Enabling vRO Management Pack in vROPs for Embedded Orchestrator

A quick post of how to setup management pack for Orchestrator in Operations.

Prerequistes

• Make sure you have Advanced or Enterprise license applied in vROps. Standard will not allow you to add vRO integration.

• Enable Basic Authentication in Orchestrator using SSH. This will restart the services in Orchestrator. Steps here

vracli vro properties set -k com.vmware.o11n.sso.basic-authentication.enabled -v true

vracli vro properties set -k com.vmware.o11n.sso.basic-authentication.enabled -v true

• The account used to setup vRO connection in management pack must be an Orchestrator Administrator. Go to Aria Automation > IDENTITY & ACCESS MANAGEMENT > Active Users and search for the account and assign relevant roles.

Steps for Installation

• Download vRO Management Pack (3.x or later) from https://vcf.broadcom.com/vsc/services/details/management-pack-for-vrealize-orchestrator?slug=true

• In Operations, Go to Integrations -> Repository and click Add.

• Click Browse and select the downloaded management pack file (.pak).

• Wait for it to upload and check the tickboxes and click Next.

• Click Next -> Accept End User License Agreement.
• Click Next -> Check Install Details -> Click Finish.
• The VMware vRealize Orchestrator pack should be visible there. Click it.

• Click Add Account.

• Fill in the details like name, FQDN and port.

• for Credential, click on + symbol and select vRealize Automation Credential and put name, username and password.

• If the prerequisites are fulfilled, you should see success message.