Virtual Machines - Capture

Service:

Compute

API Version:

2024-03-01

Captures the VM by copying virtual hard disks of the VM and outputs a template that can be used to create similar VMs.

POST https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/{vmName}/capture?api-version=2024-03-01

URI Parameters

Name	In	Required	Type	Description
resourceGroupName	path	True	string	The name of the resource group.
subscriptionId	path	True	string	Subscription credentials which uniquely identify Microsoft Azure subscription. The subscription ID forms part of the URI for every service call.
vmName	path	True	string	The name of the virtual machine.
api-version	query	True	string	Client Api Version.

Request Body

Name	Type	Description
parameters	VirtualMachineCaptureParameters	Parameters supplied to the Capture Virtual Machine operation.

Responses

Name	Type	Description
200 OK	VirtualMachineCaptureResult	OK
202 Accepted		Accepted
Other Status Codes	CloudError	Error response describing why the operation failed.

Security

azure_auth

Azure Active Directory OAuth2 Flow

Type: oauth2
Flow: implicit
Authorization URL: https://login.microsoftonline.com/common/oauth2/authorize

Scopes

Name	Description
user_impersonation	impersonate your user account

Examples

VirtualMachine_Capture_MaximumSet_Gen

VirtualMachine_Capture_MinimumSet_Gen

VirtualMachine_Capture_MaximumSet_Gen

Sample request

HTTP

POST https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/rgcompute/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa/capture?api-version=2024-03-01

{
  "vhdPrefix": "aaaaaaaaa",
  "destinationContainerName": "aaaaaaa",
  "overwriteVhds": true
}

Java

import com.azure.resourcemanager.compute.models.VirtualMachineCaptureParameters;

/**
 * Samples for VirtualMachines Capture.
 */
public final class Main {
    /*
     * x-ms-original-file:
     * specification/compute/resource-manager/Microsoft.Compute/ComputeRP/stable/2024-03-01/examples/
     * virtualMachineExamples/VirtualMachine_Capture_MaximumSet_Gen.json
     */
    /**
     * Sample code: VirtualMachine_Capture_MaximumSet_Gen.
     * 
     * @param azure The entry point for accessing resource management APIs in Azure.
     */
    public static void virtualMachineCaptureMaximumSetGen(com.azure.resourcemanager.AzureResourceManager azure) {
        azure.virtualMachines().manager().serviceClient().getVirtualMachines()
            .capture("rgcompute", "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa", new VirtualMachineCaptureParameters()
                .withVhdPrefix("aaaaaaaaa").withDestinationContainerName("aaaaaaa").withOverwriteVhds(true),
                com.azure.core.util.Context.NONE);
    }
}

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Python

from typing import Any, IO, Union

from azure.identity import DefaultAzureCredential

from azure.mgmt.compute import ComputeManagementClient

"""
# PREREQUISITES
    pip install azure-identity
    pip install azure-mgmt-compute
# USAGE
    python virtual_machine_capture_maximum_set_gen.py

    Before run the sample, please set the values of the client ID, tenant ID and client secret
    of the AAD application as environment variables: AZURE_CLIENT_ID, AZURE_TENANT_ID,
    AZURE_CLIENT_SECRET. For more info about how to get the value, please see:
    https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/active-directory/develop/howto-create-service-principal-portal
"""


def main():
    client = ComputeManagementClient(
        credential=DefaultAzureCredential(),
        subscription_id="{subscription-id}",
    )

    response = client.virtual_machines.begin_capture(
        resource_group_name="rgcompute",
        vm_name="aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa",
        parameters={"destinationContainerName": "aaaaaaa", "overwriteVhds": True, "vhdPrefix": "aaaaaaaaa"},
    ).result()
    print(response)


# x-ms-original-file: specification/compute/resource-manager/Microsoft.Compute/ComputeRP/stable/2024-03-01/examples/virtualMachineExamples/VirtualMachine_Capture_MaximumSet_Gen.json
if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()

