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Broadcom Hosts API

ESXi host management

Documentation Provider Profile APIs.io OpenAPI GitHub

Broadcom Hosts API is one of 20 APIs that Broadcom publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

This API exposes 7 JSON Schema definitions.

Tagged areas include Hosts. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, a JSON-LD context, and 7 JSON Schemas.

This API exposes 4 operations across 3 paths, and defines 5 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version 1.0.

Requests are made against 2 base URLs: https://{sddc-manager}/v1, https://{vcenter}/api.

4 operations 3 paths 5 schemas 3 GET1 POST

Metadata

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Specification
OpenAPI 3.2.0
API Version
1.0
Servers
https://{sddc-manager}/v1
https://{vcenter}/api
Authentication
HTTP Bearer, HTTP Basic, API Key
Contact
Broadcom Developer Support
License
Proprietary
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 3

Broadcom Hosts API declares 3 security schemes for authenticating requests. It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (bearerAuth). It accepts HTTP basic authentication (basicAuth). An API key is passed in the header as vmware-api-session-id (sessionAuth).

  • bearerAuth — Access token obtained via POST /tokens
  • sessionAuth — Session token obtained via POST /cis/session

Paths & Operations 4

Across 3 paths, the API surfaces 4 operations — 3 GET, 1 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Hosts 4

ESXi host management

GET
/hosts
Broadcom List hosts
listHosts → 200
POST
/hosts
Broadcom Commission hosts
commissionHosts body → 202
GET
/hosts/{id}
Broadcom Get host details
getHost 1 param → 200404
GET
/vcenter/host
Broadcom List hosts
listHosts 2 params → 200

Schemas 5

The contract defines 5 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are Task (7 properties), Host (6 properties), HostCommissionSpec (5 properties), HostSummary (4 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

Host
object
6 properties
HostCommissionSpec
object
5 properties 5 required
HostList
object
1 property
Task
object
7 properties
HostSummary
object
4 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

broadcom-hosts-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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API Details
ID
broadcom:broadcom-hosts-api
Server
https://{sddc-manager}/v1
Docs
https://developer.broadcom.com/xapis/vsphere-automation-api/latest/
Provider
Broadcom
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