REST API - location

vcenter deployment: location spec

The location_spec structure is used to pass the container ESXi or vCenter server of the VM to patch the size of this appliance. This structure was added in vSphere API 6.7.

Representation:

JSON

{
    "hostname" : "string",
    "https_port" : 1,
    "password" : "secret string",
    "ssl_thumbprint" : "string",
    "ssl_verify" : true,
    "username" : "string"
}

Attributes:

Name	Type	Description
Required
hostname	string	The IP address or DNS resolvable name of the container. This attribute was added in vSphere API 6.7.
username	string	The administrator account on the host. This attribute was added in vSphere API 6.7.
password	secret	The administrator account password. This attribute was added in vSphere API 6.7.
Optional
https_port	long	The HTTPS port of the container. This attribute was added in vSphere API 6.7. Optional. If unset, port 443 will be used.
ssl_thumbprint	string	SHA1 thumbprint of the server SSL certificate will be used for verification. This attribute was added in vSphere API 6.7. Optional. This field is only relevant if `ssl_verify` is unset or has the value true.
ssl_verify	boolean	SSL verification should be enabled or disabled. If `ssl_verify` is true and and `ssl_thumbprint` is unset, the CA certificate will be used for verification. If `ssl_verify` is true and `ssl_thumbprint` is set then the thumbprint will be used for verification. No verification will be performed if `ssl_verify` value is set to false. This attribute was added in vSphere API 6.7. Optional. If unset, ssl_verify true will be used.