Management API - Create VM - InvalidXmlRequest - The request body XML was invalid or not correctly specified

Question

Hi,
I am getting error while creating virtual machine from Azure REST management API. Could someone please point me what wrong I am POSTing in below XML
ERROR ---
<Error xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/windowsazure" xmlns:i="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"><Code>InvalidXmlRequest</Code><Message>The request body's XML was invalid or not correctly specified.</Message></Error>
" <Deployment xmlns=\"http://schemas.microsoft.com/windowsazure\" xmlns:i=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance\">" +
" <Name>SomeName</Name>" +
" <DeploymentSlot>Production</DeploymentSlot>" +
" <Label>SomeLabel</Label>" +
" <RoleList>" +
" <Role>" +
" <RoleName>SomeRoleName</RoleName>" +
" <RoleType>PersistentVMRole</RoleType>" +
" <ConfigurationSets>" +
" <ConfigurationSet i:type=\"WindowsProvisioningConfigurationSet\">" +
" <ConfigurationSetType>WindowsProvisioningConfiguration</ConfigurationSetType>" +
" <ComputerName>SomeCompName</ComputerName>" +
" <AdminPassword>Admin098</AdminPassword>" +
" <EnableAutomaticUpdates>true</EnableAutomaticUpdates>" +
" <ResetPasswordOnFirstLogon>false</ResetPasswordOnFirstLogon>" +
" </ConfigurationSet>" +
" <ConfigurationSet i:type=\"NetworkConfigurationSet\">" +
" <ConfigurationSetType>NetworkConfiguration</ConfigurationSetType>" +
" <InputEndpoints>" +
" <InputEndpoint>" +
" <LocalPort>3389</LocalPort>" +
" <Name>RemoteDesktop</Name>" +
" <Protocol>tcp</Protocol>" +
" </InputEndpoint>" +
" </InputEndpoints>" +
" </ConfigurationSet>" +
" </ConfigurationSets>" +
" <OSVirtualHardDisk>" +
" <DiskName>SomeDiskName-0-20121007173943</DiskName>" +
" <MediaLink>http://portalvhdsrx7q659n2n5j2.blob.core.windows.net/public/myvhd0008980.vhd</MediaLink>" +
" <SourceImageName>MSFT__Win2K8R2SP1-Datacenter-201208.01-en.us-30GB.vhd</SourceImageName>" +
" </OSVirtualHardDisk>" +
" <RoleSize>Small</RoleSize>" +
" </Role>" +
" </RoleList>" +
" </Deployment>"I have tried adding admin user name as well to the xml but still get same error.Please suggest

