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Published inNov 2016
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ISBN-139781786462787
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Daniel Langenhan
Daniel Langenhan
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Daniel Langenhan

Daniel Langenhan is a Virtualisation expert with formidable skills in Architecture, Design and Implementation for large multi-tier systems. His experience and knowledge of process management, enterprise-level storage, Linux and Windows operation systems has made him and his business a highly sought after international consultancy in the Asia-Pacific and European regions for multinational clientele in the areas of Finance, Communication, Education and Government. Daniel has been working with VMware products since 2002 and is directly associated with VMWare since 2008. His proven track record of successful integrations of Virtualisation into different business areas while minimizing cost and maximizing reliability and effectiveness of the solution for his clients. Currently, Daniel is operating in the Europe and Asia-Pacific region with his company vLeet GmbH and Melbourne Business Boosters Pty Ltd. Daniel's expertise and practical approach to VMWare has resulted in the publication of the following books: Instant VMware vCloud Starter, Packt Publishing VMware View Security Essentials, Packt Publishing VMware vCloud Director Cookbook, Packt Publishing VMware vRealize Orchestrator Cookbook, Packt Publishing VMware vRealize Orchestrator Essentials, Packt Publishing He has also lent his expertise to many other publishing projects as a Technical Editor.
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Accessing Orchestrator REST API


In this recipe, we are looking at how to access and play with the Orchestrator REST API.

Getting ready

We need a browser, preferably Chrome or Firefox.

To play and explore, we also need access to the Orchestrator Control Center.

We will be using the example workflow 07.02 Access via PowerShell (Input).

How to do it...

The recipe is broken up into multiple parts for easier reading; the best way forward is to work through one after the other.

Accessing the API documentation and enable "play mode"

Note

Please note that this is a stetting that you shouldn't use in any production environments.

  1. Open the Orchestrator Control Center and enter the system property com.vmware.o11n.sso.basic-authentication.enabled = true as shown in section System properties in the recipe Control Center titbits in Chapter 2, Optimizing Orchestrator Configuration.

  2. Open a browser and browse to https://[Orchestrator]:8281/vco/api/docs/

  3. The SwaggerUI of Orchestrator will open up.

Try it out!

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Daniel Langenhan

Daniel Langenhan is a Virtualisation expert with formidable skills in Architecture, Design and Implementation for large multi-tier systems. His experience and knowledge of process management, enterprise-level storage, Linux and Windows operation systems has made him and his business a highly sought after international consultancy in the Asia-Pacific and European regions for multinational clientele in the areas of Finance, Communication, Education and Government. Daniel has been working with VMware products since 2002 and is directly associated with VMWare since 2008. His proven track record of successful integrations of Virtualisation into different business areas while minimizing cost and maximizing reliability and effectiveness of the solution for his clients. Currently, Daniel is operating in the Europe and Asia-Pacific region with his company vLeet GmbH and Melbourne Business Boosters Pty Ltd. Daniel's expertise and practical approach to VMWare has resulted in the publication of the following books: Instant VMware vCloud Starter, Packt Publishing VMware View Security Essentials, Packt Publishing VMware vCloud Director Cookbook, Packt Publishing VMware vRealize Orchestrator Cookbook, Packt Publishing VMware vRealize Orchestrator Essentials, Packt Publishing He has also lent his expertise to many other publishing projects as a Technical Editor.
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