7.4
Table Of Contents
- Life Cycle Extensibility
- Contents
- Life Cycle Extensibility
- Machine Extensibility Overview
- Extending Machine Lifecycles By Using vRealize Orchestrator
- Configuring Workflow Subscriptions to Extend vRealize Automation
- Event Topics Provided With vRealize Automation
- Workflow Subscriptions and Event Broker Terminology
- Blockable and Replyable Event Topics
- Best Practices for Creating vRealize Orchestrator Workflows for Workflow Subscriptions
- Workflow Subscription Settings
- Working with Provisioning and Life Cycle Workflow Subscriptions
- Configuring vRealize Orchestrator Workflows for Provisioning and Life Cycle Workflows
- Workflow Subscription Life Cycle State Definitions
- Configuring the Timeout Values for States and Events
- Configuring the Error Behavior for States and Events
- Scenario: Take a Post-Provisioning Snapshot of a Virtual Machine
- Working with Approval Workflow Subscriptions
- Troubleshooting Workflow Subscriptions
- Troubleshooting vRealize Orchestrator Workflows That Do Not Start
- Troubleshooting Provisioning Requests That Take Too Much Time
- Troubleshooting a vRealize Orchestrator Workflow That Does Not Run for an Approval Request
- Troubleshooting a Rejected Approval Request That Should Be Approved
- Troubleshooting a Rejected Approval Request
- Extending Machine Life Cycles By Using vRealize Automation Designer
- Extending Machine Life Cycles By Using vRealize Automation Designer Checklist
- Installing and Configuring vRealize Automation Designer
- Customizing IaaS Workflows By Using vRealize Automation Designer
- Workflows and Distributed Execution Management
- CloudUtil Command Reference
- vRealize Automation Workflow Activity Reference
Each state change workflow is associated with a specific custom property. When a machine is entering a
state with a corresponding state change workflow, IaaS checks to see if the machine has the
corresponding custom property; if so, the associated workflow is executed. For example, if a machine has
the custom property ExternalWFStubs.MachineProvisioned, the WFStubMachineProvisioned
workflow is executed before the master workflow enters the MachineProvisioned state.
While custom properties can be applied to a machine from a number of sources, typically the property for
a state change workflow is specified in a blueprint, enabling the workflow for all machines provisioned
from that blueprint.
Prerequisites
Log in to vRealize Automation as a tenant administrator or business group manager.
Procedure
1 Select Design > Blueprints.
2 Point to the name of a blueprint and click Edit.
3 Click the Properties tab.
4 Click New Property.
5 Type the name of the custom property associated with the workflow you want to enable in the Name
text box.
Customizable Workflow Name Associated Property Name
WFStubMachineProvisioned ExternalWFStubs.MachineProvisioned
WFStubBuildingMachine ExternalWFStubs.BuildingMachine
WFStubMachineDisposing ExternalWFStubs.MachineDisposing
WFStubUnprovisionMachine ExternalWFStubs.UnprovisionMachine
WFStubMachineRegistered ExternalWFStubs.MachineRegistered
WFStubMachineExpired ExternalWFStubs.MachineExpired
6 Leave the Value text box blank.
The workflow depends on the presence of the property, not on any particular value.
7
Click the Save icon (
).
8 Click OK.
The workflow is now enabled for new machines that are provisioned from this blueprint.
Configuring a Menu Operation Workflow
After you customize a menu operation workflow, additional configuration is required before it is available
to users in the vRealize Automation console.
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