To use the Azure SDK library in your project, see this documentation. To provide feedback on this code sample, open a GitHub issue

Go

package armcompute_test

import (
	"context"
	"log"

	"github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/azcore/to"
	"github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/azidentity"
	"github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/resourcemanager/compute/armcompute/v6"
)

// Generated from example definition: https://github.com/Azure/azure-rest-api-specs/blob/81a4ee5a83ae38620c0e1404793caffe005d26e4/specification/compute/resource-manager/Microsoft.Compute/ComputeRP/stable/2024-03-01/examples/virtualMachineExamples/VirtualMachine_Capture_MaximumSet_Gen.json
func ExampleVirtualMachinesClient_BeginCapture_virtualMachineCaptureMaximumSetGen() {
	cred, err := azidentity.NewDefaultAzureCredential(nil)
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("failed to obtain a credential: %v", err)
	}
	ctx := context.Background()
	clientFactory, err := armcompute.NewClientFactory("<subscription-id>", cred, nil)
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("failed to create client: %v", err)
	}
	poller, err := clientFactory.NewVirtualMachinesClient().BeginCapture(ctx, "rgcompute", "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa", armcompute.VirtualMachineCaptureParameters{
		DestinationContainerName: to.Ptr("aaaaaaa"),
		OverwriteVhds:            to.Ptr(true),
		VhdPrefix:                to.Ptr("aaaaaaaaa"),
	}, nil)
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("failed to finish the request: %v", err)
	}
	res, err := poller.PollUntilDone(ctx, nil)
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("failed to pull the result: %v", err)
	}
	// You could use response here. We use blank identifier for just demo purposes.
	_ = res
	// If the HTTP response code is 200 as defined in example definition, your response structure would look as follows. Please pay attention that all the values in the output are fake values for just demo purposes.
	// res.VirtualMachineCaptureResult = armcompute.VirtualMachineCaptureResult{
	// 	ID: to.Ptr("aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa"),
	// 	Schema: to.Ptr("aaaaa"),
	// 	ContentVersion: to.Ptr("aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa"),
	// 	Parameters: map[string]any{
	// 	},
	// 	Resources: []any{
	// 		map[string]any{
	// 	}},
	// }
}

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JavaScript

const { ComputeManagementClient } = require("@azure/arm-compute");
const { DefaultAzureCredential } = require("@azure/identity");

/**
 * This sample demonstrates how to Captures the VM by copying virtual hard disks of the VM and outputs a template that can be used to create similar VMs.
 *
 * @summary Captures the VM by copying virtual hard disks of the VM and outputs a template that can be used to create similar VMs.
 * x-ms-original-file: specification/compute/resource-manager/Microsoft.Compute/ComputeRP/stable/2024-03-01/examples/virtualMachineExamples/VirtualMachine_Capture_MaximumSet_Gen.json
 */
async function virtualMachineCaptureMaximumSetGen() {
  const subscriptionId = process.env["COMPUTE_SUBSCRIPTION_ID"] || "{subscription-id}";
  const resourceGroupName = process.env["COMPUTE_RESOURCE_GROUP"] || "rgcompute";
  const vmName = "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa";
  const parameters = {
    destinationContainerName: "aaaaaaa",
    overwriteVhds: true,
    vhdPrefix: "aaaaaaaaa",
  };
  const credential = new DefaultAzureCredential();
  const client = new ComputeManagementClient(credential, subscriptionId);
  const result = await client.virtualMachines.beginCaptureAndWait(
    resourceGroupName,
    vmName,
    parameters,
  );
  console.log(result);
}

To use the Azure SDK library in your project, see this documentation. To provide feedback on this code sample, open a GitHub issue

dotnet

using Azure;
using Azure.ResourceManager;
using System;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using System.Xml;
using Azure.Core;
using Azure.Identity;
using Azure.ResourceManager.Compute.Models;
using Azure.ResourceManager.Resources;
using Azure.ResourceManager.Compute;

// Generated from example definition: specification/compute/resource-manager/Microsoft.Compute/ComputeRP/stable/2024-03-01/examples/virtualMachineExamples/VirtualMachine_Capture_MaximumSet_Gen.json
// this example is just showing the usage of "VirtualMachines_Capture" operation, for the dependent resources, they will have to be created separately.

