VMware vRealize Automation: Orchestration and Extensibility

Length 5 days
Price $7172 inc GST
Version 8.6

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Why study this course

During this five-day course, you focus on using VMware vRealize® Orchestrator™ to extend the functionality of VMware vRealize Automation™. You learn how to provide XaaS (Anything as a Service) and implement Machine Lifecycle Extensibility using the VMware vRealize Automation Event Broker. You also learn how to create vRealize Orchestrator workflows and vRealize Automation ABX actions. You learn about various features, including basic scripting implementation along with logic processing to implement a variety of functions to use in your environment. This course teaches implementing debugging, loops, conditions, and user interactions in vRealize Orchestrator.

The course introduces the new vRealize Orchestrator HTML 5 interface, along with API calls and REST functions, to give you the groundwork to implement a variety of plugins and scripts. This course is designed to give you the tools to craft custom solutions in the product.

Product alignment:

VMware vSphere® 7.0
VMware vRealize Automation 8.6
VMware vRealize Orchestrator 8.6
VMware vRealize Suite Lifecycle Manager™ 8.6

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What you’ll learn

By the end of the course, you should be able to meet the following objectives:

Describe the features and benefits of integrating vRealize Orchestrator and vRealize Automation
Describe the role of vRealize Orchestrator workflows and content elements in automation
Use the vRealize Orchestrator client to access and navigate the vRealize Orchestrator platform
Use the vRealize Orchestrator client to import and run vRealize Orchestrator library workflows
Design, develop, and run custom reusable vRealize Orchestrator workflows
Integrate vRealize Automation with vRealize Orchestrator to deliver custom IT services
Use the vRealize Automation event broker service to trigger specific vRealize Orchestrator workflows or ABX Actions
Leverage the event broker to extend IaaS (Infrastructure-as-a-Service) machine lifecycle processes
Use XaaS to extend vRealize Automation into other enterprise systems
Use VMware APIs to run vRealize Orchestrator workflows
Use the vSphere Client Code Capture feature

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VMware is the world leader in server virtualisation technologies. Lumify Work is the largest VCF Education Delivery Partner in Australia and New Zealand, offering training in vSphere, Aria Suite, vRealize, vSAN, NSX, and VMware Cloud Foundation courses.

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Who is the course for?

Experienced VMware administrators, automation and orchestration specialists, system integrators, and private cloud and public cloud administrators.

Course subjects

1. Course Introduction

Introductions and course logistics
Course objectives

2. Overview of vRealize Automation and vRealize Orchestrator

Define the purpose of vRealize Automation
Outline the purpose of vRealize Orchestrator
Describe the main components of vRealize Automation
Describe the main components of vRealize Orchestrator

3. Creating Schema Elements

Invoking JavaScript from a vRealize Orchestrator workflow
Invoking a vRealize Orchestrator Workflow from a vRealize Orchestrator workflow
Invoking an action from a vRealize Orchestrator workflow
Using vRealize Orchestrator workflows both synchronously and asynchronously

4. Working with Variables

Defining inputs, outputs, and variables in vRealize Orchestrator workflows
Binding variables in vRealize Orchestrator workflows
Wrapping vRealize Orchestrator workflows
Using APIs and the API Explorer
Creating actions in vRealize Orchestrator
Using vRealize Orchestrator input forms
Handling user interactions in vRealize Orchestrator

5. Handling Exceptions, Logging, and Debugging

Handling exceptions in vRealize Orchestrator workflows
Using logs in vRealize Orchestrator workflows
Debugging vRealize Orchestrator workflows

6. Branching and Looping

Using branching in vRealize Orchestrator workflows
Using loops in vRealize Orchestrator workflows

7. Working with Assets

Using configuration elements in vRealize Orchestrator
Using resources in vRealize Orchestrator
Using packages in vRealize Orchestrator

8. Working with Plug-Ins

Downloading and installing Plug-Ins
Using the SSH plug-In in vRealize Orchestrator
Using the REST plug-in in vRealize Orchestrator
Using the vRealize Automation plug-in in vRealize Orchestrator
Using the PowerShell plug-in in vRealize Orchestrator

9. Working with Versioning and Git

Using versioning in vRealize Orchestrator
Using Git in vRealize Orchestrator

10. Scheduling, Sleeping, and Waiting

Using scheduling in vRealize Orchestrator
Using sleeping in vRealize Orchestrator
Using waiting in vRealize Orchestrator

11. Introduction to vRealize Automation Extensibility

Introduction to extensibility
Using ABX actions
Using Python
Using Nodejs
Using PowerShell
Using vRealize Automation Lifecycle

12. Extending vRealize Automation with Event Broker

Overview of vRealize Automation Event Broker
Creating vRealize Automation subscriptions
Data exchange between vRealize Automation and vRealize Orchestrator

13. Using ABX Actions

Overview of Action Based Extensibility (ABX)
Comparison of vRealize Orchestrator and ABX
Creating ABX Actions scripts, REST, and flows
Using Day-2 Actions in vRealize Automation
Describe the visualization capabilities of NSX Network Detection and Response

14. Working with Services, Custom Resources, and Resource Actions

Using vRealize Orchestrator as a content source in vRealize Automation
Creating custom resources in vRealize Automation
Creating resource actions in vRealize Automation
Using Day-2 Actions in vRealize Automation

15. Using vSphere Client Code Capture

Enabling vSphere Client code capture
Using vSphere Client code capture to capture code in vRO, JavaScript, PowerCLI or other languages.
Using the captured code in vRealize Orchestrator workflows or actions

Prerequisites

This course requires the following prerequisites:

Knowledge of VMware vSphere
VMware vRealize Automation: Install, Configure, Manage [V8.3] course or equivalent knowledge
Working knowledge of scripting or programming using JavaScript, Windows PowerShell, Perl, Java®, Python, or similar languages. All code is provided during class.

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