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You're reading from VMware vRealize Orchestrator Cookbook. - Second Edition

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Published in Nov 2016

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781786462787

Pages 556 pages

Edition 2nd Edition

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Cloud Computing

Author (1):

Daniel Langenhan

Table of Contents (19) Chapters

VMware vRealize Orchestrator Cookbook Second Edition

Credits

About the Author

About the Reviewers

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Preface

1. Installing and Configuring Orchestrator

2. Optimizing Orchestrator Configuration

3. Distributed Design

4. Programming Skills

5. Visual Programming

6. Advanced Programming

7. Interacting with Orchestrator

8. Better Workflows and Optimized Working

9. Essential Plugins

10. Built-in Plugins

11. Additional Plugins

12. Working with vSphere

13. Working with vRealize Automation

Introduction

In this chapter, we will focus on using the Orchestrator Client and what one should know about it. The Orchestrator Client is a Java-based client that can be launched via the Orchestrator home page or can be locally installed. The Orchestrator Client is mainly used to create new workflows as well as to configure plugins. However, you also can use it for executing workflows. In this case, it is a good idea to configure non-administrative access to Orchestrator as shown in the User management recipe in Chapter 7, Interacting with Orchestrator.

The Orchestrator icons

The Orchestrator Client has three modes: Run, Design, and Administer. The setting can be changed by selecting the value from the top drop-down menu. You will use the Orchestrator Client mostly in the Design mode when you program. If you are a user, you probably will use the Run mode.

Let's have a quick look at all the icons of Orchestrator Client:

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Authors (1)

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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