6.1.0

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 13
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“Using the vCloud Automation Center Plug-In Administration Workflows,” on page 14
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“Using the vCloud Automation Center Plug-In Infrastructure Administration Workflows,” on
page 17
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“Using the vCloud Automation Center Plug-In Requests Workflows,” on page 19
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“Using the vCloud Automation Center Plug-In Sample Workflows,” on page 20
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“Access the vCloud Automation Center Plug-In API,” on page 20
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“Examples of Scripts for Common vCloud Automation Center Tasks,” on page 20
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“Examples of Scripts for CRUD vCloud Automation Center Infrastructure Administration Tasks,” on
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“Examples of Scripts for Finding vCloud Automation Center Entities,” on page 26
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“An Example Script for Getting a Virtual Machine Provisioned as a vCloud Automation Center
Catalog Resource,” on page 28
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“An Example Script for Content Transfer Between vCloud Automation Center Hosts,” on page 29
Using the vCloud Automation Center Plug-In Inventory
You can use the Inventory view to run workflows on vCloud Automation Center objects.
To display the workflows that are available for an inventory object, navigate to Tools > User preferences >
Inventory and select the Use contextual menu in inventory check box. After the option is enabled, when
you right-click an object in the Orchestrator inventory, all available workflows for the object are displayed.
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