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VMware vRealize Orchestrator Cookbook

You're reading from   VMware vRealize Orchestrator Cookbook Master the configuration, programming, and interaction of plugins with Orchestrator to efficiently automate your VMware infrastructure

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Product type Paperback
Published in Feb 2015
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ISBN-13 9781784392246
Length 382 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Daniel Langenhan Daniel Langenhan
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Preface 1. Installing and Configuring Orchestrator FREE CHAPTER 2. Optimizing Orchestrator Configuration 3. Visual Programming 4. Working with Plugins 5. Basic Orchestrator Operations 6. Advanced Operations 7. Working with VMware Infrastructure Index

Configuring a vRA instance in Orchestrator


Not only can vRA use Orchestrator to access vCenter or other plugins, but you can also automate your vRA instance using Orchestrator. In this recipe, we will show you how to do the first steps.

Getting ready

Please make sure that you read the introduction of vRA at the beginning of this chapter. We need a functional and configured vRA. We also need the vRA plugin for Orchestrator installed.

How to do it…

Make sure that the vRA (vCAC) plugin is installed in Orchestrator. To configure the vRA plugin, perform the following steps:

  1. Log in to the Orchestrator Client.

  2. Run the workflow vCloud Automation Administration | Configuration | Add an IaaS host.

  3. Enter the FQDN of the VM that the IaaS component of vRA is installed on.

  4. Enter the HTTPS URL of the IaaS component of the vRA installation.

  5. Agree to install the SSL certificates.

  6. Leave the connection variables at their default and click on Next.

  7. Choose Shared session and enter an vRA Infrastructure Admin account.

  8. Click...

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