Host Profile Manager Create Profile

Create a profile from the specified CreateSpec.

Required privileges: Profile.Create

Request

URI

POST

https://{vcenter-host}/sdk/vim25/{release}/HostProfileManager/{moId}/CreateProfile

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Path Parameters

string

moId

Required

The unique identifier for the managed object to which the method attaches; the serialized managed object reference for a request has the form moType/moId, in this case HostProfileManager/{moId}.

string

release

Required

The vSphere release schema. The current specification covers vSphere 9.1.0.0 APIs.

Request Body

CreateProfileRequestType of type(s) application/json

Required

Show optional properties

{
    "createSpec": {}
}

{
    "createSpec": {
        "_typeName": "string",
        "name": "string",
        "annotation": "string",
        "enabled": false
    }
}

createSpec

Required

Specification for the profile being created. Usually a derived class CreateSpec can be used to create the Profile.

Authentication

This operation uses the following authentication methods.

Session

Responses

200

Profile created from the specified createSpec.

Returns MoRefProfile of type(s) application/json

This response body class contains all of the following: ManagedObjectReference

{
    "_typeName": "string",
    "type": "string",
    "value": "string"
}

500

DuplicateName: If a profile with the specified name already exists.

InvalidProfileReferenceHost: if the specified reference host is incompatible or no reference host has been specified.

Returns DuplicateName of type(s) application/json

This response body class contains all of the following: VimFault

{
    "_typeName": "string",
    "faultCause": {
        "_typeName": "string",
        "faultCause": "MethodFault Object",
        "faultMessage": [
            {
                "_typeName": "string",
                "key": "string",
                "arg": [
                    {
                        "_typeName": "string",
                        "key": "string",
                        "value": {
                            "_typeName": "string"
                        }
                    }
                ],
                "message": "string"
            }
        ]
    },
    "faultMessage": [
        {
            "_typeName": "string",
            "key": "string",
            "arg": [
                {
                    "_typeName": "string",
                    "key": "string",
                    "value": {
                        "_typeName": "string"
                    }
                }
            ],
            "message": "string"
        }
    ],
    "name": "string",
    "object": {
        "_typeName": "string",
        "type": "string",
        "value": "string"
    }
}

string

name

Required

The name that is already bound in the name space.

object

Required

Managed object that already holds the name.

Code Samples

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                    curl -X POST -H 'Authorization: <value>' -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d '{"createSpec":"{}"}' https://{api_host}/sdk/vim25/{release}/HostProfileManager/{moId}/CreateProfile

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Description

Request

Path Parameters

Request Body

Authentication

Response

200 Response Body

Errors

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