VMware VRealize Orchestrator Essentials : Get Hands-On Experience with VRealize Orchestrator and Automate Your VMware Environment.

Cover -- Copyright -- Credits -- Foreword -- Foreword -- About the Author -- About the Reviewers -- www.PacktPub.com -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1: Architectural Overview -- What is VMware Orchestrator? -- A short history of Orchestrator -- Features of Orchestrator -- More about plug-ins -- Obtaining Orchestrator -- Licensing -- Downloading -- Compatibility -- The Orchestrator architecture -- Authentication -- Dedicated service account -- Database -- VMware infrastructure -- Other services -- Limitations -- Additional sources for Orchestrator -- Documentation -- Books -- VMware community -- Websites -- Google searches -- Summary -- Chapter 2: Deploying and Configuring the Orchestrator Appliance -- Preparations -- Downloading the appliance -- Appliance's size requirements -- Preparing the IP and DNS settings -- Open ports -- Creating users and groups -- Database -- Deploying the Orchestrator Appliance -- Deploying the Appliance with vCenter -- Deploying the appliance into VMware Workstation -- After the deployment -- Accessing Orchestrator -- Accessing the Orchestrator home page -- Starting the Orchestrator Client -- Base configure the Orchestrator Appliance -- What is preconfigured? -- How to run a workflow -- Configuring Orchestrator with SSO -- Configuring Orchestrator with an external database -- Creating a Package Signing Certificate -- Entering a license -- Last steps -- The Orchestrator configuration tools -- Orchestrator Configurator -- Orchestrator Control Center (Beta) -- Summary -- Chapter 3: Integrating Orchestrator with vSphere -- Integrating Orchestrator with vCenter -- Open TCP ports -- Allowing user access -- Adding a vCenter to Orchestrator -- The Orchestrator inventory -- vSphere Web Client -- Installing additional plugins -- Downloading the VMware plug-in -- Installing the plug-in.

Opening the Orchestrator configuration -- Installing a new plug-in -- Restarting the Orchestrator service -- Checking out the new plug-in -- Plugin problems -- Summary -- Chapter 4: Working with Workflows -- Using the Orchestrator Client -- Introducing the Orchestrator Client -- Workflow properties -- The General tab -- The Inputs tab -- The Outputs tab -- The Schema tab -- The Presentation tab -- The Parameters References tab -- The Workflow Tokens tab -- The Events tab -- The Permissions tab -- Starting a workflow -- Workflow run and results -- Rerunning workflows -- Using the vSphere Web Client -- Starting a workflow from the Orchestrator plugin -- Configuring workflows for the vCenter inventory -- Starting a workflow from the vCenter inventory -- Scheduling workflows -- The Orchestrator Client -- The vSphere Web Client -- Summary -- Chapter 5: Combining and Modifying Workflows -- Combining the existing workflows -- Creating a new workflow -- Creating a new library folder -- Opening a new workflow for editing -- Adding workflows -- Adding actions to a workflow -- Assigning parameters -- Workflow verification -- Workflow history -- Comparing the versions -- Reverting to an older version -- Useful workflow operations -- Copying a workflow -- Renaming a workflow element -- Deleting an element -- Exit without saving and reverting -- Deleting and undeleting a workflow -- Workflow parameters -- Parameter types -- Parameters in the General section -- Variables in the input section -- Variables in the output section -- Working with parameters and attributes -- Moving a parameter or attribute -- Some more advanced programming -- Adding a decision element -- Working with connection lines -- Things you might like to try out -- Modifying an existing workflow -- Summary -- Chapter 6: Advanced vRO Scripting with JavaScript -- JavaScript - the very basics.

Basic rules -- Every line ends with a semicolon -- Variables -- Case sensitivity -- Comments -- Formatting -- Running though some examples -- Creating an example workflow -- Creating new parameters -- Numerical operations -- String operations -- Integrating JavaScript into our program -- The if-clause in JavaScript -- Conditions and operators -- An example if-clause -- Common string problems and solutions -- Is a string part of another string? -- Case sensitivity -- Getting rid of space -- Creating an action -- Creating a new action module -- Creating a new action -- Implementing the action into a workflow -- Things you might like to try -- Switch case -- String clean-up -- Summary -- Correct answers -- Chapter 7: Improving Workflows with Presentation -- Presentation basics -- Descriptions -- Mandatory -- Min and max values -- Default value -- Working with arrays -- Arrays in JavaScript -- Defining and filling arrays in the workflow -- JavaScript example -- Predefined answers -- Linking presentations -- VMware plug-in specific properties -- Specify a root object to be shown in the chooser -- Select value as -- Show in inventory -- Example -- Summary -- Chapter 8: Errors, Logs, and Debug Mode -- The debug mode -- Logs and errors -- Catching and dealing with an error -- Summary -- Chapter 9: Packing it all up -- Importing and exporting workflows -- Exporting a workflow -- Importing a workflow -- Working with packages -- Creating a package -- Filling a package -- Exporting a package -- Importing a package -- Summary -- Index.

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