REST API - control

Operations
appliance
techpreview
services

appliance techpreview services: control

Manage a service with arbitrary command and arguments.

Request:

HTTP request

POST https://{server}/rest/appliance/techpreview/services/control

Request Body Structure:

JSON
XML

{
    "args": [
        "string",
        "string"
    ],
    "name": "string",
    "timeout": 1
}

<?xml version="1.0" ?>
<ns0:Control-Input xmlns:ns0="http://vmware.com/appliance/techpreview/services" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
  <args-array>
    <array-item>string</array-item>
    <array-item>string</array-item>
  </args-array>
  <name>string</name>
  <timeout>1</timeout>
</ns0:Control-Input>

Request Body Parameters:

Name	Type	Description
bold = required
args	string[]	Array of arguments.
name	string	Name of the service.
timeout	long	Timeout in seconds. Zero (0) means no timeout.

Response:

HTTP Status Code: 200

None

Errors:

HTTP Status Code	Type	Description
500	error	Generic error