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VMware vRealize Orchestrator Cookbook

By : Daniel Langenhan
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VMware vRealize Orchestrator Cookbook

By: Daniel Langenhan

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VMware vRealize Orchestrator Cookbook
Daniel Langenhan
Feb, 2015 | 382 pages
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Table of Contents (15 chapters)
VMware vRealize Orchestrator Cookbook
VMware vRealize Orchestrator Cookbook
Credits
Credits
Foreword
Foreword
About the Author
About the Author
About the Reviewers
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Preface
Free Chapter
1
Installing and Configuring Orchestrator
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
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
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
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
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
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
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

Chapter 1. Installing and Configuring Orchestrator

In this chapter, we explore how to install and configure Orchestrator. We will be looking at the following recipes:

  • 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 external LDAP or Active Directory

  • Integrating Orchestrator into SSO and vSphere Web Client

  • Configuring an external database

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