Citrix DaaS REST APIs

How to update a hypervisor in Citrix DaaS

Use REST APIs to update a hypervisor within your Citrix DaaS (formerly Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops service) site.

Follow the prerequisites and examples to get started with this API.

You can make API requests using the PowerShell code, C# code, Python, or any tool that supports invoking the REST API.

Prerequisites to update a hypervisor in Citrix DaaS

Update a hypervisor in your site using any REST API tool

Learn from the following example to update a hypervisor within your Citrix DaaS site using any REST API tool.

Request

PATCH https://api.cloud.com/cvad/manage/hypervisors/{nameOrId} HTTP/1.1
Accept: application/json
Content-Type: application/json; charset=utf-8
Authorization: CWSAuth bearer=<token-from-prerequisites>
Citrix-CustomerId: loy6oujtu6a4
Citrix-InstanceId: 22ded57c-0306-47e4-b6e8-fed6252759e1

{
    "Name": "CVAD_APIs_CONN",
    "InMaintenanceMode": false,
    "MaxAbsoluteActiveActions": 100,
    "MaxAbsoluteNewActionsPerMinute": 1000,
    "MaxPowerActionsPercentageOfMachines": 100,
    "ConnectionOptions": "Connection options",
    "ConnectionType": "AzureRM"
}
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Response

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
citrix-transactionid: 26b3eeb5-4087-49b4-b4a6-bd5fa724b184
content-Length: 1051
content-Type: application/json; charset=utf-8
date: "Mon, 28 Sep 2020 03:48:35 GMT"

{
    "ApplicationId": "aa8f1fd6...",
    "SubscriptionId": "7bb42f40...",
    "ActiveDirectoryId": "94367291...",
    "Environment": "AzureCloud",
    "ManagementEndpoint": "https://management.azure.com/",
    "AuthenticationAuthority": "https://login.microsoftonline.com/",
    "StorageSuffix": "core.windows.net",
    "Capabilities": [
        "AdditionalDiskIndexRemapping",
        "BatchProvisioningPreflightCheck",
        "CreateVmWithNetworkDisconnected",
        "ExtraSpinUptime",
        "PageFileRedirected",
        "PerformsPowerManagementViaHypervisorInterface",
        "PowerOff",
        "PowerOn",
        "ReportsExplicitStorageRequirements",
        "ReportsLocalizedStrings",
        "ReportsPowerStates",
        "Reset",
        "Restart",
        "Shutdown",
        "SupportsMachineCatalogAbortNotify",
        "SupportsMachineCatalogCreationDeletionNotify",
        "SupportsProvisioning",
        "SupportsWriteBackCache"
    ],
    "ConfigurationObjectCapabilities": [
        {
            "ResourceType": "Vm",
            "TypeCapabilities": [
                "CpuCount",
                "MemoryMB",
                "MinMemoryMB",
                "HardDiskSizeGB",
                "NetworkMappings"
            ]
        },
        {
            "ResourceType": "Snapshot",
            "TypeCapabilities": [
                "CpuCount",
                "MemoryMB",
                "MinMemoryMB",
                "HardDiskSizeGB",
                "NetworkMappings"
            ]
        }
    ],
    "PluginRevision": "e5bba22e...",
    "MaxAbsoluteActiveActions": 100,
    "MaxAbsoluteNewActionsPerMinute": 1000,
    "MaxPowerActionsPercentageOfMachines": 100,
    "ConnectionOptions": "Connection options",
    "SupportsLocalStorageCaching": false,
    "SupportsPvsVms": true,
    "ConnectionType": "AzureRM",
    "Addresses": [
        "https://management.azure.com/"
    ],
    "InMaintenanceMode": false,
    "PluginId": "AzureRmFactory",
    "Scopes": [
        {
            "Id": "00000000...",
            "Uid": null,
            "Name": "All",
            "Description": null,
            "IsBuiltIn": true,
            "IsAllScope": true,
            "IsTenantScope": false,
            "TenantId": null,
            "TenantName": null
        }
    ],
    "Tenants": null,
    "UsesCloudInfrastructure": false,
    "Zone": {
        "Id": "41e85452...",
        "Uid": 5,
        "Name": "My Resource Location"
    },
    "Id": "e07c3501...",
    "Name": "CVAD_APIs_CONN",
    "XDPath": "XDHyp:\\Connections\\CVAD_APIs_CONN"
}
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Update a hypervisor in your site using PowerShell

