4.2.1
Table Of Contents
- Administering VMware vCenter Orchestrator
- Contents
- Administering VMware vCenter Orchestrator
- Updated Information
- The Orchestrator Client
- Managing Workflows
- Creating Resource Elements
- 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
- Modify the Number of Concurrent and Delayed Workflows
- Maintenance and Recovery
- Index
If you do not set any permissions on a workflow, the workflow inherits the permissions from the folder that
contains it. If you do set permissions on a workflow, those permissions override the permissions of the folder
that contains it, even if the permissions of the folder are more restrictive.
Workflow Credentials
Each workflow has a default running credential that the workflow starter issues. The credentials with which
a workflow runs depend on the manner in which the workflow is started.
Table 2-1. Workflow Credentials
Workflow Starter Workflow Credential
A user who uses the Java GUI or Web GUI to start the
workflow
The user's credential
A policy The policy's credential
Another workflow The parent workflow can set the credential
A Web view that is using its own credential The Web view can set the credential
To run a workflow by using credentials different than your current credentials, select Start workflow as when
you start the workflow.
Workflow Attributes
Workflow attributes act as global constants and global variables throughout a workflow. Workflow elements
process data that they receive as input parameters, and set the resulting output as workflow attributes or output
parameters.
Read-only workflow attributes act as global constants for a workflow. Writable attributes act as a workflow’s
global variables.
A workflow attribute has the following properties:
n
Read-only flag
n
Name
n
Type
n
Value
n
Linking
n
Description
You use attributes to transfer variables between workflow elements. You can obtain attributes in the following
ways:
n
Define attributes when you create a workflow
n
Set the output parameter of a workflow element as a workflow attribute
n
Inherit attributes from a configuration element
Workflow Parameters
Workflows receive input parameters and generate output parameters when they run.
Input Parameters
An input parameter is a runtime argument that you, an application, or another workflow or action passes to
a workflow or action for it to process when it starts.
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