Google VMware Engine API

Name: VMware Engine API
Brand: VMware Engine API
Availability: InStock

✓ Official Vendor SpecCloud InfrastructureComputeoauth245 EndpointsREST

Install Jentic One Beta

Connect the VMware Engine API to your agent

Jentic One is a self-hosted execution layer for AI agents. It lets your agent call the VMware Engine API, or any other public or private API you need. You set the rules, the agent never sees your credentials, and every call is logged.

Two steps, two machines. Install the instance in a safe environment, then register your agent from wherever it runs.

Step 1: Jentic One Host machine

# On the machine that will host your Jentic One instance:
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jentic/jentic-one/main/tools/install.sh | sh

Step 2: Agent machine

# On the machine where your agent runs (keep this separate from the instance):
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jentic/jentic-one/main/tools/install.sh | sh
jentic register       # connects your agent to your Jentic One instance

Jentic One is in public beta. The setup above keeps your agent separate from the instance, which is what you want before using real credentials: an agent running as the same OS user as Jentic One can read its stored keys directly. Just evaluating? A single local install is fine to start. See the secure deployment guide for the tiers.

Capabilities

What an agent can do with VMware Engine API.

Provision and delete VMware private clouds with chosen node types and cluster sizes

Add or remove ESXi clusters within a private cloud to scale capacity

List supported node types and locations for capacity planning

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For Agents

Provision and manage VMware private clouds, clusters, and networks in Google Cloud so an agent can scale capacity, peer networks, and rotate credentials without console clicks.

Use for: I need to create a new VMware private cloud in us-central1, List all clusters in our production private cloud, Add a cluster to expand capacity in an existing private cloud, Generate an HCX activation key for a new workload migration

Not supported: Does not handle in-guest VM management, vSphere-level operations, or workload migration off VMware - use for managing VMware Engine private clouds, clusters, and networking in Google Cloud only.

The Google VMware Engine API programmatically manages dedicated VMware private clouds running natively on Google Cloud. It exposes private clouds, clusters, ESXi node types, networks, network peerings, HCX activation keys, DNS bindings, management DNS zones, NSX and vCenter credentials, and subnets so platform teams can script cluster provisioning, capacity changes, and network integration. It targets organizations running VMware workloads who need cloud control without changing the underlying hypervisor.

Use Cases

Patterns agents use VMware Engine API for, with concrete tasks.

★ Automated VMware Private Cloud Provisioning

Platform teams provision VMware Engine private clouds from infrastructure-as-code by scripting the create-private-cloud, create-cluster, and create-network-peering calls in a defined order. The API exposes per-cluster node-type selection so capacity decisions are explicit, and long-running operations expose enough state for the IaC layer to wait safely before the next step. This replaces the manual console workflow that typically takes a platform engineer most of a day per environment.

Create a private cloud named prod-vmw with one cluster of three standard-72 nodes in us-central1-a

Capacity Scaling for VMware Workloads

Operations teams scale VMware Engine capacity in response to demand by adding or removing clusters and resizing node counts within a cluster. The VMware Engine API exposes cluster-level operations and node-type listings so the scaling job can choose hardware that matches the workload profile. Long-running operations are observable so the orchestration code can wait for ACTIVE state before declaring success.

Add a fourth cluster of six nodes to the prod-vmw private cloud and wait for ACTIVE state

Network Integration and Peering

Networking teams integrate VMware Engine private clouds with VPCs, on-prem datacenters, and other private clouds by managing network peerings and DNS bindings via the API. The peering endpoints expose state so the orchestration code can validate connectivity before workloads attempt to communicate. DNS binding endpoints let the team script private DNS resolution into the management network.

Create a network peering between the prod-vmw private cloud and a Shared VPC, then verify the peering is ACTIVE

AI Agent VMware Operator

An AI agent integrated through Jentic responds to platform prompts like 'add capacity to the prod-vmw private cloud' by listing clusters, computing the deficit, and calling create or resize cluster operations. Because the API uses OAuth 2.0 with the cloud-platform scope, Jentic isolates the token in your Jentic One instance and exposes only a scoped reference to the agent.

Search Jentic for add a vmware cluster, load the schema, and call it on the named private cloud

Key Endpoints

45 endpoints — the google vmware engine api programmatically manages dedicated vmware private clouds running natively on google cloud.

METHOD

PATH

DESCRIPTION

GET

/v1/{+name}/locations

List supported VMware Engine locations

POST

/v1/{+name}:grant

Grant access to a VMware Engine resource

POST

/v1/{+name}:repair

Repair a VMware Engine resource

GET

/v1/{+name}/operations

List long-running operations for a private cloud

GET

/v1/{+name}/locations

List supported VMware Engine locations

POST

/v1/{+name}:grant

Grant access to a VMware Engine resource

POST

/v1/{+name}:repair

Repair a VMware Engine resource

GET

/v1/{+name}/operations

List long-running operations for a private cloud

Why Jentic?

Three things that make agents converge on Jentic-routed access.

Credential isolation

Your VMware Engine service-account credential is stored once, encrypted, by your own Jentic One instance and injected at execution time. It never enters the agent's prompt, logs, or context.

Intent-based discovery

Agents search Jentic by intent such as 'create a vmware private cloud' or 'add a cluster', and Jentic returns the matching VMware Engine v1 operation with its input schema, including node-type and location selectors, so the agent calls the right endpoint without browsing the reference docs.

Time to first call

FAQs

Specific to using VMware Engine API through Jentic.

What authentication does the VMware Engine API use?

The VMware Engine API uses OAuth 2.0 with the https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform scope. Through Jentic, the OAuth token is stored encrypted in your Jentic One instance and only a scoped reference is exposed to the agent at execution time.

Can I scale a VMware Engine private cloud with the VMware Engine API?

Yes. Use the cluster create, update, and delete operations to add capacity, resize node counts, or remove clusters. Each call returns a long-running operation; poll GET /v1/{+name}/operations on the parent until done is true and the cluster reaches ACTIVE state.

What are the rate limits for the VMware Engine API?

Default project quotas allow 600 requests per minute on control-plane operations and a smaller concurrent limit on long-running mutations like create-private-cloud and create-cluster. Higher quotas can be requested in the Google Cloud Console for production fleets.

How do I create a network peering through Jentic with the VMware Engine API?

Install Jentic with pip install jentic, search for create vmware network peering, load the schema for the network peerings create operation, then call it with the parent private cloud, vmware-engine network, and the peer network. Verify the peering reaches ACTIVE state before sending traffic.

Does the VMware Engine API expose HCX for workload mobility?

Yes. Generate an HCX activation key with the hcxActivationKeys create operation under a private cloud, then use it on-prem to register VMware workloads with HCX. Activation keys are scoped to a single private cloud and have a one-time use lifecycle.

Why does my private cloud creation fail with quota errors?

VMware Engine enforces per-region node-type quotas in addition to standard request quotas. Confirm node-type availability in the target region with the node-types list endpoint, and request a quota increase in the Google Cloud Console if the requested cluster size exceeds your current allocation.

Google VMware Engine API

Connect the VMware Engine API to your agent

Capabilities

Start building with VMware Engine API

Use Cases

Key Endpoints

Why Jentic?

Related APIs

FAQs