// get your azure access token, for more details of how Azure SDK get your access token, please refer to https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/azure/sdk/authentication?tabs=command-line
TokenCredential cred = new DefaultAzureCredential();
// authenticate your client
ArmClient client = new ArmClient(cred);

// this example assumes you already have this VirtualMachineResource created on azure
// for more information of creating VirtualMachineResource, please refer to the document of VirtualMachineResource
string subscriptionId = "{subscription-id}";
string resourceGroupName = "rgcompute";
string vmName = "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa";
ResourceIdentifier virtualMachineResourceId = VirtualMachineResource.CreateResourceIdentifier(subscriptionId, resourceGroupName, vmName);
VirtualMachineResource virtualMachine = client.GetVirtualMachineResource(virtualMachineResourceId);

// invoke the operation
VirtualMachineCaptureContent content = new VirtualMachineCaptureContent("aaaaaaaaa", "aaaaaaa", true);
ArmOperation<VirtualMachineCaptureResult> lro = await virtualMachine.CaptureAsync(WaitUntil.Completed, content);
VirtualMachineCaptureResult result = lro.Value;

Console.WriteLine($"Succeeded: {result}");

To use the Azure SDK library in your project, see this documentation. To provide feedback on this code sample, open a GitHub issue

Sample response

Status code:

200

{
  "$schema": "aaaaa",
  "contentVersion": "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa",
  "parameters": {},
  "resources": [
    {}
  ],
  "id": "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa"
}

Status code:

202

location: https://foo.com/operationstatus

VirtualMachine_Capture_MinimumSet_Gen

Sample request

HTTP

POST https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/rgcompute/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/aaaaaaaaaaaaa/capture?api-version=2024-03-01

{
  "vhdPrefix": "aaaaaaaaa",
  "destinationContainerName": "aaaaaaa",
  "overwriteVhds": true
}

Java

import com.azure.resourcemanager.compute.models.VirtualMachineCaptureParameters;

/**
 * Samples for VirtualMachines Capture.
 */
public final class Main {
    /*
     * x-ms-original-file:
     * specification/compute/resource-manager/Microsoft.Compute/ComputeRP/stable/2024-03-01/examples/
     * virtualMachineExamples/VirtualMachine_Capture_MinimumSet_Gen.json
     */
    /**
     * Sample code: VirtualMachine_Capture_MinimumSet_Gen.
     * 
     * @param azure The entry point for accessing resource management APIs in Azure.
     */
    public static void virtualMachineCaptureMinimumSetGen(com.azure.resourcemanager.AzureResourceManager azure) {
        azure.virtualMachines().manager().serviceClient().getVirtualMachines().capture("rgcompute", "aaaaaaaaaaaaa",
            new VirtualMachineCaptureParameters().withVhdPrefix("aaaaaaaaa").withDestinationContainerName("aaaaaaa")
                .withOverwriteVhds(true),
            com.azure.core.util.Context.NONE);
    }
}

To use the Azure SDK library in your project, see this documentation. To provide feedback on this code sample, open a GitHub issue

Python

from typing import Any, IO, Union

from azure.identity import DefaultAzureCredential

from azure.mgmt.compute import ComputeManagementClient

"""
# PREREQUISITES
    pip install azure-identity
    pip install azure-mgmt-compute
# USAGE
    python virtual_machine_capture_minimum_set_gen.py

