Add host to cluster in SDDC Manager with cluster expansion workflow from the API

Products

• VMware SDDC Manager
• VMware Cloud Foundation 5.x

Issue/Introduction

• Add host to cluster in SDDC Manager with cluster expansion workflow from the API
• Unable to add host to Cluster in SDDC Manager as UI has an error 

  No unassigned hosts available with storage type FC. Commission hosts with physical NICs 0 &1 to Add Host from UI.

 

Environment

VMware Cloud Foundation 5.x

Resolution

1. Take a snapshot of the SDDC Manager VM through vCenter UI.
2. SSH to SDDC Manager with vcf and su to root.
3. Generate the token using Token API.

   curl -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{"username": "<SSO_USERNAME>","password": "<SSO_PASSWORD>"}' https://<sddcmanagerIp>/v1/tokens | json_pp

   Sample

   curl -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{"username": "[email protected]","password": "****"}' https://198.51.100.1/v1/tokens | json_pp

4. Login to SDDC Manager and execute the cluster expansion *Validation* API.

   curl 'https://<SDDC_MANAGER_FQDN>/v1/clusters/<CLUSTER_ID>/validations' -i -X POST -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -H 'Authorization: Bearer <BEARER_TOKEN from above command>' -d @clusterExpansionSpec.json

5. Once the Add Host validation API succeeds, the actual cluster expansion (or add host) API can be triggered.