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Table Of Contents
- Installing and Configuring VMware vCenter Orchestrator
- Contents
- Installing and Configuring VMware vCenter Orchestrator
- Introduction to VMware vCenter Orchestrator
- Orchestrator System Requirements
- Hardware Requirements for Orchestrator
- Hardware Requirements for the Orchestrator Appliance
- Operating Systems Supported by Orchestrator
- Supported Directory Services
- Browsers Supported by Orchestrator
- Orchestrator Database Requirements
- Software Included in the Orchestrator Appliance
- Level of Internationalization Support
- Setting Up Orchestrator Components
- Installing and Upgrading Orchestrator
- Download the vCenter Server Installer
- Install Orchestrator Standalone
- Install the Orchestrator Client on a 32-Bit Machine
- Install the Client Integration Plug-In in the vSphere Web Client
- Download and Deploy the Orchestrator Appliance
- Upgrade Orchestrator 4.2.x and 5.1.x Standalone
- Upgrading Orchestrator 4.0.x Running on a 64-Bit Machine
- Upgrading Orchestrator 4.0.x and Migrating the Configuration Data
- Upgrading the Orchestrator Appliance
- Uninstall Orchestrator
- Configuring the Orchestrator Server
- Start the Orchestrator Configuration Service
- Log In to the Orchestrator Configuration Interface
- Configure the Network Connection
- Orchestrator Network Ports
- Import the vCenter Server SSL Certificate
- Selecting the Authentication Type
- Configuring the Orchestrator Database Connection
- Server Certificate
- Configure the Default Plug-Ins
- Importing the vCenter Server License
- Selecting the Orchestrator Server Mode
- Start the Orchestrator Server
- Configuring vCenter Orchestrator in the Orchestrator Appliance
- Configuring Orchestrator by Using the Configuration Plug-In and the REST API
- Configure Network Settings by Using the REST API
- Configuring Authentication Settings by Using the REST API
- Configure the Database Connection by Using the REST API
- Create a Self-Signed Server Certificate by Using the REST API
- Managing SSL Certificates Through the REST API
- Importing Licenses by Using the REST API
- Additional Configuration Options
- Change the Password of the Orchestrator Configuration Interface
- Change the Default Configuration Ports on the Orchestrator Client Side
- Uninstall a Plug-In
- Activate the Service Watchdog Utility
- Export the Orchestrator Configuration
- Import the Orchestrator Configuration
- Configure the Maximum Number of Events and Runs
- Import Licenses for a Plug-In
- Orchestrator Log Files
- Configuration Use Cases and Troubleshooting
- Configuring a Cluster of Orchestrator Server Instances
- Registering Orchestrator with vCenter Single Sign-On in the vCenter Server Appliance
- Setting Up Orchestrator to Work with the vSphere Web Client
- Check Whether Orchestrator Is Successfully Registered as an Extension
- Unregister Orchestrator from vCenter Single Sign-On
- Enable Orchestrator for Remote Workflow Execution
- Changing SSL Certificates
- Back Up the Orchestrator Configuration and Elements
- Unwanted Server Restarts
- Orchestrator Server Fails to Start
- Revert to the Default Password for Orchestrator Configuration
- Setting System Properties
- Disable Access to the Orchestrator Client By Nonadministrators
- Disable Access to Workflows from Web Service Clients
- Setting Server File System Access for 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
- Where to Go From Here
- Index
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Managing access rights for Orchestrator and applications
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Importing and exporting packages
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Enabling and disabling Web views
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Running workflows and scheduling tasks
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Managing version control of imported elements
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Creating new workflows and plug-ins
Developers
This user type has full access to all of the Orchestrator platform capabilities.
Developers are granted access to the Orchestrator client interface and have
the following responsibilities:
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Creating applications to extend the Orchestrator platform functionality
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Automating processes by customizing existing workflows and creating
new workflows and plug-ins
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Customizing Web front ends for automated processes, using Web 2.0
tools.
Users with Limited Rights
End Users
This role has access to only the Web front end. End users can run and
schedule workflows and policies that the administrators or developers make
available in a browser by using Web views.
Orchestrator Architecture
Orchestrator contains a workflow library and a workflow engine to allow you to create and run workflows
that automate orchestration processes. You run workflows on the objects of different technologies that
Orchestrator accesses through a series of plug-ins.
Orchestrator provides a standard set of plug-ins, including a plug-in for vCenter Server, to allow you to
orchestrate tasks in the different environments that the plug-ins expose.
Orchestrator also presents an open architecture to allow you to plug in external third-party applications to
the orchestration platform. You can run workflows on the objects of the plugged-in technologies that you
define yourself. Orchestrator connects to a directory services server to manage user accounts, and to a
database to store information from the workflows that it runs. You can access Orchestrator, the Orchestrator
workflows, and the objects it exposes through the Orchestrator client interface, through a Web browser, or
through Web services.
Chapter 1 Introduction to VMware vCenter Orchestrator
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