VMware vRealize Orchestrator Essentials

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1. VMware vRealize Orchestrator Essentials
   1. Table of Contents
   2. VMware vRealize Orchestrator Essentials
   3. Credits
   4. Foreword
   5. Foreword
   6. About the Author
   7. About the Reviewers
   8. www.PacktPub.com
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   9. Preface
      1. What this book covers
      2. What you need for this book
      3. Who this book is for
      4. Conventions
      5. Reader feedback
      6. Customer support
         1. Errata
         2. Piracy
         3. Questions
   10. 1. Architectural Overview
       1. What is VMware Orchestrator?
          1. A short history of Orchestrator
          2. Features of Orchestrator
          3. More about plug-ins
       2. Obtaining Orchestrator
          1. Licensing
          2. Downloading
          3. Compatibility
       3. The Orchestrator architecture
          1. Authentication
          2. Dedicated service account
          3. Database
          4. VMware infrastructure
          5. Other services
          6. Limitations
       4. Additional sources for Orchestrator
          1. Documentation
          2. Books
          3. VMware community
          4. Websites
          5. Google searches
       5. Summary
   11. 2. Deploying and Configuring the Orchestrator Appliance
       1. Preparations
          1. Downloading the appliance
          2. Appliance's size requirements
          3. Preparing the IP and DNS settings
          4. Open ports
          5. Creating users and groups
          6. Database
       2. Deploying the Orchestrator Appliance
          1. Deploying the Appliance with vCenter
          2. Deploying the appliance into VMware Workstation
          3. After the deployment
       3. Accessing Orchestrator
          1. Accessing the Orchestrator home page
          2. Starting the Orchestrator Client
       4. Base configure the Orchestrator Appliance
          1. What is preconfigured?
          2. How to run a workflow
          3. Configuring Orchestrator with SSO
          4. Configuring Orchestrator with an external database
          5. Creating a Package Signing Certificate
          6. Entering a license
          7. Last steps
       5. The Orchestrator configuration tools
          1. Orchestrator Configurator
          2. Orchestrator Control Center (Beta)
       6. Summary
   12. 3. Integrating Orchestrator with vSphere
       1. Integrating Orchestrator with vCenter
          1. Open TCP ports
          2. Allowing user access
          3. Adding a vCenter to Orchestrator
          4. The Orchestrator inventory
          5. vSphere Web Client
       2. Installing additional plugins
          1. Downloading the VMware plug-in
          2. Installing the plug-in
             1. Opening the Orchestrator configuration
             2. Installing a new plug-in
             3. Restarting the Orchestrator service
             4. Checking out the new plug-in
          3. Plugin problems
       3. Summary
   13. 4. Working with Workflows
       1. Using the Orchestrator Client
          1. Introducing the Orchestrator Client
          2. Workflow properties
             1. The General tab
             2. The Inputs tab
             3. The Outputs tab
             4. The Schema tab
             5. The Presentation tab
             6. The Parameters References tab
             7. The Workflow Tokens tab
             8. The Events tab
             9. The Permissions tab
          3. Starting a workflow
          4. Workflow run and results
          5. Rerunning workflows
       2. Using the vSphere Web Client
          1. Starting a workflow from the Orchestrator plugin
          2. Configuring workflows for the vCenter inventory
          3. Starting a workflow from the vCenter inventory
       3. Scheduling workflows
          1. The Orchestrator Client
          2. The vSphere Web Client
       4. Summary
   14. 5. Combining and Modifying Workflows
       1. Combining existing workflows
          1. Creating a new workflow
             1. Creating a new library folder
             2. Opening a new workflow for editing
          2. Adding workflows
          3. Adding actions to a workflow
          4. Assigning parameters
          5. Workflow verification
          6. Workflow history
             1. Comparing the versions
             2. Reverting to an older version
       2. Useful workflow operations
          1. Copying a workflow
          2. Renaming a workflow element
          3. Deleting an element
          4. Exit without saving and reverting
          5. Deleting and undeleting a workflow
       3. Workflow parameters
          1. Parameter types
             1. Parameters in the General section
             2. Variables in the input section
             3. Variables in the output section
          2. Working with parameters and attributes
             1. Moving a parameter or attribute
       4. Some more advanced programming
          1. Adding a decision element
          2. Working with connection lines
          3. Things you might like to try out
       5. Modifying an existing workflow
       6. Summary
   15. 6. Advanced vRO Scripting with JavaScript
       1. JavaScript – the very basics
          1. Basic rules
             1. Every line ends with a semicolon
             2. Variables
             3. Case sensitivity
             4. Comments
             5. Formatting
          2. Running though some examples
             1. Creating an example workflow
             2. Creating new parameters
             3. Numerical operations
             4. String operations
          3. Integrating JavaScript into our program
       2. The if-clause in JavaScript
          1. Conditions and operators
          2. An example if-clause
          3. Common string problems and solutions
             1. Is a string part of another string?
             2. Case sensitivity
             3. Getting rid of space
       3. Creating an action
          1. Creating a new action module
          2. Creating a new action
          3. Implementing the action into a workflow
          4. Things you might like to try
             1. Switch case
             2. String clean-up
       4. Summary
          1. Correct answers
   16. 7. Improving Workflows with Presentation
       1. Presentation basics
          1. Descriptions
          2. Mandatory
          3. Min and max values
          4. Default value
       2. Working with arrays
          1. Arrays in JavaScript
          2. Defining and filling arrays in the workflow
          3. JavaScript example
          4. Predefined answers
       3. Linking presentations
       4. VMware plug-in specific properties
          1. Specify a root object to be shown in the chooser
          2. Select value as
          3. Show in inventory
          4. Example
       5. Summary
   17. 8. Errors, Logs, and Debug Mode
       1. The debug mode
       2. Logs and errors
          1. Catching and dealing with an error
       3. Summary
   18. 9. Packing It All Up
       1. Importing and exporting workflows
          1. Exporting a workflow
          2. Importing a workflow
       2. Working with packages
          1. Creating a package
          2. Filling a package
          3. Exporting a package
          4. Importing a package
       3. Summary
   19. Index