vRA8 update Tags with API call

[dbis7575]

I am trying to update Tags on a machine that is part of a deployment using the following API call:

/deployment/api/deployments/{depId}/resources/{resourceId}/requests

With the following body:

{
  "actionId": "Cloud.vSphere.Machine.Update.Tags",
  "inputs": {

                         "key":"testkey"

                         "value":"testvalue"  

                 },
  "reason": "testing"
}

When I run this the response shows the task is not completed and pending, when looking at the GUI it completes without updating the tags.

I expect the issue is with the inputs being provided, I have tried different variations most of them that result in an error. If I place a tag on the machine prior to running this API call, the tag gets removed (assume I have to read them in and pass them back with the update call).

If anyone has this functional, please provide the correct syntax.

[stevedrummond · Accepted solution]

Your input needs to be an array of tags including the existing tags you want to keep.

"inputs": {
     "tags": [
          { "key":"myTag", "value": "myValue" },
          { "key":"anotherTag", "value":"anotherValue" }
     ]
}

[dbis7575]

Steve,

That did it, thank you very much.

[KDUGanesh]

where to update the code, is it in cloud template, need more details

[gregd90]

This is an API call from Postman etc. to the vRA API. It's executed against a machine in a deployment. Consider it as a Day 2 operation on the machine.

The Cloud Template contains the constraint tags read at request phase, in this scenario they are not updated.

Regards,

Greg, VMware

[vinaykumar561]

Hi Steve,

I have similar task to do, but in this case API call is triggering day2 with actionID but in my case I don't have "Update Tags" day2 resource action. I need actual workflow code to update tags. could you please help me with that?.

Many Thanks in Advance