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Table 1‑7. Custom Properties for Changing IP Address of a Provisioned Machine with a Guest
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Custom Property Description
VirtualMachine.SoftwareN.ScriptPath
Specifies the full path to an application's install script. The path
must be a valid absolute path as seen by the guest operating
system and must include the name of the script filename.
You can pass custom property values as parameters to the
script by inserting {CustomPropertyName} in the path string. For
example, if you have a custom property named ActivationKey
whose value is 1234, the script path is D:\InstallApp.bat –
key {ActivationKey}. The guest agent runs the command
D:\InstallApp.bat –key 1234. Your script file can then be
programmed to accept and use this value.
Insert {Owner} to pass the machine owner name to the script.
You can also pass custom property values as parameters to the
script by inserting {YourCustomProperty} in the path string. For
example, entering the
value \\vra-
scripts.mycompany.com\scripts\changeIP.bat runs the
changeIP.bat script from a shared location, but entering the
value \\vra-
scripts.mycompany.com\scripts\changeIP.bat
{VirtualMachine.Network0.Address} runs the changeIP
script but also passes the value of the
VirtualMachine.Network0.Address property to the script as
a parameter.
VirtualMachine.ScriptPath.Decrypt
Allows vRealize Automation to obtain an encrypted string that is
passed as a properly formatted
VirtualMachine.SoftwareN.ScriptPath custom property
statement to the gugent command line.
You can provide an encrypted string, such as your password, as
a custom property in a command-line argument. This allows you
to store encrypted information that the guest agent can decrypt
and understand as a valid command-line argument. For
example, the VirtualMachine.Software0.ScriptPath =
c:\dosomething.bat password custom property string is not
secure as it contains an actual password.
To encrypt the password, you can create a vRealize Automation
custom property, for example MyPassword = password, and
enable encryption by selecting the available check box. The
guest agent decrypts the [MyPassword] entry to the value in the
custom property MyPassword and runs the script as
c:\dosomething.bat password.
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Create custom property MyPassword = password where
password is the value of your actual password. Enable
encryption by selecting the available check box.
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Set custom property
VirtualMachine.ScriptPath.Decrypt as
VirtualMachine.ScriptPath.Decrypt = true.
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