Thanks Rohit. Unfortunately I am not able to use cloudmonkey (which is awesome btw) in this case since this is being built into a bigger tool. I am currently using my own library: https://github.com/swill/csapi
With a bunch of trial and error I was able to figure out that it had to be passed as follows. request: http://10.10.90.41:8080/client/api?account=masteruser%40DEV&domainid=e3d90052-56b6-4cd5-a5be-dc34ee461755&name=migrate-me-2012-disk1&format=OVA&url=http%3A%2F%2F10.10.90.251%3A80%2Fmigrate-me-2012-disk1.ova&hypervisor=VMware&command=registerTemplate&zoneid=f0bcb52b-2487-453e-8bcd-b82d56dc6e1b&apiKey=9-UVwC7DeAjLggZFyqhtC_IwqvH_40YNz0rJjBuwS666AVqevbj4Ajk2HDduaEdWxo3O_stNKGrFvSZDj_Nx6g&displaytext=migrate-me-2012-disk1&ostypeid=30f531a4-c467-11e5-bcaa-0050569856f2&details[0].nicAdapter=Vmxnet3&response=json&signature=RtRvTEZB5tYN05SktbZ2ulnblio%3D response: { u'count': 1, u'template': [ { u'account': u'masteruser@DEV', u'created': u'2016-03-30T19:27:56+0000', u'crossZones': False, u'details': { u'nicAdapter': u'Vmxnet3'}, u'displaytext': u'migrate-me-2012-disk1', u'domain': u'AA000002', u'domainid': u'e3d90052-56b6-4cd5-a5be-dc34ee461755', u'format': u'OVA', u'hypervisor': u'VMware', u'id': u'052ac79b-84bb-42f4-b614-e4e66c2ac4c2', u'isdynamicallyscalable': False, u'isextractable': False, u'isfeatured': False, u'ispublic': False, u'isready': False, u'name': u'migrate-me-2012-disk1', u'ostypeid': u'30f531a4-c467-11e5-bcaa-0050569856f2', u'ostypename': u'Other (64-bit)', u'passwordenabled': False, u'sshkeyenabled': False, u'status': u'', u'tags': [], u'templatetype': u'USER', u'zoneid': u'f0bcb52b-2487-453e-8bcd-b82d56dc6e1b', u'zonename': u'InternalCore'}]} I need to do a once through of the API documentation at some point and figure out and document how stuff like this is passed. The documentation on anything that is not a basic string getting passed in is horrible. Things like creating network service offerings through the API and specifying capabilities is near impossible to understand. I am not even sure we are consistent about how we handle it either. I will have to spend some time on that when I have some free moments. Thanks again for the details. :) *Will STEVENS* Lead Developer *CloudOps* *| *Cloud Solutions Experts 420 rue Guy *|* Montreal *|* Quebec *|* H3J 1S6 w cloudops.com *|* tw @CloudOps_ On Thu, Mar 31, 2016 at 6:57 AM, Rohit Yadav <rohit.ya...@shapeblue.com> wrote: > Using cloudmonkey, pass args: (note lowercase) > > details[0].key=nicAdapter details[0].value=vmxnet3 > > If it's not working, check if the version of CloudStack supports this > feature (overriding the default nic adapter setting using template > details). Alternatively, you can pass this while deploying the vm using > deployVirtualMachine API. > > Regards, > Rohit Yadav > > Regards, > > Rohit Yadav > > rohit.ya...@shapeblue.com > www.shapeblue.com > 53 Chandos Place, Covent Garden, London WC2N 4HSUK > @shapeblue > On Mar 30 2016, at 10:13 am, Will Stevens <williamstev...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Is this the correct way to set the Vmxnet3 property for a VMware template > via the API? > > It does not seem to be working even though it seems to be accepted via the > API. Any ideas? > > > http://10.10.90.41:8080/client/api?account=masteruser%40DEV&domainid=e3d90052-56b6-4cd5-a5be-dc34ee461755&name=migrate-me-2008R2-disk1&format=OVA&url=http%3A%2F%2F10.10.90.251%3A80%2Fmigrate-me-2008R2-disk1.ova&hypervisor=VMware&zoneid=f0bcb52b-2487-453e-8bcd-b82d56dc6e1b&apiKey=9-UVwC7DeAjLggZFyqhtC_IwqvH_40YNz0rJjBuwS666AVqevbj4Ajk2HDduaEdWxo3O_stNKGrFvSZDj_Nx6g&displaytext=migrate-me-2008R2-disk1&ostypeid=30f531a4-c467-11e5-bcaa-0050569856f2&details[0].value=Vmxnet3&command=registerTemplate&response=json&details[0].key=nicAdapterType&signature=OIaO2O/O2bZOs5790p0Enl83LwI%3D > > response: > { u'count': 1, > u'template': [ { u'account': u'masteruser@DEV', > u'created': u'2016-03-30T04:16:04+0000', > u'crossZones': False, > u'details': { u'key': u'nicAdapterType', > u'value': u'Vmxnet3'}, > u'displaytext': u'migrate-me-2008R2-disk1', > u'domain': u'AA000002', > u'domainid': u'e3d90052-56b6-4cd5-a5be-dc34ee461755', > u'format': u'OVA', > u'hypervisor': u'VMware', > u'id': u'f34cb95d-5b0b-4b53-9690-399108fff940', > u'isdynamicallyscalable': False, > u'isextractable': False, > u'isfeatured': False, > u'ispublic': False, > u'isready': False, > u'name': u'migrate-me-2008R2-disk1', > u'ostypeid': u'30f531a4-c467-11e5-bcaa-0050569856f2', > u'ostypename': u'Other (64-bit)', > u'passwordenabled': False, > u'sshkeyenabled': False, > u'status': u'', > u'tags': [], > u'templatetype': u'USER', > u'zoneid': u'f0bcb52b-2487-453e-8bcd-b82d56dc6e1b', > u'zonename': u'InternalCore'}]} >