    Before run the sample, please set the values of the client ID, tenant ID and client secret
    of the AAD application as environment variables: AZURE_CLIENT_ID, AZURE_TENANT_ID,
    AZURE_CLIENT_SECRET. For more info about how to get the value, please see:
    https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/active-directory/develop/howto-create-service-principal-portal
"""


def main():
    client = ComputeManagementClient(
        credential=DefaultAzureCredential(),
        subscription_id="{subscription-id}",
    )

    response = client.virtual_machines.begin_capture(
        resource_group_name="rgcompute",
        vm_name="aaaaaaaaaaaaa",
        parameters={"destinationContainerName": "aaaaaaa", "overwriteVhds": True, "vhdPrefix": "aaaaaaaaa"},
    ).result()
    print(response)


# x-ms-original-file: specification/compute/resource-manager/Microsoft.Compute/ComputeRP/stable/2024-03-01/examples/virtualMachineExamples/VirtualMachine_Capture_MinimumSet_Gen.json
if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()

To use the Azure SDK library in your project, see this documentation. To provide feedback on this code sample, open a GitHub issue

Go

package armcompute_test

import (
	"context"
	"log"

	"github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/azcore/to"
	"github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/azidentity"
	"github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/resourcemanager/compute/armcompute/v6"
)

// Generated from example definition: https://github.com/Azure/azure-rest-api-specs/blob/81a4ee5a83ae38620c0e1404793caffe005d26e4/specification/compute/resource-manager/Microsoft.Compute/ComputeRP/stable/2024-03-01/examples/virtualMachineExamples/VirtualMachine_Capture_MinimumSet_Gen.json
func ExampleVirtualMachinesClient_BeginCapture_virtualMachineCaptureMinimumSetGen() {
	cred, err := azidentity.NewDefaultAzureCredential(nil)
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("failed to obtain a credential: %v", err)
	}
	ctx := context.Background()
	clientFactory, err := armcompute.NewClientFactory("<subscription-id>", cred, nil)
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("failed to create client: %v", err)
	}
	poller, err := clientFactory.NewVirtualMachinesClient().BeginCapture(ctx, "rgcompute", "aaaaaaaaaaaaa", armcompute.VirtualMachineCaptureParameters{
		DestinationContainerName: to.Ptr("aaaaaaa"),
		OverwriteVhds:            to.Ptr(true),
		VhdPrefix:                to.Ptr("aaaaaaaaa"),
	}, nil)
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("failed to finish the request: %v", err)
	}
	res, err := poller.PollUntilDone(ctx, nil)
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("failed to pull the result: %v", err)
	}
	// You could use response here. We use blank identifier for just demo purposes.
	_ = res
	// If the HTTP response code is 200 as defined in example definition, your response structure would look as follows. Please pay attention that all the values in the output are fake values for just demo purposes.
	// res.VirtualMachineCaptureResult = armcompute.VirtualMachineCaptureResult{
	// }
}

To use the Azure SDK library in your project, see this documentation. To provide feedback on this code sample, open a GitHub issue

JavaScript

const { ComputeManagementClient } = require("@azure/arm-compute");
const { DefaultAzureCredential } = require("@azure/identity");

/**
 * This sample demonstrates how to Captures the VM by copying virtual hard disks of the VM and outputs a template that can be used to create similar VMs.
 *
 * @summary Captures the VM by copying virtual hard disks of the VM and outputs a template that can be used to create similar VMs.
 * x-ms-original-file: specification/compute/resource-manager/Microsoft.Compute/ComputeRP/stable/2024-03-01/examples/virtualMachineExamples/VirtualMachine_Capture_MinimumSet_Gen.json
 */
async function virtualMachineCaptureMinimumSetGen() {
  const subscriptionId = process.env["COMPUTE_SUBSCRIPTION_ID"] || "{subscription-id}";
  const resourceGroupName = process.env["COMPUTE_RESOURCE_GROUP"] || "rgcompute";
  const vmName = "aaaaaaaaaaaaa";
  const parameters = {
    destinationContainerName: "aaaaaaa",
    overwriteVhds: true,
    vhdPrefix: "aaaaaaaaa",
  };
  const credential = new DefaultAzureCredential();
  const client = new ComputeManagementClient(credential, subscriptionId);
  const result = await client.virtualMachines.beginCaptureAndWait(
    resourceGroupName,
    vmName,
    parameters,
  );
  console.log(result);
}

