Using the
Automation Orchestrator
Plug-In for
VMware Aria Automation

The
VMware Aria Automation Orchestrator™ Plug-in for VMware Aria Automation™
integrates
Automation Orchestrator
with
VMware Aria Automation
. With the plug-in, you can run
Automation Orchestrator
workflows from your
VMware Aria Automation
instance. You can use the workflows that are provided with the plug-in to deploy and manage
VMware Aria Automation
resources.

Role of
Automation Orchestrator
with the
자동화 플러그인

Automation Orchestrator
powers the
자동화 플러그인
. You use the
Automation Orchestrator
Client to run and create workflows and access the
자동화 플러그인
API.
You can use either the embedded
Automation Orchestrator
instance in your
VMware Aria Automation
deployment, or an external
Automation Orchestrator
server.

Installing the
자동화 플러그인

Depending on your
Automation Orchestrator
setup, you must either download and install the
자동화 플러그인
yourself, or the plug-in might come preinstalled on your
VMware Aria Automation
environment.
The following table provides more information about each scenario.
Automation Orchestrator
deployment
VMware Aria Automation
version
Out of the box plug-in availability
What to do
Embedded
VMware Aria Automation
8.16.x
Yes
External
VMware Aria Automation
8.16.x
No
  1. Download the plug-in from the VMware Marketplace.
  2. Install the plug-in on your
    Automation Orchestrator
    instance.
Extensibility Appliance
VMware Aria Automation
SaaS
No
  1. Verify that you have a
    Automation Orchestrator
    integration in Automation Assembler. See Configure an Automation Orchestrator integration in Automation Assembler.
  2. Download the plug-in from the VMware Marketplace.
  3. Install the plug-in on your cloud-enabled
    Automation Orchestrator
    .
The
자동화 플러그인
supports out-of-the-box proxy-based connection configurations on the
VMware Aria Automation
extensibility appliance. You can connect an external proxy with the
VMware Aria Automation
host connection object without any additional configuration changes.

Using the default
자동화 플러그인
workflows and actions

The
자동화 플러그인
provides out-of-the-box workflows for common tasks, such as host configuration workflows and infrastructure workflows. For a full list of available workflows, navigate to
Library
Workflows
in the
Automation Orchestrator 클라이언트
.
The plug-in library also contains predefined actions that you can use to build you own custom workflows. To access these actions, navigate to
Library
Actions
, and enter
com.vmware.library.vra
in the action search box.

Using the
자동화 플러그인
inventory

The
Automation Orchestrator
inventory supports objects for hosts, cloud accounts, cloud zones, disks, machines, machine disks and snapshots, networks, projects, and other entities that are required as lookups for create/update workflows, such as tags, data collectors, regions, NSX-T, and NSX-V cloud accounts.
To display all available inventory objects, navigate to
Administration
Inventory
VMware Aria Automation
in the
Automation Orchestrator 클라이언트
.

Accessing the
자동화 플러그인
API

In the
Automation Orchestrator
API Explorer, you can search the
자동화 플러그인
API and see the documentation for JavaScript objects that you can use in scripted elements. You can copy code from API elements and paste it into scripting boxes.
In the
Automation Orchestrator
API Explorer, click the
VRA
module in the left pane to expand the hierarchical list of
자동화 플러그인
API scripting objects.
To access the API reference for your
VMware Aria Automation
version, go to
https://
VMware-Aria-Automation-hostname
/automation-ui/api-docs
.
For up-to-date
VMware Aria Automation
API documentation, see the VMware Aria Automation 8.16 API Programming Guide.