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LorenzoGi
LorenzoGi

Reputation: 276

How to get the version of Vmware VSpere with the Rest API?

I'm using the REST API to control vSphere vCenter Server 6.5 and 6.7. In order to distinguish the two, I found /rest/appliance/system/version that is working on 6.5 (in fact GET returns correctly 6.5.xx).

The same path is not working on 6.7 (not found). Is there an equivalent?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 4814

Answers (2)

Georgi Stoimenov
Georgi Stoimenov

Reputation: 1062

Another way to get current vCenter version for >= 8.0.1 is to:

GET https://$VC/sdk/vim25/8.0.1.0/ServiceInstance/ServiceInstance/content

with example response:

{
   ...
   "about": {
        ...
        "version": "8.0.3",
        ...
        "apiVersion": "8.0.3.0",
        ...
        "licenseProductVersion": "8.0"
    },
}

Pros:

  • This endpoint is public

Cons:

  • This is under the assumption that your vCenter will be always above 8.0.1

I personally discovered this while trying to get the so-called release schema (in this example 8.0.3.0) - and I wish I was able to do that without requiring some schema first (8.0.1.0), but oh well...

Source: https://developer.broadcom.com/xapis/virtual-infrastructure-json-api/latest/

Upvotes: 0

Kyle Ruddy
Kyle Ruddy

Reputation: 2121

It's operational on my system: (pulled from API Explorer)

Request URL

https://vcenter.fqdn/rest/appliance/system/version

Response Body

{
  "value": {
    "install_time": "2018-09-03T14:28:52 UTC",
    "summary": "Update for VMware vCenter Server Appliance 6.7.0",
    "product": "VMware vCenter Server Appliance",
    "build": "10244745",
    "releasedate": "October 16, 2018",
    "type": "vCenter Server with an embedded Platform Services Controller",
    "version": "6.7.0.20000"
  }

}

It's also still available in the API doc: https://vdc-download.vmware.com/vmwb-repository/dcr-public/423e512d-dda1-496f-9de3-851c28ca0814/0e3f6e0d-8d05-4f0c-887b-3d75d981bae5/VMware-vSphere-Automation-SDK-REST-6.7.0/docs/apidocs/operations/com/vmware/appliance/system/version.get-operation.html

Upvotes: 2

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