6.0.1

Using the vCloud Automation Center
Plug-In 3
The vCloud Automation Center plug-in workflow library contains workflows that you can use for common
tasks such as interacting with the catalog, managing infrastructure, and creating tenants and services.
You can use custom HTTP headers, such as the vCloud Automation Center specific headers Tasks and
Identity, and apply them in the CRUD, provisioning, and post-provisioning workflows.
This chapter includes the following topics:
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“Using the vCloud Automation Center Plug-In Inventory,” on page 15
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“Using the vCloud Automation Center Plug-In Administration Workflows,” on page 15
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“Using the vCloud Automation Center Plug-In IaaS Workflows,” on page 18
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“Using the vCloud Automation Center Plug-In Requests Workflows,” on page 21
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“Using the vCloud Automation Center Plug-In Sample Workflows,” on page 21
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“Access the vCloud Automation Center Plug-In API,” on page 22
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“Examples of Scripts for Common vCloud Automation Center Tasks,” on page 22
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“Examples of Scripts for CRUD vCloud Automation Center Infrastructure Administration Tasks,” on
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Using the vCloud Automation Center Plug-In Inventory
You can use the Inventory view to run workflows on vCloud Automation Center objects.
You can enable the Use contextual menu in inventory option to display the workflows that are available for
an inventory object. After the option is enabled, when you right-click an object in the Orchestrator
inventory, all available workflows for the object are displayed.
Using the vCloud Automation Center Plug-In Administration
Workflows
You can use the administration workflows to manage vCloud Automation Center services, tenants,
approval policies, entitlements, business groups, catalog items, and advanced services custom resources,
service blueprints, and resource actions.
You can find these workflows in the Administration subdirectory of the plug-in library in the Workflows
view of the Orchestrator client.
You can use the workflows in the Approval Policies subdirectory to copy, activate, deactivate, and delete
approval policies.
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