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VMware vRealize Orchestrator Cookbook - Second Edition

By : Daniel Langenhan
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VMware vRealize Orchestrator Cookbook - Second Edition

By: Daniel Langenhan

Overview of this book

VMware vRealize Orchestrator is a powerful automation tool designed for system administrators and IT operations staff who are planning to streamline their tasks and are waiting to integrate the functions with third-party operations software. This book is an update to VMware vRealize Orchestrator Cookbook and is blend of numerous recipes on vRealize Orchestrator 7. This book starts with installing and configuring vRealize Orchestrator. We will demonstrate how to upgrade from previous versions to vRealize Orchestrator 7. You will be taught all about orchestrator plugins and how to use and develop various plugins that have been enhanced in Orchestrator 7. Throughout this book, you will explore the new features of Orchestrator 7, such as the introduction of the control center, along with its uses. You will also come to understand visual programming, how to integrate base plugins into workflows, and how to automate VMware. You will also get to know how to troubleshoot vRealize Orchestrator. By the end of this book, you will be able to get the most out of your Orchestrator installation, and will be able to develop complex workflows and create your own highly integrated automations of vRealize environments.
Table of Contents (19 chapters)
VMware vRealize Orchestrator Cookbook Second Edition
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface

User management


In this recipe, we will see how to control access to Orchestrator. You will learn how to give and control access to users outside the Orchestrator administrator group.

Getting ready

We need a running Orchestrator configured either with vSphere / vRA authentication or AD. Check the recipe Configuring an external Authentication in Chapter 1, Installing and Configuring Orchestrator.

Also, we need either access to a user management system (LDAP, SSO, or AD) or to have other users and groups on a given user management system. If you are using the Orchestrator appliance without any external authentication you can use the local LDAP user vcoadmin and vrouser which are set out in the recipe Configuring an external Authentication in Chapter 1, Installing and Configuring Orchestrator.

How to do it...

We have three parts to this recipe, each for different tasks.

Giving non-administrative users access to Orchestrator

Giving restricted access to users is better than just adding everyone to the...