Chapter 7. Working with VMware Infrastructure
In this chapter, we will take a closer look at how Orchestrator interacts with vCenter Server and vRealize Automation (vRA—formerly known as vCloud Automation Center, vCAC). vRA uses Orchestrator to access and automate infrastructure using Orchestrator plugins. We will take a look at how to make Orchestrator workflows available to vRA.
We will investigate the following recipes:
- Unmounting all the CD-ROMs of all VMs in a cluster
- Provisioning a VM from a template
- An approval process for VM provisioning
- Working with the vCenter API (to change VM's HA settings)
- Standard vSwitch and Distributed Switch ports
- Executing a program inside a VM
- Configuring a vRA instance in Orchestrator
- Configuring an external Orchestrator in vRA
- Adding an Orchestrator endpoint
- Integrating Orchestrator workflows in vRA
- Managing AD users with vRA
