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8 (Optional) If the plug-in adds a configuration tab to the configuration interface, click the tab for the plug-
in.
For example, if you install the solar system plug-in, click Solar System.
9 (Optional) Configure the plug-in in its configuration tab.
For example, if you install the solar system plug-in, select your home planet and select whether Pluto is
a planet or a dwarf planet.
10 Click Apply changes.
11 Restart the Orchestrator server.
You installed and configured a plug-in.
What to do next
Use Orchestrator to interact with the plugged-in technology.
Interact with the Solar System Application by Using Orchestrator
After you install a plug-in in the Orchestrator server, you can use the objects that it adds to the Orchestrator
JavaScript API to create workflows, actions, policies, Web views, and so on. You use these items to interact
with the plugged-in technology using Orchestrator.
The solar system plug-in includes the com.vmware.samples.solarsystem package that contains workflows,
actions, a policy, and a Web view that implement the API objects that the solar system plug-in adds to the
Orchestrator JavaScript API.
Procedure
1 View Plug-In Scripting Objects in the JavaScript API on page 212
The objects of a plugged-in technology that you map to Orchestrator scripting objects appear in the
Orchestrator JavaScript API.
2 Run Workflows on Plug-In Objects in the Inventory on page 213
You can use the scripting objects that a plug-in adds to the Orchestrator JavaScript API to write workflows
and actions to interact with the plugged-in technology.
3 Monitor Plug-In Events by Using Policies on page 214
You can use policies to monitor events in a plugged-in technology and perform defined operations when
the events occur.
4 Monitor Plug-In Events by Using Workflows on page 215
Workflows can include a Wait Event element that suspends the workflow and waits for an event to occur
in a plugged-in technology. Plug-ins can implement triggers and watchers to notify waiting workflows
of the events that occur.
5 Access Plug-In Objects and Operations by Using a Web View on page 216
With Web views, you can run workflows on objects from the Orchestrator inventory from a Web browser
instead of from the Orchestrator client.
View Plug-In Scripting Objects in the JavaScript API
The objects of a plugged-in technology that you map to Orchestrator scripting objects appear in the
Orchestrator JavaScript API.
The solar system vso.xml file maps objects from the solar system application and plug-in to classes, methods,
attributes, and enumerations in the Orchestrator JavaScript API.
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