CreateVirtualGuest.cs
CreateVirtualGuest.cs
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------
// <copyright file="CreateVirtualGuest.cs" company="Softlayer">
// SoftLayer Technologies, Inc.
// </copyright>
// <license>
// http://sldn.softlayer.com/article/License
// </license>
//-----------------------------------------------------------------------
namespace VirtualGuests
{
using System;
class CreateVirtualGuest
{
/// <summary>
/// Create Virtual Guest
/// This method creates a Virtual Server using the simplified way.
/// </summary>
/// <manualPages>
/// http://sldn.softlayer.com/reference/services/SoftLayer_Virtual_Guest/createObject
/// http://sldn.softlayer.com/reference/datatypes/SoftLayer_Virtual_Guest
/// </manualPages>
static void Main(string[] ards)
{
// You SoftLayer username
string username = "set me";
// Your SoftLayer API key.
string apiKey = "set me";
// Creating a connection to the SoftLayer_Virtual_Guest API service and
// bind our API username and key to it.
authenticate authenticate = new authenticate();
authenticate.username = username;
authenticate.apiKey = apiKey;
SoftLayer_Virtual_GuestService guestService = new SoftLayer_Virtual_GuestService();
guestService.authenticateValue = authenticate;
// Build the SoftLayer_Virtual_Guest object that you wish to create.
SoftLayer_Virtual_Guest templateObject = new SoftLayer_Virtual_Guest();
templateObject.hostname = "rcvtest1";
templateObject.domain = "softlayer.com";
templateObject.startCpus = 2;
templateObject.startCpusSpecified = true;
templateObject.maxMemory = 2;
templateObject.maxMemorySpecified = true;
templateObject.localDiskFlag = true;
templateObject.localDiskFlagSpecified = true;
templateObject.operatingSystemReferenceCode = "WIN_LATEST_64";
// Build a SoftLayer_Location object to define where the server will be ordered.
SoftLayer_Location location = new SoftLayer_Location();
location.name = "dal05";
templateObject.datacenter = location;
// Build the SoftLayer_Virtual_Guest_Attribute object with user data for a Cloud Computing Instance order.
SoftLayer_Virtual_Guest_Attribute attribute = new SoftLayer_Virtual_Guest_Attribute();
attribute.value = "this is for test";
// Create an array of attributes and add the attribute previously created.
SoftLayer_Virtual_Guest_Attribute[] attributes = new SoftLayer_Virtual_Guest_Attribute[1] { attribute };
// Add attributes array to the template
templateObject.userData = attributes;
try
{
// To test the input parameters call the SoftLayer_Virtual_Guest::generateOrderTemplate method
// when you are ready to create the server call the SoftLayer_Virtual_Guest::createObject method.
SoftLayer_Container_Product_Order result = guestService.generateOrderTemplate(templateObject);
Console.WriteLine(result.packageId);
Console.WriteLine(result.location);
}
catch (Exception e)
{
Console.WriteLine("Unable to create a VSI: " + e.Message);
}
}
}
}