Answer 1

the format of the request body is:
<Deployment xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/windowsazure" xmlns:i="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
<Name>name-of-deployment</Name>
<DeploymentSlot>deployment-environment</DeploymentSlot>
<Label>identifier-of-deployment</Label>
<RoleList>
<Role>
<RoleName>name-of-the-virtual-machine</RoleName>
<RoleType>PersistentVMRole</RoleType>
<VMImageName>name-of-vm-image</VMImageName>
<ConfigurationSets>
<ConfigurationSet i:type="WindowsProvisioningConfigurationSet">
<ConfigurationSetType>WindowsProvisioningConfiguration</ConfigurationSetType>
<ComputerName>name-of-computer</ComputerName>
<AdminPassword>administrator-password</AdminPassword>
<EnableAutomaticUpdates>enable-updates</EnableAutomaticUpdates>
<TimeZone>time-zone</TimeZone>
<DomainJoin>
<Credentials>
<Domain>domain-to-join</Domain>
<Username>user-name-in-the-domain</Username>
<Password>password-for-the-user-name</Password>
</Credentials>
<JoinDomain>domain-to-join</JoinDomain>
<MachineObjectOU>distinguished-name-of-the-ou</MachineObjectOU>
</DomainJoin>
<StoredCertificateSettings>
<CertificateSetting>
<StoreLocation>LocalMachine</StoreLocation>
<StoreName>name-of-store-on-the-machine</StoreName>
<Thumbprint>certificate-thumbprint</Thumbprint>
</CertificateSetting>
</StoredCertificateSettings>
<WinRM>
<Listeners>
<Listener>
<Protocol>listener-protocol</Protocol>
</Listener>
<Listener>
<CertificateThumbprint>certificate-thumbprint</CertificateThumbprint>
<Protocol>listener-protocol</Protocol>
</Listener>
</Listeners>
</WinRM>
<AdminUsername>name-of-administrator-account</AdminUsername>
<CustomData>base-64-encoded-data</CustomData>
</ConfigurationSet>
<ConfigurationSet i:type="LinuxProvisioningConfigurationSet">
<ConfigurationSetType>LinuxProvisioningConfiguration</ConfigurationSetType>
<HostName>host-name-for-the-virtual-machine</HostName>
<UserName>new-user-name</UserName>
<UserPassword>password-for-the-new-user</UserPassword>
<DisableSshPasswordAuthentication>password-authentication</DisableSshPasswordAuthentication>
<SSH>
<PublicKeys>
<PublicKey>
<FingerPrint>certificate-fingerprint</FingerPrint>
<Path>SSH-public-key-storage-location</Path>
</PublicKey>
</PublicKeys>
<KeyPairs>
<KeyPair>
<FingerPrint>certificate-fingerprint</FinguerPrint>
<Path>SSH-public-key-storage-location</Path>
</KeyPair>
</KeyPairs>
</SSH>
<CustomData>base-64-encoded-data</CustomData>
</ConfigurationSet>
<ConfigurationSet>
<ConfigurationSetType>NetworkConfiguration</ConfigurationSetType>
<InputEndpoints>
<InputEndpoint>
<LoadBalancedEndpointSetName>name-of-load-balanced-set</LoadBalancedEndpointSetName>
<LocalPort>local-port-number</LocalPort>
<Name>name-of-endpoint</Name>
<Port>external-port-number</Port>
<LoadBalancerProbe>
<Path>path-of-probe</Path>
<Port>port-assigned-to-probe</Port>
<Protocol>probe-protocol</Protocol>
<IntervalInSeconds>interval-of-probe</IntervalInSeconds>
<TimeoutInSeconds>timeout-for-probe</TimeoutInSeconds>
</LoadBalancerProbe>
<Protocol>endpoint-protocol</Protocol>
<EnableDirectServerReturn>enable-direct-server-return</EnableDirectServerReturn>
<EndpointACL>
<Rules>
<Rule>
<Order>priority-of-the-rule</Order>
<Action>permit-rule</Action>
<RemoteSubnet>subnet-of-the-rule</RemoteSubnet>
<Description>description-of-the-rule</Description>
</Rule>
</Rules>
</EndpointACL>
</InputEndpoint>
</InputEndpoints>
<SubnetNames>
<SubnetName>name-of-subnet</SubnetName>
</SubnetNames>
<StaticVirtualNetworkIPAddress>ip-address</StaticVirtualNetworkIPAddress>
</ConfigurationSet>
</ConfigurationSets>
<ResourceExtensionReferences>
<ResourceExtensionReference>
<ReferenceName>name-of-reference</ReferenceName>
<Publisher>name-of-publisher</Publisher>
<Name>name-of-extension</Name>
<Version>version-of-extension</Version>
<ResourceExtensionParameterValues>
<ResourceExtensionParameterValue>
<Key>name-of-parameter-key</Key>
<Value>parameter-value</Value>
<Type>type-of-parameter</Type>
</ResourceExtensionParameterValue>
</ResourceExtensionParameterValues>
<State>state-of-resource</State>
</ResourceExtensionReference>
</ResourceExtensionReferences>
<AvailabilitySetName>name-of-availability-set</AvailabilitySetName>
<DataVirtualHardDisks>
<DataVirtualHardDisk>
<HostCaching>caching-mode</HostCaching>
<DiskLabel>label-of-data-disk</DiskLabel>
<DiskName>name-of-disk</DiskName>
<Lun>logical-unit-number</Lun>
<LogicalDiskSizeInGB>size-in-gb-of-data-disk</LogicalDiskSizeInGB>
<MediaLink>path-to-vhd</MediaLink>
</DataVirtualHardDisk>
</DataVirtualHardDisks>
<OSVirtualHardDisk>
<HostCaching>caching-mode</HostCaching>
<DiskLabel>label-of-operating-system-disk</DiskLabel>
<DiskName>name-of-disk</DiskName>
<MediaLink>path-to-vhd</MediaLink>
<SourceImageName>name-of-source-image</SourceImageName>
</OSVirtualHardDisk>
<RoleSize>size-of-virtual-machine</RoleSize>
<ProvisionGuestAgent>install-an-agent</ProvisionGuestAgent>
</Role>
</RoleList>
<VirtualNetworkName>name-of-virtual-network</VirtualNetworkName>
<Dns>
<DnsServers>
<DnsServer>
<Name>dns-name</Name>
<Address>dns-ip-address</Address>
</DnsServer>
</DnsServers>
</Dns>
</Deployment>
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hope this helps!