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Common Tasks Example Scripts

You can cut, paste, and edit the JavaScript examples, or use them as samples to help you learn to develop

your own scripts for common vCloud Automation Center tasks.

For more information about scripting in vCenter Orchestrator, see Developing with VMware vCenter

Orchestrator.

Example: Create a vCloud Automation Center Advanced Service Blueprint

This example script performs the following actions:

1 Sets the vCenter Orchestrator workflow used to build the service blueprint.

2 Generates the content for the service blueprint based on the workflow.

3 Creates the service blueprint entity.

4 Publishes the service blueprint.

Table 4‑9. Input Variables

Variable Type

host vCACCAFE:VCACHost

//ID of the workflow used to create the service blueprint

var workflowId = "44e42047-2fa0-4e4a-ba0c-12086540b28b";

var name = "MyBlueprint"

var description = "Blueprint description";

var workflowClient = host.createAdvancedDesignerClient().getAdvancedDesignerWorkflowService();

//Generate a service blueprint based on the workflow ID

var blueprint = workflowClient.generateServiceBlueprintByWorkflowId(workflowId);

blueprint.setTenant(host.tenant);

blueprint.setName(name);

blueprint.setDescription(description);

//Create the service blueprint

var blueprintService =

host.createAdvancedDesignerClient().getAdvancedDesignerServiceBlueprintService();

var uri = blueprintService.createServiceBlueprint(host.tenant , blueprint);

//Publish the service blueprint

var createdBlueprint = blueprintService.getServiceBlueprintByUri(uri);

blueprintService.updateServiceBlueprintStatus(host.tenant, createdBlueprint.getId(),

vCACCAFEDesignerPublishStatus.PUBLISHED);

Example: Create a vCloud Automation Center Approval Policy

This example script performs the following actions:

1 Gets the approval policy type.

2 Sets the user and group whose approval is required.

3 Sets the approval levels.

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