API request setup for changing vRSLCM admin password via Postman.

vRSLCM 8.x change admin@local password via API

I recently had an use case where I wanted to change the admin@local LCM password via an API call in order to automate the password rotation. If you need a guide to get started you can find my other blog here To change the password we can use postmanPUT call to https://$vRLCM/lcm/authzn/api/v2/users/password Don`t forget to include the new password under the body field formatted in JSON format ex: ...

April 13, 2022 · Cosmin Trif
API login form showing username and password fields for vRSLCM 8.

vRSLCM 8 API getting started

I’ve been having a hard time finding one article that covers the vRSLCM (vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager) API. The official documentation can be found here As we can see we can leverage the swagger UI by going to https://$vRLCM/api/swagger-ui.html but… I wanted to leverage curl from the cli or postman and as per best practices I wanted to generate a Bearer token. Authenticating via Postman First step was to authenticate using the credentials. We can do so in Postman by completing the Authorization fields using basic auth and running an POST against https://$vRLCM/lcm/authzn/api/login Example: ...

April 4, 2022 · Cosmin Trif

vRA 8 API getting started

I wanted to keep track of what needs to be done prior to actually being able to query API on vRA 8. I’ve been having a hard time finding the documentation I needed in the past. If you are looking for the Cloud version it can be found here First step is to get an API token for the specific username. We can do this by using curl or postman. The call would look similar: ...

January 31, 2022 · Cosmin Trif
User interface for managing cloud organization settings in vRA Cloud, with options to change organization, view settings, and access user account details.

vROps cloud API getting started

I wanted to keep track of what needs to be done prior to actually being able to query API on vROps cloud. I’ve been having a hard time finding the documentation I needed in the past First step is to get an API token for the specific username. We can do this by going to My account under User Settings in vROps Cloud ...

August 4, 2021 · Cosmin Trif
VRA Cloud dashboard with options to change organization, view settings, and manage user account.

vRA cloud API getting started

I wanted to keep track of what needs to be done prior to actually being able to query API on vRA cloud. I’ve been having a hard time finding the documentation I needed in the past First step is to get an API token for the specific username. We can do this by going to My account under User Settings in vRA Cloud ...

February 26, 2021 · Cosmin Trif