5.5

Setting Up Orchestrator to Work with the vSphere Web Client
You can set up Orchestrator so that you can use the vSphere Web Client to log in to Orchestrator and run
workflows on the objects in your vSphere inventory.
1 Install vCenter Single Sign-On, vCenter Inventory Service, vCenter Server, and vCenter Orchestrator.
Orchestrator is silently installed on your system when you install vCenter Server. For more information
about installing vCenter Single Sign-On, vCenter Inventory Service, and vCenter Server, see vSphere
Installation and Setup.
2 Install the vSphere Web Client and configure it to work with vCenter Single Sign-On, which you have
installed in the previous step.
For more information, see vSphere Installation and Setup.
3 Start the Orchestrator Configuration Service and log in to the Orchestrator configuration interface.
You installed Orchestrator as a part of the vCenter Server installation, and the Orchestrator
Configuration service does not start by default . You must start it manually before you attempt to access
the Orchestrator configuration interface. For instructions, see “Start the Orchestrator Configuration
Service,” on page 36 and “Log In to the Orchestrator Configuration Interface,” on page 37.
4 Verify that the correct IP address is selected from the IP address drop-down menu on the Network tab
in the Orchestrator configuration interface.
5 Verify that the vCenter Server 5.5 plug-in in the Orchestrator configuration interface is properly
configured, provide the credentials of a user who has the privileges to manage vCenter Server
extensions, and save the changes.
If you installed Orchestrator separately from vCenter Server, you have to add your vCenter Server
instance as a host . For more information, see “Configure the vCenter Server Plug-In,” on page 59.
6 Start the Orchestrator server.
For more information, see “Start the Orchestrator Server,” on page 65.
7 Log in to the vSphere Web Client and configure the default vCenter Orchestrator instance.
IMPORTANT You must log in as a user who has at least View and Execute permissions in Orchestrator,
and permissions to manage vCenter Server objects.
If you want to see more workflows displayed in the pop-up menu when you right-click a vSphere
inventory object, you can associate workflows with the different vSphere object types.
For more information, see vCenter Server and Host Management.
You can now run Orchestrator workflows on the objects in your vSphere inventory by using the vSphere
Web Client.
Check Whether Orchestrator Is Successfully Registered as an
Extension
After you register Orchestrator server with vCenter Single Sign-On and configure it to work with
vCenter Server, you can check whether Orchestrator is successfully registered as an extension with
vCenter Server.
Procedure
1 In a Web browser navigate to the managed object browser of your vCenter Server instance.
https://your_vcenter_server_ip/mob
Installing and Configuring VMware vCenter Orchestrator
98 VMware, Inc.