Create Named Credential

Create Named Credential

Create a new namedCredential in VCD.

Request
URI
POST
https://{api_host}/cloudapi/1.0.0/namedCredentials
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Request Body
NamedCredential of type(s) application/json
Optional

Show optional properties

{
    "name": "string",
    "entity": {},
    "username": "string",
    "password": "string"
}
{
    "id": "urn:vcloud:namedCredential:xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx",
    "name": "string",
    "org": {
        "name": "string",
        "id": "string"
    },
    "entity": {
        "name": "string",
        "id": "string"
    },
    "username": "string",
    "password": "string",
    "behavior": {
        "name": "string",
        "id": "string"
    }
}
Authentication
This operation uses the following authentication methods.
Responses
201

Created

Returns NamedCredential of type(s) application/json;version=39.1 
"NamedCredential Object"
string
id
Optional

URN of the namedCredential.

string
name
Required

Name of the namedCredential object.

object
org
Optional

Entity reference used to describe VCD entities

object
entity
Required

Entity reference used to describe VCD entities

string
username
Required

user name

string
password
Required

password

object
behavior
Optional

Entity reference used to describe VCD entities


Code Samples
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                    curl -X POST -H 'Authorization: <value>' -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d '{"entity:"object","name:"string","password:"string","username:"string"}' https://{api_host}/cloudapi/1.0.0/namedCredentials
Availability
Added in 40.0.0-alpha
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Named Credential Operations
GET
Query Named Credentials
POST
Create Named Credential
GET
Get Named Credential
PUT
Update Named Credential
DELETE
Delete Named Credential
GET
Query Named Credential Access Control Grants
POST
Create Named Credential Access Control Grant
GET
Get Named Credential Access Control Grant
PUT
Update Named Credential Control Grant
DELETE
Remove Named Credential Access Control Grant