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Table Of Contents

Contents

Developing a Web Services Client for VMware vRealize Orchestrator 5

Updated Information 7

Developing a Web Services Client 9

Using the vRealize Orchestrator REST API 11

Authenticating Against Orchestrator and Third-Party Systems 12

Using vCenter Single Sign-On Authentication with the Orchestrator REST API 12

Using LDAP Authentication with the Orchestrator REST API 14

Accessing the Reference Documentation for the Orchestrator REST API 14

Using the Java REST SDK 14

Operations with Workows 16

Find a Workow and Retrieve Its Denition 16

Run a Workow 18

Run a Workow After Validating Its Input Parameters Against the Workow Presentation 20

Interacting with a Workow While It Runs 23

Retrieve a Workow's Interactions 29

Access a Workow's Schema 29

Working with Tasks 29

Create a Task 29

Modify a Task 30

Check the State of a Task 31

Finding Objects in the Orchestrator Inventory 32

Find Objects by Type and ID 32

Find Objects by Relations 33

Apply Filters 34

Importing and Exporting Orchestrator Objects 34

Import a Workow 34

Export a Workow 35

Import an Action 35

Export an Action 35

Import a Package 36

Export a Package 36

Import a Resource 37

Export a Resource 37

Import a Conguration Element 38

Export a Conguration Element 38

Deleting Orchestrator Objects 38

Delete a Workow 38

Delete an Action 39

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