guide
for VMware Infrastructure SDK 2.5.

Intended Audience

This book is intended for anyone who wants to develop applications using the VMware vSphere Web Services SDK. vSphere Web Services SDK developers typically include software developers creating client applications using Java and targeting VMware vSphere.