To use the Azure SDK library in your project, see this documentation. To provide feedback on this code sample, open a GitHub issue

dotnet

using Azure;
using Azure.ResourceManager;
using System;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using System.Xml;
using Azure.Core;
using Azure.Identity;
using Azure.ResourceManager.Compute.Models;
using Azure.ResourceManager.Resources;
using Azure.ResourceManager.Compute;

// Generated from example definition: specification/compute/resource-manager/Microsoft.Compute/ComputeRP/stable/2024-03-01/examples/virtualMachineExamples/VirtualMachine_Capture_MinimumSet_Gen.json
// this example is just showing the usage of "VirtualMachines_Capture" operation, for the dependent resources, they will have to be created separately.

// get your azure access token, for more details of how Azure SDK get your access token, please refer to https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/azure/sdk/authentication?tabs=command-line
TokenCredential cred = new DefaultAzureCredential();
// authenticate your client
ArmClient client = new ArmClient(cred);

// this example assumes you already have this VirtualMachineResource created on azure
// for more information of creating VirtualMachineResource, please refer to the document of VirtualMachineResource
string subscriptionId = "{subscription-id}";
string resourceGroupName = "rgcompute";
string vmName = "aaaaaaaaaaaaa";
ResourceIdentifier virtualMachineResourceId = VirtualMachineResource.CreateResourceIdentifier(subscriptionId, resourceGroupName, vmName);
VirtualMachineResource virtualMachine = client.GetVirtualMachineResource(virtualMachineResourceId);

// invoke the operation
VirtualMachineCaptureContent content = new VirtualMachineCaptureContent("aaaaaaaaa", "aaaaaaa", true);
ArmOperation<VirtualMachineCaptureResult> lro = await virtualMachine.CaptureAsync(WaitUntil.Completed, content);
VirtualMachineCaptureResult result = lro.Value;

Console.WriteLine($"Succeeded: {result}");

To use the Azure SDK library in your project, see this documentation. To provide feedback on this code sample, open a GitHub issue

Sample response

Status code:

200

{}

Status code:

202

location: https://foo.com/operationstatus

Definitions

Name	Description
ApiError	Api error.
ApiErrorBase	Api error base.
CloudError	An error response from the Compute service.
InnerError	Inner error details.
VirtualMachineCaptureParameters	Parameters supplied to the Capture Virtual Machine operation.
VirtualMachineCaptureResult	Output of virtual machine capture operation.

ApiError

Api error.

Name	Type	Description
code	string	The error code.
details	ApiErrorBase[]	The Api error details
innererror	InnerError	The Api inner error
message	string	The error message.
target	string	The target of the particular error.

ApiErrorBase

Api error base.

Name	Type	Description
code	string	The error code.
message	string	The error message.
target	string	The target of the particular error.

CloudError

An error response from the Compute service.

Name	Type	Description
error	ApiError	Api error.

InnerError

Inner error details.

Name	Type	Description
errordetail	string	The internal error message or exception dump.
exceptiontype	string	The exception type.

VirtualMachineCaptureParameters

Parameters supplied to the Capture Virtual Machine operation.

Name	Type	Description
destinationContainerName	string	The destination container name.
overwriteVhds	boolean	Specifies whether to overwrite the destination virtual hard disk, in case of conflict.
vhdPrefix	string	The captured virtual hard disk's name prefix.

VirtualMachineCaptureResult

Output of virtual machine capture operation.

Name	Type	Description
$schema	string	the schema of the captured virtual machine
contentVersion	string	the version of the content
id	string	Resource Id
parameters	object	parameters of the captured virtual machine
resources	object[]	a list of resource items of the captured virtual machine