Citrix Virtual Apps Essentials
How to update a catalog image in Azure account
Use REST APIs to update an existing catalog image with a new image in your Azure account.
You can make API requests using the PowerShell code, C# code, or any tool that supports invoking the REST API.
Update a catalog with a new image documentation.
Steps to update a catalog image in Azure accont
To update a catalog image with a new image in your Azure account, use the following procedure:
- Read the Get started with Citrix Cloud APIs section to ensure that you have the
customerIdandbearer token. - Get the
siteidfrom How to get a site ID API. - If you do not have the
catalogId, see how to get details of all catalogs to get the details of all your catalogs. - The catalog must be in
InputRequiredorActivestate. - If you do not have the
imageId, see how to get all images to get the image ID of all your posted images. - Use the API in this document to update the catalog with a new master image. This is an asynchronous API, so the
asyncquery parameter is required to be true. - Check steps listed in how to get catalog information or use the URL in “location” response header to monitor the update status of your catalogs.
- A state of
Processingindicates that the catalog is still being updated. Keep monitoring the state. - A state of
InputRequiredorActiveindicates that the image update has completed.
Update a catalog image in Azure account using any REST API tool
Learn from the following example to update a catalog image with a new image in your Azure account using any REST API tool.
Request
POST https://api-us.cloud.com/catalogservice/{customerId}/{siteId}/catalogs/{catalogId}/$updateImage?async=true HTTP/1.1
Accept: application/json
Content-Type: application/json; charset=utf-8
Authorization: CwsAuth bearer=<token-from-prerequisites>
{
"TemplateId": "7388dbc7-6b69-40a0-a4c9-18efd3b7afe3",
"CitrixPrepared": false,
"VdaUpdateDelay": 60
}
Response
HTTP/1.1 202 Accepted
citrix-transactionId: b170d4cb-0644-47fc-a6be-8b55fbd0afec
location: https://api-us.cloud.com/catalogservice/{customerId}/{siteId}/catalogs/cd2efc54-6918-4bf8-b469-18b62cd73bc2/updateStatus
content-Length: 38
content-Type: application/json; charset=utf-8
date: Thu, 03 Aug 2017 20:56:36 GMT
"cd2efc54-6918-4bf8-b469-18b62cd73bc2"
Interpreting the request URL
catalogId
The catalogId should be replaced with the actual ID of the catalog. You can get the catalogId by calling the how to get details of all catalogs API.
Interpreting the request
| Property name | Description |
|---|---|
| TemplateId | The ID of the master image you want to update the catalog with. See how to get all images to get the image ID of all your posted images. |
| CitrixPrepared | This should be set to false for a customer provided image. This should be set to true if you are updating the catalog with a Citrix Prepared image. |
| VdaUpdateDelay | This is the time in minutes after which active sessions are automatically logged off. |
Interpreting the response
The response is a GUID string that represents the catalogId of the catalog that was just updated. You will need this catalogId to query the details of the catalog.
Update a catalog image in Azure account using PowerShell
Learn from the following example to update a catalog image with a new image in your Azure account using PowerShell code.
function UpdateCatalogImage {
param (
[Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
[string] $customerId,
[Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
[string] $siteId,
[Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
[string] $bearerToken,
[Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
[string] $catalogId,
[Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
[string] $jsonBody
)
$requestUri = [string]::Format("https://api-us.cloud.com/catalogservice/{0}/{1}/catalogs/{2}/$updateImage?async=true", $customerId, $siteId, $catalogId)
$headers = @{"Accept"="application/json";
"Content-Type"="application/json"
"Authorization"="CwsAuth bearer=$bearerToken"}
$response = Invoke-RestMethod -Uri $requestUri -Method POST -Headers $headers -Body $jsonBody
return $response
}
$body = @{
"TemplateId" = "7388dbc7-6b69-40a0-a4c9-18efd3b7afe3";
"CitrixPrepared" = $false;
"VdaUpdateDelay" = "60"
}
$customerId = "customer1" #Replace with your customerId
$siteId = "61603f15-cdf9-4c7f-99ff-91636601a795" #Replace with your site ID
$bearerToken = "ey1.." #See Prerequisites for all API calls section for a sample of how to get your bearer token
$catalogId = "56f1cbf3-1cc6-40cd-9c82-c95633ba88bb" #Replace with your catalog ID
$response = UpdateCatalogImage $customerId $siteId $bearerToken $catalogId (ConvertTo-Json $body)
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Update a catalog image in Azure account using C# code
Learn from the following example to update a catalog image with a new image in your Azure account using C# code.
public class UpdateCatalogTemplateImageModel
{
/// <summary>
/// ID of the master image to update the catalog with
/// </summary>
[Required]
public string TemplateId { get; set; }
/// <summary>
/// Whether the image was prepared by Citrix, or provided by the customer
/// </summary>
public bool CitrixPrepared { get; set; } = false; // default to false if not specified
/// <summary>
/// Number of minutes to delay updating the VDAs
/// </summary>
public int VdaUpdateDelay { get; set; } = 0;
}
public static async Task<string> UpdateCatalogImage(
string customerId,
string siteId,
string bearerToken,
string catalogId,
UpdateCatalogTemplateImageModel model)
{
var requestUri = string.Format("https://api-us.cloud.com/catalogservice/{0}/{1}/catalogs/{2}/$updateImage?async=true", customerId, siteId, catalogId);
using (var client = new HttpClient())
{
client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Accept.ParseAdd("application/json");
client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Authorization =
new AuthenticationHeaderValue("CwsAuth", "Bearer=" + bearerToken);
var jsonBody = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(model, new JsonSerializerSettings
{
Converters = new JsonConverter[] { new StringEnumConverter() }
});
var response = await client.PostAsync(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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See how to get catalog information to monitor the update status of your catalogs.
How to update a catalog image in Azure account
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