XenServer 5.5
Code name: "george".Released in June 2009.
Changes
| Change | Element | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Published class | auth | Management of remote authentication services |
| Published class | subject | A user or group that can log in xapi |
| Published field | VIF.MAC_autogenerated | true if the MAC was autogenerated; false indicates it was set manually |
| Published field | host.external_auth_configuration | configuration specific to external authentication service |
| Published field | host.external_auth_service_name | name of external authentication service configured; empty if none configured. |
| Published field | host.external_auth_type | type of external authentication service configured; empty if none configured. |
| Published field | pool.wlb_enabled | true if workload balancing is enabled on the pool, false otherwise |
| Published field | pool.wlb_url | Url for the configured workload balancing host |
| Published field | pool.wlb_username | Username for accessing the workload balancing host |
| Published field | pool.wlb_verify_cert | true if communication with the WLB server should enforce TLS certificate verification. |
| Published field | session.auth_user_sid | the subject identifier of the user that was externally authenticated. If a session instance has is_local_superuser set, then the value of this field is undefined. |
| Published field | session.is_local_superuser | true iff this session was created using local superuser credentials |
| Published field | session.subject | references the subject instance that created the session. If a session instance has is_local_superuser set, then the value of this field is undefined. |
| Published field | session.validation_time | time when session was last validated |
| Published field | subject.other_config | additional configuration |
| Published field | subject.subject_identifier | the subject identifier, unique in the external directory service |
| Published message | VDI.set_sharable | Sets the VDI's sharable field |
| Published message | VM.retrieve_wlb_recommendations | Returns mapping of hosts to ratings, indicating the suitability of starting the VM at that location according to wlb. Rating is replaced with an error if the VM cannot boot there. |
| Published message | auth.get_group_membership | This calls queries the external directory service to obtain the transitively-closed set of groups that the the subject_identifier is member of. |
| Published message | auth.get_subject_identifier | This call queries the external directory service to obtain the subject_identifier as a string from the human-readable subject_name |
| Published message | auth.get_subject_information_from_identifier | This call queries the external directory service to obtain the user information (e.g. username, organization etc) from the specified subject_identifier |
| Published message | host.disable_external_auth | This call disables external authentication on the local host |
| Published message | host.enable_external_auth | This call enables external authentication on a host |
| Published message | host.get_server_certificate | Get the installed server public TLS certificate. |
| Published message | host.retrieve_wlb_evacuate_recommendations | Retrieves recommended host migrations to perform when evacuating the host from the wlb server. If a VM cannot be migrated from the host the reason is listed instead of a recommendation. |
| Published message | pool.certificate_install | Install TLS CA certificate |
| Published message | pool.certificate_list | List installed TLS CA certificate |
| Published message | pool.certificate_sync | Copy the TLS CA certificates and CRLs of the master to all slaves. |
| Published message | pool.certificate_uninstall | Install TLS CA certificate |
| Published message | pool.crl_install | Install a TLS CA-issued Certificate Revocation List, pool-wide. |
| Published message | pool.crl_list | List the names of all installed TLS CA-issued Certificate Revocation Lists. |
| Published message | pool.crl_uninstall | Remove a pool-wide TLS CA-issued Certificate Revocation List. |
| Published message | pool.deconfigure_wlb | Permanently deconfigures workload balancing monitoring on this pool |
| Published message | pool.detect_nonhomogeneous_external_auth | This call asynchronously detects if the external authentication configuration in any slave is different from that in the master and raises appropriate alerts |
| Published message | pool.disable_external_auth | This call disables external authentication on all the hosts of the pool |
| Published message | pool.enable_external_auth | This call enables external authentication on all the hosts of the pool |
| Published message | pool.initialize_wlb | Initializes workload balancing monitoring on this pool with the specified wlb server |
| Published message | pool.retrieve_wlb_configuration | Retrieves the pool optimization criteria from the workload balancing server |
| Published message | pool.retrieve_wlb_recommendations | Retrieves vm migrate recommendations for the pool from the workload balancing server |
| Published message | pool.send_test_post | Send the given body to the given host and port, using HTTPS, and print the response. This is used for debugging the SSL layer. |
| Published message | pool.send_wlb_configuration | Sets the pool optimization criteria for the workload balancing server |
| Published message | session.get_all_subject_identifiers | Return a list of all the user subject-identifiers of all existing sessions |
| Published message | session.logout_subject_identifier | Log out all sessions associated to a user subject-identifier, except the session associated with the context calling this function |
| Deprecated class | user | Deprecated in favor of subject |
| Removed field | VM_guest_metrics.memory | Disabled in favour of the RRDs, to improve scalability |