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VMware vRealize Orchestrator Cookbook

By : Daniel Langenhan

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VMware vRealize Orchestrator Cookbook

4.3 (10)

By: Daniel Langenhan

Overview of this book

If you are a VMware administrator who is interested in automating your infrastructure, this book is for you. An understanding of basic programming concepts is advised. No previous knowledge of Orchestrator is required, although some previous knowledge of it will allow you to get started more easily.

Preface

Preface

Best approaches to reading this book

What this book covers

What you need for this book

Who this book is for

Conventions

Reader feedback

Customer support

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1. Installing and Configuring Orchestrator

1. Installing and Configuring Orchestrator

Introduction

Getting Orchestrator running in 5 minutes (or less)

Deploying the Orchestrator appliance

Installing Orchestrator on Windows

Two ways to configure Orchestrator

Important Orchestrator base configurations

Configuring Orchestrator with an external LDAP or Active Directory

Integrating Orchestrator into SSO and vSphere Web Client

Configuring an external database

2. Optimizing Orchestrator Configuration

2. Optimizing Orchestrator Configuration

Introduction

Plugin basics

Tuning the appliance

Tuning Java

Backup and recovery

Creating an Orchestrator cluster

Configuring the Orchestrator Service SSL certificate

Configuring e-mail

Redirecting Orchestrator Syslog to an external Syslog server

Configuring the Kerberos authentication

Configuring access to the local filesystem

Updating Orchestrator

3. Visual Programming

3. Visual Programming

Introduction

Workflow basics

Version control

Working with logs

Error handling in workflows

Resuming failed workflows

Using the workflow debugging function

Working with decisions

Working with loops

Working with presentations

Working with configurations

Working with actions

Linking actions in presentations

Waiting tasks

Sending and waiting for custom events

Using asynchronous workflows

Working with user interactions

Changing credentials

4. Working with Plugins

4. Working with Plugins

Introduction

Working with the API

Working with mails

File operations

Working with SSH

Working with XML

Working with SQL

Working with PowerShell

Working with SOAP

Working with REST

Working with Active Directory

Working with SNMP

Working with AMQP

5. Basic Orchestrator Operations

5. Basic Orchestrator Operations

Introduction

Basic Orchestrator operations for Orchestrator elements

Changing elements in a workflow

Undelete workflows and actions

Importing and exporting Orchestrator elements

Synchronize Orchestrator elements between Orchestrator servers

Working with packages

User management

User preferences

Scheduling workflows

Workflow auto documentation

Orchestrator and vSphere Web Client

6. Advanced Operations

6. Advanced Operations

Introduction

Accessing the Orchestrator API via REST

Working with resources

Working with tags

Working with locks

Language packs (localization)

Working with policies

Managing remote Orchestrator

7. Working with VMware Infrastructure

7. Working with VMware Infrastructure

Introduction

Unmounting all the CD-ROMs of all VMs in a cluster

Provisioning a VM from a template

An approval process for VM provisioning

Working with the vCenter API (to change a VM's HA settings)

Standard vSwitch and Distributed Switch ports

Executing a program inside a VM

Configuring a vRA instance in Orchestrator

Configuring an external Orchestrator in vRA

Adding an Orchestrator endpoint

Integrating Orchestrator workflows in vRA

Managing AD users with vRA

Index

Index

Workflow basics

In this recipe, we will work through the process of creating a workflow. We will see how to add and use variables as well as run a workflow.

Getting ready

We just need a working Orchestrator, and you will need the rights to create new workflows and run them. We will work with the Orchestrator Client.

How to do it...

We will break up the recipe into several sections.

Creating a new workflow

Open the Orchestrator Client and switch to the workflows.
If you haven't made a new folder yet, right-click on the root of the tree and select Add Folder.
Give the folder a name and click on OK.
Right-click on the new folder and select New workflow.
Give the workflow a name. The workflow will open in the edit mode.

Adding an attribute

Click on General and then scroll down to Attributes.
Click on . A new variable will be put under Attributes and named att0.
Click on att0 and give the variable a new name, such as text.
Click on String under the Type column to change the variable type, but for this example...

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