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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

Managing AD users with vRA


In this recipe, we will explore the full spectrum of the Orchestrator/vRA integration. You will learn how to create custom resources and actions and how to integrate and use them.

Getting ready

In order to add an Orchestrator workflow as a vRA Catalog item, you should have the following vRA items configured:

  • Entitlements

  • Services

  • Business groups

To configure these items, please refer to the link shown in the introduction of this chapter or take a look at the official VMware documentation for vRA.

The Design tab must be activated as shown in the Integrating Orchestrator workflows as XaaS Blueprints recipe in this chapter.

You also have to add the AD endpoint as shown in the Adding an Orchestrator endpoint recipe in this chapter, and the AD endpoint needs to be configured with SSL for this recipe to work.

How to do it...

We have split this recipe into multiple sections. Work though them one after another.

Creating a custom resource

We will first need to create a custom resource...