#!/bin/bash

# shell script to create a basic VM using the Prism v3 REST API

# requires the existence of a JSON-formatted file that contains:

#

# cluster/CVM IP

# username

# the name of the VM to be created

#

# this file must be named "create_vm_v3_basic.json" and be formatted as follows:

#

# {"cluster_ip":"10.0.0.1","username":"admin","vm_name":"BasicVMViaAPIv3"}

JSON_FILE="./create_vm_v3_basic.json"

JSON_CONTENTS="`cat ${JSON_FILE}`"

JQ=`command -v jq`

CURL=`command -v curl`

if [ "$JQ" = "" ] || [ "$CURL" = "" ]; then

echo "jq command not found."

else

CLUSTER_IP=`echo -n $JSON_CONTENTS | jq -r ".cluster_ip"`

USERNAME=`echo -n $JSON_CONTENTS | jq -r ".username"`

VM_NAME=`echo -n $JSON_CONTENTS | jq -r ".vm_name"`

# get the password from the user

echo "Please enter your cluster password (will not be shown on screen):"

read -s PASSWORD

# generate the HTTP Basic Authorization header

AUTH_HEADER="`echo -n $USERNAME:$PASSWORD | base64`"

# submit the request

curl --insecure -X POST \

--connect-timeout 5 \

https://$CLUSTER_IP:9440/api/nutanix/v3/vms \

-H "Accept: application/json" \

-H "Content-Type: application/json" \

-H "Authorization: Basic $AUTH_HEADER" \

-H "cache-control: no-cache" \

-d "{

\"spec\":{

\"name\":\"$VM_NAME\",

\"resources\":{

}

},

\"metadata\":{

\"kind\":\"vm\"

}

}"

fi