Tawfiq When you add a Host, you can specify the 'hosttags' parameter, and you can also update the tags using the updatehost api call
e.g. http://nn.nn.nn.nn:nn/client/api?command=updateHost&id=hostid&hosttags=tag1,tag2,tag3 Regards Geoff Higginbottom D: +44 20 3603 0542 | S: +44 20 3603 0540 | M: +447968161581 geoff.higginbot...@shapeblue.com -----Original Message----- From: tawfiq zidi [mailto:tawfiq.z...@gmail.com] Sent: 13 March 2013 09:14 To: cloudstack-users@incubator.apache.org; aemne...@gmail.com Subject: Re: Deploy Virtual Machine via API Hi, Thank you for your replies. @Ahmad Emneina : I tried your proposition but I didn't found something that permit to tag a host . could you please clarify more your idea. Best Regards. On Wed, Mar 6, 2013 at 10:53 PM, Ahmad Emneina <aemne...@gmail.com> wrote: > one could also tag the hosts with the same tag within a cluster. Then > associate service offerings to map to either cluster A or cluster B. > Thats also another option. > > > On Wed, Mar 6, 2013 at 3:53 AM, prasanna <srivatsav.prasa...@gmail.com > >wrote: > > > On 6 March 2013 17:03, tawfiq zidi <tawfiq.z...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > I recently decided to start using CloudStack API , I want to use > > > API to deploy virtual machine. > > > My current configuration is : > > > * I have two Clusters KVM and each cluster have one host. > > > *One management server. > > > > > > I wonder how I can choose the Cluster when I deploy VM , beause I > looked > > > into API deployVrtualMachine : ( > > > > > > http://incubator.apache.org/cloudstack/docs/api/apidocs-4.0.0/user/dep > loyVirtualMachine.html > > > ) > > > and I didn't found something that specify the Cluster. > > > > > > I would be thankful for any help. > > > > > > Best regards. > > > > Users are not allowed to target clusters for deployingVMs because > > they have no visibility of it. It is possible through the Root admin > > api to target a host > > > > > http://incubator.apache.org/cloudstack/docs/api/apidocs-4.0.0/root_adm > in/deployVirtualMachine.html > > > > > > -- > > Prasanna., > > > This email and any attachments to it may be confidential and are intended solely for the use of the individual to whom it is addressed. Any views or opinions expressed are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Shape Blue Ltd or related companies. If you are not the intended recipient of this email, you must neither take any action based upon its contents, nor copy or show it to anyone. Please contact the sender if you believe you have received this email in error. Shape Blue Ltd is a company incorporated in England & Wales. ShapeBlue Services India LLP is operated under license from Shape Blue Ltd. ShapeBlue is a registered trademark.