PowerCLI/PowerShell Module

[Dan White]

In the on-premises version of Horizon, we have the luxury of having the PowerCLI module to automate the infrastructure. This was particularly helpful when you have to publish dozens of manual applications.

Is there anyway to extend this functionality to the cloud version? The current PowerCLI connections require a connection server, which we don't have in the cloud version. Is there a fast way to publish and assign 50ish manual applications quickly?

Thx,

Dan

[Nguyen Kim]

Hi Dan, hope you are doing well today.  Horizon Nextgen is built with API focus, you should be able to do all of that via API.  Please refer to the link below for more info:

https://developer.omnissa.com/horizon/apis/horizon-cloud-nextgen/#api

[Dan White]

Thanks for the reply. I was aware of the API documentation. I am not a developer, so I was hoping for an example of how to leverage the API with PowerShell

[Dan White]

Hopefully this will help someone in the future. I found this article that had an example of how to access the REST API from PowerShell:

https://techzone.omnissa.com/blog/getting-started-horizon-cloud-service-next-gen-supported-rest-apis-powershell

Here is a basic script that I have that will return information on the pools:

 

#Authenticate
$Url = "https://connect.omnissa.com/csp/gateway/am/api/auth/api-tokens/authorize"
$APIToken = "YOUR API TOKEN HERE" #Expires every 6 months
$params = @{refresh_token = $APIToken}
$Connection = Invoke-WebRequest $url -Method Post -Body $params -UseBasicParsing | ConvertFrom-Json
$Token = $Connection.access_token

#Setup Headers
$Headers = New-Object "System.Collections.Generic.Dictionary[[String],[String]]"
$Headers.Add("Authorization", "Bearer $Token")
$Headers.Add("Accept","application/json, text/plain, */*")

#Get Pool Data
$Url = "https://cloud.vmwarehorizon.com/portal/v2/pools"
$Pools = Invoke-WebRequest $url -Method Get -Headers $Headers -UseBasicParsing | ConvertFrom-Json
$pools.content | Select name,DisplayName,Type

It's disappointing that the code insertion feature of this forum doesn't support PowerShell 😞

As stated above, here is the link to the full REST API documentation:

https://developer.omnissa.com/horizon/apis/horizon-cloud-nextgen/#api

Hope that helps

[Dan White]

It appears that this document is outdated:
https://techzone.omnissa.com/blog/getting-started-horizon-cloud-service-next-gen-supported-rest-apis-powershell

and this API list does not exist anymore:
https://developer.omnissa.com/horizon/apis/horizon-cloud-nextgen/#api

Can someone from Omnissa point me in the right direction? My end goal is to be able to publish manual applications via powershell.

 

Thx,
Dan

[Sean Massey-1]

Hi Dan,

Here is the link to the Horizon Cloud REST API page: https://developer.omnissa.com/horizon-apis/horizon-cloud-nextgen/

 

[Dan White]

Hi Sean, 

I appreciate the response but that site doesn't have the actual API documentation of which Methods are available and how to use them.

[Sean Massey-1]

2 minutes ago, Dan White said:

Hi Sean, 

I appreciate the response but that site doesn't have the actual API documentation of which Methods are available and how to use them.

I see them when I scroll down that page I linked above.

[Dan White]

Ha! They just updated that page after I posted my comment. I do see it now. Thx!

[Ivan de Mes]

@Dan White

I'm a bit late to the party, but here is also a getting started blog that I created a while ago. It contains links to various chapters.

VMware Horizon Cloud Service Next-Gen - The Automation Series - Intro - IVANDEMES

Edited September 30 by Ivan de Mes