4.0
Table Of Contents
- vCenter Orchestrator Administration Guide
- Contents
- Updated Information
- About This Book
- Introduction to VMware vCenter Orchestrator
- The Orchestrator Client
- Managing Workflows
- Creating Resource Elements
- Using Plug-Ins
- Managing Actions
- Using Packages
- Setting System Properties
- Disable Access to the Orchestrator Client By Nonadministrators
- Disable Access to Workflows from Web Service Clients
- Setting Server File System Access from Workflows and JavaScript
- Set JavaScript Access to Operating System Commands
- Set JavaScript Access to Java Classes
- Set Custom Timeout Property
- Modify the Number of Objects a Plug-In Search Obtains
- Maintenance and Recovery
- Index
Table 5-2. Add-ons and Separate Downloads
Plug-In Remark Purpose Configuration Inventory
Microsoft An experimental feature
available as a separate
download.
Provides access to
Windows
Management
Instrumentation
(WMI) and reading
and writing to
Microsoft Active
Directory.
In Orchestrator
configuration interface,
import settings from the
LDAP tab or use different
LDAP settings for WMI.
See vCenter Orchestrator
Installation and Configuration
Guide, Configuring LDAP
Settings.
Computers,
ForeignSecurityPrincipals,
Program Data, System,
Users, Domain Controllers
VMware
Infrastructure
3.5
Add-on located in
Install_Directory
/ext
ras/plugins.
Backward
compatibility.
See vCenter Orchestrator
Installation and Configuration
Guide, Configure the vCenter
4.0 Plug-In.
Returns all objects.
Using the SSH Plug-In
You can use the SSH plug-in to run SSH commands on a remote host that supports SSH and transfer files
between an Orchestrator server and a remote host through a secure connection.
Generate a Key Pair
You can run a workflow from the Orchestrator client to generate a key pair. You can use the key pair to connect
to an SSH host without a password.
A key pair consists of a public key and a private key. Orchestrator can use the private key to connect to the
public key on an SSH host. You can use a passphrase to improve security.
CAUTION All Orchestrator users with the right set of privileges can read, use, and overwrite your private key.
Prerequisites
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The SSH plug-in must be enabled and configured in the Orchestrator configuration interface.
n
You must be logged in to the Orchestrator client as a user who can run SSH workflows.
Procedure
1 Click the Workflows view in the Orchestrator client.
2 In the workflows hierarchical list, open Library > SSH to navigate to the Generate key pair workflow.
3 Right-click the Generate key pair workflow and select Start workflow.
4 Provide the required information.
a Select the key type.
b Select the key size.
c (Optional) Type a passphrase.
NOTE You can change the passphrase later.
d (Optional) Type a comment.
5 Click Submit to run the workflow.
If a key pair exists, the new key pair overwrites it.
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