Create the program that manages the extension

An extension communicates with

vCenter Server

across a network, so you can use any programming language to create the program that manages an extension.

Download the vSphere ESX Agent Manager SDK.

The product that you are exposing as an extension to

vCenter Server

determines the way you create the program that will manage your extension. The managing program must implement

Extension

to provide the information that

vCenter Server

requires to register the extension.

For example, you can create a solution that defines its server side in a

MyManager

class.

The

MyManager.java

can performs the following tasks for your solution.

Sets up your solution by obtaining the values for the extension key,

vCenter Server

connection, IP addresses, and port configuration from the

mysolution.properties

file.

Secures the connection to

vCenter Server

by using TLS.

Defines methods to construct the URLs through which to access the server side of the extension.

Implements the

Extension

object to register your solution as an extension with

vCenter Server

Integrates your solution as a solution with

ExtensionManager

Connects the solution to the ESX Agent Manager.

Instantiates the class that defines the ESX agents that the solution deploys.

Starts the solution in

vCenter Server

Defines a task to unregister the solution from

vCenter Server

Create a program to manage your extension using the programming language of your choice.

For example, you can create a

MyManager

class to manage the extension.

MyManager

can implement the Spring Framework API.

public class MyManager implements InitializingBean {
}

Create an instance of the

Extension

data object with which to register the extension with

vCenter Server

The

MyManager

class can define an internal method that instantiates an

Extension

public class MyManager implements InitializingBean {

  [...]
  private Extension createExtensionObject() {
    Extension extension = new Extension();
  [...]
  }
}

VMware vSphere SDKs and Tools 8.0

Create the program that manages the extension