Although vRealize Orchestrator (vRO) has provided API documentation built-in to the server, it was static content that could not be quickly used for tests or building queries. When a product provides a nice API explorer that not only tells you the available urls and basic docs, but also provides a web-based UI that allows you to quickly build up custom calls and shows you the generated content, the consumption and integration time for developers is reduced considerably.
This vCenter Configuration Manager workflow package includes vCenter Orchestrator workflows for managing vSphere Virtual Machines and templates.These are sample workflows for illustrating Configuration Manager’s ability to perform Operating System patching, configuration compliance, Software Provisioning and OS Provisioning.These workflows are compatible with vCenter Orchestrator Rest Plug-in version 1.0.1 and later.
This is version 2.0 of the package. It contains:
Enhancements and Bug fixes in the original (version 1) workflows New workflows to automate OS provisioning and Windows Software distribution functions New workflow package and associated documents can be downloaded from here
Last week I was member of a roundtable for designing SAP application delivery. The main things they discussed about were VM templates and their clones. SAP has an own application abstraction layer (ACC - adaptive computing controller) which hosts an API. With this knowledge I designed a little whiteboard workflow with the vCenter Orchestrator as clone intelligence and automation instance for future release management.
As you can see the software delivery application could be every other deployment system (HP Radia, Altiris etc.
Radware is one of the few VMware partners leveraging extensively vCenter Orchestrator in combination with their products. Find below a demo video presenting the integrated solution.
Quoting their site:
This short demo walks through a sample workflow scenario to illustrate how Radware’s solutions can help you maintain tight integration between your virtual/physical ADC environment and VMware vCenter Orchestrator/vSphere. In just a few easy steps you can dynamically configure, provision, load balance, and monitor your virtualized environment.
Hello all, it looks like we have Burke Azbill participating in this week’s VMware Communities Roundtable (Episode #130) Podcast by @jtroyer. Be sure to stop by! The session will be discussing
vCloud Connector and other delights, including that new Plug-in that allows vCenter Orchestrator to work with vCloud Director!
The vCO 4.01 and 4.1 administration and developer’s guides were recently updated with quite a few additions in the latest covering items such as
Running a workflow on a Selection of Objects Implement the “Start Workflows in a Series” and “Start Workflows in Parallel” workflows Running a workflow in a scripted loop scripting example Get these updated version from the VMware vCenter Orchestrator (vCO) Documentation page.
See the ‘Updated Information’ section in each guide for the full details of the additions.
If you wish vCO had additional plug-ins to orchestrate more technologies please comment with your top 5 wish list.
Are you getting started with VMware’s vCenter Orchestrator? vCO can be a challenge or a breeze to learn depending on your skill sets and what you’re trying to accomplish. It allows for the creation of very complicated workflows with minimal effort if you know where to look and are familiar with the interface. Knowing where to look can sometimes be key.
I’ve launched this site in an effort to help enlighten those getting started with vCO so I welcome your feedback.
