Create Provider

Please refer Provider Types to view all provider types.

RHEVM

Request:

POST /api/providers
{
  "type"      : "ManageIQ::Providers::Redhat::InfraManager",
  "name"      : "rhevm101",
  "hostname"  : "rhevm101",
  "ipaddress" : "100.200.300.101",
  "credentials" : {
    "userid"    : "admin_account",
    "password"  : "admin_password"
  }
}

Response:

{
  "results": [
    {
      "id": 105,
      "name": "rhevm101",
      "hostname": "rhevm101",
      "ipaddress": "100.200.300.101",
      "created_on": "2015-05-05T15:47:41Z",
      "updated_on": "2015-05-05T15:47:41Z",
      "guid": "10360312-f33e-11e4-86c7-b8e85646e742",
      "zone_id": 1,
      "type": "ManageIQ::Providers::Redhat::InfraManager"
    }
  ]
}

OpenStack

Request:

POST /api/providers
{
  "type"      : "ManageIQ::Providers::Openstack::CloudManager",
  "name"      : "OpenStack001",
  "hostname"  : "OpenStack001",
  "ipaddress" : "10.65.8.133",
  "credentials" : {
    "userid"    : "admin",
    "password"  : "admin_password"
  }
}

Response:

{
  "results": [
    {
      "id": 21000000000006,
      "name": "OpenStack001",
      "hostname": "OpenStack001",
      "ipaddress": "10.65.8.133",
      "created_on": "2016-09-27T09:18:31Z",
      "updated_on": "2016-09-27T09:18:31Z",
      "guid": "5befc378-8493-11e6-92d5-525400b18796",
      "zone_id": 21000000000001,
      "type": "ManageIQ::Providers::Openstack::CloudManager",
      "tenant_id": 21000000000001
    }
  ]
}