
The first thing you see on the web server is REST API Explorer running in the Swagger interface. So, we won’t be specific about the platform anymore. The further procedure looks the same for both platforms. Sure, you can just type localhost instead of 127.0.0.1:

For Workstation, use the following address to access the web server through the default port:įor Fusion, use just the same link. There, you can access the API using both browser and some third-party REST clients or systems you intend to integrate with Workstation or Fusion. Web server starts on your workstation shortly after starting REST API. In Workstation, you will be asked to set the username and password:

REST API provides control over various virtual machine functions (i.e., inventory, power, cloning, networking, IP, MAC, etc.). However, there’s a small thing about the API for Workstation: it works only on Windows hosts so far. Exact the same REST API appeared in the recently released VMware Workstation 2018 Tech Preview. This interface enables to orchestrate not only the virtualization platform itself but also virtual machines running on top of it. VMware introduced REST API in VMware Fusion 10, the desktop virtualization platform for MacOS, back in the last fall.

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