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VMware vRealize Orchestrator Cookbook

VMware vRealize Orchestrator Cookbook

By : Langenhan
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VMware vRealize Orchestrator Cookbook

VMware vRealize Orchestrator Cookbook

4.3 (10)
By: Langenhan
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Overview of this book

If you are a VMware administrator who is interested in automating your infrastructure, this book is for you. An understanding of basic programming concepts is advised. No previous knowledge of Orchestrator is required, although some previous knowledge of it will allow you to get started more easily.
Table of Contents (9 chapters)
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Preface
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Preface
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Best approaches to reading this book
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What this book covers
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What you need for this book
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Who this book is for
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Conventions
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Reader feedback
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1. Installing and Configuring Orchestrator
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1. Installing and Configuring Orchestrator
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Introduction
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Getting Orchestrator running in 5 minutes (or less)
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Deploying the Orchestrator appliance
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Installing Orchestrator on Windows
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Two ways to configure Orchestrator
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Important Orchestrator base configurations
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Configuring Orchestrator with an external LDAP or Active Directory
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Integrating Orchestrator into SSO and vSphere Web Client
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Configuring an external database
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2. Optimizing Orchestrator Configuration
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2. Optimizing Orchestrator Configuration
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Introduction
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Plugin basics
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Tuning the appliance
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Tuning Java
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Backup and recovery
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Creating an Orchestrator cluster
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Configuring the Orchestrator Service SSL certificate
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Configuring e-mail
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Redirecting Orchestrator Syslog to an external Syslog server
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Configuring the Kerberos authentication
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Configuring access to the local filesystem
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Updating Orchestrator
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3. Visual Programming
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3. Visual Programming
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Introduction
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Workflow basics
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Version control
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Working with logs
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Error handling in workflows
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Resuming failed workflows
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Using the workflow debugging function
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Working with decisions
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Working with loops
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Working with presentations
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Working with configurations
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Working with actions
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Linking actions in presentations
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Waiting tasks
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Sending and waiting for custom events
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Using asynchronous workflows
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Working with user interactions
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Changing credentials
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4. Working with Plugins
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4. Working with Plugins
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Introduction
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Working with the API
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Working with mails
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File operations
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Working with SSH
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Working with XML
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Working with SQL
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Working with PowerShell
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Working with SOAP
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Working with REST
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Working with Active Directory
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Working with SNMP
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Working with AMQP
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5. Basic Orchestrator Operations
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5. Basic Orchestrator Operations
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Introduction
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Basic Orchestrator operations for Orchestrator elements
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Changing elements in a workflow
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Undelete workflows and actions
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Importing and exporting Orchestrator elements
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Synchronize Orchestrator elements between Orchestrator servers
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Working with packages
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User management
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User preferences
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Scheduling workflows
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Workflow auto documentation
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Orchestrator and vSphere Web Client
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6. Advanced Operations
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6. Advanced Operations
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Introduction
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Accessing the Orchestrator API via REST
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Working with resources
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Working with tags
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Working with locks
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Language packs (localization)
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Working with policies
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Managing remote Orchestrator
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7. Working with VMware Infrastructure
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7. Working with VMware Infrastructure
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Introduction
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Unmounting all the CD-ROMs of all VMs in a cluster
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Provisioning a VM from a template
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An approval process for VM provisioning
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Working with the vCenter API (to change a VM's HA settings)
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Standard vSwitch and Distributed Switch ports
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Executing a program inside a VM
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Configuring a vRA instance in Orchestrator
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Configuring an external Orchestrator in vRA
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Adding an Orchestrator endpoint
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Integrating Orchestrator workflows in vRA
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Managing AD users with vRA
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Installing Orchestrator on Windows

The Windows version of Orchestrator requires slightly more work to set it up.

Getting ready

To get the Windows install working, we need the following:

  • The VMware vCenter Server ISO file
  • A Windows VM with the following system requirements:
    • 64-bit Windows (for example, Windows 2008 R2)
    • Two vCPUs at 2 GHz (less is OK, but it will be slower)
    • 4 GB memory
    • 2 GB disk space
    • One static IP (DHCP is not recommended)

How to do it...

We assume that you are installing Orchestrator on a freshly installed Windows VM.

Install

  1. Insert the ISO image into the VM (for example, mount it via vCenter).
  2. Use Explorer to browse to the [CDROM]:\vCenter-Server\vCO directory.
  3. Execute the install file. The install wizard starts.
  4. Skip the introduction by clicking on Next.
  5. Accept the EULA and click on Next.
  6. Select the path where you want to install Orchestrator and click on Next.
  7. Click on Client - Server and then on Next.
    Install
  8. Leave the icon selection alone and just click on Next.
  9. On the Pre-Installation Summary page, click on Install.
  10. Wait till the installation has finished then click on Done.

Starting and configuring the Orchestrator service

We now need to make sure that Orchestrator's Windows services are starting and are configured correctly:

  1. In Windows, open Services, for example, Win 2008 R2, and navigate to Start | Administrative Tools | Services.
  2. Look for the service named VMware vCenter Orchestrator Server. Make sure it has started and is set to Automatic.

Setting the Orchestrator Configuration service to Automatic or starting it now is not really needed; we will start and stop it when required.

Accessing the vCenter Orchestrator home page

To access the vCenter Orchestrator home page, follow these steps:

  1. Open a web browser and enter the https://[ip of the vCO VM]:8281/vco/ URL.
  2. To open up the Orchestrator Client, click on Start Orchestrator Client.
  3. Enter vcoadmin as the user with the password vcoadmin.

Alternatively, you can access the web page from the VM itself by clicking on Start | VMware | vCenter Orchestrator Home Page.

How it works...

The Windows Orchestrator version now also comes with embedded LDAP and database, making the first steps much easier.

The embedded database and LDAP can't be as easily accessed as with the appliance because there isn't really a need to do so. If you want to be serious about Orchestrator, you should use an external database and you will want to use at least your Active Directory (AD), if not SSO, as an authentication source.

The Windows installation also comes with a 90-day evaluation license.

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