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Multi-NIC VMs with static IPs in VCF Automation
Build VCF Automation VMs with up to three optional NICs, each static or DHCP, any number of data disks with their own sizes, and…

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Differences between VMware Aria Automation Orchestrator Forms and VMware Aria Automation Service Broker Forms
Orchestrator input forms and Service Broker custom forms do not behave the same. Covers what Service Broker cannot see through the VRO-Gateway, workarounds for workflow variables,…
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Find Object Types in vRealize Orchestrator
Ways to find the type of an object in vRO JavaScript: typeof, System.getObjectType(), System.getObjectClassName() and instanceof. Each comes with a results table and code examples, including…
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Advanced JavaScript Snippets in vRO
Some slightly modern JavaScript that works in vRO’s Rhino engine: lodash as an external module, first-class functions, Object.defineProperty, custom classes with prototypes, private variables, labels, the…
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Action Environments: Orchestrator Polyglot Script Environments
Since vRO 8.8, environments let Python, Node.js and PowerShell scripts pull npm, pip or PSGallery packages directly, with no zip bundles. Walk through creating an environment…
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Code Obfuscation in Orchestrator
Does Orchestrator run obfuscated JavaScript? A quick experiment: take a vRO action that decodes vSphere license details, run it through obfuscator.io, paste the scrambled output back…
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Getting Started: Cloud Assembly Code Examples
A collection of Cloud Assembly YAML snippets for vRA 8.x cloud templates: literals, environment and resource variables, conditions, operators, inputs, property bindings, secrets, dropdowns with enum…
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Valid JavaScript Variable names in vRO
Did you know var π = Math.PI; is valid in vRO? A look at which Unicode characters JavaScript allows in identifiers, the reserved words you cannot…
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