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Table 1‑3. Extending Machine Lifecycles by Using vRealize Orchestrator Checklist (Continued)
Task Details
Create a vRealize Automation endpoint for
your vRealize Orchestrator instance.
“Create a vRealize Orchestrator Endpoint,” on page 47
Use the workow template provided in the
Extensibility subdirectory of the
vRealize Automation plug-in library to create a
custom vRealize Orchestrator workow to run
during the machine lifecycle. You can run
multiple workows in the same state for the
same blueprint as long as you nest them under a
single wrapper workow.
For information about developing workows with
vRealize Orchestrator, see the vRealize Orchestrator documentation.
For training in vRealize Orchestrator development for
vRealize Automation integrations, see the training courses available
from VMware Education and the instructional material provided by
VMware Learning.
Run the provided workow that inserts your
custom workow into an IaaS workow stub and
congures a blueprint to call the IaaS workow
stub.
N The workow stubs are replaced by the
event broker workow subscriptions. They are
still available, supported, and they can be used,
but expect them to be removed in a future
version of vRealize Automation. To ensure future
product compatibility, you should use the
workow subscriptions to run custom workows
based on state changes. See “Conguring
Workow Subscriptions to Extend vRealize
Automation,” on page 12.
“Assign a State Change Workow to a Blueprint and Its Virtual
Machines,” on page 11
Configuring the vRealize Automation Plug-in for Machine Extensibility
You congure your vRealize Automation and IaaS hosts, install the customizations for machine extensibility,
and create a vRealize Automation endpoint for your vRealize Orchestrator instance.
Add a vRealize Automation Host
You can run a workow to add a vRealize Automation host and congure the host connection parameters.
Procedure
1 From the drop-down menu in the Orchestrator client, select Run or Design.
2 Click the  view.
3 Expand Library > vRealize Automation > .
4 Right-click the Add a vRA host workow and select Start .
5 Enter a unique name for the host in the Host Name text box.
6 Enter the URL address of the host in the Host URL text box.
For example: hps://hostname.
7 Enter the name of the tenant in the Tenant text box.
To use the full functionality of the plug-in for a tenant, create a dedicated vRealize Automation host for
each tenant.
8 Select whether to install the SSL certicates automatically without user conrmation.
9 (Optional) To congure the length of time vRealize Orchestrator waits for a connection or response
from vRealize Automation, enter timeout intervals in the Connection timeout (seconds) and Operation
timeout (seconds) text boxes.
Life Cycle Extensibility
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