VMware vFabric AppInsight 1.1 Developer's Guide

About this manual

The VMware vFabric AppInsight Developer's Guide provides instructions for using the AppInsight API to interact with the AppInsight datastore outside of the user interface. The API is built on RESTful services and returns responses in JSON serialization format.

What's inside

• AppInsight API Overview
• Using Endpoints to Retrieve Data
• APT Calls
• Get All Notifications on Application
• Get the Health of All Applications
• Add an Application
• Add Tier To Application
• Add a Component to a Tier
• Get Potential Components
• Core Plug-in Reference

Specifications

Frequently asked questions

Who is the intended audience for this guide?

This information is intended for anyone who wants to use automated processes to retrieve data from the AppInsight datastore or perform certain topology actions.

What is required to use the API?

Users are assumed to be familiar with REST concepts and the JSON serialization format.