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VMware vRealize Orchestrator Cookbook - Second Edition

By : Daniel Langenhan
Book Image

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

Adding an Orchestrator endpoint


Before you can use any Orchestrator plugins in vRA, you need to define them as endpoints. In this recipe, we will show you how to do this. This is not how to add an Orchestrator as an Infrastructure endpoint (for this see the Adding Orchestrator as an Infrastructure Endpoint recipe in this chapter).

Getting ready

For this recipe, you will need a working and configured vRealize Automation installation. Please refer to the introduction to this chapter.

You can either use the vRA-integrated Orchestrator or an external Orchestrator.

In this example, we will add an Active Directory endpoint. Please note that, if you want to add users or change passwords, you will need to enable SSL for AD (refer to the recipe Working with Active Directory in Chapter 10, Built-in Plugins).

How to do it...

There are some plugins that can be added directly in vRA. See How it works... for more details:

  1. Log in to vRA as an Infrastructure admin.

  2. Navigate to Administration | Advanced Services...