Learn from the following example to update a hypervisor within your Citrix DaaS site using any PowerShell code.

function PatchHypervisor {
    param (
        [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
        [string] $customerid,
        [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
        [string] $siteid,
        [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
        [string] $nameOrId,
        [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
        [string] $bearerToken,
        [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
        [string] $body
    )
    $requestUri = [string]::Format("https://api.cloud.com/cvad/manage/hypervisors/{0}", $nameOrId)
    $headers = @{
        "Accept" = "application/json";
        "Authorization" = "CWSAuth Bearer=$bearerToken";
        "Citrix-CustomerId" = $customerid;
        "Citrix-InstanceId" = $siteid;
    }

    $response = Invoke-RestMethod -Uri $requestUri -Method PATCH -Headers $headers -Body $body 
    return $response
}

$customerId = "customer1"
$siteId = "61603f15-cdf9-4c7f-99ff-91636601a795"
$nameOrId = "56f1cbf3-1cc6-40cd-9c82-c95633ba88bb"
$bearerToken = "ey1.."
$body = @"
{
    "Name": "CVAD_APIs_CONN",
    "InMaintenanceMode": false,
    "MaxAbsoluteActiveActions": 100,
    "MaxAbsoluteNewActionsPerMinute": 1000,
    "MaxPowerActionsPercentageOfMachines": 100,
    "ConnectionOptions": "Connection options",
    "ConnectionType": "AzureRM"
}
"@
$response = PatchHypervisor $customerid $siteid $nameOrId $bearerToken $body
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Update a hypervisor in your site using C# code

Learn from the following example to update a hypervisor within your Citrix DaaS site using C# code.

public static async Task<string> PatchHypervisor(
    string customerid,
    string siteid,
    string nameOrId,
    string bearerToken,
    EditHypervisorConnectionRequestModel model)
{
    var requestUri = string.Format("https://api.cloud.com/cvad/manage/hypervisors/{0}", nameOrId);
    using (var client = new HttpClient())
    {
        client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Accept.ParseAdd("application/json");
        client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add("Citrix-CustomerId", customerid);
        client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add("Citrix-InstanceId", siteid);
        client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Authorization = new AuthenticationHeaderValue("CWSAuth Bearer=" + bearerToken);

        var jsonBody = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(model, new JsonSerializerSettings
        {
            Converters = new JsonConverter[] { new StringEnumConverter() }
        });

        var response = await client.PatchAsync(requestUri, new StringContent(jsonBody, Encoding.UTF8, "application/json"));

        if (response != null)
        {
            var content = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
            return content;
        }

        return null;
    }
}
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Update a hypervisor in your site using Python

Learn from the following example to update a hypervisor within your Citrix DaaS site using Python.

import requests 

def patch_hypervisor(bearerToken, customerid, siteid, nameOrId):
    request_uri = "https://api.cloud.com/cvad/manage/hypervisors/{0}".format(nameOrId)
    headers = {
                'Authorization': 'CWSAuth Bearer=%s' % bearerToken,
                'Citrix-CustomerId': customerid,
                'Citrix-InstanceId': siteid,
                'Content-Type': 'application/json',
                'Accept': 'application/json'
              }
    payload = json.dumps({
        "Name": "CVAD_APIs_CONN",
        "InMaintenanceMode": false,
        "MaxAbsoluteActiveActions": 100,
        "MaxAbsoluteNewActionsPerMinute": 1000,
        "MaxPowerActionsPercentageOfMachines": 100,
        "ConnectionOptions": "Connection options",
        "ConnectionType": "AzureRM"
    })

    response = requests.patch(request_uri, headers = headers, verify = False, data = payload)

    return response.json()
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Resources
Citrix DaaS REST APIs OpenAPI Specification
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