Create Global Desktop Entitlement

Create Global Desktop Entitlement

Note: CPA must be initialized for the pod for invoking this API. All the listed privileges are required -

Privileges Description
FEDERATED_LDAP_MANAGE Caller should have permission to this privilege, on the root federation access group to manage the global desktop entitlement.
Request
URI
POST
https://{api_host}//localhost/rest/inventory/v1/global-desktop-entitlements
COPY
Request Body

Global Desktop Entitlement object to be created.

GlobalDesktopEntitlementCreateSpec of type(s) application/json
Required
{
    "allow_multiple_sessions_per_user": true,
    "allow_users_to_choose_protocol": true,
    "allow_users_to_reset_machines": true,
    "category_folder_name": "dir1\\dir2\\dir3\\dir4",
    "cloud_managed": false,
    "cs_restriction_tags": [
        "Internal",
        "External"
    ],
    "dedicated": true,
    "default_display_protocol": "PCOIP",
    "description": "global desktop entitlement description",
    "display_assigned_machine_name": false,
    "display_machine_alias": false,
    "display_name": "global-desktop-entitlement",
    "enable_client_restrictions": false,
    "enabled": true,
    "multiple_session_auto_clean": false,
    "name": "global-desktop-entitlement",
    "require_home_site": false,
    "scope": "ALL_SITES",
    "session_collaboration_enabled": false,
    "shortcut_locations": [
        "desktop"
    ],
    "use_home_site": false
}
boolean
allow_multiple_sessions_per_user
Optional

Indicates whether users can have multiple sessions when accessed from different client devices, this is also called Class room mode and applicable only to floating user assignment. If value is set to true, the desktop pools that are associated with this Global Desktop Entitlement must also allow users to have multiple sessions with allowMultipleSessionsPerUser.

boolean
allow_users_to_choose_protocol
Optional

Indicates whether the users can choose the protocol used. If set to true, the desktop pools that are associated with this Global Desktop Entitlement must also allow users to choose display protocol with allowUsersToChooseProtocol.

boolean
allow_users_to_reset_machines
Optional

Indicates whether users are allowed to reset/restart their machines. If set to true, the desktop pools that are associated with this Global Desktop Entitlement must also allow users to reset/restart machines with allowUsersToResetMachines.

string
category_folder_name
Optional

Name of the category folder in the user's OS containing a shortcut to the entitlement. Unset if the entitlement does not belong to a category.

boolean
cloud_managed
Optional

Indicates whether this global desktop entitlement is managed from cloud.

array of string
cs_restriction_tags
Optional

Connection server restrictions. This is a list of tags that access to the entitlement is restricted to. No list means that the entitlement can be accessed from any connection server.

boolean
dedicated
Optional

Indicates whether global desktop entitlement is dedicated. If so, only dedicated desktop pools can be associated with this Global Desktop Entitlement. Otherwise, only floating desktop pools, can be associated with it. Can only be set at time of creation.

string
default_display_protocol
Optional

The default display protocol for the Global Desktop Entitlement. Must be a protocol in the supportedDisplayProtocols list. Clients connecting through this Global Desktop Entitlement that do not specify a protocol will use this value, not the value specified directly on the desktop pool to which they connect (if different).This property has a default value of "PCOIP".

  • RDP: Microsoft Remote Desktop Protocol.
  • PCOIP: PCoIP protocol.
  • BLAST: BLAST protocol.
Possible values are : RDP, PCOIP, BLAST,
string
description
Optional

Description of Global Desktop Entitlement. This property has a maximum length of 1024 characters.

boolean
display_assigned_machine_name
Optional

Indicates whether users should see the hostname of the machine assigned to them instead of displayName when they connect using Horizon Client. This is applicable for dedicated Global Desktop Entitlements only. If no machine is assigned to the user then "display_name (No machine assigned)" will be displayed in the client.

boolean
display_machine_alias
Optional

Indicates whether users should see the alias of the machine assigned to them instead of displayName when they connect using Horizon Client. This is applicable for dedicated Global Desktop Entitlements only.

string
display_name
Optional

Name that users will see when they connect using Horizon Client. If the display name is left blank, while creating or updating the Global Desktop Entitlement display name value will be same as name. This property has a maximum length of 64 characters.

boolean
enable_client_restrictions
Optional

Indicates whether client restrictions to be applied to Global Desktop Entitlement. Currently it is valid for RDSH pools.

boolean
enabled
Optional

Indicates if this Global Desktop Entitlement is enabled.

boolean
multiple_session_auto_clean
Optional

Indicates if automatic session clean up is enabled. This cannot be enabled when this Global Desktop Entitlement is associated with a Desktop pool that has dedicated user assignment.

string
name
Required

Unique name used to identify the Global Desktop Entitlement. This property has a maximum length of 64 characters.

boolean
require_home_site
Optional

Indicates whether we fail if a home site isn't defined for this Global Desktop Entitlement.

string
scope
Optional

Scope for this global desktop entitlement. Visibility and Placement policies are defined by this value. This property has a default value of "ALL_SITES".

  • WITHIN_POD: Within POD Policy: Local pod will be used for this policy. If this policy is for visibility, search for existing session will happen only in local pod. If this policy is for placement, session will always be placed on local pod.
  • WITHIN_SITE: Within Site Policy: Site will be used for this policy. If this policy is for visibility, search for existing session will happen only from site. If this policy is for placement, session will be placed on site.
  • ALL_SITES: All Sites Policy: Any pod can be used for this action. If this policy is for visibility, search for existing session will span all pods in LMV set. If this policy is for placement, session can be placed on any pod in LMV set.
Possible values are : WITHIN_POD, WITHIN_SITE, ALL_SITES,
boolean
session_collaboration_enabled
Optional

Session collaboration allows a user to share their remote session with other users. Blast must be configured as a supported protocol in supportedDisplayProtocols. Indicates if the desktop pools that are associated with this Global Desktop Entitlement must also have session collaboration enabled with enableCollaboration.

array of string
shortcut_locations
Optional

Locations of the category folder in the user's OS containing a shortcut to the desktop. The value must be set if categoryFolderName is provided.

boolean
use_home_site
Optional

Indicates whether a pod in the user's home site is used to start the search or the current site is used.

Authentication
This operation uses the following authentication methods.
Responses
201

Created

Operation doesn't return any data structure

400

Bad Request

Operation doesn't return any data structure

401

User is not authenticated

Operation doesn't return any data structure

403

Access to the resource is forbidden

Operation doesn't return any data structure

409

Conflict | CPA not initialized for the pod

Operation doesn't return any data structure

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