Tasks APIs | VMware Cloud Foundation for VxRail API

Tasks APIs

APIs for managing Tasks

Table of Contents

Get the Tasks
Get a Task
Retry a Task

1. Get the Tasks

1.1. Prerequisites

None

1.2. Steps

Invoke the API

cURL Request

$ curl 'https://sfo-vcf01.rainpole.io/v1/tasks' -i -X GET \
    -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
    -H 'Authorization: Bearer etYWRta....'

HTTP Request

GET /v1/tasks HTTP/1.1
Content-Type: application/json
Host: sfo-vcf01.rainpole.io
Authorization: Bearer etYWRta....

HTTP Response

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/json
Content-Length: 2221

{
  "elements" : [ {
    "id" : "e68bc936-8a4c-44b1-9477-d1a2152c51a9",
    "name" : "Enable VMware Customer Experience Improvement Program",
    "status" : "Failed",
    "creationTimestamp" : "2019-06-20T12:03:18.890Z",
    "subTasks" : [ {
      "name" : "FetchEntitiesForCEIPChangeAction",
      "description" : "Obtain Resources for Configuring Customer Experience Improvement Program (CEIP) Setting",
      "status" : "SUCCESSFUL",
      "creationTimestamp" : "2019-06-20T12:03:18.890Z"
    }, {
      "name" : "UpdateCeipForEsxiAction",
      "description" : "Configure Customer Experience Improvement Program (CEIP) Setting on ESXi Hosts",
      "status" : "FAILED",
      "creationTimestamp" : "2019-06-20T12:03:18.890Z"
    }, {
      "name" : "UpdateCeipOnNsxTAction",
      "description" : "Configure Customer Experience Improvement Program (CEIP) Setting on NSX-T",
      "status" : "PENDING",
      "creationTimestamp" : "2019-06-20T12:03:18.890Z"
    }, {
      "name" : "SaveResourceCeipStatusAction",
      "description" : "Save Customer Experience Improvement Program (CEIP) Status to Local Datastore",
      "status" : "PENDING",
      "creationTimestamp" : "2019-06-20T12:03:18.890Z"
    } ],
    "errors" : [ {
      "errorCode" : "VCF_ENABLE_CEIP_ERROR",
      "errorType" : "ERROR",
      "message" : "Unable to modify CEIP operation on VCF",
      "causes" : [ ]
    } ],
    "resources" : [ {
      "resourceId" : "2b58f3cb-232f-4fcb-a5ac-e15fca2eb7ee",
      "type" : "HOST"
    } ],
    "resolutionStatus" : "UNRESOLVED",
    "isCancellable" : false
  }, {
    "id" : "4a2c28bd-3e83-4d18-b905-6bb2295f788c",
    "name" : "Credentials rotate operation",
    "status" : "Successful",
    "creationTimestamp" : "2019-06-20T12:03:18.890Z",
    "subTasks" : [ {
      "name" : "sfo-vcf01.rainpole.io:FTP",
      "description" : "Password rotate for sfo-vcf01.rainpole.io and credential type FTP",
      "status" : "SUCCESSFUL",
      "creationTimestamp" : "2019-06-20T12:03:18.890Z"
    } ],
    "errors" : [ ],
    "resources" : [ {
      "resourceId" : "ec7cc577-6771-4a7b-80a4-7d98afc5cac7",
      "type" : "HOST"
    } ],
    "resolutionStatus" : "UNRESOLVED",
    "isCancellable" : false
  } ]
}

2. Get a Task

2.1. Prerequisites

The following data is required

ID of the task

2.2. Steps

Invoke the API by providing the ID of the task as input.

cURL Request

$ curl 'https://sfo-vcf01.rainpole.io/v1/tasks/63eb8b2c-c3b9-4aed-919a-26ac1315d359' -i -X GET \
    -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
    -H 'Authorization: Bearer etYWRta....'

HTTP Request

GET /v1/tasks/63eb8b2c-c3b9-4aed-919a-26ac1315d359 HTTP/1.1
Content-Type: application/json
Host: sfo-vcf01.rainpole.io
Authorization: Bearer etYWRta....

HTTP Response

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/json
Content-Length: 960

{
  "id" : "63eb8b2c-c3b9-4aed-919a-26ac1315d359",
  "name" : "Vi workload Domain Creation",
  "status" : "FAILED",
  "creationTimestamp" : "1970-01-20T06:19:07.495Z",
  "subTasks" : [ {
    "name" : "HostVibValidationAction",
    "description" : "Validate the hosts for any disallowed VIBS",
    "status" : "SUCCESSFUL",
    "creationTimestamp" : "2019-06-20T12:03:18.890Z"
  }, {
    "name" : "HostMaintenanceModeValidationAction",
    "description" : "Verifies that none of the hosts are in maintenance mode",
    "status" : "FAILED",
    "creationTimestamp" : "2019-06-20T12:03:18.890Z"
  }, {
    "name" : "FetchDnsAndNtpAction",
    "description" : "Fetches DNS \\u0026 NTP IPs",
    "status" : "PENDING",
    "creationTimestamp" : "2019-06-20T12:03:18.890Z"
  } ],
  "errors" : [ ],
  "resources" : [ {
    "resourceId" : "ada40180-15e1-4e7b-9110-8c90bad6e382",
    "type" : "HOST"
  } ],
  "resolutionStatus" : "UNRESOLVED",
  "isCancellable" : false
}

3. Retry a Task

Used to retry a failed task/workflow.

3.1. Prerequisites

The following data is required

ID of the failed task

3.2. Steps

Invoke the API by providing the ID of the task as input.

cURL Request

$ curl 'https://sfo-vcf01.rainpole.io/v1/tasks/e2cd5fb5-319c-41c5-89a3-db1319e1ef9d' -i -X PATCH \
    -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
    -H 'Authorization: Bearer etYWRta....'

HTTP Request

PATCH /v1/tasks/e2cd5fb5-319c-41c5-89a3-db1319e1ef9d HTTP/1.1
Content-Type: application/json
Host: sfo-vcf01.rainpole.io
Authorization: Bearer etYWRta....

HTTP Response

HTTP/1.1 200 OK

Note : The credentials' update/rotate password tasks cannot be retried using this API. Refer to Retry a failed credentials task for a given ID API section.

Last updated 2022-09-28 17:42:27 PDT

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